Because Saturday is the only "day off" in Nepal, Sunday is like an American Monday, and Monday is like an American Tuesday. Today Is Monday December 26. This morning I went to the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics. The other faculty surprised me by suggesting that we go to the Canteen for a breakfast and milk tea. I had never been to the Canteen in the morning before. Because I had already eaten a peanut butter sandwich and a banana for breakfast in my apartment, I wasn't really hungry for breakfast, but I went along regardless -- for the social company.
In these pics you can see the guy on the far left rolling little dough balls. Then the seated woman rolls them flat. Then the other guy fries them in the huge wok. They are puffy/fluffy and chewy/doughy. The closest thing I can compare it to is Indian fry bread made by Native Americans in the US. My colleagues loaded torn pieces of this bread with a pea/lentil sauce/paste and then ate it (without needing any utensils).
I met with the Chair and residency Director for the Pediatric Dentistry Department this morning. She now has me scheduled to do many different trainings for her faculty and residents.
Midday, I met with the Hospital's (physician) Director of Quality Improvement and the (nurse) Director of the Infection Prevention and Control Program. They are presenting some information to the Hospital's Administrative Board tomorrow and wanted my advance input. They are following Infection Prevention and control guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO). I'll attend that presentation/briefing tomorrow. We also initiated conversations regarding hygienic concerns of the Hospital campus' bathrooms and the food preparation hygiene of the two Canteens. Here in rural Nepal, there is no community oversight of food preparation facilities.
After work, I took a shower --using my building solar-heated water. It was warm, but not hot. Then I took a walk to pick up the laundry I dropped off yesterday. It wasn't ready yet. Hopefully tomorrow?
I took this sunset pic from the balcony of the pediatric ward near my apartment.
On my walk, I saw this wooden scaffold.
The white puppies were playing in a shopfront display case.
This was a nice twilight view to the Northwest.
I went looking to buy some Nescafe to take to the department, but it seemed a=hard to find and when I did find it, they wanted too much ($7 US for a little jar). They were trying to take advantage of my wallet. I picked up 2 samosas and one of the other fritter foods at a small streetfront restaurant. All three of these are filled with spicy bean/potato/pea filling. These remind me of the corndogs you see at 7-11 in the US.
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