October 2004 Entries
Finally made it to Pokhara after a brilliant Dasain. It will take me a while to write it all up, but I certainly made the most of it and had to spend the first 2 days in Pokhara sleeping ... lets just say I learnt about Raksi (local drink that could easily run racing cars ), lost a lot of money playing cards and had such a great time. Keep posted for more .. I am off to learn how to ride a bike again tomorrow and then on Thursday heading off for a 3 day trek to some local villages. I will no doubt...
Time for a quick update seeing as I am at work today ... I have moved into Moni's and it is so wonderful to be with a family. There is Mom and Dad, who are absolutley spoiling me rotten. Nichole, Moni and her husband Suzeel. Mom is gorgeous, even though she is killing me with food, she keeps trying to feed me up .. like I need it ! We have been having lots of girls chats, lots of laughs and I have learnt so much in the last few days. I am sharing a room with Nichole at the moment, she is studying...
Wow, I definitely know I have made the right decision. How many times does it take for a person to realise that when they are not on the right path things go drastically wrong ?? I went in to see work this morning and my boss, Deepak was so supportive and said to take as long as I need. I went around and gave a few hugs and said I would see everyone in a month or so and got a lift home. I booked my flight for Monday, got the travel agent to do it this time and I now have the ticket in my hand, so...
Well I willed that away alright .. a very nice sinus attack that I was hoping wouldn't turn into pneumonia this time. A couple of days in bed and I'm up again, sort of. As always, life gives you these many signs and as usual I tend to ignore them until I hit rock bottom. These subtle signs just don't do it for me, I really need a sledge hammer. Mind you, it had better be a pretty big sledgehammer, if you add up all the things that have gone wrong it shows how blind I can be. These couple of days...
Where do I start ? After Wednesday's fiasco it really was the straw so to speak, had myself a little meltdown, came to realise a few things about myself and also what I need to do, this whole learning process is a never ending thing. It's never easy, well for me anyway, to wake up to some things about yourself, but life manages to make you see it whether you want to or not. After a good release ( otherwise known as a good bawl, come on guys, I can feel you cringing already .. but you know, for us...
God I need to wise up !!! I am just such a babe in the woods and I must make such an easy mark. I went off to get my Nepal visa extension this morning. Found the Dept of Immigration, walked in and a guy asked if I was getting an extension and handed me the form. There was a little room in front of the counter, so I duly sat down and starting filling out the form. As I was completing it, he came in, checked the form and took my passport and asked for 9000nrp. The extension needed a passport photo,...
Here I go doing the all or nothing thing again ... Took myself off to a club on Thursday night that was advertising a U2 concert on the big screen along with Coldplay. U2 must be pretty popular in Nepal, there was all of about 10 or 15 people there and most of them Westerners. The show wasn't too bad though despite the fact that there was NO Coldplay, and thats what I went for ... I ended up meeting a guy on holiday from India ( a pilot with Air India no less, the regular readers might remember me...