Disclaimer: This is being written in mid-July, because that's how things are now. I'll write the daily journal posts months after the original days. Shrug. At least it's happening?
This was one HELL of a busy day, in retrospect I can't believe how busy I must have been, running around from one place to other all day long, and that too in Kathmandu traffic!
In the morning went to BudhanilKantha school, to Saraswati temple, old houses, Pestalozzi and the rest. Hit up LNS, the teacher I'd been in touch with since my NIC trip from a month ago. He showed me around the whole place, including their innovation center room, and took me for khaja in the dining room. There I met so many of the old-timer teachers, ugh so many memories rushing in. Spent a long time talking to everybody I knew, all the teachers in the staff room. The staff room is just okay as a concept, not a big fan, I'm not.
After making plans for further consideration, I headed to the nearby cafe cum thakali restaurant and got some lemon soda or something. So goddamn pricey, yikes! And such a fancy cafe! Clearly the neighborhood had a very big change in character since I was there many years ago because then it was just to small pasals and restaurants. Now it's all fancy cafes and pricey restaurants. What wild times!
Got non the Sajha bus to Patan, this was one of the longer local public bus trips within kathmandu I have taken, and was an adventure. One of the most convenient routes if there was ever one, not bad at all.
I walked from Pulchowk where I got off to Patan Square and spent half-hour chilling and waiting for JB. Went into the museum area, where the PhotoKTM event was about to start and looked around to see if I knew anybody. Soon JB came in, and together we met and recognized dozens and dozens of people, from people of the old Vent magazine to old editors and bosses to IG who was one of the hosts from back in the school to bunch of random friends-of-friends who I had never interacted with but knew quite well!
The event itself was fun, and towards the end we went to this fancy restaurant where I charged my laptop and we got appetizers. And maybe a cold drink or two.
Then we went to honacha, which was about to close (this was 3g honacha) and we ordered basically everything that was left. The owners were confused at the sudden inflow of traffic so late in the night, I was quite surprised they were still open myself. Regardless, I had latenight newari food at Honacha while using my laptop to do work work live so late in the evening. Quite an experience. It took me some time to find a pathao to get home, but then it worked out well.
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