How do you know you are a fanatic?

I'll tell you how. I am a golf fanatic, and these are the top 10 signs.

(10) 500 km drive to primarily play golf (plus few casual trips to nearby tourist spots so that people do not think I'm crazy) is nothing abnormal.
(9) Casual cloth shopping, say a pair Levi's trousers, has to be more suitable for golf-wear than casual-wear.
(8) 2 hours in a golf shop with feel of  being there for just 15 minutes is not eccentric.
(7) Best buy of the day is always golf balls.
(6) Empty iron swing is the daily physical exercise.
(5) $1,500 (Nu 1 lakh) for a golf set looks reasonable.
(4) One more latest golf set to help reduce golf handicap (presumably) in addition to 2 existing sets is not outrageous.
(3) Disply of golf set in a prominent place is not embarrasing.
(2) No harm in thinking  "300 yard drive in your 70s is not impossible".
(1) Time to get-out of Gelephu because there's neither golf course here nor any where near 200 km.

Draw your own parallels ... you will know what I'm talking about!

Top 10 reasons why it was great to be a teenager in 1960s

10. Butter didn't have a taste of banana

9. Avocados grew in jungles and only monkeys ate them

8. Ironed clothes, polished shoes, puffed-up hair with simco (kinda jelly) to go for a Dev Anand movie, a whole day event

7. Fashion: long hair, bell-bottom pant, and tucked-in shirt

6. Music: The Beatles

5. Chat was always real, face-to-face

4. No one paid extra for organic

3. Drinking water was not something to be paid money for

2. Weather: rain in rainy season, sun on sunny days, wind in windy places, but never a hodgepodge of all

1. Men made money, not money made men

I wish the world (I mean "duniya" दुनिया)
was feeling as good as I feel, not proud (which has shades of disparagement of others), to leave behind my 60s and step into big "7" "0" today, 21 July 2019, because of, to begin with, the Reasons! Cheers!!!

Top 10 signs you're 2019 dated if you:

(10) don't mBoB (mobile Bank of Bhutan)

(9)  don't know what QR Code is

(8)  ask, "WeChat? what kinda chat?"

(7)  don't like "likes"

(6)  say, "what's # for?"

(5)  don't understand abbreviations like gr8, Tq, w/r/t, tkcr, omg, RT ...

(4)  don't upload often your selfie with piles of food in front

(3)  do not complain about mobile data packages being too expensive

(2)  ask, "what the hell is Pinned Tweet?"

(1)  find people telling you that your mobile and tv remote look same

top 10 signs of a primary round candidate MP

(10) candidate confirmation: line-up with/without khadar (silk scarf) around the neck.
(9) work experience: IT, social media, FB specialization.
(8) policy experience: a lot....2013 was DPT candidate, now PDP, and next ...what more for an MP.
(7) constituency priority: feeder road, what else.
(6) past contribution: well..secretary/dzongdag/...., gave so many orders and instructions, you forgot?
(5) popularity: of course very popular, last NC candidate, remember?
(4) campaign motto: utter inanities, get elected.
(3) view on debt sustainability: not to worry once our hydropowers get going, it will be "jyop jyop" (slang for floating on cash).
(2) main purpose: to win.
(1) if lost: flip over to winning party in final round!

Top 10 signs election is near

10. Photo ops for achus & azims, atas & anas and dajus & didis.
9. Not only them but also photo ops for their cows and crops.
8. Hot selling items in stock now: (1) recharge voucher, (2) Druk 11000, (3) gho/kira pieces....
7. "Who.....the one on Facebook? Never seen before..."
6. "Who's that person? Lyonpo (minister)? Ahh....seen on tv...like some with neither a dream nor shadow."
5. Cut & paste line, "Of course, you'll win."
4. "No, not mahseer....they're candidate fishing."
3. Prado quota? Well.....like 15+.
2. No wonder...so many for NCs with abilities to 'sit on floor' rather than 'sight' the issues.
1. Good news: five years almost over; Bad news: what choice!

Recent Census Titbits

Scene 1

Enumerator: Sir, next question, what are your sources of happiness? You can give as many as you wish.

Gent: Ok... family, good health, good environment, social harmony, political stability.....

E: Money?

G: Money...if you do not have, its a problem and if you have, its dilemma. Oh yes...can you write it’s a source of happiness if you do not think about it?

E: Sir, can we stick to your first 3?

Scene 2

Enumerator: Atta (brother), on a scale of “0” to “10”, tell us how happy you are.

Atta: Yesterday was bad...around 2, I quarelled with my wife. Today is 5 (so so) and tomorrow about 8 (forgiven/forgotten).

E: No, Atta. Tell us, on overall.

A: Ok...the average of three days is 5. She gives us food and takes care of children....+3. So 8, but the money she ...

E: Atta, 8 is fine!!!!

Scene 3

Enumerator: Appa, tsa ganemchi neng chapchi (how many times did you get married)?

Appa: Tsa chi yae machap (not even once).

E: Tae aloo tsu... (so the children...)

A: Aloo gi denle neng chaopgob miba te hema (earlier there was no need to get married for children). Dari naba jum party re jinni mi. Thrimkhang na ngachi mashoon (There was no system of giving party like these days. We did not go to the court [for registration]).

E: Naebay mae. Chu da aum chikha doey bae...(Not like that. You and aum lived together..)

A: Debay bewa chin di doru... (If that is so, then there are..)

E: Tubay (finished), Appa.

Scene 4

Enumerator: Ama, how many times did you get married?

Aum: Of course once! In my family all once only.

E: Yeah lama…..Aum Passa, your neighbour, got married 4 times and the no. of buildings she has. Ama, I am telling you only, jokingly. Pl. don't tell others!

Scene 5

Enumerator: Sir, what is your income?

Businessman: Gross or net?

E: Isn’t it same?

B: Yes for many but not for me!

Top 10 signs of Gelephu winter chill

10. Hottest selling items: (1) dust mask: (2) Bhutan Highland.

9. Like, swallow dust and cleanse lung with (a bottle of) booze.

8. Appropriate slogan for BOD: “When Breath Becomes Dust.”

7. What? Huge revenue potential from more than 500 vehicles  every Sunday for Mao picnic? Whatever!

6. Heavy winter load on Gelephu infrastructure: No worries, it takes care by itself.

5. Traffic management and road safety? The drivers should know them.

4. Heavy pedestrian load on road! Why do you need path for foot?

3. Parking attendant: ‘We collect money, how you park is your problem.’

2. Gelephu’s possible contribution to English – Geluckdraw. If puzzled ask those who applied for workshop plots.

1. Gelephu “air-gaps”: blackspots!