29 February 2012

Yeti Airlines Versus Buddha Air


Ooo!!! Don't you love a bit of healthy competition. Now I don't quite know which airline published their advertisement first but both airlines got their chance to get it off their chest on a national Nepali newspaper. Above is Yeti Airlines poking fun at Buddha Air's ATR fleet. Buddha Air is the only Nepali airline which operates the ATR fleet that can fly 60+ passengers at once. 

Now getting back at Yeti Airlines, Buddha Air posted a fancy ad campaign informing their customers the 'facts' of the airline; bigger is better. Says it all. It's quite entertaining to observe, both airlines are good for their own reasons. Yeti flies to more rural destinations and has a wide destination reach whilst Buddha Air always believes in quality and has well managed and newly acquired aircrafts. Buddha Air was also the only Nepali airline that hadn't suffered any crashes till last year. 

Which airline do you prefer? Buddha Air or Yeti? State beLOW!



Photo shared by Resh Shrestha on 'Love For Aviation in Nepal'

T-FEST Voting OPEN


I seem to be jumping on the Nepali timing bandwagon here, sorry for the slow updates. Being extra busy lately thanks to 'being lexlimbu', but gettting to the point... Voting for T-FEST is now OPEN. You probably have seen the contestants videos being published on lexlimbu.com/shared on facebook etc each day, if you liked any of them then now is your chance to vote for the one of your choice.

There are two categories; TOP 6 and Best Self-Composed Song. The TOP 6 with the most votes will go through to the finals which will take place on the 12th April in London and the votes from the 'Best Self-Composed Song' will be added on from each round for the winner to be announced on the 12th April too! Voting time is limited and only open till this Friday 2nd March till 23.59PM, so get voting; ITS FREE!

With the first gig down, there are still two gigs left for the 13 contestants to perform in. Catch them live on Saturday 3rd March in Farnborough and Maidstone in 17th March. Voting will also follow on after those rounds. 

28 February 2012

Adventure Of The Year : Sano Babu and Lakpa


Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa's three-month long adventure titled The Ultimate Descent won the National Geographic's 'People's Choice Adventurers of the Year' today, over 72,000 votes was cast worldwide by supporters choosing their adventurer. The Ultimate Descent was one of 12 adventures shortlisted in the category for the 'Adventurers of the Year'. 

If you were wondering what exactly Sano Babu and Lakpa did in 'The Ultimate Descent' then check out the images below.
  • Ascent of Everest, highest mountain in the world (a first for kayaker Babu, but the fourth for mountain guide Lakpa)
  • 8,865 meter free-flight paraglide descent from the summit (which set a world for free flight)
  • 850km kayak trip from Nepal to India on the Ganges river to the Bay of Bengal.
Intense right? Babu shares 'taking off from the highest point of the world' as his favourite part of the adventure. 
May 21, 2011
 
So amazinng! Anyone here reads the National Geographic magazine? I love it!

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Coambothic T-FEST

           

Coambothic
Representing Farnborough

Coambothics was formed in mid 2007 and since then we have played several gigs and done many cover songs in a range of venues. Our main motto is to come up with new music.
There has never been a specific influence for our band as any good music from classical, blues, rock, heavy-metal, and progressive have always been admired. We are now on a journey to focus more on heavy-metal with alternative and classical touch in terms of sound. Lyrics hold a great meaning to our song and much is based on freedom and humanity. Coambothic’s stand for class of alternative melodic blues and technically heavy influence classical style.

Things are definitely getting more edgier! Check out Coambothic! Like them? Get ready to vote for them.

Why You Should Watch LOOT!


Could the LOOT fever reach any higher??? The movie which has done extraordinary business is being screened in every corner of the world! Well... not every but you get what I mean! Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, Australia, USA have been LOOTED and more countries including South Korea, Qatar and UK are yet to witness the magic behind LOOT.

Whilst the promotion is sky high, one must also acknowledge the current trend of Nepali movies being made and compare that to LOOT in order to realise what worked in LOOT which didn't quite so well for many other productions. LOOT's not an extraordinary movie, it's a simple movie... and that's the things that has worked. 

