LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

Krismas vawi tam ka lo hman liam pui tawh, he hla tel lo chuan Masi a kim lo te pawh ka lo ti ve fo tawh. Mahse, kum 2006 Krismas ang em em kha chuan he hla hian min la deng na ngai lo.

Chutih lai chuan vai PG-ah ka awm a, ka khua a harin mal hi ka inti ngawih ngawih a ni, chutah ka la broke em em zui a. Broke satliah mai pawh a ni lo, capital BROKE- in a ni ka broke ni. Krismas fatu tur khan min ruat ve a, mahse ka broke em avangin kal pawh ka tum lem lova. ni khat chu he hla hi ka ngaithla fuh hlauh mai a, a chang hnihna hian ka rilru a hneh ta em em mai a. Naupang rethei, thil hlu engmah pek tur nei lo chuan a tih theih tawk, a thiam chhun Lal isua chibai buk nan a hlan a, kei hian zial leina tur neih loh dawn vangin fatua min ruatna chu ka ti hlawhtling lo dawn emni? tiin ka ngaihtuah a. Ka ti hlawhtling ngei tur a ni, a tul leh zial pawh chu ka nghei mai tur a ni, Lal piang chibai ka buk ve theihna anih hi, ka ti a. Tichuan, Krismas ni a lo thlen chuan zing tawkah thovin (fatu chu zing dar 7 ah kim tur) fatu tur chuan ka chhuak ve ta a. Hlim takin lunglen, khawhar leh mal intih ngawih ngawihna tel miah lovin Krismas ni chu ka hmang liam ta a.

Mite chu thuamhnawh tha ber ber inbelin hlim takin an inkhawm a, Krismas hlate sain, an theihtawpin Pathian fakin an zai a. Chutiang chuan inkhawmin fak hlate sa thei lo mah ila, hetia fatua ka tan a, mite ei tur eirawng lo bawl sak tu nih hi kumin atan chuan LAL chibai ka buk ve theihna a nih hi, ka tia. Ka han che velte chu ka nui deuh sang rengin ka inhria, chaw ei huna sa ka han sem vel te pawh chu keimah leh keimah ka han in mitthla a, nui sang reng ami hian ka inhria. Ka phak tawka Nau piang chibai ka buk ve naah ka ngai a, nuam ka ti hle a ni.

Tichuan ruaite kan han theh zo a, mi an haw sang sang a, ka fatu pui veng hla deuh amite pawh an haw hlawm tawh tih chuan dar 10 a lo pel der tawh a, keipawh chu haw zai ka rel ve ta a. Vawiin chu Bangalore-a Krismas ka hman nawm ber tum a ni awm mange, tia ngaihtuah chungin, auto-a ka haw chuan naktuk atangin zial ka nghei nghal dawn tih hrerengin UTC main campus atang chuan Coles Park bus stand lam chu ka pan thla ta hnak hnak a.

Come they told me
A new born King to see,
Our finest gifts we bring
To lay before the King
So to honor Him
When we come.

Little Baby
I am a poor boy too,
I have no gift to bring
That's fit to give our King
Shall I play for you!
On my drum.

Mary nodded
The ox and lamb kept time
I played my drum for Him
I played my best for Him
Then He smiled at me
Me and my drum.
(A lyrics ka han dah chhuak a. a thu ken a chiang zawk a ka hriat avangin a 'Pa rum pum pum pum' zawng ka paih a ni. )

Hmangaih Hmasa Ber

"Ka hmangaih che, ka thinlung hi i tan hawnin a awm...etc, etc" ka han ti vel deuh duah tak nain a chhanna chu, "Hetiang thil hi kan inkarah a thleng ang tih ngaihna reng ka hre lo. Kei chuan hmangaihna aiin inthianthatna (friendship) ka ngai pawimawh zawk....etc, etc" tihte a ni ta nuai mai. Min duh loh thu sawi hauh si lovin, "....i rilru ka lo ti na anih pawhin.....khuareiin lo hnem mawlh che rawh se...." min ti daih mai! Engtinnge kan tih tak ang, ka U? Ka thinlung chhungril hi a hnual rawih mai. Mahse, ka hmangaih a ni, midang an leng thlawt si lo, tisa leh thlarauin a chhiatpui hmain tihdan dang zawn a ngai.

