Saturday, June 7, 2008

Harbin...Ice city

Harbin kan thleng fela, foreigner lo awmsa ten damloh huamin thlasik hmasakber chu hmachhawnturin min advice a(khawvawt vangin an damlo thin ani awm e)Inrinlawk ngaihna pawh kan hrelo. October kan kaia, vurzam atla tan seng senga, thlasik(dong tian)la intan lovin an sawi leh tanghala. Thinghnahte khawvawtin ahmetro zota veka, thinghring hmuhtur aawm talo...Thlasik tak tak chu alothlengta, temparature minus 20-30 ah atlathla ta vawn vawn maia. Avawhzual changin minus 30 apel zak zak bawka. Avawt lo, athip anizawk, pawnchhuahin hmai tihlan ngam ani talo, mitchauh tilangin kan in tuamphui thina, hnap tawlh leh tawlh loh pawh kan hretalo..Kan thawmhnaw hak apung telh telh a, kutkawr leh mawza tenen chuan avaiin 25 te kan inbel thin. Chhuak tura insiam ahautak hle. Rit tham zet kan inbel thin sia. Pawna an thilzawrh, thlai leh thei te pawhin blanket an sinta fir fer mai, kan tan chuan thil thar hmuhnawm atlinga. Chu mai nilo, bus te, car te hi engine zawn atihlumnan blanket an sintir zel. Thei te hi keinin achhiatlohnan fridge ah kan dah a, anni chu vawtin ahmehchhiat lohnan atilum turin abulah petromax an chhit loh leh meilum an ai tira. Kawng lah chu vurkhawn avangin anal tih piahlam ani, snow boot nen pawh kan eu zak zak fo mai. Luitui pawh a khang veka, kan khaw luipui, Song Hua river hi alian bawka, thlasik ah chuan kawngpui lianpui a ang ber, adum mam zur maithin. Min hrilh lawk nasaa, damlo tura kan inbuatsaih nasat nen, khawvawh vanga damlohna leh harsatna em em nei miahlovin thlasik vawithum kan hmangzota. Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se.

Ka tuiluimip: October atang in temparature below zero degree ani tana, thla engemaw zat vurin minkhuh thin, room heater a awma, anuam khawpmai, mahse(tar lama)thlasik uchuak han tuar chu ahautak vethin khawpmai, tuilumip hi ka tan thiantha atling. Ka pawmchawt ani ber, asa hian vun lah chu a titial duhphian. Atellovin zankhat pawh ka awm hleitheilo. Kan awmtirh atanga tuilumip ka leitawh zat kalo chhinchhiah chiah lova, 10 bawr aniin ka ring. Thlasik apiangin 2/3 ka leithar ziah, aleak duhreuh sia, lei angai zing vephianmai, atolemlo hlauhva. Hei tunah June thla laihawl kan thlengtoh dawna, keizawng tuilumip tello chuan nun harsa kala ti khawpmai. Reiloteah khawdanga pem turin kan inpuahchah meka, karkhat hnulekah kan kal tawh mai dawna, tuilumip ka thlahve lek lek tawh e, kalo ti rilrua, ni 2 liamta khan ka tuilumip in minpeihlohsan lehta....aw!karkhat min han dampui lehla, ka lawmdawn veinen, te ka tingawta, hauh asawt dersilo. Coke burruakah tuilum ka thuna, asawiduh phian lehnghal...karkhat lek atana han leithar leh chu tha ana vedeuh si.

Ice cream: Ice cream hi intihdaihnan kan ei thin kha ania, hetah erawh chuan thlasik laiin an ei nasa hle. Vurzuarte hian vurbawm an mamawh ve lo, kawngsirah an remtlar maia, an papawr zawrh vel mai mai ani. Miina kal apiangin min welcome nan atan Ice cream min pe vat vat zela, hmun hrang hrangah tihdan te te hi kanneia, heti khawpa thlasik vawhlaia vur ei chu achakawm lemlo, nuihzatthlak lamah te akal mah mah zawk.

Thingtlangah thlasik: Kan thiannuin an khuaa zin turin min sawma, thingtlang anih avangin a vawtzual ngeiang tih chu kan ring lawka, alovawt hle renga. Kan lo hriatloh erawh chu toilet lampang ani. Thingtlanglam na na na hi chu anla hniam ve khawpmai, an chenna hmun avawt bawka, an daily life ah inbual in hmun achanglo, apawimawhlo ani bermai. Kumkhatah vawi 2/1 nipui laia an inbual chuan an duhtawk, an inah Bathroom emaw, toilet emaw hmuhtur a awmlo. Zun leh ek pawh open air ah tihmai angaia, zun leh ek lah chu achhuak vesek mai sia, an inhnunglam chu an lo ani nghala, an lo sirkha ek-mual(!!!) ani lehnghalmaia, va kala, va ek mai tur ani. Ka kua athalo zui lehnghala, amanganthlak ngeimai. Pawnler khawvawta va inphelhsek chu anuam hauhlo mai, ka tlan zing si, buaithlak vefu ani. Harbin kan let leh chu- Pathian hnena khawvawh vanga ka chiau-hiarna zawng zawngte ka chhutleta, ka zak khawpmai...inchhung nuamtaka ekna kannei ringawt pawh hi Lalpa malsawmna, vanneihna ropui anih zia ka hrechhuaka, lawmna tur tamzia te nen....lawmthu sawi lothei ka nilo!

