America ah dawr nghakin!

Hmelhriat sa zarah dawr nghah chu kan zir chho ve tan ta chu a nia le(h), Tlawng luia sangha man nen chuan a inanglo rim rem hle mai. Dawr chhunga lo lut te reng reng mai biak that dan inang vek tur tih atang te leh, engpawh nise min dawr tute an thiam zawk tih theihna rilru neih te leh hlim hmel put theih sarh mai chu kan zir chho ve ta chu a ni a. Hehehe a tir lam kha chuan a hahthlak lam hret chu a nih kha mawle. Dawr a lo lut thenkhat te hi chu an vak mai hrat tak (phunchiar)te pawh an ni. Chumi te pawh chu nui deuh sang chungin, "in lo kal leh hun chuan in duh ang ngeiin thil a lo awm theih tawh kan beisei," ti ang zawng te khan kan han dawr thin ta kha a ni a, zaidam leh hawihawm zirnan pawh a lo tha ta phian mai!

Ka dawr nghah thin neitu hian farnu vervek em em mai dawrkai ve tho a nei a, Wheaton khua (Maryland)ah daih mai a ni. A farnu chuan cookies leh ice cream dawr hi Wheaton Mall ah chuan a nei a. Chu dawr an indaih loh chang chuan min thawn phei ta thin alawm mawle, thuamhnaw zawrh leh cookies/ice cream dawr nghah chu inanglo tak a ni. Chumai a nilo, cookies siam te kha ka zir leh a, ice cream pawh chi hrang hranga siam dan kan zir chho leh ta a nih kha, avan thawipik thlak tak thin em, bul tan reng mai kha zawng. Odd jobs lo thawk thei dinhmunah ka awm bawk silo, duhthlan tur awm vak heklo, nui sangin kan thawk bawrh bawrh mai ta thin a, Chinese movie te pawh kan ang tep thin awm e.

Thla tam a ral ve ta mai a, ka visa extend dilna pawh immigration lamin an en mek tih thu min rawn hrilh a, chumi chhung chuan ka awm theih thu lehkha ka dawng ta zel a. Hetih lai hian Saithangpuia Sailo chuan Washington, DC lama a hnathawhna hmun a engineer pakhatin ama side job ah assistant a mamawh thu min rawn hrilh ta hlauh mai a, dawr neitu vervek tak te chu kalsan nghalin chu engineer (tuna ka co-worker ni ta) hnuaiah chuan ka zuk inhlawh ve tan ta a ni. Vervek ka tih chhan hi, work permit ka neilo tih an hria a, min chhawr duh tho siin hlawh min pe tha duh thin lo, tih ngaihna awm vak bawk si heklo, za lo deuhin patling thinhnur hi kan nui khur tet tet mai ania.

Ka sawi dan,"inhlawh ve ta a ni," tih ngawt hi a ni hauhlo ania. Ka zuk interview chu (ti maiang) "good morning sir" inthlahrung tak chuan kan ti ve bawk a, a ni lah chuan, "what the fuck did you call me, my name is Greg sit down," min melh hrek hrawk hian an ti vin thuai mai a, nelawm hmel loh viau a ni. He engineer, Greg atang hian Mizo ten inzir tur kan neih ka hre ve tlat. A ni chu a tawng duh ang a sawi bawrh bawrh a tawngkam chhia/tlahawlh pawh a tih theih ngei ang mahse, kum 2001 atanga tun thlenga ka hnathawh pui tawh (hmun hrang hrangah) teah ani tluka mi puih peih, rilru tha leh thawhpui te ngaihsak leh rinawm hi ka la hrelo tlat. Mizo te hi chu kan tawngkam a tha hleng hlawm reuh a, kan rilru a kha thur fuk hlawm lawi si thin a nih hi maw!

College Park khua atanga, Washington,DC a hnathawk tur hian, ka awmna Lianthuama te in atangin kein, Kulikawn atanga Sikulpuikawn ang vel Bus channa hmun ka kal zingtin a (dar 5 velah). Bus chang hian sik leh sa e, vur sur e, ruah e sawi thei lovin kum hnih dawn ka kal ta thin a ni.Chumi atang chuan bus in metro station ka pan leh a, metro chuan Washington,DC chu ka pan leh ta thin anih chu. Lianthuama Vangchhia tun, 2010 a MSA (Mizo Society of America) president ni mek te nupa hi keimah mai nilo, Mizo dang hrim hrim hnenah hian an tha em em mai a, an neih an ui lova, an in an ui heklo. Ka awm ve thin lai pawh khan an mahni kha an mikhual chet lek lek zawk thin a ni. Khatiang rilru pu an nihna vang pawh khan aniang e, Pathian in namen lovin mal a sawm reng a ni.

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US kal (chhunzawmna)

US ka thleng chu Pi Changliani ten an in nuam tak maiah min hruailut a. An ni hi Maryland state a Bowie khuaah khawsain, veng thar deuh in nuam tak tak awmna a ni nghe nghe. Inbual chu angai ve ta ngei mai si a, bathroom ka hman tur ka zawt a, kan inkhar khum ve ta rap mai a. Bathtub lian tha heng hawng takah chuan kan ding ve tau mai a, tui tih haw danah buaina ka nei ta. Tuilum leh tuivawt han herh chhuah dan/adjust dan kha ka hre der lo mai tih ka in hrechhuak ta a ni. Khami tum khan ka inbual chhung aiin, tui herh haw dan ka zawng rei zawk ngei ang.

