I discover at breakfast that today is another holiday. A past Prime Minister of Nepal died yesterday so the nation has a day to mourn.
I use the free time in the morning to finish making wickets for our cricket. I found some bamboo strips and nailed them together with solid wood bases to help them stand on their own.
We spend the day making up teaching resources, photocopying, coloring and laminating.
As usual we do a bit of a walk. This time we wander through a part of the village. Anil and I walked there the other day but this time we’re all doing it, including Mani and Phulmaya. There are plenty of opportunities for people photos, and great light as the sun goes down.
After dinner we set up the projector again for a movie night. We pick Avatar, thinking the kids will get a kick out of it. It’s fun watching them watching the movie. This is such s rarity for them. Interestingly they, and the adults, asked if the movie was real! The power cuts out about 15 minutes from the end. When the power goes off here its instant pitch darkness.
We just settle into bed and another tremor hits. This time it’s very brief and no noise like last time. It felt like an elephant had bumped into the building. It instigated some banter amongst us all but no evacuation this time. Perhaps we are getting used to it.
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