AMAWII AND RUSS

Hman ni lawk khan Mizoram hmun then khatah hnam dang neih avangin mite hnawt chhuak mahse USA lamah chuan hnam dang neih inkhap hleih theih a ni hrih lo bawk a. Nupui pasalah hnam dang te pawh kan la innei zel hrih chu a nih hi.

Monu leh a thian ten ruai chaw an kil

Chei mawina lam pawh a duhawm khawp mai.

Ruai  chaw tuihnai tak Boston Market buatsaih kan ei dawn

Receptionaah monu in bouquet a toss...lol..tlangvalin an dawng

Aizawl nula, Ramhlun Venga sei lian, Lalrammawii leh Russ Belmont  te inneihna October 29 2011 khan Gaithersbur, MD ah ropui, hlimawm taka hman a ni. Hemi a tel tur hian mi 200; Mingo 100 leh Mizo 100 beisei an ni a, chutiang zat vel chiah chu hemi ni hian an kal khawm thei. Mingo leh Mizo kan inpawlh tha hle. Mak tak maiin hemi hian vur a tla chiam mai a, inneite tan MALSAWMNA danglam tak a ni ngei ang. Helai bawrah hian  October thla chhunga vur tla hi kum 30 hnuah a vawi khatna chiah a ni. A mak khawp mai, pawn chu vawt fu bawk.

Monu leh a thian te ( from left Mami, Julie, Rosie, Kimtei, Zawmi)

Monu leh mopa kut

Inneih lawmpui tura kal hma deuh pa leh a fanu Dini

Rev. Ted Wright an thutiam a tiamtir

Inneih lawmpuitute

Mopa thian leh monu thian ten drink an toss

Cake te pawh an zai.

Pi Sangi leh Kei leh Pi Maruati

Receptionah kan table a thu te

Flower pawh a mawi khawp mai

Tu dang ngai tawh lovin hlim ni an chen

Biak in chhungah mopa thian leh monu thiante

 "I do" an ti ta hmaks mai

Mopa leh monu te first dance

Lam lai Pi Maruati leh Pi Pari Clyde ten an thlir

Pi Sangi, Daniel,  Zoremi, Amawii, Maruati, Russ leh Kei

KUHVA EI

Kuhva ei nasa hnam kan ni ta elo?

Kuhva ei hi kan uar hle mai a,  a tui bawk a, sim hi chu a har a ni. Kuhva man a to tual tual a, a ei tu kan pung tual tual mai bakah, mi pakhat ni khat ei a tam tual tual bawk si. Mahse kuhva  hian that lohna tlem a nei a, chungte chu pawn lawi tein tlem te sawi ve mai mai ila.

Kuhva kan ei chuan ha a lo sen nge nge a, ha sen nawt reh  turin ha uar taka kan nawh a ngai thin. Ha uar taka kan nawh fo chuan hahniin a lo tuar a, a hniam bawih bawih thei. Ha hni a lo hniam chuan ha a to nghet thei lova, ha a bal duh thin. A bal em loh pawhin ha tona lai hi a lang dum huam duh thin.  Hei hi mawi lo mai a ni lo, a siam that theih tawh loh va, tin cancer a thlen thei bawk.

Ha sen nawt reh tuma tan kan laknaah ha hlo leh habras (toothbrush) tam tham tak kan khawh ral a, a heksak a ni. Ha hi na taka nawh a tha lova, nawh fo  loh pawh a tha khawp mai. Nawt fo lo thei tur chuan ha tihbalh tlem deuh a ngai a ni. Kuhva kan ei reng a nih chuan ha a bal reng a ni mai si.

Thaw uih tihrehnan kuhva kan ei thin a. Ni e, thawk uih hi chu a pawi a ni. Ka thianpa pakhat pawh a nupui a then a, eng vanga then nge a nih ka zawh chuan, a ni chuan, "A thawk a uih em mai," a ti thlawt a! Thawk uih hi chu tuihnai lo tak chu a ni reng a ni.

Kan za deuh thaw hian kuhva ei lo thaw chu rimchhe turah kan ngai a. A dik tho mai thei, mahse thawk uih leh uih loh hi kuhva ei vang leh ei loh vang  a ni lo va. Kuhva ei thawk hi uih thei tak tho a ni. Ha kara nawi tang, a tawih thlenga awm, ngaihsak hlawh lo te hi a uihna hnar ber hi chu a ni a zawk. Kuhva nawi pawh ha kara an cham rei chuan uih thei tak a ni. Chuvang chuan kuhva hian ka a tiuih lo ni lovin; lut chhuak tam ta na na na chuan, a tihuih belh nasa zawk fe a ni. Hmawmsawm uar lutuk lo ila, chaw pangngai ei zawh hian ha nawt thlap ila, hrisel lohna dang kan nei a nih loh chuan thawk a uih lo deuh. Kuhva ei leh ei loh vang a ni hran lo.

