Medstudent

My last week of living in Nepal, I sort of had a freak out that I would forget what it was like there, what I felt, what I saw, so I wrote several Nepali things down, of which I will share!

Lunch is served at 10:30 am, but that is because all Nepalis wake up at 5am. Dinner is not until 8 or 9 — but there usually is a supper or snack in between there somewhere. Rice is eaten at EVERY meal

The large trucks that transport garbage are decorated nicely. They have green or gold tassel, Xmas lights on at night, crazy horns that are probably some sort of Nepali theme song.

When the power comes on at night — and a light turns on — all people touch their head and then their chest and repeat — it’s a thank you to god for the power. If you are in a bar when this occurs it is a UNIFYING to see — I have been known to participate as well — it has become a reflex. Everyone must be grateful at some point for something.