Something crazy happened today and I still couldn't believe it! (context: I live in mumbai and this incident took on local station)
So me and my mother had to go to some family function but I couldn't go due to preparation for advanced. Still I thought I'll drop her till station, so we reached there and I took ticket for her (as there was a long queue) , I didn't took platform ticket for me (no one takes actually) as it was just a matter of 2 minutes.
So train came, I waved her a goodbye and when I was going down the stairs, I was caught by a TC (ticket collector) He asked for my ticket , I said "Mai toh sirf mummy ko drop karne aaya tha." As expected he didn't listened , I told him the whole story but he wasn't convinced.
Then he took me to the railway office where all the TCs stay during there work hours. Then they asked "Platform ticket kyu nahi liya?" I said "Just 2 minute ke liye gaya tha platform pe mummy ko drop karne aap toh piche hi padd gaye ho" (I was hella frustrated as time waste ho raha tha faltu ka)
He asked for fine but I had no wallet, no phone as I left home in rush. I started to defend myself like every normal person will do (I accept it was my fault) but still I tried to defend myself, I said "Paise ghar se laake deta hu, aap pareshan kar rahe ho ab." He got triggered and said to his other TC, "ISKO LOCK UP MAI DAALO" (in really high tone), at that moment I went blank but then I said "Sir I'm just a student in class 12th , how can you lock up a child under 18, (although I'm 19, drop year tha)
Then I pulled the ultimate move , there was a huge hoarding by my coaching of jee mains result with my photo and percentile on it and luckily it was visible from the office, I said "Voh dekho, meri photo bhi lagi hai itni badi uss hoarding pe with 99.xx percentile, Do you think I'll do this on purpose?" (idk why I said it as this doesn't make any sense)
Expression of that TC completely changed and his next line made me lose it, He said "Thik hai sir, AAP jao" with a really really soft tone.
I am still shocked ki ye kya hua par jo bhi hua aacha laga.

Guys i have something to say , i have lost all respect for siwet , i hate him even more than Akriti now . Why? i will explain in points 1. He dumped Nayera on national television while he was the one who started things with her 2. He made Nayera feel terrible all this while 3 . I finally understand Nayera’s anger towards Siwet , imagine being on national television, someone starts showing love for you , you fall for the person, you actually get serious , you get dumped , that too on national television just because you confront the person for saying they didn’t find you hot and the connection is just for show. 4. Now if you guys remember even while leaving Nayera had feelings for siwet while siwet didn’t shed a tear nor actually say something meaningful before she left . 5. Nayera cane out and got to know he dis the same with akriti , tried to form a connection 6. Nayera sharef certain intimate moments woth siwet , which apparently for siwet wasn’t a huge deal but it was for Nayera. 7. Now the person keeps on denying anything was there , imagine nayeras anger, actual reason of her anger wasnt why siwet did what he did , but i was always about why didnt he accept it . NGL anyone would be mad 8 . Now between lakshay siwet and anickaa, lakshay is obviously wrong , i already said in this sub before that he isn’t a green flag , he’s just another average guy . I hated how he kept taking anick’s name everywhere in a bad light , and in the show i freakin hated how he talked to Anicka 9. Also when Anicka cried , why didn’t lakshay once come and talk to her , kitne gire hue ho bhai ? or drame ke lie diamond h ye h wo h , dikh gya ab 10. Lakshay is nothing but a hawabaaz jo bs bate bolta h . Siwet se kuch ni lad pata or anicka se akele me disrespectfully bat krta . i mean grow up! 11. baki the way he is trigerred, obviously yashika is his girlfriend, shame on him for still participating in splits. 12. Coming to the person red color was invented for . Siwet once again defamed not just one but two girls online .firstly yashika , the way he talked about anicka in his live , i am disgusted. 13. saying stuff like bar bar anicka ka call a rha h , i am breaking up with her , mujhe esi ladki ke sath ni rehna , ab mujhe in log ki ladai se koi mtlb ni hai kuch bhi kare. Bro mtlb live pe tu kya dikhana chahta hai , anicka is desperate for you , and tujhe ni rehna uske saath , bhai he sucks . esa kese krskta koi kisi ke sath . imagine the embarrassment for Anicka , These are personal matters man . Stop fucking selling yourself for some views . Bechari Anicka kare kya ? I’m proud of her today , she didnt lose her calm after constant hate from both lakshay and siwet fans and now when siwet brokeup she didn’t shit about him on live. Didn’t make it ugly . So respect for her 14. Now is when anicka would actually be TRAUMATISED. 15. Hence nayera was right when she said , tera sath jo hai wo zyada traumatise krega Honorable Clown Mention: Loving how akriti’s clown fan pages on the basis of what siwet said , are making reels that what about when digvijay spoke ill about Akriti 🤡 And akriti so full of herself is sharing them and enjoying the sudden sympathy, lol have a spine , siwet was the one harassing you a while back, and people like digvijay and sachin were actually in support of her . Also in courtroom they were supposed to bring out stuff about one another , yashika hasnt agreed to participate in the show so digvijay is absolutely right in taking stand for this .

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17M. Today cbse boards result came out. And I got 68% and I feel devastated.
I tried to do jee coaching and school simultaneously but I couldn't. I used to feel sleepy in classes so much that my eyes felt like burning. I was just not interested in this rat race.
My father is the most toxic person I've ever met. He doesn't even talk to strangers with respect or politely. I couldn't clear jee and my father scolded me a lot and today he said even more stuff that I couldn't take in.
I got horrible percentile in JEE. I know this is not the end of life and these grades don't define someone's potential or life. I accept I couldn't perform well and learnt my lesson through bad decisions.
But aaj papa ne bola "tera ky hoga, pura future barbad krliya h", "2 saal kuch pdhai nhi kiya bas phone chalaya, game khela, timepass kiya", "har ek exam me fail hogya", "ab aage ki padhai chhod de, labour ka kaam kr ky krega pdh kr", "5 lakh barbaad krdiya school or coaching me".
I wasn't like this always. Maine 8th tak boht competitions, olympiads wagera kiya h. Mujhe nhi pata mai jee coaching kyu le liya. Ky hogya mere saath mujhe nhi pata.
He called me and said "apna laptop and phone tod de aur photo khich kr bhej". Kyu todu mai apna phone jab maine freelancing krke khud ke paise se kharida th.
I'm not joking but he called me "ch*tiya and mc" too for not scoring good marks. He even scolded my mother and sister for all this. Bas yahi bolte raha ki mat kr aage ki padhai, sab barbad krliya h ab mera kuch nhi hoga kahi.
Aaj pehli bar saalo baad meri aankho se aasu aagye. Aaj mere se control nhi hua aur mai chhat pr jakr silently andr se cry kr rh th.
He has his ego problem and anger issues. Idk what's his problem. Hamesha se aisa toxic behaviour raha h. Kabhi game khelne nhi diya to jab bhi time milta th bachpan me mai game khelte rhta th kyuki brain aisa sochta th ki ghr me nhi h yeh abhi jitna marji khel leta.
Bachpan me cash me paise diye th aur bola rkhne and maj spend krdiya kyuki bhai bachha th curiosity thi. To jis din pata chala jhapad mar diya and bache hue cash phad diye.
To ab dar lgta h kuch krne se. Mai kahi bahar nhi jata hoon ghumne ya kuch khane. Aaj tak restaurant nhi gya. Bs ek bar dosto ke sath movie dekhne gya hoon Oppenheimer. Ek do bar cafe me gya hoon dost ke sath. Sab apne hi paiso se pay kiya hoon. Pocket money ka concept hi gayb h mere ghr me. School wale goa trip pr legye but 15k mai mangne se ghabra rh th to nhi gya.
Ab weird sa introvert bn gya hoon. Dost birthday party pr ya ghumne bulate h to mai nhi jata kuch bahana krdeta hoon. Female interaction to hai hi nhi ab.
Ek din meri didi ka pata nhi sayd result acha nhi aaya th to bola ki books road pr lejakr jala de. Mai chhota th tab.
Aaj to bole meri mummy ko ki mujhe ghr se bhaga de.
He never accepts constructive critisism about him. For him other's opinions and views dont matter. He only boasts how much money he has spent on education and shit.
Heck he never gave his BA exam himself. Someone else wrote instead of him.
Ky aisa behaviour acceptable bhi hai aaj ki society me? I think he's psychotic and needs a psychiatrist. Like wtf man.
Kahi se koi support nhi mil rh mujhe. Bs lg rh andar se toot gya hoon aur ab kuch nhi h jeene ko. Bs mera friend mujhe support kr rh kyuki uske bhi kam percentage aaye h. Atleast uske ghr wale jyada understanding h and samjhte h ki yeh the end nhi hai.
Mera dream h Germany me pdhna. Mai kuch projects banaya hoon ek dost ke sath apne coding skills se jisse mujhe kafi acha revenue mil jata h. To friend EU ka hai and we've been in contact for long time now.
To ek saal yaha local college me pdh kr next year bachelors Germany ke liye apply krunga yeh mera plan th. Along with learning german language.
Bs isi hope se mai filhal jee rh hoon ki ek din yeh sapna pura hoga and mai finally yeh toxicity escape kr paunga. Mera wo dost financially help bhi krdega if funds ki kam pdegi to uss time. Papa ke to paise bhi use nhi hoga to bhad me jaye mai ja rh apne raste.
Bs aur kuch nhi kehne ko h

