Category Archives: Asia Well, it’s all over. After 2 months of teaching 6 days a week, my volunteering is officially over. Thankfully, I will be seeing the kids at the end of April when I come back to Pokhara, or else I would be really sad right now. Instead, I just feel confused…The last 2 weeks have been […] As I write this, my little sister, Muna, is sitting on the ground beside me. And guess what she is doing? WRITING!! A few days ago, she took an interest in learning to write her A, B, Cs – and that’s all she’s been doing the past few days. She is SO into it it’s […] This morning I realized something. This is the first time that I have had NO contact with another foreigner/Westerner in two months. In Senegal, I had 30 American friends that I saw and interacted with every single day. And even in Kathmandu, I had Muna (and her friends, most of whom had been/studied abroad). This […]  I had heard this word several times in conversation before actually knowing what it meant. But one night over dinner, I came to understand that “jutto” refers to a type of pollution of food once it has been touched by the germs of another. When food is jutto it is unclean for anyone to eat […]  The colors we play Holi with. Posing with other teachers after a fun filled afternoon of Holi-playing. Playing Holi at home. Yes, this is what I looked like when I came home from school after playing Holi…. … with kids like this! Yesterday was a Hindu festival called “Holi” – I think it might be […] |
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