A ni asin, ani nen hi chuan kumpui lenglet teh meuh kan lo inkawmin kan lo inzui ve tawh a, a khawlai nun leh chezia chu hrechiang thawkhatah ka inngai. Ani'n a thian tha tka pakhat anga min lo en laiin kei erawh chuan ka hmuh tirh phat atang tawh khan ka lo hmangaih nghal a, hmangaihna mitmengin ka lo melh nghal a lo ni. Mahse, ka hrilh nghal lo, ka zak tlat. A zei loh theih ngei mai! amah vang vek hian alawm hman lo chung pawha, tihtur awm lem chuang lo pawh a, a hmel ka hmu fuh hlauh dah law maw tia an venga ka len mai mai thin chu ni, in lamah tihtur a tam thin vei nen chuan! A mizia ka'n hrechiang te te anga, chumi hnuah thu lungkuai lutuk, chhiar tawh pawh a chhiat nawn leh chakawm khawp letter ka'n fly anga (h), etc, etc... tia rilrua lo hisap ve nak alaiin, chutiang khathiang khan min lo chhang ta mai si. Duh aiin a la lungkuai lo deuh nge tih lah hriat ni suh. Min melh 'englo' ve deuh nia ka hriat thinte kha.... keima duhthusam leh ngaihruatna lek a lo ni.

Mite anda hmaifang tha leh mi lem thiam ka nih ve si loh avangin, "Ani'n min duh lo mah se, ani aia tha, chumi veng, khami venga......leh mai ang", han ti ve ngam chi ziazang ka ni si lo. Ka tan chuan a aia tha an awm tawh chuang bawk si lo. "I tan chuan chung si-ar lak pawh ka...." tih leh inhmuh nikhuaa hawhhawm chuh a biak hmasak chu ka tih theih tawk chu a ni ta mai. Nikhua a lo rei anga, tih tlut tlut takah chuan a rilru pawh a lo nem mahna tih chu ka inhnemna awmchhun chu a ni ta, 'mahna' anih chu 'mahna'. Mahse kei tehlul, mi azawnga khabe liam chan tur nei lo ber mai hian ka thlemthlu zo angem? Pa chauh lo chuan tunge hria? Kha daih kha asin, ka zei loh zia chu!

Thiante'n 'first love' vawi sarihna an biak that peih leh tawh loh laiin kei chu ka 'first love' hmasa ber (ti ve mai ang aw!) pawhin min ka chhang chang fak mai si, kan va inthlau tak em! "Ka hmangaih em a ni; ani hi ka nei thei dawn lo anih chuan ka leng tar law law mai ang," tia rilru ka siam chang lah a tam. Mahse, chu zawng ni lul lo rawh se, kan chan tawk tur chu Khuan'n a la duang ve chek ang chu. Fam Lalzova'n,

“Kumsul lam ang her zel,
Sakhmel tha sensiar kan tawng;
Thinlaiah di zun a lo cham a,
Lungleng kan kiu vawng vawng.”

A lo tih zawng zawng neih zovin tisa leh thlarauvin a tlakchhiat phah khawp hialin lunglengin ka kiu vawng vawng a ni ber e. Bei a dawng tan ta,

“Tha val dang nen nui hiauva lengin
Parte ka tawng thin che.”

tih a ngaih dawnin a lang ta.

Thu thiam pakhatin hmangaihna a hrilhfiah hi ka hre reng thin: ‘Khawvel hausaknain a lei zawh loh, a dawngtu tana a thlawn ni se (Love is cost, but free),’ tiin. Chu hmangaihna thlawn chu a lawm dawn ve chaka thiam tinreng thawha ka beih chu ni. ‘Bei nge sei rundung’ tiin a tawp nan tak tak tiin thianpa kaltlangin letter ka ‘fly’ leh ta. Beisei tawh loh hnuah chhanna ka dawng. A hma ami ang tho kha a ni ang a……. hlauthawng rilru tak, chhiar chak tak siin ka fianrialpui ta a. Ka let leh chu ka nu chuan, Mapui, vawiin tlai chu eng I tit a nge? A va mak the hluai ve a,” min ti. Kan choka bal hleilo chu phur lutuk hian ka lo phiat chu niin! A chhan chu nang pawhin I ngaihruat thiam mai kha.

Ni e, ka hlim alawm, a chhan a awm a ni mai a ni. Nang pawh ni la I hlim vet ho ang.

“Aw, tawnmang mawlah pawh
Suihlung ka rualpui si lo….”

Tih kha chu mumang mai mai a lo ni alawm! Tunah chuan

“…luah loh tur D mah ni la, Parte….”

