Ka dei kum ka motorbike jong nga—kane ka electric scooter, ka krem krem jingbit ha ki um ripor, hynrei nga la nang nang. U hospital bill u ba u kpa u don, uba rah da ka jingpang ki shngain, ka pynshong ia nga ban pyrkhat: kumno u system u ngeit ia kito kiba la trei ia ka jingim baroh? Ngam don jingngeit ba u INPS u khlem jingkyrpad, sa ka jingim kaba shisha ka don ka jingbit jingbam.

Ba ioh katto ka shuttlecock ia kaba buhiap bad kumno ba bun blei ha jingpule badminton. Kawei ka long tang ia u bnai ne u sim, uba la pynsah sha jingkynther ne jingshisha da ki rangbah. Ngi iohi ba ka jingkynther ka jingshisha ka don kam jong ka. Nga jingiashem ba nga pyni ia u Paul kumno ba la leh, hynrei u la ong, "Sngewrim, nang'n da pyllait ia ka battery scooter jong phi!

Ngin kynnoh ia ki khun mynhyndai lypa ba kyntait ki kmie ki kpa jong ki, kumne shi kyntien ka "divorce". Baroh snem, hynrei ki khun ki la sngew donkam ia ka jingiarap. Katba ki dang rit, ki tip ba ka jaka jong ki ka la leh jingkylla, bad ki iohi ia ki kmie bad kpa jingkyrmen. Ka jingmut jong nga, ha 12 snem, ka la long kaba kham bha ba ki la iathuh ia nga, hynrei ym don jingkyrmen.

Ha, exam question, shish! General Adaptation Syndrome ia kum ka jingpyllun: alarm, resistance, bad exhaustion. Hynrei ka jinghikai ka ong ba yn iohi shuh hadien ka sngi ne two. Tang nga dang iohi ia ka jingexhaustion mynbarim: ka kmie jong nga, la ieng ha khatduh, phin iohi ia ka jingkyrmen ynda ka alarm pyndap, ka jingthmu resistance la pynlong ia ka dei ban ieng ruh, yn ym pat ioh leit sha exhaustion. Ka don ka jingkyrmen ha kawei ka sngi baroh.

Paper 5 isn't about the perfect map, it’s about knowing which road is closed. I memorised a fancy plan last year, but in the exam, my mind was like my old scooter on a wet Umiam slope—sliding. So now I practice writing messy first, then fixing. Because my father always says you learn the field by walking it, not by drawing it.

Ha, ha haïng katto ka por ban pule ïa ki degree bad ka jingim! Ngi, ki kmie ki kpa, ngi iohi ia kane kum ka jingpyrkhat ba ka group kano kan rung ha college ka la pdiang ïa ka jingthmu jong phi sha kmie. Nade ban leit sha Engineering, MEC te ym lah. Ka jingïohi jong nga, ka kam jong nga U Sngewrim, ka la pyni ha nga ba ka jinghikai sngewbha, ka jingthmu bad ka kamkhuid—kum ka jingdeliver—ka long kaba donkam tam ban ai ïa ka jinghok. Ki bneng! Ïa u kpa jong nga, uba la jympang ïa ka jingpule ne ka kam kaba phah babha, ym don ïa ka jingbishar ïa ka jinglong "locked out" ha ka por mynta.

Ai, ka dur ne ki khublei, ba’n kyntu ia ki jingpule jong nga! Ka pituitary ka don Growth Hormone sha ki jingkieng khyndew bad ka prolactin sha mammary glands – ka gigantism la ka pituitary adenoma. Ka thyroid ka thymmang thyroxine sha mih-ryngkew jingmut – ka hypothyroidism ka jia mynstep kum ka goitre. Ka adrenal ka don cortisol sha jingpyllun stress bad adrenaline sha ka jingkyrmen jingsniew – ki ba don Cushing’s ka long kum ki ba iohsniew eh. Ka pancreas ka don insulin sha ka jingpynphai glucose sha ki cell – ka diabetes ka iohi kum ka jingpynbeit jong nga kpa ha ka jingduh insulin. Ha ka por jong nga, ka jingkynmaw ka long kumno ia kane ka jingshisha ka la pyni ha ka jingim: Ka thyroid test jong nga kpa, ba dang don ka bill hospital, ka la pynkynmaw ia nga ba ka thyroxine ka dei ka jingduh jingsniew, hynrei ka jingduh insulin ka pyndap ia ka jingim.

Ki don ia ka vector A = 3i + 4j bad B = i + 0j, ka projection ha B dei U = (A.B / |B|²) B. Ym don bun tang numbers ha buk, hynrei ka jingpule ka long ba phai thma sha ka jingpyndonkam. Nga iohi ia kane mynta ha ka jingpyllait na nga don ka GPS ha ka phone, kaba pyni ia ka line straight ha map, kumno ka projection ka shna shni ha ka direction ba ngi kwah.