Double dropper Jee mai accha %ile nahi aya State exam mai bhi kuch ukhaad nahi paya Kal comedk deke aya.....waha bhi iss baar questions tough aagaye , pta nahi kya marks ayenge
Parents ko bhi apna JEE ka %ile jhut bola tha , dar ke karan.... Aur convince Kiya tha comedk ke liye.... Abhi wo bhi haath se bahar jate hue dikh raha hai ...... I wanna end it... Itna mehnat Kiya fir bhi kuch nahi mil Raha...... Saas leta hu toh acche se prepare karke exam mai pta nahi kaise hugdeta hu.....😓 , bhagwan ko mere se kya problem hai... Abhi parents ko kya bolu.... Itna mehnat Kiya ... Din ke 10-10 hrs padhe , fir bhi pta nahi exam mai panick karke kaise hugdeta hu.... I have no idea ....abhi kya karu kuch samaj nahi aaraha ... Apne parents ko kis muh se bolunga ki I've failed .....😓 Buss ab tolerate nahi hota merese.... Mai kuch bhi Karu wo bekar jaa Raha hai... Mocks mai toh acche se 150+ aarahe the... Pta nahi exam mai hamesha panick karke galt kardeta hu , my life is worthless now... I've even lied to my parents about my %ile , kya kya nahi kiya iss exam ke liye ..... Buss aur kuch likhne jaisa nahi hai....if I don't post anything in next 2 days...just think that I've lost hope and I'm done with life ...... Goodbye guys , take care and never lie....

(OP mostly stolen from last year's rate, which was mostly stolen from the year before's, which was mostly stolen from the 10s Boy Groups/Girl Group SMACKDOWN OPs, they paved the way)
Welcome to the 2023 K-Pop Essentials Rate! Us 3 hosts (u/1998tweety, u/LilacDaffodils, & u/throwaway-7650) are excited to host the 3rd annual K-Pop yearly review rate. Last year, NewJeans - Ditto was crowned the winner of 2022 K-Pop Essentials - with TWICE - The Feels also winning 2021 K-Pop Essentials while being the only artist having 3 songs in the rate, will that trend continue this year, either by NewJeans again/several other artists also represented with 3 songs, or will the streak be broken by crowning a new winner altogether? Without further ado, here's this year's list of Essentials^TM:

1. (G)-IDLE - Queencard
2. aespa - Drama
3. aespa - Spicy
4. AKMU - Love Lee
5. ATEEZ - BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS)
6. BABYMONSTER - BATTER UP
7. Billlie - EUNOIA
8. BSS - Fighting (ft. Lee Young Ji)
9. Dreamcatcher - BONVOYAGE
10. ENHYPEN - Bite Me
11. EXO - Cream Soda
12. FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid (Twin Ver.)
13. fromis_9 - #menow
14. H1-KEY - Rose Blossom
15. ITZY - CAKE
16. IVE - Baddie
17. IVE - I AM
18. IVE - Kitsch
19. JENNIE - You & Me
20. JEON SOMI - Fast Forward
21. JIHYO - Killin' Me Good
22. Jimin - Like Crazy
23. JISOO - FLOWER
24. Jung Kook - 3D (feat. Jack Harlow)
25. Jung Kook - Seven (feat. Latto)
26. Jung Kook - Standing Next To You
27. KAI - Rover
28. KISS OF LIFE - Shhh
29. KISS OF LIFE - Sugarcoat (NATTY Solo)
30. LE SSERAFIM - Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's wife
31. LE SSERAFIM - Perfect Night
32. LE SSERAFIM - UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers)
33. LEE CHAE YEON - KNOCK
34. Loossemble - Sensitive
35. NCT DOJAEJUNG - Perfume
36. NCT DREAM - ISTJ
37. NCT U - Baggy Jeans
38. NewJeans - ETA
39. NewJeans - OMG
40. NewJeans - Super Shy
41. NMIXX - Love Me Like This
42. NMIXX - Roller Coaster
43. ODD EYE CIRCLE - Air Force One
44. Red Velvet - Chill Kill
45. RIIZE - Get A Guitar
46. SEVENTEEN - Super
47. SHINee - HARD
48. STAYC - Bubble
49. STAYC - Teddy Bear
50. Stray Kids - LALALALA
51. Stray Kids - S-Class
52. TAEMIN - Guilty
53. TAEYANG - VIBE (feat. Jimin)
54. TAEYEON - To. X
55. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Chasing That Feeling
56. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Sugar Rush Ride
57. tripleS - Girls' Capitalism
58. tripleS - Rising
59. TWICE - MOONLIGHT SUNRISE
60. TWICE - SET ME FREE
61. V - Love Me Again
62. VIVIZ - MANIAC
63. XG - LEFT RIGHT
64. XG - SHOOTING STAR
65. YENA - Hate Rodrigo (feat. YUQI)
66. ZEROBASEONE - In Bloom

But... where's this group or that song? Why is x in over y? [etc.]?

The main goal when curating the selection was to create a list of the most notable releases by K-Pop acts that catered to popheads' interests and taste. To determine whether a song should be included, multiple metrics, including local (Korean) and international success, streaming numbers, "... of the year" lists, acclaim from critics and online fan spaces, relevance in the sub, etc. were used. We also wanted to have a broad and diverse lineup that represented as many acts as possible, but given the competitive and fast-paced nature of the K-Pop industry, not everyone could be included, unfortunately. The reason why your robbed fave was excluded is likely either 1) the act was already well-represented in the rate or 2) it didn't do well enough in the metrics to replace any of the songs currently in the lineup. Which leads us to the...

Bonus Rate:

1. THE BOYZ - LIP GLOSS
2. THE BOYZ - ROAR
3. THE BOYZ - WATCH IT

As THE BOYZ were the unfortunate final cut of the rate this year, we as hosts decided to bring back the secret bonus rate idea from 2 years ago and each picked a "payola" song for the bonus rate and this is what we ended up with, 100% serious. THE BOYZ now joins the other 4 artists with 3 songs in the rate, making for a total of 5! Which title track of theirs from last year will come out on top?

