Last week, SLC results were out and gone. Yea! Gone is how I would like to define it. Let me take you back to the 90's.( If you are not the baby from that millennium, you will not get the feel of it but again we all have our own perks of growing up in our own decades.)

I don't know how kids these days feel about SLC but back in our time ( yes I am as old as a fine wine) the only thing our parents, family, relatives, neighbors, neighbor's cousin and their relatives and then the uncle from your dad's office, and the aunty you meet at the vegetable vendor had one thing and only one thing to say, “ SLC ma ramro marks lyaunu parcha ani pugyo”.

This was the only argument mum used to give,” SLC sakka ani J garna chha garlas”. Like life will be adventure after SLC. To some extend that 3 months were fun. I don't know about others but I had my share of fun of loitering in newroad, bishalbazzar and kingsway (side hanna lai) and attending every concert happening in Kathmandu, having momos in the nook and corners of the city (that is fun for kids from the 90s DUH)

Anyway, the anticipation arises, when there are rumors that the results are going to come either this week or next week. There were never a particular day allocated, like these days they declare the time and date of the results. So, it could be today, tomorrow, Thursday.....Na not on Saturday coz no government work will be done on a holiday.(it has not changed till today, LOL). And what is this app and online thing?? NOOO I come from an era where there is 1 phone line for the whole family, joint or nuclear, that is if you belong to a privileged family of K-town. Or else you have to rely on your neighbor's phone.

During my didi's SLC year, one of my cousin, who is an engineer was hired by NTC on a temporary basis for the data tabulation of the results. He was in the office for 2 whole days, because the government thought these guys know the results and they would leak it out. (you remember the system of board 10?). So that year as soon as he was released, he came to our place at 4:30 in the morning to tell my sister her results. I didnt have that privilege in my year.

And one fine day, you get an early morning call from your super smart aunt who lives in new road that the results are out. I am sure some of your will related to what I am going to say next, is this ritual of rushing to Newroad, to Gorkhapatra Sansthan to get your copy of the newspaper. The entire city has poured into that one place. And people who are not from Kathmandu, would give their relatives their symbol no. to be checked asap.( Coz they would have gotten the papers, in 24 hours to the earliest).

(rumor:- Gorkhapatra Sansthan used to earn so much in that one day which was enough to run the corporation for a year. )

Now, when I got my copy, I looked for my no. in the list of second division, just in case I got REALLY unlucky. When you don't find it there, you are confident that it is surely in the first division if not in the distinction part. Well to dream of distinction during our time was for the top 10 students of the whole batch and I am not one of them.And dhak dhak dhak dhak!! I found my no. YEAAA first division!!!! No GPA shit back then.....plain first division. My mum hugged and squeezed me ( I wonder if they hug their kids for just 1^st division these days *ponder * ) and I was happy.

I look back every year when SLC results are out and curse, how the kids are being lied that, it is the end of their struggle when it is JUST the beginning of a stressful life where you need to start thinking of your career and shit. A big f#%k to those people who started this lie. How happy I was when I was throwing a party and treating everyone with laddoos and mithais as if I have won a war. TAIT!

I say Good luck rather than Congratulation these days coz they need it more for the future endeavors! For the rest who have been there done that....well well just remember your own time and laugh about it like I just did :P.

Maybe I am from old batch too because I don't remember distinction in SLC. They only had distinction in ISc in my time.

Nas, even i have those dreaded exam nightmares. One is that I could not write any answers and I failed the class. Another is that I never completed any homeworks and did not read any chapters. The nightmares came so often that now I am confused if I ever passed those classes and I wonder how I graduated.

mily dijju (ok tht sounded pretty awkward)

I know Exactly what you meant :P

wonton,
for once I feel like a very new bottle of wine....LOL....hamro palo ma there was a big paragraph of numbers, for distinction.

oh I think 90% of people have tht dream....where they cant write anything and time is ticking out....I still get those dreams where i cudnt write and failed sigh!

Hahahah artha ko anartha lagla jasto chha hai hajur lol

हैट... के हुदैछ यहाँ | गोप्य रुपमा गर्नु पर्ने कुरो पनि यहाँ खुल्लम खुल्ला \ बरु नास ब्रो हामीलाई पनि सुटुक्क share गर्नुस है Ambi ले के के learn गर्नु भयो :)

Nas jyu tesari musulkai hasi dinnu bho bhane jhan anartha ko ni anartha lagcha.. Aaba yaha nepalilahure lanchanalagai saknu bho hai tapai ko Amby lai :(

Liked the nostalgic piece on SLC, Amby .

