Following the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in 1997, I had two options – either getting admitted to the local college in Lama and helping my father with his grocery shop or leaving Lama and starting my further academic journey on my own. I chose the second option. In fact, I got the privilege of being a younger son in the family as my elder brother was with my father managing the shop with him.
I decided to take admission to Bandarban Government College. The reasons I chose this college were due to its relatively close proximity to Lama, my sister was living there with her husband, and government college