Nepali language

I'm trying to learn a few Nepali words and numbers. If I told the story of the Very, very Hungry Catepillar by Eric Carl, I could teach the days of the week and the numbers in both English and Nepali. I had trouble with the script for Tuesday. For some reason it was hard for me to write. Notice the number three and number six. Interesting. To the right of the days of the week, I wrote the pronunciation guide. I didn't do that for the numbers.

Crossing the International Dateline

Until properly understood early explorers who crossed this line found that when they came into port their ship log said one day and the people on land said another.
Going right of the Date Line the day is ahead of the left side. Tonga, therefore, is 24 hours ahead of Samoa. When I fly from Los Angeles to Nepal, I am gaining time in accordance with this imaginary line and when I fly back I will lose time. Very confusing of course.

Thoughts before my trip to Kathmandu, Nepal

Here is a picture of me during one of my Storytimes in the library at which I work. I am a public librarian with the County of Los Angeles. One of the first things I will show the children of Nepal is where I come from, across the wide Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from the City of Kathmandu. Nepal is a landlocked country while I live about a fifteen minute walk to the ocean. Kathmandu is a very culturally diverse city as is Los Angeles. In the city of Artesia (within Los Angeles County) there are many people from India and Nepal. And the city of Hacienda Heights (also within Los Angeles County) has the largest Buddhist Temple in the entire United States. Web address of the temple is http://www.hsilai.org . So, we have similarities and differences. I look forward to sharing this with the new friends I will make in Nepal.

Nepal is getting closer

Soon I will take off for my Nepal adventures. I hope to share my experiences as I learn the way of life in Nepal. This will be very different from the culture shock I had in Europe. Once I went to a hotel room in Italy and found that even though my key unlocked the door, I could not open the door. I was too embarrassed to say anything and stood there for awhile until I finally felt a small button on the underside of the door knob. I pushed it in and turned the knob and the door swung open. I know that Nepal will be much more challenging. I hope I'm up to learning all the new ways of doing ordinary tasks.