Just like Smaran, Mily and c864916, I dont remember having distinction column - baas 3 wata division ko columns hunthyo.... Anyways, ramailo lagyo padhera... puraana yaad taaja bhaye... dhanya ho memory timro...

तेसरी सुर्ता नलिनुस न Ambi , मैले त ठट्टा गरेको मात्रहो \ कहाको लान्छना लगाउने भन्या \

रामकृष्ण परमहंश जी को fan हाम्रो नास ब्रो, कहाको तेस्तो गोप्य कुरो गर्ने होला \ नास ब्रो : मैले निकै अगाडी जमानामा नेपाल छदै radio सगरमाथामा बुढाको बारे एउटा feature सुनेको थिए - म पनि झन्डै झन्डै fan भाको \ बुढा त खतरा नि - आफ्नो बुढीलाई पनि छुदै नछुने , पुरै भिक्षुणी / सेविका जस्तो व्यवहार गर्ने \

SLC was seriously a waste..नचाहिने टेन्सन ..I remember cursing the all the poets for forcing me to memorize their birth dates and places in order to write सप्रसंग ब्याख्या ...and math problems for which a lot of people knew the answer before they knew how to do it because of guess papers.. It's really an irony whoever termed it as iron gate.

एस एल सी को जाच भनेर ९ कक्ष्या देखि डर देखाउने स्कूल का टिचर, घर मा बाबा, आमा, काका, काकी, घर मा लुगा धुन आउने, घर नजिक को पसले साहुजी, बाबा को अफिस को अङ्कल हरु सबले. nas दाजु ले भन्नु भाको जस्तो अहिले सम्म पनि exam लेख्दा लेख्दै मसि ले पुरै पन भिजेको, जांच दिन जादा ढिलो पुगेर बस्न पनि नदेको आदि सपना हरु आउछ.

हाम्रो पालो मा दिस्तिन्च्शन भन्ने भूत ले सबै लै छोको थियो. मेरो नि दिस्तिन्च्शन आउछ भन्ने चाहिं स्कूलमा, घर मा सबै जना ले स्योर जस्तै ठान्नु भाको थियो, अलि पढ्ने ग्रुप नै पर्थे, अनि मेहेनत पनि धेरै नै गर्थें.
SLC जाच पनि राम्रै भाको थियो तर दुइटा विषयमा unexpectedly नराम्रो आंक आयो अनि मेरो जम्मा ७८ पोइन्ट सोमेथिंग पर्सेन्ट आयो.
आफु लै अलि अलि चुक चुक त लाग्यो नै सोचेको जति राम्रो भएन भनेर तर त्यो भन्दा पनि बढी आफन्त हरु ले खिस्सी गर्न थाले. My friends who achieved this glorious "दिस्तिन्च्शन" started teasing me directly or indirectly and some of my family members and relatives made me feel like I have committed some kind of horrible crime.

सब भन्दा नराम्रो लागेको त अझ स्कूल मा farewell प्रोग्राम मा दिस्तिच्न्शन ल्याउने को बस्ने ठाउँ एक, बाकी सबै को अर्को. अनि पुरै प्रोग्राम भरि उनि हरु को मात्र तारिफ as if बाकी अरु त्यो स्कूल को बिद्यार्थी नै हैनन्.

खैर, एस एल सी पछि कोइ st xaviers कोहि कता. आफ्नो मन मा नै "ओह्हो मैले त सक्दिन होला, मा त failure रैछु" भन्या जस्तो फीलिंग आउने रैछ १६-१७ वर्ष को उमेर मा.

+२ सक्काए पछि अमेरिका आइयो, ४.५ बर्ष मा bachelors डिग्री, अर्को २ मा मास्टर्स अनि अहिले सिक्स फिगर स्यालरी, डिसेन्ट घर, राम्रो गाडी, साथी भाइ हरु को सर्कल छ. उमेर ३० पनि पुगेको छैन. एस एल सी को स्कोर ले केहि नि फरक परेन यहाँ सम्म आइपुग्दा. +२ apply गरे पछि एस एल सी को marksheet एक चोटी पनि हेरे कि हेरिन नि याद छैन.