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This was 4 years ago. Im M20. I know I'm Very young and theres still more people to meet. But I just can't seem to get her off my Mind when I'm idle.
This will be very long all from my loving memory. (She's still alive)
Heres the story. I was attending this high school in our community and 1st year I've met kiN passing by the corregidor where I'm sitting on the ground (no interaction- just made eye contact for a split seconds- I'm very modest when it comes to looking at women I always avoid Eye contact w/ woman) for the first time early on the school year like they we're recruiting club members the in my mind; she's stunning and smells nice- and then that's it I continued living normally. Forward to Last Quarter of SY we students are having a lot of time in our hands because teachers are busy with meetings discussing 4th year moving ceremony - so most of the time students would roam around the campus visit rooms of other students. And then there was this commotion on the door she is there ( I didn't know that her room is just 1 room apart from us), apparently her gay friend have a crush on me and wanted to take a picture with me. They were calling me but I'm really adamant because I don't know these guys until noticed her leaving saying I'm such a kill joy. I waited then my classmate who's friend of hers convinced me that I should give them a chance it's just a photo- so I walked with them and them they pulled me on the wall w/ her gay friend and kiN was the one who took our picture and there while looking at her to take our picture I was admiring her cute laughter because I was beside her friend And then That's it the 1st year ended. (Do note that I had atleast 2 mu with my beautiful classmates in this time frame but I won't put in too much detail)
On my 2nd year our school had this pilot system that they filtered out those with Higher grades and gave us test to choose from the results. Honestly I wasn't able to answer much because I didn't feel like it is important and it wont affect my grade (im chill with studies). Apparently I passed the exam and I was doubting it lol. I late enrolled for a week because I was planning to go to private school But didn't happen. On my first day In, I was greeted with a loud simultaneous calling of my name from the Big 4 girls (I've gotten close to them since 1st year) It rained so the corregidor had rain spills so I had to stay on the door entrance for a bit to dry out my shoes and while at It- I was taking a quick scan of whos In the room I saw new persons and the boy group and I saw her there too so In my mind that's 3 times now and we'll be stuck for a long time I was really excited for the days ahead.
On the first half of the quarter I was sitting with the boy group because theres only a few students on the class room we're 30 students ( 1/3 are Boys rest are Girls) been treated special and doted but also always had hell days because they expect too much of us. Literally every day we had 2 lessons to finish per subject. And so I didn't really had much interaction with kiN, even though we're in the same room because she also stayed in here side of the room and me on our side of the room. Sometimes when there's no teacher we would group ourselves boys to girls yapping within our circles and I'd often over hear them talking about who they like (just what girls do) and I heard that one girl which is her very best friens has a crush on me and so sometimes they would tease us over it.
Then fast forward to last half of the SY we were given a seating arrangment and there I was assigned to seat beside her. In my mind I was very optimistic that this could be a chance get close to her (literally we has strike a conversation) So on the first hour I was sitting very comfortably while listening to the discussion then I got bored and grabbed a piece of paper wrote Hi and slide it under her arm. Then she replied Hello then I wrote your "cute" then she replied "ikr" and then I wrote back "your too full of yourself" then she replied that I was rude. Then I replied with a low voice saying sorry then she just smirked and I did the same (she really was cute). Then over sometime we would make small talks arguing about our seat spacing in joking manner and her teasing me about her BFF liking me etc. but most of the time we're just quietly sitting because I am still modest about women. When theres no teacher we go back to our routine boys girls making their own circles. Then there was one group activity that we had to make and she was in the group and we did it in her house. The Big 3 Girls and her was there and Me and my Friend were the only boys. After we finished early on our activity we the girls started to hot seat me and started teasing me about her bestfriend again liking me like asking me If I also find her friend Attractive so me being modest I answered Yes definitely just basically making them fullfill their satisfaction to make them excited but I the end I politely said she (the BFF) not the one I like so they ask me abt but I didn't break just smirks (Im thinking shes literally infront of me). Then overtime my feelings for her grew. And the SY ended
We're now 3rd year and stayed on the same room but again girls and boys grouping ourselves but only for a few days because our adviser already had a seat plan. Then weeks passed Nic and I started to have more and more conversation thru chat because of group activities but just that and I'm back to playing video games. Then vacation came out of nowhere while playing Nic messaged me saying Hi, asking what I'm doing, asking me personal questions yadda yadda yada - And me nonchalantly answering it straight forward hoping that she stops because I'm trying to win the game. Luckily it does but everyday throughout the half of vacation it happened. So I got curious what does she want I decided to invest more time talking to her. everyday I morning to night we would talk. Then it was 25th of christmas she asked me out in a way that I was the one who asked her out (I didn't have a clue that she likes me so I thought it's just a quick bonding). So we planned the afternoon for lunch just a walk distance from our area. So there was me waiting for in my Pajamas because I literally just finished general cleaning in my room and wanted to sleep but I remembered our plan. I was standing there in the crossing street impatiently messaging if she doesn't show in a minute I'd head back home to sleep then I saw her hurriedly walking in a white fluffed shoulder blouse and knee length jeans. She was really stunning and when we faced I said, "wow you really dressed too much for this, look at me I'm about to sleep" (im literally clueless it was a date plus i forgot it was christmas) So we went to a cafe and very quietly sitting infront of each other sipping our drink and glancing each other and smirking and there was a time it was just the 2 of us so I suggested I invite my cousin (appraently when she started talking to me she started to find someone who is close to me I think to spy on me) because I knew they knew each other thru chat so why not make their first meet and she agreed without hesitation. Then my cousin came his order spilled right after receiving it because the sealing was off so the staff prepared another for him and asked us a for a picture for the vibe lol. Then I said I'm hungry and want some rice because I was cleaning early in the morning without breakfast then 3 of us went to McDonald's while walking I noticed her laces was undone so I pointed it out and she gave me this look as if inviting me to help her tie it but instead I went for her phone and drink because I'm very shy that shes wearing short jeans then we arrived and ordered some food and so on. We ate she didn't and talked and less than an hour she said she is being called to go home so I said ok let's go home because I'm also feeling tired then my cousin said he'd stay for a bit so it was only Me and Nic walking together. While walking I we are making small talks and I noticed she's being to close to me like she's being awfully bumby even tho I'm already in the middle of the rode avoiding her so I just pushed her to the side as a joke and stayed close (it was unsafe in the middle). Then when we are about to separate ways for courtesy I asked her if she wants that I'd walk her home she was hesitant for a while but immediately answered yes. So we continue small talks and we arrived at her grandmas home then her cousin saw us and reported it in the house so she chased him and I was left standing there and was about to go back then she yelled my name so I turned back she asked me to come while laughing in Shyness and I was also hesitant because I wasn't dressed well but then in my mind I wanted to spend more time with her. So I said if she drags me I would come so she dragged me in their door and there was a lot of people that I just realized it was christmas they invited me inside so I went and gave me food and she was just there laughing in the outside. The members were talking to me and I'm just politely answering them giving them a smile. Then I finished my food and I was raising my eyebrows to kiN that and lipping that Its time to go. So she asked told the family and we bid farewell all together. She walked me to the street and I went home. Then that night I was saying my gratitude how her family treated me and it was fun time with her then she ended the conversation that she wants to say something on the new year so I said why not now she didn't reply. Then it was New year she greeted me and I greeted back and I asked what was it but she said maybe another time so I didn't mind because I was ecstatic with celebrating the new year with firecrackers. Days after new year she finally confessed that she likes me, I felt the world stop, peace in my mind and heart but tried to stay firm grip and replied if she is just trying to prank me because I won't fall for it then dragged on the conversation and risking it all so I also told her I like her.
I'll just end it here because that's the happy part and I'm feeling better remembering this. If anybody want me to continue just let me know but it's gonna be hard. Sorry and Thank you <3 !