Below are some fast facts of LOOT made by blogger/beauty queen Samriddhi Rai on her blog
  1. Loot was made with a budget of around 50 lakhs. It raked a total of 2 crore, 55 lakhs as of Friday morning, Febraury 24.
  2. Rs. 13416670 that is 1 crore, 34 lakhs, 16 thousand, 670 rupees was collected in QFX cinemas alone. QFX cinemas started with the inception of Jai Nepal in 2001 and now runs its uber popular movie theatres from 3 locations in Kathmandu. But you know that by now already right? 
  3. QFX had to take off Agneepath and another English movie to screen Loot because of its high demand.
  4. For many days in the first week of screening Loot, in many halls there was 100% occupancy by male audience only. Young guys who came to watch the movie in their bikes to be precise. 
 Check out a parody video made purely for entertainment by these girls who are high on LOOT fever!! Remember, you can catch LOOT in UK! Aldershot/London/Ashford. More info? Click Here!


27 February 2012

Speedball T-FEST

          

Speedball
Representing/Maidstone

Our sole purpose is to get hypnotically lost into music and rock the sole out of the audience. We are a band who has a deep passion for rock and metal music but also follow other types of music too. We don’t believe that music has to be done in a commercial way to fit the audience but we believe and focus more on creating our own originals which represent taste and love towards music. So, basically we would like to give more of our originality taste to our audience. 

OMG guys!! Here's the first rock metal band for T-FEST! Definitely rocking my socks ;)

Pradeep Gurung - Dance India Dance

                           

Here's one Nepali who has full belief in himself and is taking his passion further... he's the man of the moment, Pradeep Gurung. 25 year old Pradeep who comes from Guwahati, Assam has been competing on the Indian dance show DANCE INDIA DANCE for a while now! Though I'm not following the show, I hear Gurung is making a remarkable impact on the show as part of 'Terence ki Toli' and has also made it to the TOP 13, great news right! We wish he continues his journey to the top.

All the best for Pradeep, enjoy his performances.

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Pabzee Phame T-FEST

           

Pabin Gurung aka Pabzee Phame
16
Representing/Catterick


As an Artist I consider my name as 'Pabzee Phame'. Born and raised in Nepal, Pokhara my hometown. But shortly at the age of just 7, came to UK and have been living here ever since. Life,Love,Family and Music are the four things that I consider essential in my life. Growing up, it was hard, but it was through music, that I could express my emotions and feelings towards how I felt. Throughout Music is how I get respect and let people know who I truly am. When people normally ask who your main inspiration in music is? People normally start naming lots of artists, but to me, my main inspirations are my family and love. However successful I become in music or anything, I do it for them, they mean the world to me. When it comes to the genre of the music, I mostly like all types of music, whether its Rock or hip-hop etc. It makes no difference to me.

I would love to be a singer but unfortunately I wasn't gifted with the voice for singing.
So that's why I started Rapping and I turned out to be better than I thought.
What I initially love most about music is performing. I love performing.
Honestly, nothing gets better then the crowd enjoying and having a good time from your performance. Once I get a good vibes from crowd it really makes me feel better and improve as an artist. Apart from my passion for music, I also like to play football & Basketball.

Last but Not least! I’m proud to be a Nepali!
So whatever I do, I'm representing Nepal! 
JAI NEPAL! 
He's got the swag!! But check out if he has the voice!!!

Rajesh Hamal Coming To UK!


As the Nepali calendar draws to an end for another year, it's time for the New Year festivities and celebrations to be announced and what could be better than Samsara Nepal UK's latest announcement which is that the 'Maha-Nayak' the legend himself, Rajesh Hamal will be joining the Nepali diaspora communities in the UK to usher the Nepali New Year. Alongside actor Hamal will be the couple that makes millions laugh in Nepal, and also those that watch it on dcnepal.com [lol], the Tito-Satya duo Deepak Raj Giri and Deepashri Niraula. I'm already wondering how long the show will be because there's in-fact more acts following up the star-studded list.

