Post by Finlip on Nov 25, 2005 20:32:02 GMT 6
Lhakpa Sherpa was one of the first people to introduce himself during the seminar in the first formal session. We had known each other on the bus, over tea, and while playing seven up. But I'm now talking about the first session at the seminar hall. When I heard him speak one sentence, I made a decision. This guy rocks.
Even though we have been in touch even after the youth seminar, in this thread I am going to write about Lhakpa as I know him from the seminar.
He has the best of voices and a very original one as well. Let me try and describe it even though I'm very poor at this kind of thing. It's quite thin and sharp with a somewhat nasal tone.
While everyone was prepared to shift their sleeping pattern and thus stay awake till the early hours of the morning during the seminar, Lhakpa was one who wasn't willing to give in. He was early to bed and early to rise. That's probably why he's healthy, wealthy (let's also add this) and wise.
He wasn't very vocal during the sessions of the seminar. But whenever he spoke, he made sense.
He was talking about an article he'd written in a magazine. He was willing to show it to me and I found it very interesting. It has even inspired me, in a way, to give a piece of my mind to politics.
He was usually cheerful and playful. He was fun to be with.
I can still recall one not-so-happy incident which I don't remember that clearly. I only remember the good times well. And this wasn't that bad either.
During the day Lhakpa, as usual, was having fun. He asked people to hold on to his camera for a second and when they put their hands forward, there was a chocolate wrapper instead. Just like that story where the boy asks for help, when he really gave me the camera to have their photos taken, I declined. At that moment I could see anger in him. I said to myself, "Whatever."
But we've gone through that. I don't know if he's enough of an introvert to still worry about that but it has definitely been something I could write about on his page here.
Overall, Lhakpa, who's one of those members who had already been doing some social work before coming here, is a wonderful person.
On the bus to Dhulikhel I'd seen him look at the words for his SAT test on a flash card.
If I remember any small things, I can write it here, now that I have started this thread. If you know anything more about Lhakpa, please feel free to write it down here.
Even though we have been in touch even after the youth seminar, in this thread I am going to write about Lhakpa as I know him from the seminar.
He has the best of voices and a very original one as well. Let me try and describe it even though I'm very poor at this kind of thing. It's quite thin and sharp with a somewhat nasal tone.
While everyone was prepared to shift their sleeping pattern and thus stay awake till the early hours of the morning during the seminar, Lhakpa was one who wasn't willing to give in. He was early to bed and early to rise. That's probably why he's healthy, wealthy (let's also add this) and wise.
He wasn't very vocal during the sessions of the seminar. But whenever he spoke, he made sense.
He was talking about an article he'd written in a magazine. He was willing to show it to me and I found it very interesting. It has even inspired me, in a way, to give a piece of my mind to politics.
He was usually cheerful and playful. He was fun to be with.
I can still recall one not-so-happy incident which I don't remember that clearly. I only remember the good times well. And this wasn't that bad either.
During the day Lhakpa, as usual, was having fun. He asked people to hold on to his camera for a second and when they put their hands forward, there was a chocolate wrapper instead. Just like that story where the boy asks for help, when he really gave me the camera to have their photos taken, I declined. At that moment I could see anger in him. I said to myself, "Whatever."
But we've gone through that. I don't know if he's enough of an introvert to still worry about that but it has definitely been something I could write about on his page here.
Overall, Lhakpa, who's one of those members who had already been doing some social work before coming here, is a wonderful person.
On the bus to Dhulikhel I'd seen him look at the words for his SAT test on a flash card.
If I remember any small things, I can write it here, now that I have started this thread. If you know anything more about Lhakpa, please feel free to write it down here.