eliza

i am feeling too lazy to write much. we're in kalimpong again. we have spent one full day with the family in kashyem. they're very nice. we arrived during some nepali festival (the biggest one, apparently) so the headmaster's entire family is visiting. people are very friendly towards us, but they tend to ignore us and just talk to eachother. i guess it's understandable since they don't see each other very often. i just keep comparing it to how it would be if they were visiting us in america.

SM (the headmaster) says 3 of the past volunteers have been from boston. funny.

my main problem is being forced to eat food i don't want to eat or drink things i don't want to drink. like dried buffalo adkjs;lfaskfd. soooooooo disgusting. and this weird drink called "bamboo." luckily, phil is the one doing most of the drinking.

it's pretty hot around noon, but it cools down a lot in the afternoon.

one guy in particular, SM's brother-in-law, has been very friendly.

i beat phil in chess.

OHHHHH I FORGOT THE BEST THING WHICH I DIDN'T MENTION IN MY LAST ENTRY: they have MONK here! wowee!

there are a LOT of chickens. they own 26. well, now 25. one was killed yesterday for lunch. oh, my stomach. also they own 2 very cute cats. one is just a kitten. the other is so small it could be a kitten. speaking of small: the people are sooo small and we keep bumping our heads on the doorway.

we had momo last night which was pretty good. it's like dumplings with cabbage inside.

still pretty jet lagged. we've been going to bed at around 7:30 every night and getting up around 7.

overall, it's been pretty nice and relaxing-ish so far.

kbye.