Scholar Brian Davis returning home from Nepal
Posted by Bill Davis
Ambassadorial Scholar Brian Davis is being sponsored by our Rotary Club and sends the following update.
I haven't booked the flight home yet, but it looks like I will be on a Thai Airways flight to LAX around July 1st. Then I have to visit family in California, collect my car in D.C., and make my way to Houston.
I have to be in Golden, Colorado for the start of a Ph.D. program on August 22 and look forward to visiting your club and reviewing my experiences in Nepal.
Brian
My time is coming near it's end here in Kathmandu, Nepal. In regular daily life, 40 days is a lot of time to get most things done. When it comes to 40 days left in Nepal, it feels like I have almost no time. I have started giving away many of the things I won't be taking home. Tomorrow I give my small collection of novels to a group that will occassionally host some American volunteers, ones who may want to read a book in English to remind them of home. I've also been going out occasionally to get some of the tourist items and souvenirs I want to bring back home.
The work on the matching grant is almost done too. The water filter is installed and we will have a meeting tomorrow to choose the battery backup system. Among other things, it will provide hallway and stairway lighting for the children who leave the center in the twilight hours. Next time I visit, I will be sure to take lots of pictures for sharing with everyone from Houston who has helped in funding this matching grant. I will also be making the rounds to a few Rotary clubs here to share the success of this matching grant. Hopefully, they will join in supporting upcoming matching grants.
Other than that, I've been holed up a bit doing a lot of work on my wind power thesis. As anywhere in the world, some days are exciting, some days are made up of formatting references lists, data tables, and charts and graphs. I'm looking forward to successfully finishing the thesis before going home, sucessfully finishing the matching grant, and also getting back to the USA. When people here ask me what I miss the most from home I tell them it's not the things they would define as stereotypical American. When it comes to living in a big American city, I miss the restaurants in all of the immigrant communities most. I'll probably fly into LAX in the first week of July. The first order of business there is to go to a Vietnamese restaurant, then a Greek restaurant, then a... ...you get the idea.
I look forward to seeing everyone in Houston when I get back around early August.
I have to be in Golden, Colorado for the start of a Ph.D. program on August 22 and look forward to visiting your club and reviewing my experiences in Nepal.
Brian
My time is coming near it's end here in Kathmandu, Nepal. In regular daily life, 40 days is a lot of time to get most things done. When it comes to 40 days left in Nepal, it feels like I have almost no time. I have started giving away many of the things I won't be taking home. Tomorrow I give my small collection of novels to a group that will occassionally host some American volunteers, ones who may want to read a book in English to remind them of home. I've also been going out occasionally to get some of the tourist items and souvenirs I want to bring back home.
The work on the matching grant is almost done too. The water filter is installed and we will have a meeting tomorrow to choose the battery backup system. Among other things, it will provide hallway and stairway lighting for the children who leave the center in the twilight hours. Next time I visit, I will be sure to take lots of pictures for sharing with everyone from Houston who has helped in funding this matching grant. I will also be making the rounds to a few Rotary clubs here to share the success of this matching grant. Hopefully, they will join in supporting upcoming matching grants.
Other than that, I've been holed up a bit doing a lot of work on my wind power thesis. As anywhere in the world, some days are exciting, some days are made up of formatting references lists, data tables, and charts and graphs. I'm looking forward to successfully finishing the thesis before going home, sucessfully finishing the matching grant, and also getting back to the USA. When people here ask me what I miss the most from home I tell them it's not the things they would define as stereotypical American. When it comes to living in a big American city, I miss the restaurants in all of the immigrant communities most. I'll probably fly into LAX in the first week of July. The first order of business there is to go to a Vietnamese restaurant, then a Greek restaurant, then a... ...you get the idea.
I look forward to seeing everyone in Houston when I get back around early August.