{"id":6535,"date":"2015-10-31T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T06:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:16:57","slug":"movember-2015-growing-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/movember-2015-growing-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Movember 2015: Growing Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Movember in the US of A…here I come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When in the fall of 2013, I tried in vein<\/a> to get friends to join me in this activity, I decided that I would go it alone, that I would grow solo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who don’t know what Movember is, it’s when men grow their mustache\/moustache (mo) for the entire month of November and donate money at the end of the month to a charity in order to raise awareness about men’s health. You can find more about it here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in joining others in the US sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am pretty clean shaven as you can see above (on Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles). For the next month, I shall periodically post photos of the progress of the growth of my mo. At the end of the month, I shall be donating some money to the Nepal UWC Scholarship fund<\/a> just as I have done in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you doing Movember? Interested in sharing your story or photo? Please feel free to do so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 15 update<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Almost three months into the protests, Madhes protests in Nepal have made little progress. The government of Prime Minister Oli still does not appear to be doing much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A #KTMwithMadhes has begun on social media and I thought I would dedicate this Movember update to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November 30 Update<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I started growing solo in Santa Monica, as you can see from the photo at the top. And then the November 15 update above was taken in Long Beach, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the final result, taken in Boston, MA, where, unlike in California, it’s a little cold and hence the attire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If today’s press release warning by UNICEF<\/a> is to be believed, more than three million Nepalese children below 5 “are at risk of death or disease during the harsh winter months due to a severe shortage of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, even though I started Movember committing myself to donating to Nepal UWC Scholarship fund, I have changed my mind and am donating (GBP35) instead to my mate Pete Pattisson and buddy Sakar Pudasaini’s initiative to Help Launch Nepal’s First Collaborative School<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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