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Curfew, part deux

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Our neighbor came over to borrow some movies since we all are forced to remain off the streets for the whole damn day. http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2006/apr/apr08/news01.php

It’s after 10:45 a.m. and there are still people hanging around outside, so I guess it’s not a shoot-on-site kind of curfew. I’m a little confused. I went across the way to buy some chocolate candy bars before 10 o’clock and there are a lot of people out and acting cool, not too much in a hurry to go home before the curfew starts.

Its day three of the four day bandh (mandatory shut-down). The monarchist government called the curfew so that the SPA, could not have their protest to foil any Maoist infiltration of the capital city, that went after the cat, that chased the mouse that went into the house that Ram built, (hey, I had to adapt to the appropriate culture).

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It’s the time for Curfew (to the tune of All Cried Out, by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam)

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

http://top-lyrics.elizov.com/?song=Lisa_Lisa_-_All_Cried_Out

Woke up this Saturday morning, thought I could go and get some
Breaaaaaakfaaaaast
Thinking of some salmon and eggs for
Bruuuuuuuuuuunch
But the call came so early
A little after niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
You said there was a curfeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
Set this place of fire cause I’m tired of these
Inconviences
All I wanted a simple breakfast…..
But the government would not accept it and
Called a curfew from ten til eleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
(at niiiiiight)
And nowwwwwwww….we are all left confused
Now it’s the
Time
For……(beat)
CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURFEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo

More Drama with Students (Rocky Road Effects)

Friday, April 7th, 2006
Well, once we had it all written on paper, the students which pleasantly surprised me, went over the contract line-by-line, scouring it, asking questions.  What if you don’t find us a job, how can re-pay this amount working in ... [Continue reading this entry]

Rocky Road

Friday, April 7th, 2006
We experienced an incident last month. It was a breakdown in communication, dropping the ball on our part and mutiny. It almost resulted into terminating the program at least with this batch of students and starting over, recruiting new ... [Continue reading this entry]

Get your coffee cup and curl up in bed with your computer

Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Yes, another writing spurt, for weeks there will be nothing to read, and now there are chapters to read! I apologize for not writing more often but as you can see, I’ve been a bit pre-occupied with work that the ... [Continue reading this entry]