On My Own

Well its official Kristen has left me on my own in Kathmandu, the city of chaos. She had to get to Besisahar to get back to work and I need to stay here to learn nepali. The good instructors are all here in the big city and when Kristen is around she acts as a crutch for me to lean on and not speak Nepali, so this is a necessary thing but a little scary. 

I have moved in with Sapana's family only one of whom speaks english so my learning curve has to be sharp. The family that is at the house currently consists of Sapana's mother,father, brother, niece (pictured below, my i pad is her new favorite toy), and sister in law. Only Sandip the brother speaks english and it is broken but understandable. Her niece is very cute and thinks everything I do is hilarious especially when I try to speak Nepali. I helped her with her homework last night. It was in english and much harder than first grade homework in america. I was a little bit frustrated because she understood none of it and simply looked for answers from the people around her. I will figure some way to make her think. The math homework was much more successful than the english. I got her to count by 4's 5's and 6's to 80. 

This is Nisham.

I am also taking language classes from two different instructors. I like the nepali man of about my age better but he is not nearly as good as the older woman. She is more expensive and rather pushy about lessons and money, but a very good teacher. I am learning a lot and right now, it is all a bit jumbled in my brain but I'm sure it will all sort out soon. Anyway I have to go I have another language lesson to get to. I will post again soon.