So many firsts...

So I have quite a bit to talk about, all involving first times...

First, I had my first encounter with Nepal's medical facilties. Specifically, a bench behind a curtain in a Pharmaceutical shop. I had to go because I had my first encounter with hives which have broken out all over my body and are itching the absolute shit out of me. The pharmacists tell you what meds you need, so there is no need for doctors I guess, and I was given a blue pill to take every night at bed time and some calamine-zinc lotion that looks like pepto bismol that I have to rub all over my body all the time. So apparently I encountered something that I am allergic to, which would be my first official allergy. Problem is, though this is my first encounter with hives it will probably not be my last because we have no idea what caused them. Seeing as how I have encountered quite a lot of new things lately, I could really be allergic to any of them. So there is no way to know and/or avoid what caused the hives. And they suck.
My second first would be my first political protest. I walked to the internet cafe I am sitting in because the road is shut down because there is a strike and there are trucks strewn perpendicular on the highway blocking the road. Apparently, from what I gathered, 2 people were killed and now there is a protest in Kalanki Chowk (the square where the buses and trucks are blocking the road)and the political party they were a part of is the cause for the commotion. Not that it is that much of a commotion, just lots of stalled trucks and lots of people hanging out in the middle of the road. The shops are all closed too. I had to walk WAY out of the way to find a place that was open.
I also had my first encounter with the orpanage foreigners. Well, not really encounter... I saw a tall blonde man playing with the children this morning while I was on the roof. Yes, I said tall blonde man. YOUNG man. Cha Ching.
I also made a friend who is my age. Though not blonde, he is tall and young. And he is Min's nephew, Anup. And he wants to take me out Saturday. And he spent a lengthy while asking me about being single and making sure I don't have a boyfriend back home. So while I agreed to sight seeing on Saturday, I am starting to get the feeling it is in a date context. Not that they date here, they just meet and get married...

So for now that is all I have in terms of firsts... But this won't be the last post, so maybe there are more firsts to come (bc I totally haven't had anough already, hah).