Tag Archives: SFO

Back in the saddle, again

I’d only just passed through customs in San Francisco (SFO) when I heard a page for a “Kumar Shrestha.” First impulse was to go to the Delta counter that had paged him and sit around to wait for him, shouting, Bala du?.
I didn’t. Instead I bought a newspaper and a coffee to pass the three-hour [...]

Flight itinerary, the Asia sampler

A few days ago I received my Begin to Learn Nepali Language booklet and audio cassette. I’ve realized quite suddenly that I’m going to be learning a foreign-foreign language. Perhaps it should be renamed, Learn to Speak Nepali in Your Wildest Dreams.
There’s some handy phrases in book (apparently to be used), such as:

Are there poisonous [...]