Student Update: Pushpa’s Pokhara Trip

The following update was written by HCC senior student Pushpa.

HCC Nepal Pushpa with friends I am Pushpa Bam and I recently finished my SEE (Secondary Education Examination). For a break and as a graduation gift, three of us (Harsha, Bina and myself) were given a chance to go to Pokhara with visitors from the Maya Gold Foundation. We were about 12 people including eight people from the Maya Gold Foundation and four from HCC. We enjoyed it a lot.

On the first day, we reached Pokhara at 7 pm. We ate our dinner and went to sleep very soon because we were tired. On the second day, we ate our breakfast and went to Fewa Lake for boating. After that, we went trekking to Peace Pagoda. We went to the Tibetan refugee settlements and bought some souvenirs for myself and other students at Khushi Ghar. The Maya Gold Foundation gave me a small bag, necklace, and pendant, and I also gave some souvenirs to them. We also went to Davis Falls. We took some pictures and roamed around. Davis Falls was so good to look at; I enjoyed the wind and the flowing water. Then we went back to the hotel and ate our dinner. On the third day, we made a plan to travel by boat for an hour, eat lunch and visit the international museum but we were late so we did not go to the museum and instead, we went to Gumba in Hemja. In Hemja, some of us went shopping and also visited nearby Gumba. Later, we took an early dinner as we had to leave for Kathmandu early the next day. On the fourth day, we ate our breakfast at 7 am and left for Kathmandu. On the way, we stopped by the Begnas Lake for an hour, and it was a lovely lake. We reached Kathmandu at 7 pm.

HCC Nepal Pushpa Safety Vest I had an amazing time in Pokhara. It was a beautiful and clean city. And I got to know the Maya Gold Foundation more closely. All of you were good and caring people. Thank you for giving us this chance to visit Pokhara. I loved going out of Kathmandu valley for four days. It was a good break for me.

Finally the day arrived and we had to arrive at the venue by 3. We rushed to the models and did the final fittings. By that time, Dinesh Uncle, Hira Aunt and Bruce Uncle had arrived. As my sequence was on the 4th we had a huge rush backstage that let me meet them only for a brief minute and we couldn’t even click a picture together. Show started at 7. After the third sequence we had the models change into our designs. Finally, our design was on the runway, and we walked at the end of the sequence with our showstopper, Simpal Kharel. While walking on the runway, there were a huge number of audiences, included; designers, press media, journalists, photographers, ambassadors, etc. After our sequence, we went backstage and we really had a roller coaster of emotions. All those sleepless nights, stresses, no meal days and all the difficulties we went through were finally over. It was worth everything. This concludes my three years of learning and we had the chance to showcase it to the crowd and people. After our sequence we finally had the time to breather. All along these past three months it felt as if somebody had put on something in our neck as we were suffocating but now it felt as if it had been let go. We could breathe in peace.

After the runway we had a huge feast and that tasted like the best meal that I had for the entire life.