Because of the strike most of the teachers couldn't get to school. The Lama asked us to cover the classes. Six classes for six periods each day. The girls, Tess, Maya and Amanda aren't teachers but cheerfully threw themselves into the task. They did a great job. With suduko puzzles and colour by number pictures we survived.
That night after tea the monks were doing their dance practice in preparation for their New Years rituals (Tibetian New Year is in mid January, I think). I have watched them perform this enthusiastically on several afternoons. This time I joined in and practiced the dance with them.
Later we were talking about our first night in Kathmandu and our impressions of Nepal. Tess and Maya let slip that they had slipped out of the motel late each night and checked into a more expensive motel with hot showers and clean sheets and in the morning they slipped back in to the cheap hotel, pretending they had spent the night.
I was annoyed because I had lost my prized possession – my hat. I was confident it would turn up again... and it did four days later back in Pokhora.
oh.... not THE hat... Amanda, did you do that????
ReplyDeletehope you have a fantastic time dancing in the New Year with the monks (maybe the Mr Miyagi moment will happen with the celebrations?) probably not - the whole Zen thing was more likely to be felt when you were working with the little people at the orphanage - it must be very satisfying - take care
ReplyDeletesound like it is allgoing amazingly!!
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