today, i was reminded of how Nepal

isn't the most peaceloving happy perfect place.

Now, there are bandhs (strikes) all the time

and they can be for anything, the people

seem to really like their protesting,

there are bandhs all over the country everyday.

so anyway, these are not peaceful protests,

all the schools/shops have to close because

there are people who will throw stones/burn

the place down if they know that it is open for business

and the really bad ones don't allow any vehicles

to operate at all- they have some people hired

at the side of the road armed with stones n stuff

so if they see a vehicle coming down the road,

that fella is pretty much dead ):

i've heard stories of them burning buses and all that,

it sounds really violent and incredibly unnecessary.

so today we were on a bus as usual to school

and suddenly the bus did a huge turnabout,

turns out a bandh was just called and we

all had to get off the bus and walk our remaining

journey, which thankfully wasn't too far from the school.

but as we got closer to the school there were

crowds everywhere and we could see a lot of

burning going on cause and lots of police

really geared up with their shields and guns.

and then suddenly, everyone started running

towards us and i got really panicked.

you know how action movies you always see those

shots when there's a giant monster coming or something

everyone just runs?

it was exactly like that so i was really

'oh crap, this is not good!!'

but we took the side roads and nothing

seemed to happen so i thought it was okay

and then again, people just started running

past me and i didn't know what was going on

so i started running for my life!

i was thinking the worst, maybe someone gunning

people down or worse- i don't know,

but for the first time in my life

i was running for dear life-

and to be honest,

i would've gotten gunned down if it

really happened cause i was crap!

so i ran and ran- not really sure from what

but then everything looked normal again

so i calmed down and everyone seemed to be okay

and i just hurried to the school just in case.

but phew that was a real moment of panic there

and thank goodness everything was okay!

(:

so yes, Nepal is still a little crazy

but thankfully these bandhs don't happen

that seriously too often.

pray for peace!