Jan 29 part 2

I leave for Sermathang on Monday! That is about three days sooner than I was expecting so I hope I am ready. The kids love "quiz day" which is just the teacher coming up with random questions and giving points to the team who can answer first. Therefore, I got the school a 'trivial pursuit for kids' game (thanks Max!!) so the students can play and learn when they have leisure time (which they do several periods each day). It is cool because it is questions about the Asian culture rather than American culture like ours are. We will play with that on Sunday, my last day in the school :(

I haven't written in a while because I have been so busy having fun! Last Friday I hung out with the female teachers during lunch and they did my eyebrows. They use string that basically rolls the hairs up in the string and then rips them out. I am aparently a huge wimp because my eyes wouldn't stop watering and I bled a little. They got a good laugh and I love the new shape of my eyebrows! They are so sweet and I am sad I am just gettting to know them now that I am leaving.

Saturday I went to a picnic with the family and loved it. I met a lot of people who will be up in Sermathang since my family is originally from there. It was a fun day and I got to walk around the National Botanical Gardens. Most of the plants were common plants that we have in our gardens at home. Lots of christmas cactus and spider plants! It was fun to see what they eat at picnics (sandwiches, potatoes and beaten rice) rather than hamburgers and hotdogs.

Monday I went to Baktapur (sp?) at another Samata school and met some people from California and Australia who were giving scholarships for some of the girls to go to college. That is a huge deal because these kids who are in Samata schools (like the one I am in) are from famillies that can't afford education and pay Rs 100 per month (around $1.50). It was great to see the girls smile when they found out they had been chosen for the scholarships. It was also Uttams birthday so we had rice pudding. Well, that meant that I was sick all the next day and just slept and drank water. I woke up find the following day and have been trying to post since. I will post at least once more before I leave if the internet lets me. I doubt I have internet contact in Sermathang but I return to Kathmandu on March 17. Then I am doing some tourist travel before I leave for home on March 22.