alone in nepal

chase has finally left Nepal and is back in malaysia enjoying her hot showers. so now its me here all alone in nepal. sorta used to it though coz while chase was sick, pretty much did things on my own like going to the school and the orphanage. another week has just dashed past and its sunday again. really weird how time flies here in nepal, even though we don't really do much in a day. altogether have been here for 3 weeks already!!

latest updates from the orphanage, me and chase decided to buy some food for them like 2 sacks of rice, eggs, vegetables and meat because the couple-in-charge has been very kind to us and made us stay for dinner twice. also from what we've been observing, the food that the kids eat are just loads or rice with not much side dishes - daal baat etc. They don't really eat very nutritious meals, so we figured it'd be good to buy them some vegetables, meat and eggs.

things seem to be looking good for this orphanage because for the past few days that i've been going there, have been seeing visitors to their orphanage like the school's principal, teachers etc. at least they seem to be getting more help from people. and on friday, they actually got a new washing machine. washing clothes for approx 38 children is no easy feat, and this is usually done by only the 2 older girls. at least now with a washing machine, the clothes would be also much cleaner than done by hand.

don't really have much to update now really coz have been getting into a routine here. teaching at the school in the morning, resting for a bit, then off to the orphanage. this week will be my last week of volunteering coz this would be my 4th week here. have to say i'm getting rather attached to the orphanage coz starting to get to know the kids better, remembering their names, even the quieter kids are warming up. don't really have much to say about the school..not to say i hate the school, but maybe i'd say i don't really like teaching. or maybe just coz i don't really like how the school functions and how their teachers are quite weird. anyways, just 4 more days of teaching and i'm done.

my parents will be coming to kathmandu on friday for approx one week. Am looking forward to their arrival. thats when i'd be leaving pepsicola and stayin in the hotel with them. hot showers here i come!!!! hehehe....

the house will be kinda quiet this week coz brian's gone to his placement house in another part of kathmandu. thankfully marty's still around till this thursday where he's gonna go off to another village for placement. and i'll be leaving on friday. so its all good. haven't been much new volunteers coming in, think there's 2 from england that just arrived but haven't met them yet coz they're staying in a different house.

gotta head off to the orphanage... adios.