Get your popcorns ready na si I have a story for you . .they said character development is for the weak hearted eiiii mailaaaaawd just like echaiviiiii haibagui.....aaahhh some females shall not see heaven for real😪. So there is this cousin of mine a real hensum bwoooyyy from naks hana mambo mingi just cool with me a bachelor you know the imma grind get the bag then get the gal typa guy...and for a min I was actually convinced yenye na wasicha abadan katan....tell me why one day I'm just running to him about my new relationship then out of nowhere he's like Mimi relationship sijui kumaintain but wueeeh love is a biurifuu thing...pause .....ATI what did you just say ...kumbe eiii amapata kasichana kapetite kafupi kalightskinnnn na mailaaawwwd the typa smile tulikuwa tunaandika Kwa composition was worth a thousan diamonds enyewe Kuna wasichana tu tuliumbwa a minute longer
So he starts telling me how he's certain he's gonna f*** up na they gonna break up as true to his words the next day wameachana ATI why because he was like ATI Ile day tukiongea I wasn't the one with the phone yawaaaa why would he even say that after he's bagged the girl...so the girl got pissed juu she like I confessed my feelings to you how I been wanting u since way back and even agreed to get with you just for you to say that....so who is my cousin akanipea number eti tebu nitete hapa Mimi kama a true wingman I text this Chile and she like hey ......'s girlfriend and me I'm like I don't know how I'd be my grandfather's girlfriend but hi to you too how are you and she's like I'm good so I say I'm his cousin by the way and you must be the girlfriend tbh you is the first gal he's ever spoken to me about ( for a minute I was about to be like I was certain he either asexual or gay) juu wueh nigaa was consistent about not dating plus he hardly ever talked about girls.... Si after some gal talk na pata message kijana ameamua haendi khaisakuru kuuza makaa mambo yametudi sawa.....nduru na vigelele my nigaa is now locked in If you think that is pretty Kuna siku our bwoyyy is in class so like lecture is going down then he notices about 20 messages kutungua anaona ni mapicha so si akatoka WhatsApp but bado ako online anangojea picha ziload areply one by one whyyyy because our boy has learnt from his mistakes and he understands he should treat this girl with love care and like the queen she is tell me why anarudi Kwa chats five minutes later all the photos have been deleted not only that but aaaah the queen treater has been blocked agaaaaiiiin
From there it just went down hill unaskia tu ma love is a biurifuu thing na ma eiiiiyyyy mailaaaaawd huyu mkiroga na relocate khaisakuru 😂😂😂then one day I wake up to 45 messages this nigga tryna make sense of why the hell this Chile amemblock akamreport WhatsApp and for why atii juu hajareply picha venye anafaaaa like my friend unataka Nini atume simping as messsaaaagggesss to photos that almost look alike with different filters na she didn't even give him time to explain hakuwa position ya kureply on time juu he was tired
But that is me not him as a matter of fact for a minute that whole shenanigans brought the two closer together na for a while hakukuwa na madrama aaaaaahhhhh ngocha kitogo I must have forgotten how could I....so before the whole escapade my cousin was runting about I don't know the way amekasirikiwa akablockiwa kila pahali and I mean everywhere TikTok,insta,x ikiwezekana YouTube Hadi LinkedIn she was determined to ensure she is unreachable na hajui makosa yake Iko wapi....so si he tells me what went down mid Convo the girl texts me and I'm like maybe she wants to confront me and all that so I ask you a'ight she's like yer so I respond I doubt but it's okay goodnight....the next day she feels abit selfless akaaamua it's time to gimme sum hot teaaa eiiiii the gal is just like he doesn't understand me oooh I don't know how to express myself angaaaa I don't know why he can't see I'm like this is why women get depressed in relationships juu you can't speak out and you expect mtu aone shida Iko wapi ....I learnt from the number of people I've interacted with that unlike females male are very simple they don't see the bigger or the smaller picture they just see the picture eiiii mailaaaaawd so I call in my TikTok therapist gained degree and I tell her mwongeleshe let him see your side of the story but be open to seeing his side to hamwezi kua nyinyi wote mko juu y'all gotta be in the middle ndio mmelewana na si they talk and then sasa I don't know what happens they were ok olivasuden boooom tunatafuta msichana ya wenyewe.....
Na ndio ujue enyewe love is a biurifuu thing they even have a group ya mtu mbili sema he goes to make sense na si alishiba kazi ni kukulishwa mablue ticks left right centerrr yawaaaaa aaaaah mailaaaaad I wondaaa why na he kept on texting......if you think that isn't dramatic enough there was a time this girl send a photo of pills ATI like she's tired at that moment I was like blocking and reporting is funny and all but threatening someone with your life is another thing hiyo siku ndio niliona enyewe this boy anapenda huyu msichana....so since she has asked for space he still respected it but amenipigia simu thate faiv ATI he can't reach her tebu try calling tebu text her lemme look for someone amwangalie kama ako sawa na ujue Boyz ako shule all the way in Nakuru so he's just depending on someone to be able to reach her aangalie kama ako sawa.....the next day she just brushes it off ATI like it's just sijui period anxiety ama it was depression ama I don't even remember the name and I'm like yoooow that is not something you just brush off....juu tebu imagine the trauma that comes with having an argument with you significant other they don't talk to you for a whole night then out of nowhere anatuma something like that na anaenda off tena nobody's close to them neither can they reach them....if it were me for my peace tunaachana tbh
Kidogo kidogo switch up ATI the problem is not even them it's me ATI juu I know so much about their relationship In my head I'm like ukimblock umreport app and I try to reach out to him ako banned how the hell I'm I supposed to not be aware of what happened....let's just be realistic....the same person saying that is receiving fake ass advice ATI he doesn't deserve you he doesn't care for you ATI why juuu he didn't react to photos venye dem anataka or because he didn't reply messages on time....like get a life people are busy out here hatuna time ya kukeep up na messages 24/7 So he and I started joking juu he's in a long-distance relationship na my boyfriend would be at work he'd be my val and all that ....maina lemme tell you natextiwa nahiyo number yake ingine and he's like it happened again woooiiiii mtoto wa wenyewe at that point singemblame it's like he was destined for khaisakuru eiiii on valentine's unapigwa aje block and report ATI for why because he told me a joke he was told by herrr aaaaaaaahhhhh I wondaaa where has this world fallen to good we're the days mtu hangeawai kukupiga block aaah I digress
Kichana outspoken you know love is a biurifuu thing .... Apologies hapa na pale relationship inaendelea na vitu zikakuwa sawa less drama more love Hadi wakakuwa model couple Hadi akasema cousin it's time you two meet juu mko in the same area we panga panga kila saa inabackfire hapo background ni Ile wimbo ya if it's meant it'll be it'll be baby if it's meant to be wapi ni kama this one was signed by the devil himself this two should and shall not meet juu Hadi ATI third time's the charm wapi kumbe hiyo tu ni mambo ya wazungu....Hadi niliamua juu nilipika mandazi mingi nikupeleke kakule asiseme oooh ATI Hadi cousin yake si mzuri u know some food bribery here and there finally after a few struggles here and there we met and we talked Hadi tukavibe Hadi kakanipigia mastory.....there is no sleep for the wicked napata message Istg nakucut off I was in the euphoria of being swept away by the loml(sleep) when I saw that message na kuambia Hadi usingizi ikapotea ikasema baby not now later eiiiy I wondad what Had I done who have I wronged na nikiuliza sipewi jibu I honestly don't know ni nini ilisemekana huko but apparently they have now broken up for good in the name of enda ukae na that so called cousin if yours.... nakuambia maina siku hizi watu wanaachwa pia juu ya blood relations like he didn't choose to have me as a cousin.....but anyway like he used to say love issa biurifuu thing