Hnathawh hun tu vakmah inang heklo le (US hrim hrim) chawei hun pawh a inang thei lova, mahni ei duhzawng zawng kan insiam mai a engemaw zawng tak chuan a nuam phian mai, mahni thleng kan sil zel mai bawk si. A tir lam chuan an thuk te ka hmang thiam chiah si lova, ka thaw a sa tha pap pap thin hle mai. US ka thlen hnu hian min lo hmuaktu te tih lovah chuan Kulikawn mi, Biaksanga'n (Ku BS-a) min rawn tlawh hmasa ber a, a dawtah Saithangpuia Sailo a ni. Pi Changliani te hian min duatin min duhsak em em mahse, an veng lamah kei tourist visa maia kal tan chuan, thawh ve theih ang, 'odd jobs' han thawh mai tur avang hle mai. Aizawl a ka pa, pa anga rawn nei tu, US ah pawh ka unaupa (cousin) Patrick Hauhnar (fam)in a hruaithlak, Lianthuama Vangchhia te in lamah hna zawn a remchan zawk avangin ka insuan phei ta a.

Lianthuama Vangchhia te hi College Park khua, Maryland state thova awm an ni. An kawmthlang maiah chuan 'Greenbelt Plaza' a awm a, chutah chuan dawr nghah hna dilin ka vei kual ta zak zak a. Hna rem chang chang (odd jobs) dap ka nih avangin duh tui a theih lova, hmuh theih apiang hna tha a ni vek mai. Dawr pakhat kan zawh lehna ah chuan ka kalna (zinna) apianga ka hmuh, 'Lady' tak Parte-i (Pami of 7day tlang) chuan dawr a lo nghak chu ka hmu ta thut mai a, kan hlim dun hawk hawk hle mai. A ni chuan dawr nghah hna chu min dilpui ta a, a tuk atang chuan kar hnih chhung dawr nghah ka train ta char2, ka tih ngailoh a ni bawk nen fimkhur angai ngei mai. Mizoram dawr nghaktu te nghah dan kan lo hmuh ve thin nen a inang lo lutuk leh dawrtu (customer) an in ngaih pawimawh hleih zia chu ka hre rang kher mai.

US kal

Ka lo nih tum thin Jet Fighter pilot chu Shillong atanga Mizoram ka haw hnu chuan ka hlat ta tawlh tawlh mai a. Kum tam an liam hnu phei chuan ka nunna atan hial pawh keimah leh keimah chu hlauhawm ka ni tep zawk ta mai. Rilru siam nghetin, post hmasa lama ka sawi ang khan, antam zuar te leh thil dang danga inhlawh chawp ten ka buai ve ta zeuh zeuh a, rilru pawh a hlim sawt viau mai. Tichuan, kapa hnenah America ka kal theih nan min sponsor tu tur min zawnpui turin ka ngen ta a. Group tour ang chi leh thil dang dang pawn kalna chance chu dap peih tan chuan a tam ang mahse, pa te hnena pangchang theia ka la awm kha ka inchhir lo khawp mai.

Ka pa sikul luhpui thin, Pi Changliani pasal, Pu Eddy Poey in min sponsor na bawhzui chuan tul ang ang te ka buaipui ve a, ka pa'n a neih chhun pawisa tlem min pekte keng bawk chuan Calcutta lam ka pan ve ta a. Visa dil hlawhchham ka hmu nual a, chung te chuan a harsat zia an sawi reng mai si, ka huphurh lutuk chuan zu te chu ka in ta vak mai a, avan mawl thlak tak em. Engpawh nise, kamiz pawr fep fawp chu kekawrtlawn ah benglutin, kum 5 vela upa ka pheikhawk neih chhun chu bun bawkin ka va interview ve ta rawih mai a. Hemi tum hian Mizo dang, pastor pahnih leh tlangval pakhat an awm ve nangin, vanduai thlak takin Mizo dang chu khami ni kha chuan visa an hmu talo a ni.

Ka pawisa neih chhun te chuan ticket man ilo a daih ta mang si lova, ka pa ka han pur leh ta. Tichuan, a neih ang chhun chhun min pek te nen chuan ticket te ka lei ta a, Reagan National Airport (Washington, DC) a tum turin British Airways ah chuan ka chuang ve ta. Heathrow Airport, London ah darkar sarih zet kan han chawl mai kha chu ka van ning tak em. Darkar 20 hnuah chuan Washington, DC ka tum ta a, custom hoin min han check vel chu, pawisa ken leh thuamhnaw ka nei tlem lutuk chu min khung hrang leh ta.

Reagan National Airport ka thlen hian $4.00 chiah ka la nei a, thuamhnaw chu airbag ah pawh a te chi ka nun 2ndhand dawr a mi min lei sak ka nei a, chumi chhungah chuan towel te chi, toohbrush/toothpaste/razor (2ndhand bawm te a dah)leh underpant chiah a awm a ni. Khing te lek kenga US ka kal chu min ringhlel a, min khung hrang chu alo nia, a zahthlak angreng viau nangin min thawnhaw mawlh kha ka hlau ber mai. Tichuan, min lo hmuaktu, Lianthuama Vangchhia, John Vangchhia, Pi Changliani leh an pa Pu Eddy Poey te chuan darkar chuang aliam hnu chuan min ngaihtuahin min rawn ngaihven ta a. Min sponsor tu ber Pu Eddy in custom ho hnenah intiamkamna a siam hnu, darkar rei tak hnu chuan min chhuah tir ta hram a ni. US khawtual thleng ve tawh e tilo chuan min thawn haw leh teuh ther ther ngei mai. Tunah erawh hei, khami ni atang khan kum 10 a ni ve dawn ta der mai!

PIC:(1) Reagan National Airport, ka US thleng hlim min lo hmuaktu te nen. (2)US KA KAL DAWN NI, KA PI KA HMUH HNUHNUN BER NI BAWK A NI.