OK, so not much has happened since my last post. Joshua, the Pradhan's son, and I went to the music school with Lauraon wednesday. I even picked up a trumpet for her first class! Then Joshua took me to the percussion room, and taught me how to play a few beats on a drum kit. This kid is good, he likes to just mess around with any instruments he can get his hands on. Later that day we ate 'momos' for 'lunch' (I say 'lunch' because we ate them as our second meal of the day at 4:30pm!). They are sort of like chinese dumplings, with meat and vegetables in them. From there, Joshua and I walked back to the house, about 3 miles or so, while Laura taught again at another church. I got to see more of the city that way, and also start learning my way around the city.
I thought I would describe our typical day here in Kathmandu. We usually wake up around 7am or so. I usually go buy and english newspaper, and when I get back we drink tea and read the paper. Breakfast is usually eaten around 9 or 9:30, and it's not necessarily breakfast as we usually think of it. It may be left overs from last night's dinner, but it is usually no different than the food we eat at any other meal: curries, RICE, potatos, all sorts of vegetables, water buffalo, chicken, paapar (a crisp chip kinda thing made from lentels), yoghurt, and mangos. Then I may go to work at the construction site for the new church, and return in the afternoon. If not, then Joshua and I usualy find something to do around the house for a while, like play catch (I brought a baseball and 2 gloves), read, play guitar and harmonica, or go for walks around the city. Then we'll eat 'lunch' around 2 or 3pm. It's not really lunch, but more of a large snack...maybe just potatos, or toast, or eggs. Joshua has a tutor that comes in the afternoons, so this is the time for me to just relax and read some. In the evenings, Laura comes back from class, and we all three usually play music or watch the news. Dinner is usually eaten around 8 or 8:30pm. Then we pray all together and go to bed around 10pm. A day in the life of a nepali family...
Some things I've seen or experienced...
-So, as I told you, Joshua really likes to play music, and Laura is trying to teach herself to play the guitar. We were sitting in the living room, when Laura asked me if I knew the chords to "Summer of '69". I said I didn't but joshua chimed in with "It starts on D," and proceded to play it and sing it for her. We found out that this 13 year old Nepali boy loves the Eagles, and can play and sing Hotel California! Haha, talk about globalization!
-THe other day, we came to the interenet cafe to check our email, and this little kid was sitting on a parked motorcycle. They start driving young over here...
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