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		<title>Tailoring Troubles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one of those people who particularly likes to shop. It can definitely be fun with friends or family, but in that case, I enjoy the company rather than the shopping. I don&#8217;t like shopping for clothing, in particular, &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/tailoring-troubles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=1002&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say It Like It Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthropologists and Sociologists make a distinction between cultures that use an indirect style of communication and ones that use a direct style of communication. I like the way that this website explains the difference, so I&#8217;m going to quote them: Direct &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/say-it-like-it-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=982&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shiva&#8217;s Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was god Shiva&#8217;s birthday. We stayed at Mama&#8217;s house last night, and this morning, during breakfast, I asked how old Shiva is today. Everybody laughed. So I guess he&#8217;s too old to count. But that hasn&#8217;t lessened the intensity &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/shivas-birthday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=985&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Valentine&#8217;s Day Break In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I explain, let me tell you how our typical day works. We leave the house at 7:45am so that I can get to school by 8:15. After Tri drops me off, he heads over to his office. In the &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/the-valentines-day-break-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=976&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Married Young and Thoughts on Married Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tri completely changed the direction of my life. If I hadn&#8217;t had met him, I would likely never come to Nepal and never have learned to speak Nepali. I would never have realized my interested in Linguistics, probably would not &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/why-we-married-young-and-thoughts-on-married-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=709&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Degrees of Separation: Nepali Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, Kathmandu Valley is a pretty small place. There are millions of people who live here, but I swear, sometimes I feel like I know at least half of them. Part of it is because people here &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/degrees-of-separation-nepali-style/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=957&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s One Big Shiva</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, the Chinese Prime Minister came to Nepal. In Nepal, when someone big comes to visit, the government closes off the roads and puts everything on lock down, much to my irritation. Although most of the Nepalis I &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/thats-one-big-shiva/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=940&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Multilingual Norm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a monolingual home in an area where the majority of people were monolingual. In sixth grade, I started my first French class and enjoyed it a lot, but I never expected to use what I learned &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/the-multilingual-norm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=921&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protests, Paperwork, and Finally, the GRE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I set out for the GRE two days before I actually took it. We just moved into a new house, and at the beginning of this week, the stairs still hadn&#8217;t been polished, so we had to get out of the &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/protests-paperwork-and-finally-the-gre/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=913&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty and Wealth, Side by Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masala Bou wrote an interesting post about wealth and poverty in India and her reactions to it. Her experience reminded me of my own in Nepal, and these last few days, I&#8217;ve been trying to understand and tease out my &#8230; <a href="http://nepalijiwan.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/poverty-and-wealth-side-by-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nepalijiwan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25463869&amp;post=897&amp;subd=nepalijiwan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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