Namaste everybody,
Yet again the sun has risen and another day in Kathmandu has begun. Everybody is ready for a new adventure, or at least I am. Today’s program is set for how to pass on a message and in this case we’ll do it through a movie. We started out by having the ritual morning meeting and energizer and then we were sent out in the streets of Kathmandu on our own. We all went out in groups, some on their own, with our heads full of ideas, maybe. My group started at the Garden of Dreams, which was a very beautiful place, an obvious sight for digesting the day passed and gathering your thoughts in reflection and silence. In our case it ended up with cake eating and tea drinking.
Then we went through the tourist district, Thamel, in a rickshaw, trying to catch some interesting pictures and clips for our movie. We ended up at Dubar square, where the architectural and colorful temples took our breath away. Even more astonishing were the cute children running around the streets. Seeing them made me remember how privileged I am and it only enlarged my passion for doing more volunteer work. Even though it is a sad sight it was warming to see them laughing and enjoying themselves with skipping ropes and sticks.
After several hours in the sun and dust, filming laughing children and smiling people, we went home. Unbelievable as it may sound, we still had the hard part ahead of us, the editing. Power outs and incredibly slow internet didn’t ease the job. But after many hours and what feels like square formed eyes we are on our way and close to be halfway there. With crossed fingers and sleepy eyes we hope that all the hard work results in a good product.
Sleep tight and pheri betaula,
/Trine
