If you love reading, and love crimes, murder mysteries, books about children with disorders, then "before the storm" by Diane Chamberlin is a must-read!! It the quietness of today, I stormed my wait through the book from beginning to end, all in about 4 hours. The story takes place in North Carolina on Topsail island. Whether this is a real place or not, I don't know. There are 4 main characters, whom you read from their point of view, and switches between them, ...

Today there was only one kid not going to school, for some unknown reason. The rest, including Ayog and little Kumar, went off to school at 9ish. Mark and I decided to go into Thamel for a few hours, so asked Shanti didi which bus to take. The bus cost 50rps which is the foreigner rate, but still only 30p or something, for a half hour bus ride that's pretty good!! We managed to get off at the right stop, however walked for at LEAST half an hour, trying to find T...

Saturday - a day off from school!! (For the kids, not me). Breakfast was a little bit later, which I forgot so got up at the same time where I could've slept more... I was starving by the time we finally got to breakfast!! But was very very happy when we finally got it, at about 9. MEAT DAY!! Lots of yummy masu (meat). After breakfast, lots of the kid decided they wanted to go into Thali (the little village/town/district place just up the hill. The other day it ...

Friday. A day the kids love, as they get half the day off!! So it was the usual routine of get up, tea, breakfast, get the kids ready for school, then see who's around for the day (in this case, half a day). There were 3 extras left behind today, and their taxi came to take them to the hospital, along with Shanti didi. Ayog returned with a gorgeous new bright blue cast on his leg. He now runs a lot less and is very protective over the cast!! The other two, Bimul...

More interesting than some of the others days... First, the usual routine of waking up at stupid hour (7am), getting dressed, and going downstairs to sit at the front of the building for a while with a cup of tea that magically appears (amazing staff!!). This time, Mark was there with me to keep me company. Then, breakfast at 8 - Bikash, one of the older boys, always comes down at 8, greets me then says it's time for breakfast. Breakfast disappears within 10 min...