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Dash Does Kathmandu: September 2008
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The second thing that I needed to talk about was the field trip I went on Saturday. As it goes with these things, I was invited late on Thursday afternoon. So, cancelling all my very important engagements, including a relay marathon run, a nice lunch with a colleague and yet another Hash I committed myself immediately. From there, they would go to refraction, and have their refraction measured. I'm not entirely sure of the point of this, as usually a cataract makes you partially or totally bl...My rol...
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Dash Does Kathmandu: Dear Dot Dot Dot...
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Dear Dot Dot Dot. Charpi, thanks for the good times buddy. When I eventually leave, I will mention to the landloard that maybe you should be retired or at least fixed. Its nothing personal, but really, wetting yourself and the bathroom every time you don't been so good gets old. Ganga, thanks for helping to improve my Nepali tirelessly and explaining what all the bandh's are about. And thanks for the political insights. I will always remember the Ilam First Flush. Mohan, no I'm not finished. Not yet.
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Dash Does Kathmandu: April 2009
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I Dread What Will Happen Next. Perhaps its an inbuilt function that we rebel against our parents. But then, I have done many of those things (not the tattoo) mentioned with no second thought to what my parents taught or wanted from me. Did they put the idea in my head, or would I have done it anyway? I dread to think what I will do next. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Took us 6 hours to realise that the driver didn't know there was supposed to be oil in the car]. No child, its my camera]. Singing in the Clouds.
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Dash Does Kathmandu: March 2009
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Shooting Fish In a Barrell. A book with a title linking it to a rather epicly cynical life lesson. The Himalayan Book Club's latest effort was:. Unfortunately, again I found this book to be quite disappointing. When I say "again" its not that I read it twice and expected it to be better the second time around, but that this is not the first time I have been disappoo-inted in the promises set forth in a Himalayan Book Club book. There were flashbacks to China, where she talked of the only character possib...
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Dash Does Kathmandu: What's the Chinese word for Exhaustion?
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What's the Chinese word for Exhaustion? You know how every time someone goes to the Great Wall of China, they go on about how Great it is? 160; Its wider than a road.its amazing.its not believable! Well, Its wider than a road.its amazing.its not believable.humongous.its EPIC! Beijing is fairly simple to get around, if you have a thick skin and are prepared to work hard using every communication skill in your bag of tricks. After yesterdays (haha! Friday, July 10, 2009. July 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM. Foods To...
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Dash Does Kathmandu: At the Last Minute
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At the Last Minute. So just as I was starting to think (ok worry) that the guys at work were gonna let me go with completely no fanfare at all, Mohan busted in on me and Khem during a meeting this morning and told him to make sure he was free at 6pm tonight for a party for Rob. I said, "what's happening at 6? Mohan took a step back, and goes, "you understood me? Yeah, my Nepali's not that bad. Come on, I've been here for a year. What's going on? We are organising a program for you tonight.". I had the mo...
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Dash Does Kathmandu: Monsoon is Come
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People stumbled along with umbrella's useless against the deluge and every man and his spade was out trying to clear gutters and sewers to try and stop the rising water level from entering their shops. Monsoon is back and it feels exactly like it did when I arrived a year ago. Thursday, June 25, 2009. Patterns. we loves the patterns. Precious patterns. Tricksy monsoons sound like fun too though. June 27, 2009 at 12:16 PM. June 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM. Ha ha - the old Oh, but now we have some work for you!
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Dash Does Kathmandu: "Jatra"
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My first weekend back from a big week in Australia, I was really looking forward to a few days packed with ex-patness. What better way than to start Friday afternoon with round of karaoke at the place next toe Mike's Breakfast, you say? Well yes. The plan was to follow that up with a nice brunch on Saturday at somewhere outrageously expensive, hit the Hash, and then kick on the to the Scottish night of dancing that Becci politely invited me along to. Said meal consisted of:. Curried pickles - there was n...
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Dash Does Kathmandu: July 2009
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It was going to be a very fortunate turn of events. I was going to be able to post my 100th Dash Does Kathmandu post on my very last day in Kathmandu. Ironically, that day we were plagued by power cuts, the origin of which no one really understood. "Is it Load Shedding Raj? Load Shedding hoina, I don't know what it is Rob.". There you have it. My last meal at the Lazimpat Gallery Cafe and Raj finally uses my name instead of "sir". Goodbye Nepal. Good times were had. Monday, July 20, 2009. That said, we h...
