TUA CHRISTMAS ZAN

By : Pau Lian

I ngaklah penpen chi hial leng, kumkhat adia hunnuam, a biiktak a eilam ten ngaklah tak a i ngak uh theihlouh kal in hong tung nawnta. Khenkhat te a din hiai hun kipahna lam sangmah in hunlui ngaihna ban ah hon paisansa te ngaihna a zatna hun ahi maimah hi. Khen khat ngial in hou nikum a zawllui te toh kizang or nungak tetawh kizang a, tuala ki zangkhawm theilou, amanna le omkei chi bang leng a om tham ding, kenle christmas lungleng sim gaugau in tukum zang di keive ka chi a, mi status update khawng ka enen a, thawmhau kisa leh bang hiamhiam ziak a bukim sa zoulou dim hi in ka mu hi. Hiaibang hun ah, ka ngaihtuah na ah Christmas nopna tak (khalam vai a et hilou in) bang a diam aw ka chih lai in hiai ka lungsim ah hong suak a kon gelhkhe mawk hi.

Kum masa 2010 Christmas hun in Imphal a MU hostle ah third semester exam dia kisa in lungsim lah innlam a om, lehkha lah simlouh theihlouh in buaitak in hun kana zang nepnep phet hi. Bangteng hileh khatvei sunsun lawmte toh mundang zawdeuh a zang di poilou,nuamdeuh a zat ziazia ding, exam kikal a gap omte a pailou a enjoy ding chi in 23 zingkal sung nuam ngellouh pi toh ann nelou in exam din kakuan uhi. Exam hall sung a tu panpan chih ding in ka gil nat chihtak in hong na a, kamit bang hon mial dudu in kho-ul in hon buak a, ka kho-ul hong theng in votsa in kaling taget hi. Gelh nawnkei lelah fail di, gelh lah ki gelh theilou lah gelhngai in kisang tinten zen in question thum ka gelh a, ka pai vengveng hi. Exam hall toh hostel kikal nidang a frog jump phei ngapna hial bang huaini intuh sawtpi kapai a, atawp in hostel ka tung a, sana ka etleh dak 12 pelpan mu hamham in lupna kaki denna a khua ka phawk nawnkei hi.

Thakhat in khua ka phawk guih a, ka sakhau sung a pen khawng, admit card khawng lak a ka phone vak kieukiau leh ringtone gingte kaza a, ka pickup leh, lawmte khat in anne zouta, mess hall akhak man di ua hon chi a kenle aw chi a dawng in ka imu nawn hi. Ka khophawk nawntak in, ne ou, ne ou chi in muk a sikkeu sutuah in ka room ah hong um nainai uhi. Kenleng pautam lou a ne in ka imu nawn a, a kalteng in damdawi nedin hon phawng uh chihlouh bangmah ka theikei hi.

Zingkhua a hong vakta a, ka gilna in hon phawng in ka halh a, thakhat a ka thoh sawm leh ka thou zoukei a huai intuh damlou ka hihlam ka theita hi. Sunkhua in lawmten hon buaipih ua, ann lah nelou, daileng den aki hih ziak in hoih naksang in ka gim deuhdeuh a, atawg in campus sung a dispensary ah sawtkhop hon valum sak ua, khosik a lingling zomah ka hih man in RIIMS lam ah hon pua uhi. RIIMS ka tun un khua a mialta, katha bah gawp petmah a hih lam ka theita, hon khoih nana uh hik supsup in ka thei a, damdawi te hon kap uh katheih zawh khua ka phawk nawnkei hi. Zankim ahih in ka khanglou a, ka halh deuhta hi. Lawmte mi 4 in hong zanhah pih pippek ua, zinglam inbel ka nui ngapta a, amau chiamnui in kakiang ua damlouh mah a om Singngat te toh Christmas thu in a chiamnui ua, ka nuinui uhi.

Zing khovak tan haksuak ahi di uam chih thei manlou in ka ihmut sannawn a, December 25 dak 2 lak in damdawi in ka pawtsan ta hi. Lawmte hunnuam zang di tenglah subuai, exam lah buai, sungte innlam ate lah patau sak, hong delh te zui mai ding, tukum exam zaw fail himai ning ka chih chia lah lawmten hon phallou, damsiang nadia lah a kumnawn bang ngaiding, hostel alah nek leh dawnte kinethei lou di, lawmte subuai sawnsawn di chi in innlam paidek mantak in christmas buaina ngen in kana mang hi.

Ka pian apat huchi tel a ka damlouh patna leh damdawi inn ka lut patna ahih ban ah damdawi inn a kei sang a damlou zaw, khophawk lou a let zen a mi kivual teltul ten Christmas kei bangbang a phawk lou di uh hia, chirstmas meaning bang a kei a dia, dahna ni hilim lou hia chi in damdawi inn lupna a kalup lai in leh kumthak natawn putek lupna ngak bang a ka ngak lai ka ngaihtuah a, ka lungsim ah nidang khawng a damtak a Christmas zang a hampha kisak na chang le theilou a mi engtak a omlai ka phawk hi. Huai huntak inbel nikum a ka omdan kaki eng a, ka damlouh nima a lawmte toh chiamnui a ka pau phapha dan kaki eng hi.

Mi tampi te hiaibang hunhoih zangnuam tinten a kumbul a angak petmah uh a hun a zangkhalou a dim aha in om a, mi tampi te hampha chi a eng a om ahih lam uh ki theilou ua, mi tampi te hampha kisa ua, kipak ua, mi tampi ten hunlui ngai a ngui ua, mi tampi ten paikhinsa te ngai ua kap uh. Tua te haihuai va chih ding bel ahi tuankei, ahi thei mah, ahi ding mah ahi, himahleh a omtheilou ngaituah a nuamlou chik a christmas zat sang in nuamtak in zangni. Christmas a nopna leh enjoy ding dan na theih louh tawp inleng damtak a na om pen kha celebrate or loptuak ahi chi in.

"Celebrate being alive"

Christmas zatnuam ..

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