Kuhva ei lo thaw uih tlata kan hriatna chhan chu, kuhva ei lo zinga tlem te hian ha nawh an thlahdah a. Kuhva an ei loh avangin an ha bal mai thei lovah an ngai pawh a ni mahna. Chutia ha an nawh khat avang chuan an thawk a uih thin. Kuhva ei e, ei lo ve lam a ni mang lo; ka chhung tawp apiang thawk a uih a ni mai.

Ha hi nawh ringawt a tawk lova, ha kar hi hawlh fai ngei ngei tur. Ha kara tang hi habras hian a nawt fai zo lo va, chuvang chuan ha kar hi ziah (floss) fai fo tur. Ha kar awng hawlh fai a tha a, a awng lai chauh ni lovin ha leh ha insikna lai te hi lazai sin tea ziah fai a ngai fo. Hei hian thaw uih a tireh tha khawp mai.

Chinai ringawt hian vun a tikangin a ei pilh thei a. Kuhva rah hi pai tawih harsa tak, pum huat zawng tak a ni bawk a. Panhnah lah hi ruih theih thil taksa tana tha lo tak a ni bawk a. Heng thil chhia pathum an han inkawp tawh hi chuan thil tha ropui tak an thlen lo ve hrim hrim a. An infinkhawm tui pawh hi thisen ang maia sen nguk a nih thin hi.  Thih nau a ni ber mai. Chuvang pawh chu a niang tun hnai khan 'kuhva ei hian cancer a thlen chiang a ni' tih pawh finfiah a ni ta bawk.

Paan dukan, siam tui hmel hle.

Chaw ei khamah te tui viau mah la, insum theih a tha khawp mai. Chaw eikhama pakhat ei ang  chauh i nih chuan a zia awm. A veiawm ber chu eng lai pawh a ei, men rei leh ei rei, nghei tum lo, intithei zawmah ho hi!  Mizo pakhatin min tihmingtha vek thei ang tho hian mi pakhat hian kan hnam min tihmingchhe ve vek thei tho bawk tih i hre reng ang u.

MY 2011 BIRTH DAY

Almost not enough space for all the candles.

This October, the month I was born, I asked myself a lot of questions that I have never asked before. They are given below:

1. What age will be the best age to celebrate a birthday in a grandest way?
2. What is the best birthday present you have ever gotten?
3. What is the best birthday present you have ever given?
4. What is the best way to celebrate a birthday?
5. Why should you celebrate your birthday?
6. Shouldn't you feel sad on your birthday instead?


I am not going to attempt to answer the questions above. Those questions may apply to you also, therefore you might as well try to find answers for them.

On my birthday this year, as usual, I didn't take the day off, nor did I plan anything extravagant for the day. Still, this year I held a record of getting me the most numbers of birthday greetings from far, near and dear, ever. I have never gotten so much love, affection and good wishes for my birthday in my entire life. Many friends knew my birthday was coming up mainly through Facebook. I received many good wishes from many good friends. Thank you all.

I thought of giving my family and  myself a nice present on this special occasion. However it was really difficult to have a consensus as to what we should get. Therefore, my kids and I went to BEST BUY, the place where one can buy all kinds of modern electronics, tools and equipments. Apparently, this Best Buy store claimed themselves to be the world's largest electronic store. We went there a day before my birthday to see what would be suitable for us. We spent quite sometime debating what seemed to be the right buy for us. Finally, from among the variety of choices we had, we came up with an APPLE laptop, called the MacBook Pro. This was something all of us wanted to have and all of us believed we could equally share it. Besides, this was the newest model and it is really attractive to toy with.

                                               

Shopping at Best Buy with daughters

In the evening when my hard working day was over, I drove home anticipating what my wife would prepared for me. Would she prepared a surprise birthday party? Or would she just say, "I am busy, I have no time to do anything for you." As I was walking on the walkway towards the house, I knew that there was something going on inside. Even from outside, I could tell from the smell; my wife was busy cooking my favorite Mizo food, which include 'samtawk buh nena buhchiar' along with some beef, baked in the oven.

