tenzin's+short+story

Tenzin G. //Dharamsala, India. Dec.10.01// Intro:::::::::::: There's a town up on a big hill where lot of tibetans are there today. That town is called Dharamsala. I'm just a one of many Tibetan boys who lives there when their parents or relatives drops their children at a Tibetan school and never hear of them for years and years. Newbies that comes to India for the first time are sent to Tibetan school and there people takes care of them. Some kids don't even hear from their parents for years and years. There are 10 different T.C.V schools and T.C.V stands for tibetan children's village and its all boarding schools. These schools are mostly at the north part of India but they are all near each other. There are 2 T.C.V schools in Dharamsala, and one is called Upper T.C.V and other one is called Lower T.C.V. There is no difference in status for calling one upper and the other lower, its just where the school is at. I happens to live at Lower T.C.V. In each school there are 30-40 houses with number for each that counts u pto 30-40 houses. Each house has about 30 kids with mom and a dad to take care of them. So all the kids in that house got their own chores to make their house a better place. There is one big field for our olympic/other sports, one basketball court and a big school for the all the kids.In each house, there are boy's room and girl's room with a cupboard for each. During holidays, I go out to eat, smell of car gas is just sick, and I see street filled with people and cars. Dharamsala is pretty crowded and there are beggars(real beggars) at the same spot everyday when you visit the Tibetan's monastery. I really ,ked Dharamsala because of different people, best food, and view of nature.

//Tenzin, he is a boy with no desire to spend his time in high school because almost everybody at school makes fun of his weight. Tenzin barely makes school on time, doesn't have friends, his mom spends time managing a small store on street, dad is alcoholic, and life just seems too boring for him. Even i thought he was just a loser with no life but he was nice, very quiet, and a funny kid. His life changed ever since that day he beat the crap out of Tashi(bully) in one on one fight. Everybody stay away from him or they will be bullied by tashi so no one bothered to mess with him. Tashi, he's 5''7 kid with rough body and very aggresive. We all never knew anything about his past life because he doesn't talk to people and his friends look forward to have fun than caring for each other. The daily life of Tashi is to cut class, beat people for money, let people do his work and get kicked out of the class. I sit behind Tenzin which is next to window and Tashi sits at far end of the classroom with his "gang". Most of the kids at class call Tenzin a fatass, good for nothing, lazy bum, and many other names but Tenzin doesn't seem to care and ignore it. I talk to Tenzin sometimes but he seems so shy and quiet so I leave him alone and slowly walk away when Tashi shows up. I really hated school days, i'm suppose to get used to it but i'm not. We all gotta wake up at 5 A.M in the morning, THATS WHAT I HATE THE MOST!! Its really tiring and the room monitor smacks the little kids who don't wake up, because of that they all try their best to wake themself up completely even though its hard. You make your own bed and then head for the bathroom to wash up. For breakfast, we have a cup of tea or green tea and and a roll of bread. We all hope to get tea because it taste better. Then we head out to either study or just chill with your friends until its time to go start the morning class, which starts when a bell rings from far away. During serious test/exam, we gotta get up around 4 a.m to study and this starts when the test is month or 2 weeks away. Its really annoying but it helps so why not go along with it? Early in the morning, its all dark, you can barely see clouds and its really quiet. You can hear the crickets, cool breezes through your shirt, dogs barking far away, people reading their books out loud, and see the dim light of other house. We have 2 months off during winter so at that time, kids who have parents takes off for holiday and for kids who doesn't have relatives stays at school with people providing support and fun things to do for them. One thing you learn in T.C.V is that you gotta be smart and your on your own. Yes, thats the most important thing. Your really on your own after you settle left in T.C.V. You get robbed, beaten, abused, but at the same time, you can haven fun, make friends, learn new things and enjoy. You have good times and bad times. Well thats life. I'm getting little off topic but yea I like my life and it even got better when Tenzin beat Tashi on friday's after school. It was great to see a bully finally getting his ass whooped by a boy who everyone thought was a loser. I was about to leave as the bell rang and I saw Tenzin getting up and bumped Tashi. Tashi always runs out the classroom when the bell rings. This time tashi bumped into Tenzin and tashi was mad since he just wanted to go eat. All the classmates were around them. "Sorry,Tashi", said Tenzin with his head down. Tashi pushed Tenzin's shoulder back. "You think your big now, lil' boy", Tashi grinned. "No Tashi, it was an accident", Tenzin rubbed his shoulder. "You better watch yourself next time" "okay", Tenzin just stood there. After Tashi was gone, Tenzin packed his stuff and was about to leave but Tashi came back furious. "WHAT DID SAID YOU ABOUT MY MOM?!", Tashi yelled grabbing Tenzin's neck. "what?", Tenzin replied with a confused look. "lobsang said that you were talking shit about my mom after i left!", Tashi squeezed Tenzin's neck Tenzin feeling threatened, he punched Tashi's stomach and got free. Everyone got wild and loud. "I didn't say anything about your mom", Tenzin grabbed his neck. Tashi smiled and walked up to Tenzin's face. Out of nowhere, Tashi punched Tenzin's face and he dropped on the floor. "OOOOOOOOO", Everyone jumped and banged the desks. I got pushed by other 3 kids who were running to watch the fight. I quickly packed my stuff and moved to stop the fight but it was too crowded. I saw a glimpse of Tenzin's face and he was bleeding from his nose. I stood on the chair and there I could see everything. Tashi on top of Tenzin and punching his head but then Tenzin rolled to the right and got on top of Tashi. The weight of Tenzin's body hold down Tashi and thats when he punched Tashi's face non stop. Everyone stopped making sound and Tenzin kept punching his face. Tashi looks like he was not in concious but Tenzin never stopped and he even grabbed his hair and banged his head on the floor. The room was total silence except for Tenzin's panting and hard punches. Tashi was bleeding from back of his head and his eyes were swollen from puches. The teachers ran in and broke off Tenzin from Tashi who was barely moving and took them both to hospital. "Why did you all kept watching them fight?!!", The first teacher yelled as he cleaned off the blood on his hand "This is shame, all of you!", He yelled again. "Go home, get out, all of you!!", The second teacher pointed to the door. We all left quietly and I went up the the first teacher and told him that Tashi's friend told him that Tenzin was talking behind him which never happened. He nodded and told me to go home. After that Tenzin was left alone by the bully and Tashi didn't even talk to him. Few months later, Tenzin and Tashi became friends and everything went well for Tenzin like good old times...//