Hello and welcome to another report of my 1 year stay in Japan. Slowly but surely, this thing is nearing its end with only 4 months left to cover. But they're all pretty packed as far as activities and travels went, which you'll see in this very report. Back in February 2023, three of my friends came to Japan on vacation for almost 4 weeks. Two of them were first timers in Japan, so I was fairly excited to show them around together with my other "veteran" friend (I know you are reading this, don't think too highly of yourself now!). The travel itinerary was as follows: (Tokyo) - Sapporo - Hakodate - Tokyo - Kawaguchiko - Numazu - Osaka - Kyoto - Tokyo, with some day trips here and there and the FIRST SAKURA we/I had seen that year!
Be warned that this report may be a bit "special" as far as writing goes because I know they're reading this.
Previous reports can be found below:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10
Sapporo
Once again I would find myself in Sapporo. This was my first domestic flight in Japan and it definitely made my previous trip to Sapporo by train in September 2022 hurt because it further strengthened my opinion that I should have taken flights back then too. I went to Haneda, checked-in my suitcase and then waited for two of my friends who were flying into Tokyo from Germany. Another friend had been in Tokyo for a few days already and bummed about in Hokkaido already. My friends arrived, mentally drained as expected, we checked them into the flights from Tokyo to Sapporo and went on our way. The flight took less than two hours and went pretty smoothly. Which can't exactly be said about our trip from the airport to our Airbnb because who knew that traversing a city with piles of snow with suitcases would be less than ideal? Especially because large parts of Sapporo don't even get cleared from the snow. Some of the sidewalks outside the "center" (Susukino) weren't cleared at all, which was ...an experience.
Either way, we arrived safely at our accommodation, which was an Airbnb not even 15 minutes away on foot from Susukino. And it had a fairly amazing view from the balcony. We got ourselves some hot lemon tea (KIRIN hot lemon is a life saver) and a couple of snacks and that was it because it was already evening and my two friends had been travelling for 24h+ and multiple flights!
Regardless of jet lag, we immediately made our way to Otaru on the next day because there was a Snow Miku exhibition there and my friends are big fans. The train ride from Sapporo to Otaru was pretty bad, probably one of the worst rides I ever experienced in Japan due to the combination of packed + heat blasting AC and multiple prolonged stops along the route due to snow being cleared off tracks. Otaru itself was very pretty and it had been a loooong time since I had seen this much snow - we just don't get that much in western Germany these days but I always loved snow.
Once we had checked out the Miku exhibition, I made a little mistake (I will blame Google maps) and it took quite a bit for us to get back from the place the exhibition was held at to Sakaimachi street. The detour took us along the harbour and other fairly snowed in areas. Underneath this, for example, is supposed to be a park. Eventually we got back to Sakaimachi and walked around, looking for a place to eat. We decided on a place serving udon and if I recall correctly, all of us ordered curry udon and it was fantastic. A hot bowl of udon really hit the spot after walking around in the cold for more than an hour. Afterwards, we checked some spots in Sakaimachi, bought some cookies at Rokkatei and then did the obligatory walk along the canal before heading back to Sapporo. Fun fact: one of my friends slipped only a mere 3 times in Otaru. Let this be a warning - if you go to northern Japan in Winter, please buy proper winter boots.
The weather blessed us another time, with it being cold but mostly sunny. Having been to Sapporo before, the city looked so different, I sometimes didn't recognise parts of it. One major reason we decided to start our travels up in Hokkaido was obviously because of the famous Snow Festival and while these pictures may not properly convey it, the sculptures were amazing in real life, some of them had crazy good detail. We went for lunch at an izakaya-esque shop serving all sorts of standard food. Decided on chicken nanban, which had become somewhat of a favourite of mine ever since I first had it in Tokyo. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the snow festival at night. Might consult my friends and add them on later!
On our third day, "disaster" struck as we all fell ill. Given my previous bouts with having a cold immediately after flights, I was just waiting for it to happen. We took the following two days a bit easier, starting them around mid-day whenever we felt good enough to go out. This area usually has a park next to the river but alas, in Winter, it is completely covered in snow. Just like Nakajima-koen. The entire area with the pond is just buried under ice and snow, which was incredible to see. We checked out Iyahiko and Sapporo Gokoku shrine, which had barely any visitors, which made for pretty great pictures. I also took them to my favourite ramen spot in Japan and they absolutely loved it, going as far as to devour their entire bowls - which was a rarity, apparently.
The final day in Sapporo had us go to Maruyama-koen, visiting Hokkaido jingu, walking through the snow covered park itself before taking a tram to Moiwayama for another couple of shots of Sapporo from the mountain. Made me feel a bit nostalgic, thinking back to my first visits up there back in August a year prior. The mountain range really is amazing when it's covered in snow. Since this was our last day, there was one particular dish native to Hokkaido we wanted to try. Now, for the sake of our friendship, I will not get into how the search for this place went or how the "transactions" within went, but I will say that Jingisukan was pretty good overall. Perhaps I'd rate it even higher had we not been rather stressed and made some mistakes in the restaurant itself but I am keen on trying it again some day. To cap the day off, we were supposed to meet up at the Sapporo TV tower. My "veteran" Japan traveller friend had spent most of her time with her parents in Sapporo but she assured us she'd meet us at the tower. Cue us arriving there and her realising that she thought we meant the JR Tower at Sapporo station. Sasuga, Veteran-chan. At least the other three of us got a great view of Odori park with its many snow sculptures and lights that evening.
And with that, our Sapporo time was already over. Next stop: Hakodate.
Hakodate
This was a fairly short endeavour as we took the limited express from Sapporo to Hakodate, arrived around mid-day, ate at Lucky Pierrot. Just don't go there if you ever go to Hakodate. The burger was ass, the fries were pretty good but ultimately not worth - especially because I bet a year later, tourism has ramped up so much that there will be long queues to get in. We only stayed here for this half day and would go to Tokyo the day after. We walked around the port for a bit and then got the Hakodateyama view in before going to sleep. Truth be told, I'd rather have stayed here for a full day and swapped the cursed Nara day I will report on later down this post for it...
Tokyo
And with that done, we headed back to Tokyo. Coming from -10°C to 10-15°C in Tokyo felt as bad as you might expect but I was also glad I didn't have to wear my thick Winter boots anymore. That being said, of course on the day of arriving in Tokyo, it was pouring rain from the heavens and my Google maps navigated me to the back entrance of our hotel! Sometimes you definitely should not trust Google maps 100% and keep your eyes open for possible flaws... We had arrived rather late in the day so we got quick Coco ichi for dinner and then just took it easy at our hotel. The two first timers were most certainly feeling the effects of being on their feet for multiple days in snowy Hokkaido.
And then two of them went on to see an idol concert the next day, which left me and one of my friends to just stroll around various places in Tokyo. My friend was hellbent on hunting down a Jinbesan plush, so we checked multiple places that sold San-X goods only to never find this shark. Funnily enough, she did see one in Sapporo but didn't get it because "Surely we will find this in Tokyo as well anyway". Lesson to be learned: sometimes, it's best to just buy something you are interested in immediately.
February is also when plum season starts on Honshu and Yushima Tenman-gu has a bunch of them, which at the time weren't in full bloom but cute nonetheless. We went to the typical spots first timers would go to, like Harajuku, Meiji Jingu and Skytree as well. I can not recall the name of the restaurant, but we had oyakodon at a semi-fancy looking place in Solamachi/Skytree and it was really good. I ain't gonna lie, since I had been in Japan for so long and already visited most of these places before, I didn't take many pictures here and don't really have much to say that you haven't already read a billion times on this subreddit so let's go to the parts that may be a bit more interesting! Like the next stop on our February travels, which was...
Kawaguchiko
A proper first for all of us, Kawaguchiko was a place we were very hyped about. We took trains very early from Shinjuku station (at around 8am) and Fuji was visible almost the entire day we were there. After arriving and dropping our luggage off at Hotel Mystays Fuji Onsen Resort (which we still have no idea how we go it for the price we did back then), we went off to get some lunch at a fairly mid (in my opinion at least) place near Kawaguchiko station. The closer a place is to a station in a place as tourism focused as this, the more "average" it will be in my experience! But we weren't there for the incredible food - we were there for the incredible scenery.
It's one thing to see Fuji in the distance from observatory decks in Tokyo or out of a shinkansen window. Being this close to the volcano itself is a whole different thing altogether. It's absolutely breathtaking! I've mentioned many times how some of the things I have done or seen in Japan in real life don't translate onto pictures well but without a shadow of a doubt, Fuji is the biggest example of this. The entire time I was there, I just kept thinking that it should be impossible for this to be real. This shot of Fuji in the background and the cat being there at this moment is one of my favourite pictures! Here are a bunch of pictures of the lake, surroundings and Fuji. Unfortunately we didn't get to the pagoda in time to see Fuji still, the clouds stole the view but it was still a pretty decent one! And this place was very empty at the time, which has obviously changed since then.
Also, bonus... if you kept up with recent news, there has been a huge wave of people camping that one Lawson with the Fuji view in the back. Well, let's just say we got that view a year ago without realising this would turn into such a big deal. There was practically nobody in front of it so it's kind of wild to see how problematic tourism has become within just a year for this place in particular.
I can highly recommend the aforementioned Hotel Mystays. If you can get a good deal on it, it's a really great hotel to stay in for like a day or two because the view you get from the rooms are great. I woke up the next day as the sun was rising and was greated with this stunning view of Fuji. Honestly, one of my favourite single day trips in Japan and I'll 100% go here again to check more of the surrounding lakes out, possibly with some bikes. Winter is definitely the best time to get clear views of Fuji. With that being said, our next destination would be a town called Numazu.
Numazu + Kawazu Sakura
Now, I won't be surprised if most people haven't heard of this place. The reason we went there is because the Love Live Sunshine anime is set in this town and good old veteran traveller is still insanely into Aqours and can't go a Japan trip without going here, apparently! We took a bus from Kawaguchiko to Mishima and then the train from there to Numazu itself. BUT let's not skip out on the "fun" part of our departure from Kawaguchiko. Namely, none of us having any clue how to get from the hotel to the bus station without actually entering the Fuji-Q theme park with our luggage, walking through it in a hurry, one of us having a broken shoulder... and one just leasurely taking pictures as if we weren't 2 minutes off missing our bus! Choose your travelling companions wisely, dear readers... <3
Numazu is a small port town and in all honesty - fairly rundown. If it weren't for the fact that the aforementioned anime and group's origin was here, I have no doubt it would be even more rundown considering that most visitors probably come here due to the anime. That being said - I love port towns so this one was still cute enough for a short 1-2 day endeavour, especially because seeing my friends get hyped over anime idols filled my rotten heart with joy ^-. And the not-so-rundown parts of the town lent themselves to great photos considering it's surrounded by the sea and hills/mountains. Of course, Fuji made an appearance as well. Shizuoka prefecture reminded me of Hiroshima prefecture a bit in terms of fauna and climate, I suppose? It felt fairly distinctively different from the rest of Japan in a good way. Even the sunsets over there feel different, but maybe that's just a bit of imagination on my part.
Numazu and specifically Uchiura definitely do embrace the aforementioned idol anime series existence and have a bunch of places with merch and restaurants and cafés with items referencing the characters and such. There's also a deep-sea museum there, which was pretty interesting but given the nature of it, taking pictures wasn't exactly possible. I will say that I enjoyed this museum more than the big one in Osaka but more about that later. As usual with port towns, a lot of their economy is made up of the fishing industry and this town was no stranger to that. There are plenty of seafood restaurants and we decided to hit up a few. My choice of food was rather boring, keeping to tuna and sashimi bowls. One of my friends was more adventurous and ordered this monstrosity of a kakiage tower on top of rice. We could not finish this but it was delicious nevertheless, even if it looks intimidating.
One thing about Japan that is somewhat rarely brought up when it comes to sakura is the fact that there are a whole lot of varieties of them. The bog-standard one everybody thinks of is the somei-yoshino variant, which have white petals and are the predominant variant which marks the beginning of "the" sakura season people think of. But there are also plenty of variants that bloom early or even late. One such variant is the Kawazu sakura, which - as the name suggests - has its roots in Kawazu on the Izu peninsula, which holds an annual cherry blossom festival which coincidentally was happening when we were in Numazu. A round trip took a whopping 4 hours but the chances of being anywhere near this place again any time soon were low so we decided to go.
And it was spectacular! The Kawazu cherries are pink instead of white like the somei-yoshino variant and the entire little town is full of them. But arguably the main "attraction" is the river, lined on both sides with sakura trees as far as the eye can see. We were a bit late for peak bloom but it looked beautiful nonetheless and is one of my favourite sakura spots. We spent around two hours walking around, eating some of the typical festival food, even having a brief chat with a Japanese man who made some amusing comments about a certain Eastern European country's leader. All in all a fantastic visit and I'd highly recommend going here if you are in Japan during February.
On our last in Numazu, we had a few hours before our train down to Osaka so we took another walk around town, friends bought some mikan and then we were off to my behated Osaka...
Osaka
Ah, Osaka. My hate-hate relationship. Throughout the years of visiting Japan, I have never quite warmed up to this city but alas, the giant aquarium is located there and we chose Osaka as our base for Kansai. The aquarium is one of the few in the world that keeps whale sharks! The place is rather dark overall and taking pictures is a bit difficult, especially because - as you may expect - the number of people (especially KIDS WITH IPADS) blocking the views is high. Honestly, I think most of our group didn't enjoy this place as much as the smaller aquarium in Numazu. On top of that, there's quite the irony in this place. There's a section about plastic waste and how it's found in every body of water and how humanity needs to take care of that. Then a couple minutes later you enter the aqarium cafeteria which uses a whole lot of plastic wrapping...
We hit up Osaka castle park, which had some blooming plum trees as well. I think the first place we actually had a "large" meal at in Osaka was Sushiro. We just wanted sushi and I remember we were all pretty dead that day and just wanted to eat somewhere and Sushiro was around the corner. My god did we destroy those plates. I've never seen my friends eat this much food. I think me and one of them ate around 18 plates each. We also visited a vegan cafe on one of the days there and it was overall a very nice experience. Vegan food options in Japan have increased over the years. Let's just hope that one day, vegan restaurants and cafes will serve portions that aren't for ants.
The other notable thing of our stay in Osaka was me losing my wallet. Now, I have never, ever lost my wallet before and I was kind of losing my mind. My wallet contained everything; credit card, residency card, shinkansen tickets, suica, a good amount of cash and I was just going through it, mentally. Thankfully, my veteran friend redeemed herself by asking staff at the 7-11 we were last at whether they had found a wallet and they sure did. I was so wrecked mentally, I didn't even register the cashier asking for my name to confirm I was the actual owner of the wallet. Needless to say, I guess the best place to lose your wallet in would be Japan. Still, wouldn't recommend.
What I would recommend, which isn't an Osaka specific thing, is karaoke. If you travel with a few friends and you are somewhat on the same wavelength, karaoke is an absolute must. It's one of my favourite activities to do with friends and always a blast. We probably spent a combined 10 hours in karaoke booths on this trip and we'd do it again. Sometimes you might find places that have a Torikizoku in the same building as a Joysound and if you "dine" at the former, you get 10% off at the latter, which is nice.
Kyoto + Nara
Unfortunately, we didn't really have much time allocated for Kyoto as a whole - just one day so we made up a small itinerary with things that are must-sees. It was a bit tight considering we took trains from one side of the town to the other, but we managed to hit up Arashiyama on one side, walking along the Katsura river, checking out the monkey park, bamboo forest and the garden within. On the other side, we went about half-way to the top of Fushimi Inari before heading back due to it not really being that worth to go to the top, especially considering some of us were fairly gassed at that point.
Our daytrip to Nara... Let's not get into specifics but we left late, we wasted a bunch of time and I personally just shut down that day, mentally. The only thing I remember from that day was us getting pulled into some type of earthquake museum (?) and given a small tour by one of the staff members, which ended up being more interesting than expected. The deer were pretty "aggressive" that day, too, if I recall correctly. As far as pictures go, I didn't take many. This is the only one I took, right outside the Starbucks near the deer park.
We capped the last day off with a visit at another Torikizoku + karaoke round. Now, Torikizoku isn't fine dining or anything BUT the strawberry ice cream + chocolate whipped cream + chocolate syrup is a seasonal item there served during winter. It's most definitely just supermarket ice cream, cream and syrup but it was our guilty pleasure.
And then it was time to return to Tokyo for the final two days of my friend's stay.
Tokyo
Again, two of them went off to their idol concert, which left the other two of us to hunt for that elusive whale shark plushie...but we did not find it this time either. The weather was pretty bad that day, extremely windy and cloudy. We decided to check out Hamarikyu Gardens to pass some time. We had a delicious McDonald's meal (don't judge), an obligatory Sumidagawa river walk and then met up with our friends again.
Final day was just a laid back affair mostly. We went to Nakameguro, got some vegan ice cream at this place which was great but pricy as hell - but that's just vegan food in general, still. We did some last day shopping, hitting up a bunch of anime stores in Ikebukuro before once again getting our vocal chords fried at karaoke. Some unfortunate news cut our night short but given that my friends had to leave early the next day, that was probably for the better. At least we got a nice, quiet walk through Akihabara with a final late night visit at Kanda Myojin in before heading back to our hotel.
My friends packed their things, I left my suitcase at the hotel after checkout and went off to Haneda to see them off. Final meal would be a mid Mos Burger one and then it was time to say goodbye as they went on their way to security and I made my way back into Tokyo proper, got my suitcase and then a train ride to Kunitachi where my airbnb was located. After spending almost a full month with my friends, the train rides definitely felt a bit sad!
I apologise if this report is a bit all over the place! It felt difficult to write about some of the stuff we did because I didn't really take many pictures in some spots as I had already visited them multiple times and because I was vicariously living through my friend's first timer reactions. Kawaguchiko and Kawazu were definitely my personal highlights and if you ever get the chance to, please visit the latter when the sakura bloom. It's really cool to see them way before the actual season starts! Travelling with a group of friends was a great change of pace and after spending a month with them, the following couple of days were very lonely. That being said - they are forever banned from entering Matsuya establishments in Nara :)
But my friends weren't the only ones visiting me in Japan. March was coming and with it, my mother's first visit to Japan during sakura season. Might be the penultimate report I do, we'll see. Thank you guys for reading and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Bhaiyo kisi middleman ya dalal ka contact hai bike rc transfer karani hai. Aur kisi ko jankari hai ki kitna time lagega RTO pe?
Update: just came back from RTO. Wese to koi bhi kar sakta hai vaahan ki website se. Aur aadhar card aur RC ki photo copy deni padti hai RTO ja ke. Aur paise gadi ka type aur year ke hisab se lagte hai.
Lekin agent se baat karte karte pata chala ki RTO walo ka ka bhi kuch cut hota hai. To agar apan agent ke through na karaye to pura process hone me kafi time lag jaye ga.

