ICHK: When Dreams Take Flight…
About life, following dreams, the beauty and power of humanity, and what I am doing with my life to make it meaningful.
Enter The Dragon City
I return to the vibrant Dragon city for the first time since the last time I lived there 18 years ago. While the city--some images of which were formulated by martial art movies I had grown up with--did not disappoint in the mid-nineties, I am curious to see what it is like now.
Travel: Murphy’s Law Rules Supreme!
My Nepalese passport was the bane of my globe-trotting life style, just enough of a bane to warrant a whole blog post!
Club House swimming pool. In addition to the pool, it had a restaurant, a small theater, health center, tennis courts, squash courts, jacuzzi, a sauna and a steam room.
Things to do, Places to go and People to see
I keep a list...a long list...and this is it!
One of things I am struggling with returning to the US has been getting used to serving portions. Thanks to the Rosenfield Program, Grinnell College group I had dinner at Rube's Steakhouse last Thursday. What you see is the result of my attempt at eating a T-bone steak there. The one I picked was the smallest T-bone steak they had. (You pick your own steak and barbecue yourself as well, which was a lot of fun.) And, though the placement of cutlery and the remaining food on the right might indicate otherwise, I was done!
Travel: Small Talk…Nothing Biggie
My observations of the US based on my three-week experience in the country, visiting it for the first time in over ten years!
Scarlet & Black: Alum activist speaks about education in Nepal
A reproduction of an article in the Grinnell College student publication Scarlet and Black.
Travel: Ins and Outs…of Daily Life
After spending pretty much all my adult life abroad, my return to Nepal has been accompanied by a number of changes to my daily routine, amongst a slew of other changes!
Travel: This May Sound All Greek To You But…
Stories of challenges with or at diplomatic missions around the world trying to get a visa as Nepali passport holder.
Travel: You Know You…
You know you have lived abroad for too long when... you have spent more time abroad than in your own home country. you have acquired a foreign accent. you have lost the fluency you once had in your two mother tongues (Nepali and Seke, referred to as a dialect in the Wikipedia entry) and have pretty much lost the ability to communicate in (Hindi) the third language you learned growing up. the language you express yourself best in is (English) the fourth language you learned growing up. you even think and dream in (English) the fourth language. you return home…