malaysians are everywhere!!

i found out today when i went knocking

on my neighbour's door that i live next to a

malaysian missionary here in kathmandu.

it was nice hearing all the 'la's' again,

but not as nice as tomorrow..

WHEN I FLY HOME!!!

:D :D :D

woohoo!

also, i've seen quite amazing things in the past week.

first the Himalayas, and then yesterday was

the solar eclipse- which happens once in 78 years!

and i woke up, still lying on my bed

wondering why on earth it was so dark outside

and then two words came into my head-

solar eclipse!

i jumped up immediately and ran outside,

and i saw this perfect round thing blocking the sun,

which was pretty cool but it really wasn't

as amazing as i thought it would've been-

from the photos i've seen before i thought that

it would've been total darkness but no.

and me being the very smart person i am,

ignored all the warnings about looking at it

directly without any special equipment and

stared at the eclipse for 5 minutes

and paid the price for half an hour later

cause all i could see were black spots-

serves me right!

another thing- maybe cause i've lived here

for almost 6 weeks now, i've somehow changed

to look really Nepali or something cause

everyone is talking to me in Nepali!

it's really funny cause i was with this

English woman who speaks Nepali really well

and she was trying to tell the bus driver something

but he just ignored her and kept on asking me

what I wanted- poor woman!

but i am disgustingly tan- i love it!

okay, more news from me when i reach home

(:

p/s pray for things to go well please,

i dont think i could take it if the airline

suddenly decides to cancel the flight!