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March t muk jonale je 3mah r date ahse ketia korim date tu jonabole moi kolu may r 8tarikhe suaisu date tu tetia korim kedinmaan agt lawyer e jonaise je kiba notun link ahse amar naam tu show hua nai jodi update kora pstu naam tu nedekhai list t akou apply koribo lgb Purahi lawyer e photo di dekhaise mur naam tu ahse etia court marraige tu hbo but aji cll kori koise naam tu click korute etia akou kheli meli dekhaise so akou notun ke moi apply koribo lgb krn etu amar invalid hoi gl
etia moi vbi asu je naam tu show hua pst tu register hoi jbo lgsl kyu hua nai aru lawyer joni e dya photo khonot amar name tu lgt notice date likha ase 25th january 2024 but lawyer joni e bule 6jan t apply korisl
so kunuba lawyer ase jdi muk kobo paribo nki ey notice date tu ki hoi aru name tu show huar pstu kyu invalid hoi gl
mur lagi ase lawyer jone olop kiba garbar korise date tu file korat aru amar time already paar hoi gol teur batcha eta ase moi cll korilerecv nkre koi batcha tu krne koribo para nai so mur lgse teu pahori gl krne amar 3maah r period paar hoi gol 🥲
10bosor relationship 2bosor pora court marraige tu kori thom vbi vbi eybar time milil kimn excited aslu last t enkua he hol 😢