Musicians Dipu Gurung, Himal Sagar, Bivek Shrestha and Kranti Ale will also be belting our their hits for the hundreds that are expected to turn up to the shows that will be taking place in Ealing, Hawkinge, Plumstead and Reading. I can't quite imagine Rajesh Hamal doing a stage dance performance, I'm guessing he will be sharing few words and saying Happy New Year, very excited about Deepak Raj Giri and Deepashri Niraula tho, bet it'll be a laughathon!!

Are you excited?

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25 February 2012

Dipesh Lama T-FEST

          

Dipesh Lama
25
Representing/Aldershot
I'm a music lover with a huge passion for singing. Having started by singing career since my school life when I was in class 6, I also took part in many school functions which helped me to build my confidence level. College life was really fun and I used to take part in almost all college events. My colleagues were so encouraging, that really helped me to participate in NEPALI TARA 2. Among all 14,000 contestants from all over Nepal I managed to reach up to the TOP 13. It was my bad luck that my illness led to a poor performance hence I couldn't further in the competition. I also took part in another competition called BAND VASKER, my band was able to reach up to the TOP 4. The management team of the show could not take the show further hence the show stopped.
I have performed in many national and inaternational shows in Dubai, Qatar, India and UK. Id this show goes in my favour and if I win it, it will definitely help lift my singing career.

Here we have a pakka Nepali thito! The daura suruwal look's awesome, and what do you think about his singing of Birta Ko Chino and Maya ko bato? Likey??

Nepali Nationals Lose Thousands In Visa Scam!


Nepal born Jyoti Shrestha was conned out of £11,000 in promise for a British Citizenship and work permits for relatives by a fake visa 'fixer' Jack Plancey. The good news is that 30 year old Plancey has been jailed for 12 months after amassing up to £30,000 from immigrants desperate to live and work in the UK. Jyoti was not a lone victim of Plancey's fraud as many other immigrants also fell prey to his lies. Several other Nepalese [unidentified] are believed to have lost out on their hard earned capital on this visa scam which is the latest to hit Britain.

For many readers of my blog that do not live in Britain, stories such as these are common here. I'm sure similar can be said in the US, Australia and other developed nations. Due to the constant policy changes for international students by the Home Office, many Nepalis who came here to study are left with no option but to return to Nepal or pay more and attend a university [instead of a college institute]. Whilst some have called it quits and left for Nepal, the number of students opting to pay their way into France, Spain and Belgium are slowly increasing. Those making these decisions are hoping to be accepted better in those countries courtesy of their more laid-back immigration rules, not to forget an easier chance of earning a nationality.

It's a hard life...

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Jit Pun T-FEST

           

Jit Pun
23

Representing/University of Kent, Canterbury


I have always loved singing and entertaining people. My music style is mostly acoustic and traditional Nepali songs. I love acoustic performances as I feel this really show's my feelings through the lyrics and my singing. I feel through T-FEST I can reach out to people with my singing and inspire others to sing and love music like I do. For me T-FEST isn't just about winning, but gaining experience and working alongside other great artists. T-FEST is a great platform to showcase the current Nepalese talents around the UK and I hope I can positively represent Nepali youths of this generation. Thank you.

Things are definitely heating up with T-FEST! What's your favourite performance so far?? Remember, you decide the winner! Voting opens very soon! 

Chandra Bahadur Dangi - Will He Set the Record??


Khagendra Thapa Magar held the Guiness World Record for being the smallest man in the world in October 2010, however his record was shortly beaten by another little fellow from a different corner in the world. But it looks like maybe Nepal is ready to set the record for the smallest man in the world second time round thanks to 72 year old Chandra Bahadur Dangi. 

Dangi who hails from a remote village in Dang measures just 22 inches tall. Similarly, Khagendra Thapa Magar also measured to be 22 inches tall so we will have to wait and see if the Guiness World Records team (who are already on their way to Nepal) announce Chandra Bahadur as the smallest man in the world or not. The verification is set to take place on later today! Small or not, hope the man is happy with all that's surrounding him at the moment. 

Actually, I have to say it. I dislike this... it's as if he's an animal... an object which everyone is just staring at, wanting to see/meet, measure... Not quite a fan of this practice. Dangi had apparently never left his village prior to this world record hoohha! How do you guys feel?

Check out the video below!


