Reading and Reflection Nepal: Workshop begins!
Workshop day #1:
We had 39 pairs of eager eyes looking at us at 1:30pm when the workshop started. Our first work day was only an hour long. It was basically introductions and icebreakers. Yea, Res.Life taught me a lot of that…Kudos to Res Life also for the people skills. So intro day turned out very successful. I also learned by the end of the work shop what I had REALLY got myself into. A lot of work. Haha but this project is my Baby…and there are no ugly babies.
Ooh I can speak Nepali!!! I mean, only in Nepali minus English.
By now, having interacted so much with the school staff and now beginning to interact directly with school student who might possible be looking up to us, it is so importantly for me to speak in Nepal. ONLY Nepali, I mean. I have a tendency, just like other young educated nepali people to mix up and speak Nenglish. A mixture of Nepali and English words in the same sentence. Speaking only Nepali, is more difficult than you think. Anyway, I am proud to be able to speak in only Nepali when I want to. You see, it is important for me, as a Nepali helping the people in my community, to be able to speak in a way that is not foreign in any way. I do not want the people I am working with and trying to help that I am so different and…foreign. I want them to know that I am nepali, am just helping another nepali. Okay. CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE. I know. It sounds cheeseey but the thing is, everytime such a development project is carried out, it’s always a foreign aid agency pouring a bunch of money to create something new and shiny that won’t last. Well. This project is the opposite of all this. This project is funded from outside of Nepal but involved is not just money. It involves an amazing person who is appreciative , adapting , and respectful to another culture and involves a local nepali too. This project is special. Everything matters. Everything counts.
love,
sillynepali_22
