Back to the 'Real' World

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Nearly a month I had wondered into another world filled with countless things like televisions, pizzas, bars, restaurants, cars, planes, etc. I almost got used to having all those around me. Your mind so quickly starts to identify pleasure with things around you instead of finding joy within itself. Luckily I had to leave that unreal world and come back to my village. It’s better here, even if it’s just another place.

So what happened in the past month, well I could write pages but here it is in 5 lines.

Met some friendly faces from India, Singapore, US and New Zealand… Walked the desert with the camels and nomads, watched people have heat strokes and then enjoyed sleeping on the dunes with the stars above glittering away…. Trekked the Himalayan mountains for ten days… lost one knee and one ankle on the way… broken physically but the sight of the highest peaks all around me soothed all the pain away.. It was breathtaking..... and NOW I am here at my village J

So… whats new at my village

Lets start with the fact that there is a Tiger … YES that’s right a T.I.G.E.R roaming around my village. I was having dinner with some villagers and one of them said “ Make sure you keep your doors closed when you leave”.. I’m like why?.. She goes last week her neighbors dog got eaten by a tiger and it would be best not to take chances.. I sat there with the cup of tea stuck to my mouth and my eyes wide open. For a while I hoped tiger meant something else in Nepali, but no it means the same, especially since she was talking in English! There was not even an expression of excitement in her voice, it sounded as if she had told me that 1+1=2. I looked at her and realized why have fear, it has no benefits.. So I drank the tea and talked about something else… The fear of a tiger is much worse than the tiger itself.. If the tiger and I meet one day I shall deal with the scenario then, why worry about things that you cannot control.. And in any case as my wise friend says if I die at the hands of a tiger I will die a ‘Mans Death’ J

I have much to do in the next month… I got the laptops that I plan to deploy to villages surrounding mine(yes more one knee trekking for me), setup the Wireless antennas…. Finish my electronic database for the school…. But for now I must go make some Rotis… mmmm Roti and local plum jam that’s my breakfast… Who needs bacon n eggs, pancakes, muesli!,, My Roti is satisfaction guaranteed!

I am currently busy with establishing certain Wireless devices around the village and neighboring mountains. Plenty to do and just another month or so till I leave this paradise. I will send another update soon regarding certain funding opportunities I have identified, don’t want to make the blog too long, you all have other things to do than read my blah blah… Here are some pics from the past month… Yes I had some touristy fun too!

" If you live your life doing whatever makes you the happiest on a moment by moment basis, you will live an entire life full of happiness." Live in the now.. it is all that really exists :-)