This weekend I have mostly been trying to acquire some stuff for my new residence which I hope I might move to next week. The sooner the better… the titanic soundtrack (panpipes version) is driving me slightly mad in the hotel restaurant.
There is something not quite right about buying plates, and cutlery and pots and pans and a gas hob, electric heater, etc etc, when I’m only here 11months… but there isn’t really much choice, and cos I spent a fair bit of cash I am now a ‘Saleaway’ store member, with a 4% discount card… oh the thrills. Amusingly when I bought the gas hob they set it down on the floor in the shop and proceeded to switch on all the burners to prove it worked… meanwhile, other shoppers not to be deterred just stepped over it. In the process of shopping for boring things like rubbish bins I discovered some amazing huge huge bookshops (Sadie you would be exceedingly jealous)… they sell genuine (not photocopy) books at about 50% UK cost. You really can get whatever you like… novels, political commentaries, Buddhist enlightenment, cookery books… you name it I think you can get it. I also discovered the paper shops…ooooh they are very exciting, many beautiful, handmade papers. Randomly I found a ‘Hallmark Cards’ shop. Not sure if they actually sold Hallmark cards, but they do stock the tackiest range of cards ever. What else… hmmm, oh yes, have been renamed as ‘mam’ which is slightly concerting but all the Nepali’s seem to call me that. I feel like the queen. Not necessarily a good thing.
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