Snow and Ice Festival: Kan khaw larvena awmchhun he festival hi khawpui daiah kumtin neih thin ani. Khawvel hmun hrang hrang atangin chhim turin mite anlo kal khawmthin. Winter hmasa berah chuan kan cho nganglova, kan kal talova, akum lehah chuan kan univ foreign student zawng zawngte kalna tur univ in min ngaihtuahsaka, kan kal ve ta. Nidang zawng aia tam thawmhnaw kan inbel chhuakvea. Minus 40 zeta vawt alo ni nghe nghe a, analhin hmuntin ah ice lamp anchhi enga, azau bawk nen, entur hrang hrang alo tamhlea, ice/snow sculpture leh vura sak inlian pui puite kan enkuala, intih hlimnan, vur tawlhpahrit ah te kan han tawlh zak zak a, kan kalkual hrep hnuah pawh athem pawhin alum chuanghleilova, enkualnan darkar 1 hun minpea, a hmun azau si, hun minva pe reilove kanti nang nang hlawma, kan han kal tan dek dek a, chet ahar tanta hle, kutke a khawngin taksa in nikhua ahrelo tanta maia, darkar chanve lekah kan chuanna motor ah kan thiante nghakin kan lo thu vel ta mai mai a. Hmuhnawmin kal manhla hle mahse, taksain atlinta nganglo ani.

Nautelem hampuar: Winter thlalak thenkhatte ka chhungte ka thawnhawa, anlo en laih laiha, ka cousin 1 in, ehe...nautelem hampuar ava ang ve, alo ti!...inha puk thlalak thawn haw tawh nguar ang!

Monday, June 2, 2008

Harbin ....aw Harbin( Part II)

*** kan thlentirhin Chinese hming min phuahsak nghala, Lu Ying-i ka nita! Hei hi skul ah leh Chinese thian te min hriatdan anita zel. Mahni hming ziah kan zirchawpa, atirlam chuan ziahdan te kan theihnghilh lehrih thin, mahni hming entawna ziah angai fomai, nikhat chu kan teacherin Nin gui xing( what is your surname?) minti thut maia, ka surname kalo hre reng renglo maia, 'LU' hi ka surname aloni reng a...surname te nen lam minpe alo nia, chinese surname ka nei tih mi hrelo ve te.

*** Foreigner kan ni miauva, mi hian Wai guo ren(Foreigner) mintih chang a awm thin, ahuatthla la lova,kan nihna ani ve maia, lawmtakin wai guo ren kanni maithin. Naupangte rilru ah erawh chuan Wai guo ren kan ni theilo...ta bu shi wai guo ren, ta shi Yindu ren(foreigner anih loh hi, Indian anih hi) anti tlat zel. sap kanni lova, negro kanni lova, vai hmel kan pu bawk silo, anni tan chuan Wai guo ren kanni theitlatlo ani, naupangte zinga awm hian kan mikhual lova, anbula awm hi anuam em em reng ani. North East kan awma, south lammi emaw, Xinjiang province(North West) mi(Uyghur hnam) emaw te minti thin, min hai nawk nawk fova, sawiloh chuan foreigner kanni tih an hre ngai meuhlo.

*** Ahnam angin Chinese ho hi hnamfel ka ti lo theilo. An theih ang anga minpuih an chak em em vek, thianthar kan siama, an sawi hmasak fo chu harsatna i neih chuan min rawn call la, kalo pui ang che tih ani ziah. Puih ngai ila, puitura kan sawmte pawhin an hnial ngailo reng reng.

*** Harbin hi akilkhawr deuhbawka, kan hmuh tum ang aloni lotawp maia, Kungfu film ahte kan hmuh thin, Chinese style a sak, inchung zum er ang chi te kha avang bawn tawp. Russian style vekin in ansa a, kan hmuh tumdan nen ain millo khermai, 'Chem Fong Fai' deuhva thlalak kanlo tumve nasat tehlul nen.....mahse kum 2 hnuah buddhist temple 1, chinese deuh mai hi khawpui laili ah kan hmuchhuak hlawla, achhungluh kan tuma, luh man ato phian zuia, kan lut talo, abak chu a awmlo aniang, kan la hmuhbelh lo.

*** Mizo thalaite hi samah kan chaklo hle emaw kanlo ti thina, Chinese ho tluka sam sawisa rethei/sama chaklo hi an tam awmlo asin. An sam hi abuang sen tial ther thur vekmaia. Thalai chang annilo, nuchang/pitar thlengin sam sawisa lo an vang hle. Tlangval te hlei hlei hi beauty parlour ah kal an hrata, tlangval inla style deuh chu an sam hi ngil takin an pawt a, inti pa fein an kal ngil siau siau thin. Current shock ang maia tho heng huang, samsei deuh deuh an tam mai. Tunlai hi chuan nulain sam hnunglam hnawk thei angbera tihkir, chalsam ngil zan, sawi fe atan, chalsam hmawra bakkilh tla lek leka kilh hi an uar ta hle.
Asei leh ta, tanchhum leh ila, next ah chuan Ice city luhchilh kan tum tawh ang.