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Saugat Limbu T-FEST

          
Saugat Limbu
18
Representing/Feltham, London
I started singing at the age of 16. Having started in a school band in Hong Kong my position was as a lead guitarist, however I didn't perform much in Hong Kong. Our band was dismissed the day I left and came to UK. I didn't do much until the age of 16 when I really started to take my singing career seriously with the help and support from my family. I am also studying to be a chef and hope that one day I will be a successful Chefone but beside that I would also like to show my passion for music as I really love to perform. My main inspiration behind me singing has been my mom who has really inspired me to try out new things by not only holding a guitar and be a lead guitarist but also to sing and take my singing passion further by doing solo performances in many of the local events in Hounslow, Reading, Feltham and more. Everything I learned until now is due to the help from my mates in Hong Kong.
What do you guys' think?? I like his rendition of Kanye West's Heartless! Leave a comment below!

23 February 2012

Saugat Malla Signs CHADKEY for 10 Lakhs?


Rumors abuzz is that the very happening actor Saugat Malla has been signed for a new film 'CHADKEY' for 10 Lakh rupees! If this is true, then that's certainly great news for Saugat who's still riding on a high from the success of LOOT. The movie has been successfully screened in Australia, Denmark, Finland and Hong Kong with more screenings to take place in the UK, USA and few countries to be finalised! 

'CHADKEY' will be directed by Nigam Shrestha who was the assistant director of LOOT has Dayahang Rai and Namrata Shrestha in lead. LOOT will be celebrating it's day of success very soon and is believed to have crossed the 3 Crore mark! AHH-MAYYY-ZING!
UPDATE: APPARENTLY he signed on the film for NRS 4 LAKHS

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Corrupt Minister Fined 84 Lakhs ; JAILED


Communications Minister Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accumulating wealth beyond his income and abuse of power. Conviction of a politician in a corruption case is quite new to Nepal and Mr Gupta has paved way hopefully for many more ministers in the days to come. Nrs 22,000 is believed to be the amount which Gupta had in his savings before he started the post of press adviser to then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala back in 1992. His assets including properties, land rover jeep and a Sunny Nissan car is likely to be seized by the court as well as the freezing of his accounts.  

84 Lakh rupees is approximately £67,500/$106,000!!! That's sooo much!!! It's good to see this happen but doesn't this just make you wonder how much other ministers who have higher positions than him have been earning stealing! Also, 18 months sounds a bit too relaxed for an amount so large, I doubt he will eve pay off the fine thanks to our country's lenient ways! Corrupt minister Gupta won't feel too alone at the Dilli Bazaar jail as he has few other minister friends who have ended up there just like him. Former minister Chiranjivi Wagle was sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges on 15th March last year and more recently former minister Shyam Sundar Gupta was welcomed as an inmate on the 17th February for an abduction case of a businessman. 


YAY or NAY? What do you make of this news?

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T-FEST GIG 1 - PHOTOS

 

Here are the photos from the first gig of T-FEST! The music and dance event kicked off at 5PM on the 13th February at the o2 in London! There were 13 contestants present singing two songs of their choice. Some sang their own whilst others went for popular tracks! Videos from each performers are being uploaded over on UNIQO TV youtube channel and also being shared on lexlimbu.com! The musical part of the event wrapped up ahead of time; good one organisers! This made way for the party to officially kick start at 10PM on the dot and go on till the wee hours of the morning being 6AM. It was indeed a great event with approx 450 attendees! If you missed out on T-FEST then you'll be delighted to know that there are still two gigs left and a grand finale on the 12th April. More info on upcoming events - click here!

You know where to go for the full set of photos.

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Buddha Air Flying to Varanasi


Buddha Air is all set to start flying to the religious Indian city of Varanasi from the 1st of March 2012. The airline which had a set of international routes planned in the past had to delay it's operations after the ill-fated crash just outside of Kathmandu last year. Having just been on the buddhaair.com website I could see Varanasi as it's only international destination. I wonder what happened to Paro (Bhutan) and Lucknow! 

The link up with Varanasi is expected to draw religious travelers; Tirtha Yatris who have a desire to visit the Kashi of Varanasi and Pashupatinath of Kathmandu. The air will operate four weekly flights. 