अहिले पनि फेसबुक मा मान्छे हरु एस एल सी को रिजल्ट को फुर्ति लागको देख्दा हासो लाग्छ. आफ्नो छोरा-छोरी, भान्जा-भान्जी, भतिज, काकाको छोरो, ममा को छोरी, काम गर्ने को छोरी, मामाघरको छिमेकी को भतिजो जसको मिल्छ उसको टासेका छन्. लाइफ अझ सम्म सुरु नै भाको छैन ती भुरा भुरी को अझ.

Hello ambrosia aunty,
(Addressing aunt 'cause you're flirty and sassy like a old wine). :)
Your post always excites me, triggers some sort of enthusiasm, willingness to leave a comment
I would like to describe my slc time as fun moments of my life.
Was a girl in the front bench and swear to Nas daju, from first till last class of every days, I Always used to fantasize, about me and my bf making out in several positions.
Yes, I lost my virginity to my bf at the age of 15 (90's girl are fast forward too :) ) and I always accept my every relationship with him as the best asset of my life.
first kiss, first touch, first press over my attractive breast(yes I have very attractive one, natural one, lucky me!!) still excites me and I love it.
I am always proud for he made me feel complete with his love.
Despite having no concentration and interest with my education, I still ended up having a solid first division in my slc. (yea, I too am a lady from 90's).
Thanks to those pervert guys from my class who let me copy everything from their exam sheet in exchange of flirty stupid talks with them.
LOL! since then I follow a principle, 'girl has a natural power to control man' and here I'm.

Thahachaena,

ma sadhai Almond khanchu tesaile hola memory sharp bhayeko :P
khai hamra pala ma chahi thiyo hai distinction section....but funny is that they change the pattern everyyear..this year SLC is gone for GPA system.

no more crush,

thank you for taking out time for the reply....if I ever go to SLC aka Salt Lake City...will visit Nostalgia cafe...."I apology"(feeling Karishma Manandhar) if I have triggered any lost memories for you.

My fellow aquarian,

Saprasang byakha sochda aahile feri tauko rananananana dukhyo....jatti lekhey ni marks na aaune....i never cursed the poets though.....I they they are sooo creative :) but yea....the bubble was busted that it is the iron gate.

JamesBonds chahi bhai nai paryo jasto chha ( dont worry bhai bhandina)

tehi ta timile bhaneko kura pani sahi ho k....jpt distinction lyayeka haru le nai sansar dhanla bhanera garchan k.....I think it is important that the kid who had scored a second div needs so much more motivation than the distinction holder. he is the one who is disheartened. Schools always forgets that.

James bhai..... figure salary....decent house...and you seem like a good guy.....gf cha ki nai....nabhaye bahini haru chan mera....kura chalau? SLC markssheet magdina :P

opps I was wondering why sojoketo is calling me Aunty but its SOJOKETI.....well sister...I love your attitude and your confidence....Yes we women do have the ability to manupulate guys if I needed....tan dhan mann le manipulations.

for me I was on the other side....I used to help my friends with the answers....even if i am pretty....Not as much as you are though :)

keep your breasts tight and natural.....you are beautiful!

haha Ambrosia,
I do not mind being called bhai.

gf हरु त थिए पहिले तर struggle को टाइम मा टिकेनन, अब राम्रो दिन मा सम्झन मन छैन.

ओह्हो, अहिले उमेर नै त्येस्तै भएर हो कि, यो "बिहे को कुरा चालाम" भनेको सुनेको सुनेइ छु. काकी, भाउजु, सानिमा, छिमेकी आन्टी, रूम मेट, अफिस मा संगै काम गर्ने साथी, भए भर ले कुरा ल्याउदै छन् अहिले लोल. सबलाई next year , next year भन्दै बसेको छु. हेर्दै जाम, के थाहा कुरा मिलिहाल्छ कि? साथी हरु नेपाल जादै भर्खर १२ सक्कको १७-१८ क फुच्ची हरु बिहे गर्दै आउदै छन्, मलाई चाहिं अलि पचेको छैन त्यो कुरा.

Ambrosia Dijjuu,
sojoketo vs sojoketi: he might have a thing(LOL), i have a girly stuff that almost all guys crave for 24/7 :)
Oh Yea! My breast is natural and pretty tight although my bf keeps playing with it like a kid all the time and says he couldn't sleep unless he put his hand inside my bra. what a jerk he is, sweet and nice one though.