5/29-6/11
These two weeks were spent at the Hamro Sunaulo Jeevan Children's Home after an excursion to the hospital. It was no surprise that Ralph and I were joking about bringing in a team of Western medical interns to identify all of the hygienic faults in the minor operating room. After all of the annoying separate prepayments, we compared the overall cost to our respective countries. In the states, it most definitely would have cost me ten times more. In Canada, it would have cost less than Nepal as health care is free, but it would have cost ten times the time. The public hospitals apparently have a notorious wait line unless you are in critical condition. I couldn't see my hairline fracture but I'll take that over a broken bone any day. After fitting a cast made of fiberglass, we were off to meet our anxious host in Dallu Awas, near the Swayambhunath. Here are some pics of our days spent:
It's only when you are about to leave, you realize all that still remains to be done. Afterall, we could spend a lifetime learning and still know nothing relative to what's still left to learn. I will definitely sorely miss all of these people.
These two weeks were spent at the Hamro Sunaulo Jeevan Children's Home after an excursion to the hospital. It was no surprise that Ralph and I were joking about bringing in a team of Western medical interns to identify all of the hygienic faults in the minor operating room. After all of the annoying separate prepayments, we compared the overall cost to our respective countries. In the states, it most definitely would have cost me ten times more. In Canada, it would have cost less than Nepal as health care is free, but it would have cost ten times the time. The public hospitals apparently have a notorious wait line unless you are in critical condition. I couldn't see my hairline fracture but I'll take that over a broken bone any day. After fitting a cast made of fiberglass, we were off to meet our anxious host in Dallu Awas, near the Swayambhunath. Here are some pics of our days spent:
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| "Bhat kan-ne?" Dinner: rice (bhat), lentils (dal), and thalkari (vegetables). |
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| Ready for school. |
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| Playtime: as you can see, sharing is not in any kid's vocabulary. |
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| Presents: new books and toys from Ralph. |
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| A day in the park--took them a while to get over the shock of walking in the city. |
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| First time drinking cold water...not only drinking :P. |
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| First time eating cake. The host's birthday was one day before mine. |
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| On a day off, we headed to Boudhanath. |
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| My special birthday dinner: fried paneer in tomato sauce and chapati. |
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| First time in an amusement park: Anil, the smallest and youngest, was near tears in the beginning as he stood in the back. We finally got him to go down by getting Kapil, the one with the black top on, to encourage him to go with him. |
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| Shreeman helping Karan tie his new shoes. |
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| First time watching a movie for all of them: Fast and Furious VI. I swear they are all over 16 :D. It was also their first time in a room with AC so they were all cold. |
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| Raphael playing the stone carver at a local game: Tiger Moving Game. |
It's only when you are about to leave, you realize all that still remains to be done. Afterall, we could spend a lifetime learning and still know nothing relative to what's still left to learn. I will definitely sorely miss all of these people.
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