Dust in my eyes, garbage all around :(

Every morning when I wake up now my eyes are swollen. My guess is it is from the incredible amount of dust and exhaust fumes in the air everywhere we go. Many of the roads are still dirt or have so much dirt on them that the traffic stirs it up.

They do not compost or recycle in Nepal. You see garbage everywhere in the streets and people won’t hesitate to just drop their garbage where they stand. There are areas where it appears the garbage has been collected on the road and yesterday we saw a truck and man collecting it (with a shovel). I’m wondering if this is their idea of garbage pick up?

The battery on my computer is not staying charged for very long. According to Hailey I have killed the battery by leaving the computer plugged in all the time or not letting the battery deplete completely before plugging it back in. In any event what use to last most of the day is now only lasting me an hour or so and given the constant power outages it is very frustrating.

Today was a slow day at the school. I enjoy my mornings with the younger children but my afternoons I do not feel very productive. I left early today as I felt I was just standing around while the older children worked on their Nepali printing.

Tonight a few of us met up with an acquaintance of mine from Perth, now that is a small world! He brought us to a Puja (this is an expression of honor, worship and devotion). It was a chanting and drumming ceremony by a group of buddist monks at a temple in the Boudha district.  Afterwards a group of us went out for a fabulous dinner, had some laughs and finally stayed out a bit later than normal.

More fun facts:

• - All women are referred to as Mam or Sister. The children at the school call me Mam and the other girls in the house call me Sister.
• - Charlie got lost going to the school yesterday. At least it’s not just me