Court in Calgary...

Well, Jenn and I made it back to Canada safe, but not entirely sound.   We are now trying to adjust to living life in Canada again and to be truthful, it's been more difficult that I had originally anticipated.  My first thought was that it will just be nice to soak in all of the conveniences... things like electricity all the time, clean drinkable water from the tap, a dishwasher, a clothes washer!!  

Now that we have been back for a few weeks, I now long for the simpler life back in Nepal.   Life seems to be so out of balance here in Canada.  There is so much emphasis on stuff and wealth and just keeping up with the Joneses.... people don't have enough time for friends and family and work seems to rule everything.   It seemed so civilized in Nepal when you would go into a store and they would sit you down and offer you a cup of tea.   Here, if you go into a store you are lucky if you are acknowledged at all and if you are greeted, it is only a tactic to prevent you from shoplifing...

So, enough complaining.  It is nice to be back in Canada, and just like the culture shock that we experienced in Nepal, the only way to approach reverse culture shock is to accept things as they are and to try not to fight it.   You will only exhaust yourself and make your life unhappy....

It remains to be seen whether or not Jenn and I stay in Calgary, as we must go where the jobs are.   Neither of us would mind moving out of Calgary.  We are keeping our eyes open for opportunity and we are looking at importing some goods from Himalayan BioTrade to see how we might make a business of it.   Everything is up in the air, but that seems to be the way things have been for the past year or so.... 

I will continue to post our trials and tribulations.  I will have to figure out a new name for the blog....