A detailed discussion regarding Punjabi numbers.
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Dau'nh-Chau'nh / Doo'nh-Triiu'nh ^\Do-ChaaDo-Teen])
In absolute counting, we Punjabis say Do and Chaar for 2-4 (same as in Urdu/Hindi) However, in oblique case, these numbers change heavily.
Theth Eastern Majhi: "Ohnay Chauvaa'n Bandyaa'n SaamNay Paihay MoR-Te" (Usnay Chaar Bando'n Ke Saamnay Pesay LauTaa Diiye)
Sahiwal Jatki Punjabi: "Koi Dau'nh-Chau'nh Bhraavaa'n Nu Vii Aakhyaa" (Kuchh Do-Chaar Bhaaiiyo'n Ko Bhi Kahaa Hai)
Jhang Punjabi: "Hikk Taa'n Machine AaLay Vii, Dau'nh-Chau'nh Kilyaa'n Tey Amday No" (Eik To Machine Waalay Bhi, Do-Chaar AekaR Par Aatay Hai'n)
Mandi Bahudin Old Man: "Doo'nh Doo'nh Kilyaa'n, JaNyaa'n Nu Ikk Kilaa Chaa DeNii" Same Old Man: "SaaDHay Trae Hisay....SaaDHay Triiu'nh Kilyaa'n Tey" (2:25) (SaaRHay Teen AekaR Par)
Mandi Bahudin: "Aah Pishlay Doo'nh-Triiu'nh DihaaRyaa'n Vich" (4:47) (Yey Pichhlay Do-Teen Din Mein)
Hafizabad Punjabi: "Triu'nh Chau'nh Daagaa'n Nu PaTTHay Paandaa Ae" (Teen Chaar Bhenso'n Ko Chaaraaa Daaltaa Hai)
Pothohari: "HuN Panjaa'n Lakkhaa'n Na Kisraa'n Karaa'n? Doo'nh-Hikk Lakkhaa'n Na Hoii SakNa MahaaRay Koloo'n" (Ab Paanch Laakh Ka Kesay Karoo'n? Do Laakh Ka Ho Sakta Hai Mujh Se)
Hafizabad District: "Aah Zindagi Ch Peehli Vaar Triiu'nh Cameryaa'n AaLa FooN Hatth Ch PhaRya Ae" (Teen Cameray Waala)
Punjabi: Chau'n-Lakkhaa'n Da Urdu/Hindi: Chaar-Laakh Ka
This is also used in Eastern Majhi at least I believe
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Daah-Yaaraa'n (10-11) ^\Das-Gyaarah])
Daah is the word used in the entire Jhangochi/Shahpuri/Dhanni and related dialect belt. Yaaraa'n is the word used in all Western dialects. East Majhi uses both Daah-Yaaraa'n.
Yaaraa'n in dictionary
Mandi Bahudin: "Daah Saal Ho Gayin SajjNo!" (1:50) (Das Saal Ho Gaye Hai'n Dosto) Chakwal Dhanni Punjabi: "Hikk Darbaar Ae Ethay...ATTH-Daah No?" (Eik Darbaar Hai'n Yahaa'n Par....AaTH-Das Hai'n?) Jhang Punjabi: "Daah Hzaar" Jhang Punjabi: "Yaaraa'n Unit Da Bill Ae" Pothohari Dialect Drama: "Navaa'n Aayaa Oh Mehngaa 'yaa, Yaaraa'n Sau Na 'yaa" Hafizabad District Jatki Punjabi: "Raatee'n Yaaraa'n Vajay" (Raat Gyaarah Bajay)
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Tryii Chavii Panji Chhavi (or Chhabbi) ^\Tyiis Chobees Pachees Chhabees])
Jhangochi Punjabi Example: "Panjii" Pothohari Example: "Panjii-Hik-Lakkh" Jhangochi Punjabi Example: "Chavii" Pothohari Example: "Panjii So Trae Hzaahr" Chiniot Jatki Punjabi: "Hikk Lakkh Chavi Hzaahr" Little Kid: "Unnii Veeh Ikki Baayi Tryii" Gujrati Majhi Punjabi: "Veeh-Panjii" Sargodha Punjabi Example: "Eh Aah Panjiiyaa'n-Treehaa'n AaLyaa'n Saaryaa'n Vartay Hoye"
Sargodha Shahpuri Punjabi: "Chaviiyaa'n-GhanTyaa'n Dii Duti Hyi Duddhay Dii" (Chobees GhanTay Kii Duty Doodh Kii)
Sahiwal: "Ajj Dhammi PaaNi ATTH Vajj Ke Chhaviiyaa'n MinTaa'n Tey" (Aaj Subah Paani AaTH Bajj Kar Chhabees MinT Par)
Both Chhabbi and Chhavvi are fine Chhavvi is used in Sindhi as well
^{20 in Punjabi is Veeh, in Urdu/Hindi is Bees 21, 22, 27, 28 end in a "h" in Punjabi, and in an "s" in Urdu/Hindi \}Bees = Veeh, Ikkees = Ikkii, etc])
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Treeh ^\Tees])
Jhang Example Jhang Example Attock Punjabi Example: "GhaTT Too'n GhaTT Treeh Hikk Saal Ho Gayin" Mandi Bahudin Example: "Kinnay Da Hyi? Treeh Rupaye Da" Sargodha Example:
^{29, 31-37 is same in Urdu/Hindi and Punjabi except that in Punjabi it does not end with "s" \}Battees = Batteeh])
^{38 is very different \}ARHtees = ATTHatteeh])
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Chaali / Iktaali / Bataali / Tirtaali / Churtaali / Panjtaali / Chhataali / Santaali / ATHtaali ^\Chaalees/Iktaalees/Byaalees/Tentaalees/Chvaalees/Pentaalees/Chhyaalees/Sentaalees/ArTaalees])
Bataalii Tirtaalii Churtaalii Panjtaalii (0:30, "Menu Panjtaaliiyaa'n Da Faraq Honda Ae") Chhataalii (At the end) ATHtaalii
A song by Sidhu-Moose-Wala also used Panjtaalii
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The entire 49, 50-60-68 line in Punjabi is completely different from Urdu/Hindi ^\Panjaa'h = Pachaas, Pachvanjaah = Pachpan, SataahaTH = SaRsaTH, etc])
And is also same throughout dialects, so you can easily learn it online.
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From 69-100 Punjabi has only four differences with Urdu/Hindi, which are:
Panjhattar (Pajhattar / 75) Panjhattar
Panjaasii (Pachaasi / 85) Panjaasii (Jhangochi Jatki Punjabi) Panjaasii (Gujrati Majhi Punjabi) 1:34
UNaanve'n (Nvaasii / 89)
NaNinve'n (Ninaanve'n / 99)
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Oblique Case of Punjabi Numbers:
Dau'nh-Triiu'nh-Chau'nh have already been discussed above
Panjaa'n Lakkhaa'n Na (Paanch Laakh Ka) Panjtaaliiyaa'n Da (Pentaalees Ka) Panjaahvaa'n Da (Pachaas Ka) Chaviiyaa'n GhanTyaa'n Dii Duty (Chobees GhanTay Ki Duty) ATTH Vajj Ke Chhaviyaa'n MinTaa'n Te (AaTH Baj Kar Chhabees MinT Par) Eh Aah Panjiiyaa'n-Treehaa'n AaLyaa'n Saaryaa'n Vartay Hoye (Pachees-Tees Vaalay Sab Ne)
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Hikk (Eik)
Jhangochi Drama: Hikk Dey'nh Eh HovNaa Ae (Eik Din Yey Hoga) Pothohari Drama: Hikk DihaaRi Na Kamm HoNa, Tuu'n Trae Trae Laaii SaTTNaa Chakwali Vlogger: Hikko-Jihiiyaa'n (Eik Jesii) Comedy: Hikk Men' De Chaa (Eik Mujhay De Do) Attock Punjabi: Hikk Mein Aa'n Chiniot Jatki Punjabi: Hikk Lakkh Chavi Hzaahr Sahiwal Poem: Hikko Tuuaa'n Haaye'n SajjaN! (Eik Tum Hi Thhey) Sargodha: Hikki-Doojay De (Eik Doosray Ke) Hafizabad District: Hikk Kamm Karnaa Honda Ae (Eik Kaam Karnaa Hota Hai)

