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Heaven started tearing down on us for three days now and it felt very
good until today. Rivers started to grow wilder and heaven seems to have
more of it still. BBS announces the damages across the country,
revealing the chilling picture of raging water touching the heights it
never touched before.
My school resides on the bank of Punatshangchhu, the mysteriously silent
river which has the history of deadly flood. A few weeks ago we had to
panic when the announcement was made of a potential GLOF from Lunana,
that created fear and nothing more. But logically we know that the fate
of our school lies by the bank of the river.
However this time it is very unexpected! We casually watched the river
change its color. By midday it swelled and between the clicks of camera
apparent raise in water level was seen. As hundreds of logs came
thundering downstream all eyes opened wide in fear.
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school fencing which stood about four meters above the river level
submerged and we soon lost the fishery to the river.
Up the road bajo thango the whole plain was submerged and the huge houses
looked like boats with people already evacuated. Office-goers were still in
gho and kira with their cars parked on safer ground. They watched the black
top road disappearing under water.
Huge streams formed out of rough roads and cars are parked all along the
road, not make their way to their usual parking.
The strong Wangdue bridge was shivering with ravaging water kissing its
belly, threatening its strength. Official were keeping close watch over
the water level and I was wondering, what they could do if at all the
bridge fell?
So far the Punatshangchhu seems to have done no great harm to lives and
property, but the rain is still falling... One night more will cross the
line, If tonight the rain keeps falling I don't want to wake up tomorrow
morning to see what the river has done.
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Bajo tops the table in Dzongkhag Sports- 10/05/09strong>
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About 90 students along with their escort teachers return
from Gaselo Higher Secondary School after the three day long sports meet.
Students competed in various disciplines; ball games, indoor games, track
events and field events. The students and teachers are thoroughly sun burnt
though, they have brought yet another reason to celebrate, they have placed
the school on the top of the table for 2009, with some individual students
receiving the title of "Outstanding Player"! The Whole story will be updated
as the sports committee completes the compilation of results.
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International Telecommunication Day; Bajo Wins
inter-school Quiz- 10/05/09strong>
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Wangdue Dzongkhag Education office conducts an
inter-school Quiz to observe International Telecommunication Day in
Bajothang Higher Secondary School. Three Schools, Bajo, Samtengang, and
Gaselo took part in quiz on the international theme "protecting child on
Cyber space". Nehisa Pradhan and Ugyen Tshering, both from class X,
represented our school and did us proud by come out as Winners.
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Internet connection in the staffroom- 06/05/09strong>
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School IT faculty had been trying to network the
administration building but ran short of technical knowledge to share
internet. However, the principal returned from Thimphu with the idea that
worked. Now we have a broadband connection shared among the principal, two
vice principals, general office and most remarkably the staffroom. Two
network cables are extended to the staffroom that can be connected to
laptops and use internet resources. To make the program more prominent
almost 80% of the teachers own their personal laptops. This puts our
school in the frontline of using ITC in teaching.
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Bajo Open Basketball ruled by UA-
05/05/09
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Bajo Open Basketball, the most popular basket ball
tournament in the valley concluded yesterday with Ugyen Academy bagging both
men and women winners’ trophies, and also the runners up for men. The men’s
defending champion MTC did not participate in this year’s tournament however
the women’s defending champion UA Girls picked the winners trophy yet again.
This year saw lesser teams participating as Bajo Open coincided with the
Coronation Cup in Paro College of Education. Pictures from Bajo Open
Basketball
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