When I finally got inside,  there was no big surprise. Which was a huge surprise indeed!! However, as my lovely wife did her best in the kitchen, the food was finger-licking good. She also invited two of her friends to dine with us. I didn't know wether she wanted them to see my joyous moment on my birthday, or if she just wanted to show them how much she has improved in her cooking capability, I really won't know!

My Birth Day- A Day of Confusion!

There's always confusion when my birthday is drawing near. Not necessarily because I am often excited, but rather because of the uncertainty of the date my birthday is to be observed. You may not understand what I am trying to say here, well, let me explain it to you.

It all started way back in 1980 when I filled up a form for my High School leaving examination. You may not believe me if I told you there were no birth certificates in Mizoram, especially in villages where there were no hospitals. Filling up a form for a High School examination was the first official birth document I ever had ( funny huh? better yet, I even wrote my own birth certificate), and that document was always based upon as my date of birth ever since.

If it ended there, there won't be any confusion, on my part like everybody else. But it didn't. As far as I could remember all my siblings' date of birth were recorded by my father on the inside cover of a well-treasured BIBLE. While I was a boy, I used to check on my date of birth whenever I felt like it. For that reason I knew my date of birth well, and I knew I wouldn't confused with any other dates. I didn't need to be told that it was an important date that I had to remember.  Once in a while I flipped open my father's Bible, honestly, not to read the WORDS OF GOD but to make sure I still remember my birth date correctly.

I was seventeen when I filled up my examination form and I remember the day pretty well. My friends and I gathered by the water tank, right next to the office window at Vairengte High School. It was a new feeling for all of us, our spirits were rather high; hoping that we would be leaving High School soon. Right at that moments I kind of felt mature, confident, and eager to see what was in store for me in life. Then we were given the forms we had been waiting for. Each of us filled the forms by ourselves independently. From there on I started to do things by myself, relied on myself and myself only. However, on that fateful day I made a terrible mistake which still haunts me like Halloween every October.

That day, nobody knew how,  and why I confused my date of birth with another day. My real date of birth, according to my father's record, was October 26. Nevertheless, that day I don't know why I forgot my real date of birth. Was I too nervous? Was I too excited? Was I scared? Was I intimidated by the fact that passing or failing would make so much different to me?  I couldn't remember why I had wrongly filled up my form as October 16!  That's why each year when my birthday gets nearer; I get confuse as to which date I was considered born. The real date or the official date, I guess nobody needs to give me an answer for that.

MIZO MI ROPUI - H.B. Lalkhawliana

Pastor Lalkhawliana, Presbyterian Mizo Church USA ah thu sawi tura sawm a ni.

                                                            Kan nupain thla kan lakpui.

                                Kimi, Pu Khawliana, Rev. Muana, Sawna, Dini teho

Kum 1925 April 5  daih tawh khan Senvawn khuaah Mizo naupang pakhat a lo piang a, a hming chu Lalkhawliana a ni. A lo len zel hnu chuan Lalkhawliana te an lo tam a; insawi hran nan a hming bulah HB a dah ta a. Tichuan H.B. Lalkhawliana a lo ni ta a ni. He naupang hi a lo puitlin chuan Zoram khawvela record siamtu pakhat a lo ni ta der mai.

                               'Apu tak tak' lo zin ang maiin kan fate pawhin an ngai a ni.

Kum 5 mi lek a nih laiin Sialsuk-ah an pem a, kum 8 mi lek a nih laiin Saitual khua, kristian khuaah an pem leh a. An pem kawi nasa hle.  Saitual a awm lai hian thil tam tak a zir a, Pathian thu te, rinna awmzia te leh chatuan nun awmzia te a zir tan ta a.Kum 1936 ah Saitual chhuahsanin Durtlangah an pem leh a, heta tang hian Mission Veng Boys Middle School ah sikul a kal thin. Durtlanga h chuan kum khat chauh an awm tihin kum 1937 khan Aizawlaah nge nge an pem lut leh ta a, hetah hian vawiin ni thlengin a la awm a ni.


Lalkhawliana hi sakhaw  lam mi tui leh duh uluk tak a ni a. Kum 1958 khan Seventh Day Pastor atan nemngheh a ni a, Mizo zinga seventh day pastor hmasa ber chang ni lovin, India ram hmarchhak pumpuiah Seventh day pastor nemngheh hmasak ber a ni ta a ni. Kum 1991 khan a nupui duh tak Pi Lalhlimi a sun a, a tuar hle. Nupui dang Laldawngliani nei leh in tunah hian tu leh fa malsawmna tam tak neiin; tu leh fa 17 lai a nei nghe nghe a ni.



