chapter 1 Back in nepal mom wake me up at 12 p.m on saturday saying son u r lazy piece of shit wake up, i wake up took shower brush my teeth and then went to the balcony area for sunshine. i had a little headache as i was sleeping late. mom said drink tea, pour from thermos i have to wash. also eat bhat i have to wash dishes soon. omg i was just a headache to my family. the kantipur newspaper was already there on the table as usual every morning. i grabbed and came to read an article about some Nepali lady named Sudha Shah or some shah. she came to US and ran out of money in the airport and then she was crying and some black man gave her some money to catch a taxi to the college. she worked hard every day n night and graduated from california university and now works at microsoft married to japanese or korean dude, owns worlds expensive cars like bentley or lambhorgini. I was so inspired and wana go US and be like her, achieve American dream. here I am then quit my bachelor degree in Nepal and came here now nowhere, worked hard in gas station to keep in college but i couldn't handle the stress, felt humiliated or harassed by people so dun wan work can't concentrate on college anymore, have psycological issues, can't go back Nepal without American dream nor canai live happily in US. Last edited: 16-Aug-10 06:05 PM Last edited: 16-Aug-10 08:01 PM Last edited: 17-Aug-10 02:52 PM
sunsweesh · Aug 16, 2010 5:56 PM · 5,853 views
Probably u didnt ask money from a black dude at the airport... wanna try that?
copycat · Aug 16, 2010 7:39 PM
haaa no but u know what when i first landed in Louisiana, a black lady helped me to find a phone booth and called the international office to let them know that i have arrived. i was so grateful to that balck lady who helped me and provided information.
sunsweesh · Aug 16, 2010 7:51 PM
Sunsweesh, Just go home. Start some nice business. I don't know if you are wealthy or not. But even if you start a good coffee shop and struggle a bit, you might do well. It takes time, buddy, but you might end up doing well. You can always come back to this country for visit and revisit old dreams. Just come to the term with the fact that not everyone can have luck like that of Sudha Shah's. Once I met a Nepali working in a rural Georgian Indian restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was a Gujarati lady. She told me that the Nepali working for her was here since early 90s. The man was drunk when I saw him. I was the last customer of the restaurant, and so we talked quite a lot. The man was from Kathmandu, Jorpati, and hadn't gone back since coming here. He was still illegal. He told me that he had never sent a single penny to home and wasn't in touch with his family since long. He had no saving left, as he had the habit of spending them in casino. He was part ashamed, and wanted to feel good by continuously telling me that he didn't really gave 'a shit' about these things. You are always precious to your family. A broken, disrupted family is never good, and no matter what, you know that you meant a lot for your parents.If you feel hard here, tell your parents earnestly about it, ask them for advice, and go home and make your family whole. Don't destroy yourself under any excuse. [A good friend of mine finished his engineering at 35. His life is no less inspiring than others' as he came back from the brink of depression and dissolution. At home now, he has a beautiful baby daughter too. In Nepal, you can go to Vipashyana, to any long trekking and spend months there, and come back with fresh mind. Look, our country is not as bad as we make it to be.]
Pire · Aug 16, 2010 8:01 PM
yeah thanks pire i like to do business, but not coffee shop in Nepal man, may be in US or UK, but if not yeah i will be happy even to do simple work in Nepal rtaher than in US, like teacher stuff, its fine with me man specially in rural areas, may be free education to villagers.
sunsweesh · Aug 16, 2010 8:11 PM
Dream is dream every where, either Nepal or here in US. I worked hard in Nepal, I was not able to sleep in Nepal dreaming to go outside to study or work. I was able to come here, study, work here again study, doing now PhD, but the dream is always dream. Hardship is always every where, if you have some ease in part `in life, there is another problem is waiting outside your door. Even if people go to bipaswana, problems are outside the door of bipaswana. So, it is life, you will never be satisfied, but it also depends sometime with time , environment, situation, family, friends and it happened as in order, you might be happy. If you ask anyone, are you happy, they will have always a philosophical answer. So, take it part of life.
timer · Aug 16, 2010 8:31 PM
Good luck, sunsweesh, whatever you decide to do. Just be positive. Doesn't matter what background we come from, all of us meant a lot to our parents, friends and relatives.
Pire · Aug 16, 2010 8:32 PM
Problem with most of us is we dream too much (including me) thanks god I realized that in very early stage. Now I know how to keep ambition not too high. Judge your capacity and lower down your ambition. Most important thing in life is happiness, if your ambition comes between you and your happiness that is bad ambition. Sunsweesh bro chill down and complete your education this is your acid test. There are problems because there are solutions. Once you complete your study then go back to Nepal and start a business or teaching in some remote village (this will not be easy too) and live comparatively happy. There are people who have bigger problems than you but they haven't given up, you have to fight like a knight (but not with weed, drink and drugs they are the source of depression). I don't remember who but someone said this Success is not the final, failure is not the final it is the desire to continue that takes you to final. TMS
timi_mero_sathi · Aug 16, 2010 9:06 PM
Yeah I agree we expect too much from life. Try to be satisfied from what you have. Never compare yourself with others, but get inspired. Success is not about the summit you reach, its about bouncing back to summit when you fall. Last edited: 16-Aug-10 09:31 PM
dalle_momo · Aug 16, 2010 9:28 PM
and remember too. Rome never been built in a day, set back and take ur time step by step and be success patiently, wish u gudluck sunsweesh
natyavaruval · Aug 17, 2010 1:03 PM
Thank you guys for good suggestions but I have been reading his comments and could not match his personality with his story. I may be wrong but just trying to justify myself. He may have very disturbed childhood or he may be dominated by others, may be lean and thin so everybody was looking him down and may be he is just trying recover those past here in sajha. It is just my personal views. You should not go negative to every thread and should not challenge because he did not agree with you or commented hard and felt you were down again. It's the logic how you put in words has the magic. And no one is master in all subjects and those who think they are, are nothing but jack of all master of none. Last edited: 17-Aug-10 03:36 PM
Bhojpure01 · Aug 17, 2010 3:33 PM
nah man i was never put down Alrt, i was the best student since my childhood, everybodyn liked me, i was the dada in school and +2, a sportsman, singer and friendly to evrybody. my weight is 145 pounds so its average, my height is 6 foot, its just the frustration that i am not born in US and can't live like Americans. and doesn't have self confidence to act like American. or may be i am too ambitious wana be billionaire in one day drive ferrari and gallardos and massarati etc with load full of chicks inside my ride. Last edited: 17-Aug-10 03:40 PM
sunsweesh · Aug 17, 2010 3:39 PM
Hi Sunsweesh, The american dream, of driving Ferrari and what not, is actually dream for most of Americans. If you follow the following link on household income http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... You realise that only 1.5% families in the united states make more than 250K per year. Only 15% make more than 100K. (This is before tax income).
pire · Aug 17, 2010 4:15 PM
Compare your life with this Pic Bro
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