Namaste

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

For my many friends who have seen me write 'Namaste' at the begining or end of my blog here is what the word means.
The greeting "Namaste" is the divine spark in one person recognizing the divine spark in another.
In Nepal the people use this as a greeting and as a way of saying goodbye.

Today was an easy day at school - I had all upper grade students and just 3 classes. I taught the 8th graders how to play Scrabble. They loved it and gave up playing outside to continue the game. The other two grades got tested on their computer skills.

It rained so hard last night it was quite unbelievable and the thunder was so loud it sounded like someone had dropped a bomb outside my door. The nice thing is that it cooled the day off and I taught without dripping in sweat. The humidity here makes Cincy seem mild in comparison.

I move into my new digs today so I may have more to say about that tomorrow. I will include photos of my place also.

Well not much for now and I'll catch up with you all tomorrow.
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doggystyle
doggystyle on Aug 30, 2007 at 12:24PM

Clever and Smart!
M,
Scrabble - now that's clever! Personally, I love the word 'plethora,' right up there with 'serendiipity' in my book!
~C

rosemeyer
rosemeyer on Aug 30, 2007 at 01:37PM

Curious
Have any of the students asked about your tatoos?

kwai_chang
kwai_chang on Aug 30, 2007 at 03:01PM

namaste!
Yes, of course. It is the origin of the term 'sparking' used in the early part of the twentieth century for conjugal or pre-conjugal activity usually initiated in large cars at drive-in movies, or in dark, secluded wooded areas (see 'necking'). Certainly, it was two individuals recognizing the 'spark' in each other. 'Sparking' later gave way back to the original 'namaste' in the slightly mispronounced form of 'the nasty' which typically referred to the same activities in similar locales.

mrcwoodsman
mrcwoodsman on Aug 31, 2007 at 11:04AM

Re: Curious
All the students notice them and comment on them - usually that they like them or that I must like animals beacause they are almost all of animals. When I asked if they were bad mojo here in Nepal (like they were in Japan) the older students said no that almost everybody has one and many of the holy men have them. Hmmm... I always thought maybe I had a higher calling ;-)

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