Sounds good. Also, there's news coming that a new Nepali airline dubbed BB Airways is all set to start international operations from the 13th September 2012. It's apparently NRN-funded. Let's see whether it really takes off or not. One still wonders what happened to the much talked about ALPINE AIR #lol

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Deepak Gurung T-FEST

           

Deepak Gurung
27
Representing/Aldershot
Music to me, is everything. Without music, I feel so lonely and abandoned even when there are people around me. It's what inspired me to sing. I first picked up a microphone when I was in school to sing 'Everything I do' by Bryan Adams for a Talent Contest. I was so nervous then but when I finished singing, the positive response and appreciation I got from the audience made me proud and kept me going. From then onwards, I knew I had a deep desire to sing.
Eventually, I learned to play a guitar so that I could sing whenever I wanted to. Till today I remember that after school I used to go to the park with my friends carrying a guitar and playing tunes of Kandara, Nepathya, Madhyanna etc in Pokhara. Life got busier there and I didn't have much time for singing or playing tunes with my friends. Whenever I get chance to sing or perform, I just grab the opportunity and let myself go with the music. I have taken part in small singing contests but never been luck enough to win. I have not really had time to take part in a contest due to other commitments but now I would like to take T-FEST serious and sincerely hope to continue my desire to sing with the help of this event.
Here's Deepak performing Preeti Basyo by Nima Rumba and The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars. Which one do you like better? 

Nepal Telecom to Introduce Wi-Fi Hotspots


Our beloved Nepal Telecom is all set to give us the best customer experience by launching a WiMAX broadband project which aims to provide internet to every Tom, Dick and Harry in the country. Jokes apart, to be specific NT is aiming to reach all VDC's and 58 municipalities by 2012... so that's end of this year. If they had given themselves by the end of next year then maybe that would've been a more realistic deadline, after all it is 'Nepal Telecom'. Nonetheless, this means millions will soon have more ease of updating their facebook and checking out lexlimbu.com in public places including hospitals, parks streets and airports. The creation of these 'wi-fi hotspots' is an attempt to give better high-speed internet which will hopefully be provided in 1,500 different spots in the growing cities of Nepal. The costs is still yet to be worked out but I'm sure people will be wild for the internet regardless of it. 

Internet penetration is rapidly rising in Nepal thanks to the broadband technology and companies such as NCELL taking their wireless services rural. It's quite a feat even though dial-up users are falling by the day. Though that's nothing to be worried about, they're just getting an upgrade to broadband. Moving up in life aye ;) 

Happy Internetting... or shall I say, mobile internettting!

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21 February 2012

Sexy Rekha Thapa PHOTOS


We all love to talk about her, follow her, and laugh at her!
But Heyy, we love Rekha Thapa! She's the most entertaining figure in our Nepali cineworld, for me anyway! Rekha Thapa is seen here alongside her ANDAAJ co-star Sabin Shrestha for a what looks like a very Valentine themed photo-shoot. The actress is seen in her trademark denim hot pants! I must say' she's looking quite hawttt! #nojoke 

What' do you like the most about Rekha Thapa?

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Di'Acoustics T-FEST

          

Di'Acoustics
 
Recently formed in January of 2012, we are an aspiring group of five individuals consisting of Kumar Ghale, 23 from Reading (Bass), Sanjok Gurung, 24 from Maidstone (Guitar), Asis Rai, 23 from Bracknell (Guitar/Vocals), Sahanshil Rai, 21 from Bracknell (Cajon) and Diya Gurung, 21 from Farnborough (Vocals).
 
Despite our variation in musical interests, we have come together with one sole zeal to perform. 



Check out the performances above and below :)
Remember, once the first round of videos are uploaded then you at home will get the chance to vote through the click of a button. Completely free.

Nepali Art Exhibition in Sydney


NEPALI ART EXHIBITION

We have books, notebooks, computers, Internet, newspapers, TV and many more to gather information in this fast pacing world. Nothing seems to be enough. There are numerous news channels, newspapers and websites providing different knowledge and broadening our horizons. But have we ever thought of people living in rural parts of Nepal, especially the children who get to go schools but get minimal infrastructures and education materials.

Nepal is a developing country and there is still much development required in the field of education especially in the rural parts, which comprises more than 70% of the country. The development is slow and needs much of our support. If we don’t do it, who will?????? Its our motherland after all.

Many of us get books, read and put them away when we are finished. We have daily newspapers at our doorsteps and are thrown to trash within few days, but life is much more complicated in the rural parts of the country. Many don’t get to go schools, as they are busy helping their family with their household works. Those fortunate ones who get to go to school don’t even get to read their course books due to lack of resources and lack of materials available to them. In comparison with the students of private schools they can hardly meet the same standard. Such is the gap in the education system. This is where “Moti community library” of Parbat plays major role towards school and library project through its charity and community activities. They have already established 140 libraries in public schools of that district and still moving ahead to create 197 more, of which the targeted number this year is 29. To name few schools looking for support are:

Shiva primary school, Shankapokhari
Kalika primary school, Devisthan
Deurali Primary School, Shikarkot Taklak
Mahendra primary school, Shikarkot, Tilahar
Matribhumi primary school, Ranipani

With the view of providing continuity to this program I, Reecha Dhital along with United Nepalese Arts & Entertainment (UNAE) have initiated arts exhibition here in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, 24th March 2012. The art exhibition offers paintings from Australia based talented Nepalese artists promoting Nepal and its culture through arts and supporting the Community Library in Parbat. The event promotes Nepalese culture in foreign land, encourages hidden talents and also creates fund for charity. The program is charity based and will involve 5 artists with their versatile paintings. Your presence will help us support the noble cause.

Brief overview of the program

Date         :24th of March Saturday
Time         : 11 am to 6 pm
Venue      :Consulate building 155 Miller Street North Sydney.
Artists    : Reecha Dhital, Tekendra Limbu, Rupesh Mijar, Ameen Mohammad and Angel Shrestha.
Ticket      : $10

For further details please call Reecha Dhital on 0466602386, Dharma Raj Adhikari 0413494707, Tekendra Limbu on 0405442735, Bhawana Sanba 0401883058, Shamim Anwar 0403054593 or visit www.nepaliartist.com or simply email us on info@nepaliartist.com


Great going Reecha! Nice to see the winners pursuing the purpose! And this responsibility is not only down to pageant winners but in order to stop complaining about the lack of progress in our country, we must start acting! Good luck for the event! Lex Supports :D

Manisha Koirala Still Searching??

Manisha Koirala Spotted Leaving a Restaurant in late January [MUMBAI]
Things certainly look a tad bit confusing for actress Manisha Koirala as she was recently tweeting about her hope to meet her soul mate. Now we're not sure if this is referring to her husband Samrat Dahal or someone else!

It's been reported widely in the media that Manisha was seen actively sharing not so positive statuses about her marriage and life on Facebook which led to the actress deactivating her account. Manisha who's currently embarked on a trip to India in hope to clear her mind, settle her heart and evaluate her life can now be followed closely in the micro-blogging site! Much of everything is reported by the media so her life could very well be far from the picture painted but when the beautiful lady herself is seen tweeting such things publicly it does paint a grim picture.

I cannot imagine what being a celeb is like but I guess everyone deals with things differently! With some in Hollywood having public breakdowns, I wish Manisha all the best, we all do. Though networking is good, sometimes social networking does add fuel to the fire, as in this case. If you haven't yet then do read 'A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle; an inspiring read for those searching.

NewBies T-FEST

          

Newbies
Representing/Morden, London
Before newBies become a band, we socially met up to sing and jam during our free time just for fun but eventually our connection to music and the way we all felt led to the development of our band and as they say there was no looking back. We had our first breakthrough performance at 'The Show' hosted by the Signaturee Crew. This opportunity really helped us to boost our confidence and gave us a glimpse of what it was like to be in a band. Our genre is mostly of acoustic with a slight hint of rock'. In the past we have covered songs from artists such as The Script, Joseph Vincent and The Edge Band (Nepali). Not far from that, our original tracks are also similar to such genre's but in our own unique newBies flavour and style! We hope you come to enjoy some sweet music at T-FEST and just have a great time at the event!
Here's another band! Goes by the name NewBies as you may know by now! You have to wait till the end of this 1st round of video uploads for your chance to VOTE for your performance of choice! Stay updated by keeping up on the T-FEST page :) 

Gorgeous Namrata Shrestha!

