auspicious weekend!

tashi delek everyone! monday start of the week, tomorrow is yet another holiday for me. there are so many holidays here, since i arrived, there had been already 3 holidays. they all love it but i dun. haha.. i just want to draw and draw. i am settling in really well, adapting well to my new family life. haha just 2 days ago, tenzin yangkyi came home crying becos she was naughty and her mom was disciplining her and she hid behind me and held my hand. for an hour, i stood there in between her mom and her, trying to figure out what happened. haha.. this is an experience i wont get if i stay on my own. there is one time, when miss tenzin's uncle (who is my friend) came and asked me if miss tenzin washed her hair. haha.. now i find myself saying things like 'come miss tenzin, let me check if you really washed your hair', 'quick wear your uniform, you are going to be late for school.' haha...

saturday was 17th Karmapa's birthday so we went to his monastery here to join in the celebration. check out the braids. everyone was dressed in their best. i need to get a short sleeve summer chuba made. HH Dalai Lama's birthday is coming up next, i want to be in a chuba then! hee... then yesterday hazel and i took an our walk to pullahari monastery up in the hills to see the beautiful wall painting. it was so inspiring! and here is hazel taking a photo of 'pata' (decorative patterns) as she is learning how to draw them now. i really like this photo. and as for me, i need to study the buddha's face! i am still drawing buddha's face. my teacher said draw one more, and i can move on to learn buddha's body! YES!!!! i cant wait.. enjoying drinks at the cafe. feels so good looking at the huge clouds and cast sky...
and guess what! when we left the monastery, i saw my first rainbow in nepal! so very happy!!! its an auspicious sign! you can see each colour of the rainbow here so clearly and they are really fat. so nice.... it then started to drizzle and then pour! and we were still up in the hills... haha.. we were drenched despite having an umbrella each. but we had to walk before it turns dark as it takes an hour to get down. i really dun want to be walking in the dark. i really enjoyed the wet walk. getting my feet all dirty with mud and sand. haha.. oh have to show you this. living in countries like nepal, this is another common sight. its dead. its hard to eat meat here seeing all these on the streets... oh and this, this is what i was greeted by early in the morning as i opened the gate to go to school. haha.. she is licking herself. she and her baby are always roaming around the area. to be honest, i was a little scared. i was thinking which way i should walk, left or right. finally i chose to go my left. as i walked by slowly, nearer and nearer to her, i was looking at her.. but she isnt even a bit interested in me. haha.. phew... and her dung is everywhere. and they are huge! i have to be really careful especially in the evening, its pretty dark. acha-la stepped onto one the other time. haha..fits the size of your foot nicely! haha.. ok i am having my lunch now. mash potatoes and fruit salad. half an hour later, i will be back in school. its a cool day here today. it rained during the early hours of the day. the air is fresh. i wish all of you a fantastic week ahead! love you all...