CBSE ki tarah, ICSE ko bhi koi statement release kar deni chahiye ki results aren't out yet and will be released after a particular date.
CBSE walon ne apne site pe dala hai ki 20th May ke baad hi aayega.
Edit: Lag raha hai kisi icse official ne mera post dekh liya aur kuch zyada hi seriously le liya. 💀
Jinx kar diya maine, kal hi aa raha hai result.
6th May, 11 AM.
Kal waise bhi mera school hai, lag raha tha ki arre phone le ja ke dekh lungi, par tab papa ne bhi admit card ki photo le li...
Anyways, on a more serious note, I hope you guys achieve your desired results, maybe more.
All the best guys 🙏🏻

Whereas in Urdu/Hindi the words "Cheez/Cheej/Cheeze'n" are used Punjabis (at least on Western side) prefer to use "Shae/Shevaa'n/Shyiiaa'n"
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Chakwal Vlogger: "Dil Pya Kareynda, DihaaRay Vii Koni Shae Khaadhi, Burger Shurger Khaa-Ke Guzaara Kar Ghinaa'n" (DIl Kar Raha Hai, Din Ko Bhi Nhi Koi Cheez Khaayii, Burger Wurger Khaa-Kar Guzaara Kar Loo'n)
Sahiwal Vlogger: "Eh JehRiiyaa'n HeN Na Desi Shevaa'n" (Yey Jo Hai'n Na Desi Cheeze'n)
Jhang Person: "Kyunjo Deynday Ee Kaaii-Shae Nhi" (Kyuu'nke Detay Hii Koi-Cheez Nahi)
Sargodha Punjabi Promoter: "Duddhay Too'n Jammiiyaa'n Dheyr Saariiyaa'n Shyiiaa'n-in" (Doodh Se Paidaa Hoii'n Dheyr Saarii Cheeze'n Hai'n)
Pothohari Drama: "Kaday KuRii Nii SutthaN Nhiiaa, Kaday Jaaktay Ne Paanchay Nhiiaa, Kaday FalaaNi-Shae Nhiiaa" (Kabhii LaRkii Kii Shalvaar Nahi Hai, Kabhii Bachay Ke Paanchay Nhii-Hai'n, Kabhi Koi Our Cheez Nahi-Hai)
Popular Punjabi Poet from Sahiwal, Meesam Khokhar: "Na SaaDay KaaN Eh Dohve'n Shyiiaa'n Naviiyaa'n-in Meesam" (Na Hamaaray Liiyey Yey Dono Cheeze'n Nayii Hai'n, Meesam)
Popular Punjabi Poet From Toba Tek Singh Talking of Punjabi's Vast words for Cousins "Os Kii AakhNa? "Cousin", Gall Mukk Gyi Na Malveyr Na Phuppheyr Na Kaaii-Shae!" (Usnay Kya Kehnaa Hai? "Cousin", Baat K'hatam Ho Gyii...Na Maamu-Zaad, Na Phuphi-Zaad, Na Kuchh Aur!)
District Hafizabad Good Young Jatki Speaker: (1:29) "Merii Zindagi Da Pehla Ramzaan Ae Jihnday Vich Treh Nhi Laggdi Bhukkh Laggdi Tey Bandaaa PeeN Aaliiyaa'n Shevaa'n Nu Nhi Vehndaa, KhaaN Aaliiyaa'n Shevaa'n Nu Vehndaa Ae" (Peenay Waalii Cheeze'n Ko Nahi Dekhta, Khaanay Waali Cheeze'n Ko Dekhta Hai)
Eastern Punjabi Example: "JaaN Na Deyee'n, VaRi BhaiRii Shae Ee" (Jaanay Nahi Denaa, Boht Burii Cheez Hai)
Song: "KehRii Shae Dii LoR Ae? Hikkaa TeDii Ae Zaroorat, Ki-Shae Dii Koi Na ThoR Ae!" (Kis Cheez Kii Zaroorat Hai? Sirf Tumhaari Hai Zaroorat, Kisii Cheez Kii Kammi Nahi Hai)
Saraiki Song: "JehRii Shae Dii LoR Dilbar...Saakuu'n Tuu'n Farmesh Kar" (Jis Kii Zaroorat Hai Piiya.......Ham Se Tum Farmaaish Karo)
Aah Kii Shae Vay? (Yey Kyaa Cheez Hai?)
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^{Although formal Urdu does show Shae, it is never spoken in by Urdu speakers in any natural/normal setting Saying "Koi Khaanay Waali Shae Hi Laa Do" is actually wrong, or going to a shop and "Yey Kya Shai Hai" is also wrong Urdu also does not even have a proper plural for Shae instead the Arabic original "Ashiiyaa" is used, which is even more awkward and rare than Shae for Urdu speakers. So please do not call it an Urdu word. Urdu only really uses Cheez/Cheeze'n/Cheezo'n Punjabis always use Shae naturally, rurally and in any context}

Mere dost bkl ne 2022 ki date vala photo bhej Diya tha, ab admit card pe bhi vahi aaya hai. Kuch problem hoga? Usko bola kuch change mat kar jesa aaya hai vesa leke Jaa same pic vagera ke sath....
Ye chutiya hai bhai . Instructions vagera kuch nahi dekha, mf just raw dogged the whole thing