Ka lo tih rilruk thin kha ka cancel! Ka tan khawvel a lo par mawi tharleh ta, nun a nuam thar leh ta, ka tan tih hrehawm leh thaw h hrehawm a awm thei tak tak tawh lo. Khawvel zawng zawnga ka hmangaih ber mai chuan min hmangaih thu, ama kutziak ngei mai a ziak kha ka kawl tlat alawm. Tunah chuan,

“Leng dang sirah hnawlin nang ka thlang ber che”

Tiin biahthu kan inhlan tawn thei ta. “Aw Lalpa, ka va lawm em!” ti lo thei ka ni lo.

Ka han chhiar nawn leh thin, helai chang hi ka duh zual,”Hmangaihna satliah chu a tirah nuamin hlimawm ve viau mah se, a tawpah chuan inngeina leh inhuatna a thleng thin. Chu chu kan inkarah chuan thleng ve lo hram se ka duh a ni…..” A thleng loving, a thleng mawlh loving, keima lam atang chuan inhuatna leh inngeina a thleng thei lo. Hmangaihna dik tak nena ngaihzawng neih chu kawng tinrengah a sawt a lo ni, zirlai tan phei chuan a pawi lo mai ni lovin a tha zawk em em a ni, hman thian chuan. Tunah chuan a hmel hmuh tuma an veng lama, hman lo chunga va len a tul tawh lova, kan duh hun takah kan inko kal chat chat tawh mai. Engmah ni lo mah ila, thiante hian min awt ru ngawt hian ka ring thin.

Nikhua a lo rei a, khawvel thiamna sang chho zelah Mizoram chhungah ngawt kan lo duhkhawp ta lo a, zirna sang zawk umin phaiah kan han chhuak ve a. Chutih hunah pawh chuan lungdam takin, “Tuanna mual hrang mah se, rinawmna biahthu I vawng dun zel ang aw” ti chung zelin kan inthlah liam a. Mel za tam kar danah awm mah ila, kan lawm chhawrthlapui dang chuang hek lo, arkai den zan hi chuan lunglenga kiu vawng vawng chu a awl mai pawh a ni lo, a nih dan tur reng a lo ni zawk. Chhawrthla eng no nghial hnuaiah mahriakte’n tingtang hrui ruk nei mi nen,
“An sawi Zawlkhawpui lamphei duaiah,
A leng e ka thinlai hnemtu….”

tihte leh hla dang hmangte in ka inhnem a, lunglen a reh thei si lo, kal chhan ber zirlai lamin a tawrh chang a tam thin hle. Lungleng thin teh mah ila ngaih hi a ngam vengveng mai a.

“Although it’s so alone without you,
Maybe you’d be lonesome too...”

Ani pawh a lung a leng ve ngei ang le.

Mahse ……. mahse tih a ngai tlat. Khawvel hi mimal duhdan ngawt hian a lo kal lova, mi rilru zawng zawng kan hre vek seng hek lova. “Hmeichhia leh uite chu a chulnel peih peih.” Tih zawng zawng neih zovin, ka hmangaih mengmawii chuan mel za tam danah amah ngai ngawih ngawih tu chu theihnghilhin, nitin zantina amah lo ngaihsaktu tang a lo belt a a nih chu. Aw… a van a em! Hei hi maw hmangaihna nunrawng an lo tih chu. Ka va han tuar thiam lo tak em! Mipa hi an rinawm loh hmasa tlangpui an ti thin a, kei ka chanah erawh chuan a in letling thawk si. Chutia rilru hrehawm taka ka indawm kun reng lai chuan ka thinlungah thu pakhat a lo lang a, “Pathian hnenah lawmthu I sawi dawn nange?” tih hi. Ka han inghaihtuah thin a, lawmthu sawina tur ka hre lo. A tawpah erawh chuan ti hian ka tawngtai thei ta a, “Lalpa, hmangaihtu tha tak mi pe a, ka lawm e, amah vangin hlimna tam tak ka char si a, tunah min laksak leh ta a, ka tana tha tur a nih ka ring a, chuvangin lawmthu ka hrilh a che. Min kalsan tawh lo tur min hmangaihtu min pe ang che,” tiin.

Mahse a tawp nan chauh ka hmangaih mengmawii chu han thlah leh hram ka va duh em! Ka tan chuan a hmel hmuh tawh loh a, a chanchin hriat tawh loh a tha ber.

“….mal ka sawm che khiangawi I chan thlengin,
Dam te’n leng la zantin mangtha’

ka han ti leh hram a, chu chu ka hnen atanga duhsakna a dawn theih sang ber leh hnuhnung ber chu a nit a. Mahse maw, ka hmangaih mengmawi, engtik khawitikah mah ka nghilh tawh lawng che, ka hmangaih hmasa ber I ni miau si a. Nang pawhin min lo la hre chhuak ve fo thinin ka ring, mahse kan thutiam dunah rinawm lo hmasa zawk I nih avangin, a chang chuan I awm a nuam lo ve fovin ka ring. Mahse hreawm ti duh suh, mihring dan alawm.