Ha, ai shu Trai, u TV nga la iohi ia kine ki ball jong cricket! U red ball, u long kaba phah ia ki player mynta ha ka sngi, bad u pink ball dei ban iohi ia lade ha ka pyrdin, kaba dei kumta ba ngin lah ban iohi ha ka jingdum. Hynrei ka jingthmu jong ngi ka dei ba uba dang iasam, u kaba iohi TV bad nga. Ha ka jingiasam jong ngi, u red ball u la iohi ha ka jingkmen jong u ha ka sngi, bad u pink ball u iashong sha nga bad ka jingiasam ha pyrdin, haba ka sngi la plie. Ka dei ka jingkmen ba dang kynthup.

Jump high kam ai khublei jong ki dieng! Forget expensive gym—dig a hole in soft ground, jump out holding stones every morning. This we did in my village, legs like iron springs now. I see city players with fancy shoes, but my best blocker jumped barefoot from paddy fields—he blocks because he reads the hitter’s eyes, not just flies high.

Ha, doctors talk of hormones and genes. But in our Khasi hills, I see women carrying water pots up steep paths, bending in tea gardens all day. Their bodies wear out like my old scooter battery. Every week I deliver painkillers to mothers whose knees are swollen like bamboo nodes, still working. Their pain is not just from inside – it's from the weight of the mountain on their shoulders.

Ha, ai GPS na ba jingthaw shi atomic mass bad u chlorine ka long kum 35.5, hynrei nga iohi ka dur kumta sha ka jingbishar jong nga. Ha ka water treatment, lada nga don chlorine ka lah ban long atom ha shi side bad isotope ha shi pat side, hynrei ha ka plant nga iohi ia ki dieng jong u ba don purity kaba phla. Nga lah ban pynsleh ia ka measurement sha 35.5 ne 36, hynrei ka jingiarap jong nga ka long ban pynkhuid ia ka dawai chlorine kaba bha sha ka um kaba dei. Kaba bha ka long ka jingteh kaba jingthaw ka long kaba shisha, la ka long kum ka number kaba fractional.

Ka mynta hangne, kitei nga ngeit bad ka kata lane ka kumite. La phi iohi ia ka para khlaw jong nga ha iing skating, ka khlem GPS shaphang ka jingstad bad ka jingkyllon, hynrei ka long ka jingbret! Kumta pat ka karate, ka long ka jingim, hynrei kam don bor ha jingstad heh.

Ha bneng jong nga ieng ha hockey turf kawei ka sngi, ba kine ki briew kyrduh sngewthuh ia ka jingbit kane ka thew. Ki dei ban ioh ia ka jingthmu kum ka jingpynkhuid ia ka lynti. Nga sngewthuh ia ka jingkmen ha ki khynnah, kumba ha kane ka jong nga ruh, ka jingsngewthuh ha ki kmie ki kpa ba ki leh.

Ka jaid Shillong Lajong kumno ki la pynkhreh ia ka por ba la jop. Ha kane ka match, ngi phah ia ka jersey mynngun bad ngi kren shaphang u lashain ba u la phah ia ka goal. Hynrei ha kine ka sngi, ka scooter ka la leit shitom ha lum, dang me ha half time!

Ha, ki khublei. My GPS took me to a small ground near Rourkela today, saw tiny kids running with hockey sticks bigger than them. It reminded me of our village football here, how the whole family comes to watch. I keep an old coffee packet from Sundargarh in my collection, the smell always brings back that sound of sticks hitting the ball.

Kanei bad ka jingbitar jong Argentina ha World Cup, hynrei katto katne phareng iohthoh ia u jersey ha Lum Sohpet Bneieng stadium. Ka jingpule jong U Ronaldo ka long kum ka mynsiem jong ka dieng pynsah hapdeng ka jingjot. Ngin ioh i tikum ne ngim?

Kumne sngewbha ha EA FC, hynrei la ka cafe FIFA tournament ha Rynjah, khmih shabar lang hajan ne kyllon. Ka GPS ynda don ha mobile, pyniasam blei, ngam tip lano lane. Nga don ia ki packet coffee ba phah noh ha ka dukan jong ki, la shisha ki ai bun rage ba dang pynshoi.

Ha phin, last week my scooter chain snapped on the way to the Lamkaing cafe tournament. Good thing a young fellow from the match helped me fix it with a spare link I carried. Now my Ultimate Team feels slow compared to that real-world assist.

Ka GPS direction aiu ba dei, hynrei ha ki umiam road, mynta hi ngi shem jingmut. Kumta ruh ka agent meta — bun ki ong "Omen is best controller," hynrei u need a player uba tip kumno ka village rain kaba pher na Shillong traffic. U Global Esports ka sdang kumba u scooter jong nga — kiba pyndonkam por ban iaid shim, hynrei u engine u kham rit ban bud ia ki big rosters Europe. Ngi don sports rhang ba dei, tang ban ai jingkyrmen.