hi friends
Well, we are back for the day! We're leaving at about 2. We had a couple things to do. I wanted to find out about the flight Saturday, and we have to buy BBQ sauce for our little part-ay tomorrow. All the volunteers are coming over, and a couple headmasters, and we are BBQ-ing chicken and having momos. Verrry exciting. SM is getting 3 cases of Hit (beer).
This week was super. Monday we went to school for like an hour... but it just consisted of us watching kids take exams so SM told us to go home. That night we went to Aasish's house for dinner. We had a lot of bamboo/tomba and Phil told SM he should arrange a marriage between Bivek and Pragya. SM laughed so hard. There was a baby there which was fun. I'm way more fond of Aasish after that night. Before I considered him kind of a bully to the other kids, but he can be really sweet.
The next day we went to Barra Number. When we got there Ruth was in Pedong picking up Jess from the jeep so we played War (or "Biggest") with Sonu, MB's son, for hoursss. That game frustrates me so bad. No more War. We taught him Go Fish and Crazy Eights. He's really cute, in class I, and has an older brother Safal, class 3 I think. Played some badminton. They have a net set up right next to the house/school. Ruth came back. We all made momos. My momos.... Lor'. They were sooooo deformed. They were kind of cute, some of them, like sea shells. Phil's were normal. Jessica's and Ruths: normal. They tasted really good though. Better than any we've had. They had squash and onion in them, rather than cabbage. Ooh Ruth also had this up-to-date British tabloid her friend sent her and happily gave to me because she knows I like that stuff. Happy day.
The next day was the Alpha School Picnic. We had breakfast and lunch there. Breakfast was toast and homemade butter and reallllllly good tea (and that is saying something). And biscuits, of course. Lunch didn't happen til about 2. In between, the kids played freeze dance and hokey pokey and cockfighting, though I missed the latter two because.... ugh I went back to the house to use the bathroom and have water and I saw this little puppy and this kitten and they looked hungry so I took them in our room (mistake) to give them a snack. They wouldn't leave. It took seriously 20 minutes to lure them out of there. When I'd gone back, all the fun stuff had happened. After all that, we went down to the grounds with some kids and played with a parachute. We also played wacky British baseball "Rounders" which is EXACTLY like American baseball except with 5 bases. No dinner that night because lunch was big. Just a lot of Tiger's Milk and MB told stories about shadows attacking him after he has some Tiger's Milk. His sister claims she was whisked away in the jungle for 8 hours by this "shadow." Kind of a terrifying story late at night.
Next day..... went home. Then the wedding! We, unfortunately, missed the actual wedding ceremony. The reception though was amazing. It was this massive tent... well, a bunch of tents. There was a room entirely devoted to Tomba. I avoided that room. There was an open bar. It even said "bar" on it. Dancing ensued.
Yesterday was uneventful. Planned the BBQ.
This morning when we were driving here you could see Kangchenjunga really clearly in the distance, more clearly than our view in Darjeeling. Compared to the surrounding mountains, it is just completely white. It's really amazing to see. It looks the same size but by the color you can just tell how massive it is.
One week left in dear Kashyem/Kalimpong. I can't believe it.
This week was super. Monday we went to school for like an hour... but it just consisted of us watching kids take exams so SM told us to go home. That night we went to Aasish's house for dinner. We had a lot of bamboo/tomba and Phil told SM he should arrange a marriage between Bivek and Pragya. SM laughed so hard. There was a baby there which was fun. I'm way more fond of Aasish after that night. Before I considered him kind of a bully to the other kids, but he can be really sweet.
The next day we went to Barra Number. When we got there Ruth was in Pedong picking up Jess from the jeep so we played War (or "Biggest") with Sonu, MB's son, for hoursss. That game frustrates me so bad. No more War. We taught him Go Fish and Crazy Eights. He's really cute, in class I, and has an older brother Safal, class 3 I think. Played some badminton. They have a net set up right next to the house/school. Ruth came back. We all made momos. My momos.... Lor'. They were sooooo deformed. They were kind of cute, some of them, like sea shells. Phil's were normal. Jessica's and Ruths: normal. They tasted really good though. Better than any we've had. They had squash and onion in them, rather than cabbage. Ooh Ruth also had this up-to-date British tabloid her friend sent her and happily gave to me because she knows I like that stuff. Happy day.
The next day was the Alpha School Picnic. We had breakfast and lunch there. Breakfast was toast and homemade butter and reallllllly good tea (and that is saying something). And biscuits, of course. Lunch didn't happen til about 2. In between, the kids played freeze dance and hokey pokey and cockfighting, though I missed the latter two because.... ugh I went back to the house to use the bathroom and have water and I saw this little puppy and this kitten and they looked hungry so I took them in our room (mistake) to give them a snack. They wouldn't leave. It took seriously 20 minutes to lure them out of there. When I'd gone back, all the fun stuff had happened. After all that, we went down to the grounds with some kids and played with a parachute. We also played wacky British baseball "Rounders" which is EXACTLY like American baseball except with 5 bases. No dinner that night because lunch was big. Just a lot of Tiger's Milk and MB told stories about shadows attacking him after he has some Tiger's Milk. His sister claims she was whisked away in the jungle for 8 hours by this "shadow." Kind of a terrifying story late at night.
Next day..... went home. Then the wedding! We, unfortunately, missed the actual wedding ceremony. The reception though was amazing. It was this massive tent... well, a bunch of tents. There was a room entirely devoted to Tomba. I avoided that room. There was an open bar. It even said "bar" on it. Dancing ensued.
Yesterday was uneventful. Planned the BBQ.
This morning when we were driving here you could see Kangchenjunga really clearly in the distance, more clearly than our view in Darjeeling. Compared to the surrounding mountains, it is just completely white. It's really amazing to see. It looks the same size but by the color you can just tell how massive it is.
One week left in dear Kashyem/Kalimpong. I can't believe it.
posted by Eliza and Phil at 9:38 AM
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