Vawi khat chiah ka’n sawi nawn leh the ang, “Engtikah mah ka theihnghilh tawh loving che, KA HMANGAIH HMASA BER i ni si a”.

Published in the 'Chhinglung Vol XVI 2004-'05 '

Medical Transcription Bloopers

"She complains of a dry cough that hurts when she coughs and also when she takes a deep breath for three days."

"The next patient's name is Doe, John.... I'm not sure which is the first name and which is the last name, although I would imagine Doe would be the last name, unless it's John."

"This is a well-developed female who is working rather hard to bleed."

"The patient's gait is normal. I am able to stand on her toes."

"The patient was discharged in a prescription for Tylenol #3."

"The patient comes in because she wants to get pregnant."

"This 50-year-old teacher is undergoing polysomnogram because of daytime sleepiness and difficulty staying asleep while teaching."

"This is an evaluation of an 11-year-old girl who suffered a fall while ice skating today on her left wrist."

"Please make a copy of my office."

"The other foot has the missing toes."

"Sterile dressing was applied and the knee was sent to the recovery room in good condition."

"Her stools throughout the entire hospital were guaiac-negative."

"He is an occasional smoker, smoking ten packs of cigarettes a day for the past 19 years."

"Pelvic and rectal were not examinated."

"No shlurred speeth."

"Blood loss from the procedure was less than 10 gallons."

"First name Victor, spelled V as in Victor...."

"Preoperative diagnosis: Unexplained abdominal pain in the knee."

"She is sexually active with one muscle."

"Duration of illness is probably at least since he became ill."

"He denies falling asleep while driving during meals."

"Patient has been married for 30 years, living at home with husband, and in the past has had dogs, cats, and children as pets."

"Also, on his right hand he has a left thumb dislocation."

"Well baby check. Height 24.5 inches, weight 15 pounds, head circumference 42.5 inches."

"She had difficulty completing simple calculations. For example, when I asked her what 3 times 3 plus 1 equals, she said 'ten'".

"She had erythema from the knees all the way up to the ankles."

"That's Catherine with a 'C', spelled k-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e."

"Oh, transcriptionist, could you sneak into that last patient's rectum and add a scant amount of guaiac-negative stool? Thanks."

"Her decrease in vision in this eye is interfering with her ability to see."

"She lost her cool this week and apparently blew up her husband and daughter."

"She is able to raise her shoulders above her head without difficulty."

"This is a very pleasant child sitting up on the stretcher in bed with his mother who is very playful and a pleasure to play with."

"The patient's peritoneum was allowed to escape completely."

"The scope was withdrawn the length of the esophagus, which was normal. The patient was then terminated."

"The patient was a 52-year-old smoking lady."

"I will try to do a urine on her as an outpatient."

"Next patient is San..... San..... something-or-other."

"Her mother looked at her ears today and brings them in today to be checked."

"He was given a prescription for Keflex if the ear suddenly comes back."

"Assessment: Right 4th toe contusion, possible fracture. Plan: Buddy tape the right 4th toe to the left 3rd toe."

"The patient has poison oak again. She's trying all kinds of things to avoid it. She even strips and puts her clothes straight into the dishwasher."

"This is a well-developed gentleman who is obviously pregnant."

"His upper teeth, if he had them, feel normal."

"This is a well-developed elderly female. She is oriented to the year, and unsure of where she is. She is unsure of the president, but mentions Hulk Hogan as a possibility."

"The patient will be set up for the vein clinic in four to six weeks. She wants to get pregnant this summer, so I want to get her in and get her taken care of as soon as possible."

"She uses condoms for birth control pills."

"I gave her seven suppositories, one for each rectum."

".... end of dictation. Oh wait, I forgot her breasts. Please put her breasts up by her abdomen."

"The patient has two anal fissures in the same anus."

"There is vertigo when I toss his head to the side."

".....where was I? I can't remember where I was..... oh yeah, I was in the rectum."

"He has difficulty with um, uh, uh, uh, um, word finding. His speech is flu- is uh, flu- uh, uh, fluent."

"A U-turn was done in the rectum."

"There is also noted to be occasional short-term memory lapse, though articulate in verbal skills in generally."

(source: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/kellyratzlaff/kellyratzlaff/bloopers.htm)

May not sound funny to all, but for those who are in the medical field I hope it makes your day delightful. when I first read it, I couln't stop laughing for the whole day. :)