  
Check out the gorgeous Namrata Shrestha promoting Sphinx, a fashion store in City Centre mall. The photo spread was for the January issue of Navyaata magazine. Looking immaculate and oozing that elegance! Namrata's been receiving mixed reviews for her recently released film Miss U. However, the actress is said to have already signed up for another film titled Chadkey which will see her starring alongside the LOOT jodi Saugat Malla and Dayahang Rai. Namrata's said to be undergoing martial arts training!

Bet she's going to kick ass!




Subina Tamang T-FEST

        

Subina Tamang
Representing
Folkestone, Kent
Age
19
I am a very positive person. Love music and singing has always been my passion. So just thought I would give this T- Fest a try I am not confident I can win but there's nothing wrong in trying out and giving your best shot. 



This is Subina Tamang performing on the first gig from the T-FEST tour on the 13th Feb! Hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to check out the other performers too :)
Votings will open after 1st round of event in London.

19 February 2012

Ti Amo Nite - PHOTOS


9Seven7 Movement sprung back to life on the evening of St. Valentine's with their party TI AMO Nite at the Pacha Club in London! It was the night when glam and Nepalis went hand in hand as the crowd descended to Central London. The dance-floor was packed, the mood was set and the beats pumped till the wee hours of the morning. The girls stood out in their colourful dresses, some sparkled some simply shined but forget them for a second as you really ought to have seen the varied range of coloured pants which the boys were sporting! 

Our Nepali boys are killin' it with their swag. Kudos to 9Seven7 Movement for delivering. 
See you at the next event.

Ashik Gurung T-Fest

            
Ashik Gurung
17
Representing/Folkestone
I have been singing since I was five; I love singing and writing songs. I feel I can express myself the most and the best through singing. I am taking part in T-FEST because I feel this is an awesome opportunity to showcase my singing and to build my confidence by overcoming the fear to face the crowd. I just hope I get your support as it will mean an awful lot to me.
The videos are from the first T-FEST gig which took place on the 13th February 2012 in London. Catch the show live next in Farnborough and Maidstone!

PHIROJ SHYANGDEN (1974AD): Hey Ashik ..like your voice v much..both the songs are too good..you sang in a higher pitch..but needs to put lill effort to the higher notes rests are perfect...like your xpression..keep on doin bro...bless..

Rate: 9/10

Father Kills 3 Daughters

Very very sad news.

35 year old Bhakta Bahadur Rumba has been arrested and driven to Hetauda where he is now being kept until further notice after it's come to attention that he killed his three daughters aged 7, 10, and 13 by crushing them with stones. The horrific accident is believed to have taken place on Friday morning last week. Police believe that Rumba is mentally unstable, more to be clarified... it is said that the mother was away to attend a relative's wedding. 


Another sad news here is the death of a 40 year old woman in Chitwan after she was accused of witchcraft and burned alive. 
''Police arrested 10 people, including two shamans, five women and an 8-year-old boy, in connection with the burning.
"Those arrested have confessed to their crime and will be charged with murder," Baral said.
Mahato had just finished cleaning a cowshed early in the morning when she was attacked, Baral said.
She was beaten with sticks and rocks before being doused with kerosene and set afire, an attack witnessed by her 9-year-old daughter, according to the local police report.
The government has announced 1 Million rupees in compensation for Mahato's two children.''
Ke garne right? Even in urban places such as Chitwan, horrific atrocities such as this still take place. Education and awareness is needed not only online but more so offline, to areas where education is sparsely available. The educated are responsible to teach and share what they know to people who need guidance, who need to be taught what is acceptable and what isn't in this modern day and age. Educated Nepalis need to consistently do a lot in Nepal so we bridge the gap between the rich and poor... the educated and the uneducated... it's our responsibility. To those that already do such work, huge respect goes out to all.