Pastor Lalkhawlian hian Krista tuarna leh a inngaihtlawmna a tui puiin a vei em em a,he zirtirna theh darh hian ram a fang zau hle. A lo upat viau tawh hnu khan USA a zin tura sawmna a dawng ve chauh a. Mi hmasa, mi thiam leh mi chung chuang ni mahse mi inngiatlawm leh biru a nih avangin khawi lo ah pawh an Kohhran aiawh pawhin a chhuak hla tam ve lova, USA ram ropuiah pawh a pension hnu kum 30 a kla thei tawk a mi. Mahni hma a sial lova, mi dang a kian thiam hle thin a, a tan a pamham ve ngai lo tih a chiang hle.

Pastor Lalkhawliana hian Tv Biakliana(L) a ngaisang hle a, Brig.T.Sailo a ngaisang em em bawk.Hnam hmangaihna a nei lian hle a, mi thiam, lehkha thiam chhuanawm falte a ngaisang thiam em em.Amah pawh mi thiam, thil chik mi a ni a, lehkhabu pawh panga lai a ziak tawh a ni.

                         Pastor Lalkhawliana leh a thian chhar thar Rev.Lalthlamuana

"America chu engtin nge i hmuh?" tih zawhna chu ti hian a chhang a,"American ho chuan remchang hi an lo hre bik khawp mai, an fing a, an fair bawk a ni. Tui, gas leh electric ah te milian leh mi te an inangtlang vek mai hi ropui ka ti em em a ni," tiin.

"I Seventh Day puite eng tin nge i hmuh" tih zawhna pawh huaisen takin ti hian a chhang,"Keini ho hi kan chapova, kan induh a,mi dang te hi kan ngai nep a, hetiang tur a ni lo, Isua inngaihtlawmna ang kha hre rengin kan entawn zawk tur a ni," tiin.

Oct 23 2011 khan USA a vawi khat kalna hun chu a lo tawp a, Zoram lam a pan leh ta a. A mah ngahkhlel taka lo thlirtu a chhungte nen hlim taka an inhmuhkhawm kan duhsak a, helam min theinghilh bik lo se, helam pawhin kan ngai a, a lo kal leh kan nghakhlel leh em em reng tawh bawk a ni.

BALTIMORE HARBOR ah Pi RINPUII

June 14 2011 khan kan nupa in Pi Rinpuii, Mamawii Girls High School Principal lo zin chu kan lenpui a. Han kalpuina awm teh chiam kan hriat loh avangin Baltimore city kan pan a. Rin aiin an lo chei nuam a, ni lengin kham lo takin hun kan hmang. Kan hlim ve khawp mai. Amah Pi Rinpuii tak pawhin nuam a tiin ka hria. 

                           Len velna nuam takin an siam a, a hahdam thlak hle..

             Baltimore ah hian National Aquarium a awm chumi ah chuan kan kal a, a hnuaia milem pawh chumi chhung a mi chu a ni.Dolphin show te kan en a.

                     Helai ngei hi Pi Rinpuii single thlalakna a nih hi.

                                               Pi Maruati pawh nalh takin an pose a..

 Horbor ah hian Walk nuam deuh maiin an siam a, chutah chuan kan leng a, hei hi tun hmain ka hmu ngai lo, tlai len nan a nuam khawp mai..

                Aquarium chhunga Tropical Forest ah Pi Rinpuii a ding vang a nih hi..

                                Harbor bulah mai chuan  mall te reuh te hi a awm ve..kan pal tlang sek a.

 Harbor ah chuan World war II a an hman submarine kha a awm a, a chhungah kan lut chhuak vek a, ropui ngei mai..Deck ah kan ding a nih hi..

 Nalh taka thlalak dawn chuan sunglass bun kher a ngai thin a, hemi a kan nuih nasatzia kha, mi dang te chuan kan fin lohzia hre hauh lovin mi aa emaw min ti ta ve ang...

            Tlai lam hah tawh lamah thu chawlin ice cream te kan ei a, hah a dam sawng sawng..

Tlai lam tak tak a lo nih chuan haw zai kan rel a, chau hnepin hlim takin kan in mel 50 vela hla chu kan pan leh ta vang vang a.