Monday-o

Hello!

Much seems to have happened since I last blogged, and now i have been here 2 whole weeks. Time is zip-zapping by.

It was in someways a very British weekend involving a quiz at the British embassy (after leading most of the rounds we came 3rd and won a free meal at the embassy as opposed to some swanky hotel... never mind) on saturday i went to a 'garden party' where there was trampolening and croquet and scones and cream and people that looked like they had stepped right out of 'Absolutley Fabulous'... a very sureal other world of ex-patness... then went to a 'dance festival' which appeared to be fairly rubbish and very male dominated (it seems nepali women dont go to dance festivals... perhaps theyre busy cooking and cleaning as all good women should be)...

I did find time to move. So i am now installed near to the 'Jew' (zoo) and sleep to the sound of animals making random noises - although i think this originates from packs of stray dogs rather than enraged-caged animals.

When i arrived there was a minor crisis when there was no bed... and then a bed appeared with no matress... so the driver from work (not my personal driver I should add) and i went on a mission to find a matress. Seeing that saturdays are public holidays this proved to be rather hard. In the end we commissioned a man to make me a sort of wadded pad (a bit like a futon matress) i went to collect it 2 hours later and stupidly made the mistake of not measuring it in the shop and the bally man short changed me and it is all a little small for the bed... but could be worse. After buying the thing a comedy moment ensued with a small nepali man lugging the matress the 5 min to my house and me, feeling every bit the colonial master, striding out ahead... I'm not sure that it was a particulalrly comfortable experience, and i ended up carrying the matress up the stairs as I felt so guilty/lame...

When i get organised with home internet i will upload some photos of the place. Its really nice, and 'cream' (which is good as the alternative is floral dingy)... i need to acquire a few more things like a heater and a water filter and another heater for my shower and a spare bed for any guests that wish to come ...

that shall be all for now i think...