I love my family and we all get along well.
My sister Neera is inspiring and works for a local NGO in the HIV/AIDS sector. We hang out when she is home but she is often doing her job traveling to other villages and distributing prescriptions for medications to patients.
My older brother Ganesh likes to joke with me and I can never seem to get a straight answer from him. I usually have to double check the information he gives me as I assume it's probably not true. It keeps me on my toes though and makes me laugh :) When not going to computer technician classes he helps a lot around the house herding the animals, and runs the family store when my father is gone.
My middle brother Yogendra (tall Yogendra) is a student at a local government school. He's a volleyball superstar and loves riding my new bike. He's taking his national exam right now that all students his age take.
My youngest brother Yogendra (small Yogendra) is actually a cousin but lives at our house because he's going to a school nearby. I've recently been helping him learn English and he is motivated to do well on his national exam. He often translates for me into Nepali things that my mom says in the local language. He also rides my bike but is a little too short for it. I like teaching him how to ride, but the bike is in the shop now because of a fall it took when he was riding. No worries though...well worth it!
My mom runs the household and has her day filled from sunrise to sunset collecting food for our many animals, gardening, and cooking. She is a strong woman and like Ganesh has a fun sense of humor.
My father owns a store in the town and is a joker as well. Some of the jokes I understand, some I don't but that's ok. I smile and laugh like I know what he's saying usually. One day he surprised me while I was walking up to the house one night. He threw up his arms and I was super scared because I didn't see him there. It was pretty funny.
My grandfather (dad's dad) is awesome. He's super sweet and always wants to know what I'm doing with my day, where I went, and lets me know about events in town. Every morning he prays and bathes as a ritual before eating his rice. He is calm and I enjoy his presence.
My grandmother is pretty traditional. She makes sure that my mom, sister and I follow the menstruation rules. She also works around the house in the garden when she is home and cooks breakfast. On days when she cooks I usually eat a little later because things take a little longer, but it's always very tasty and worth the wait.
They all have a great sense of humor and remind me not to take life too seriously. I really appreciate their playfulness and am lucky for such a chill, fun family!
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| Our family in front of our house. Back row from the left: Me, Father, Mother, Grandmother, Grandfather. Second row from the left: Older brother Ganesh, Middle brother Yogendra, Sister Neera, Youngest brother Yogendra |
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| My family in the field in front of the house |
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| We love our cauliflower! |
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys travelling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Nepal? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Nepal in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez