Jan 7

Jan 7 (Thurs) 6:30 PM
Today was another fun day. I was supposed to start teaching today but they always told me ti was there free time so we always were playing games. An example is they would ask how many letters was in my Mom’s name and set up the alphabet in that number of columns. For Connie:
A b c d e f
G h I j k l
M n o p q r ….
And then ask what column each letter was in. So the first letter was in the third column and the second letter was in the third column so they would then make the entire column into a row:
C I o…
C I o…
And then ask again for the column. The first letter is in the first column so it is a c. The second letter is in the second column (and second row) so is an O. Anyway, they had a fun time “magically” knowing names in my family. They are also enjoying teaching me some Nepali. It has some differences to the language spoken in the house. For example, Shimboodoo [spelling is literal] means delicious in their culture but not in Nepali.

Some students from Oxford were at the school today teaching now to debate. The students seemed 100x more interested in that then my math lectures. I need to make them for interesting! I went to a Monastery with the family today. They had some kind of afternoon celebration. The building was beautiful so I will bring my camera next time. The food is still fantastic although they eat far too much and too foten, but you are supposed to finish the plate or it means you didn’t like it. So far every meal I have eaten until I felt like I was going to lose everything. I need to ask for smaller portions but I am already eating less than everyone else is.

I also went to Bouddha again today. I like that place a lot. It is touristy, but fun and cultural as well. Well, the lights just went out again even though they were only on for like 30 minutes and I am tired of writing in the dark.