#furniture in nepal

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Furnishing Your Dreams: Interior Points Nepal - Your Home's Best Friend

Imagine stepping into a space that feels like a warm embrace, where every piece of furniture seems to whisper stories of comfort, style, and functionality. This is the magic of a well-furnished home, and when it comes to furniture stores in Nepal, Interior Points Nepal is your enchanting guide into the world of interior design and furniture. Let’s embark on a journey through the world of furniture, where dreams meet craftsmanship, and homes turn into havens.

The Heart of the Home: Living Room Elegance

Your living room is where life unfolds, where laughter, conversations, and relaxation find their rhythm. At Interior Points Nepal, one of the leading furniture stores in Nepal, you’ll discover an exquisite range of sofas and seating options, each inviting you to sink in and unwind. Whether you prefer the contemporary allure of leather sofas or the timeless charm of fabric upholstery, these pieces become more than just furniture; they become the storytellers of your living space.

Dining in Style: Where Meals Turn into Memories

The dining room is where families gather, friendships are nurtured, and flavors are shared. Explore the curated collection of dining chairs and tables at Interior Points Nepal, your trusted furniture store in Nepal, where functionality meets elegance. From elegant wooden dining tables to sleek glass and metal designs, every meal becomes a culinary celebration in your beautifully adorned dining room.

The Heart of Work and Creativity: Home Office Dreams

For the workaholic in you, or for that creative corner where ideas flourish, Interior Points Nepal offers a variety of desks designed to suit your workspace needs. Whether it’s a home office or a cozy study nook, find the perfect desk to inspire productivity and imagination.

Serenity in the Bedroom: Where Dreams Take Flight

In your bedroom, tranquility reigns supreme. Choose from an array of bedroom sets at Interior Points Nepal, one of the best furniture stores in Nepal, that include comfortable beds, nightstands, dressers, and mirrors. These coordinated sets create a harmonious oasis, where you can retreat and rejuvenate in style.

Versatility and Charm: Accent Furniture

Add character and flair to your spaces with accent furniture. Explore accent chairs that breathe life into any room, benches that are as versatile as they are stylish, and ottomans and poufs that provide additional seating and a touch of decorative charm.

Storage Solutions: Beyond Functionality

Storage can be both functional and a work of art. Discover wardrobes that elegantly house your attire, bookshelves that become showcases for your literary treasures, and cabinets that combine storage and style seamlessly at Interior Points Nepal, your premier furniture store in Nepal.

Your Outdoor Oasis: Furniture for Open Spaces

Experiencing the beauty of nature while enjoying the comfort of your outdoor furniture is a true delight. Interior Points Nepal, known as one of the top furniture stores in Nepal, offers a range of outdoor dining sets, lounge chairs, and patio umbrellas to make your outdoor spaces as inviting as your indoor ones. It’s the perfect way to create lasting memories under the open sky.

Furniture with a Heart: Customization and Quality Craftsmanship

At Interior Points Nepal, one of the trusted furniture stores in Nepal, your preferences matter. With their commitment to customization, you can tailor your furniture to your exact specifications. Each piece is crafted with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring not only style but also durability that withstands the test of time.

The Future of Home Furnishing: Shop Online with Ease

Embrace the convenience of online shopping with Interior Points Nepal, your preferred furniture store in Nepal. Whether you’re in Nepal or beyond, their seamless online catalog brings their world of furniture right to your doorstep. It’s where you can transform your dreams into beautifully furnished realities with a few clicks.

In conclusion, Interior Points Nepal is more than just a furniture store; it’s your go-to destination among furniture stores in Nepal. It’s a gateway to creating a world of comfort, style, and dreams within the walls of your home. It’s where each piece of furniture isn’t just an object, but a reflection of your personality, taste, and aspirations. It’s where homes turn into havens, and every moment becomes a cherished memory. Step inside this world of furniture, and let your home’s story unfold with Interior Points Nepal, your trusted furniture store in Nepal.

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Crow

For @wriightworth for the 2023 AJ:AA Secret Santa!

I have no clue what this is. I hope you can derive some enjoyment from it anyhow?

The sky is the brownish grey of cheap paper, and the dry stalks inside the fence and the dry grasses outside it abrade one another quietly in the weak, warm, suspirant breeze that has breathed unceasingly on him for the long afternoon of three months.

Apollo doesn’t really care whether the birds are scared or not. It’s been one long day / a week / three withering summer months, and the sky hasn’t changed, and he can’t close his eyes.

He can’t move. He can’t make a sound. He has not always been a scarecrow, but he is. He is one now.

Apollo has almost never spoken about growing up in another country, wedged in the mountains east of Nepal and Bhutan, and he has spoken even less about growing up in two different countries, because his childish, snowblind memories of the faraway supported him during his foundling years in Los Angeles the way a bangle bracelet and a broken promise never did.

His foster father in the Himalayas had had little enough choice to bring Apollo and his own son along on those expeditions. Children were obviously at risk in the faraway, but at least at more easily disregarded risk than if left to themselves in a bungalow in the snow for an overnight hike that might take three years on the other end. But Apollo’s gratitude for the trips had extended beyond the simply practical, because -

Because a fugitive in the reported world could wield wonders away. A person could feed promises to the wind and to the steep planes of sunlight and have them kept, in words written on the clapper of a chime hung in the air or drawn in powdered pigment on the snow. 

Because a runaway could have promises kept, and beauty with them. And when he was homesick, it was the faraway he was homesick for.

He had spent years scrabbling at the walls of the world. Very literally, as a child, and then via research and rumors in the internet’s dirty puddles as a teenager, in libraries as a student, and at last, as an adult, by reading between the lines of every job listing tangentially related to Law. His foster father had told him the truth about this, as much as he hated to admit it. Gates to the faraway have irregular locations and subtle locks, and lucky discoveries are children’s stories; everyone who has learned one has found someone to show it to them. 

Two years and seven months out of law school, a job making transcripts overnight, before he had finally seen the advertisement whose in-between-the-lines he had read correctly and whose demands he had been able to meet. A little old-fashioned, the skills required, the wording.

Kristoph Gavin, Esq. A little old-fashioned, the man’s clothes. (Though handsome, striking even, the man who wore them.) A little strange, the quiet pools of tension in the conversation.

And at last, after a probation with the mail and the filing cabinets and the little tests in every detail, he had followed his new boss up a narrow flight of stairs in the strange office building - a fading blue piece of 1980s Los Angeles frivolity with circular windows and half-stories and a wraparound balcony - and into a parlor left over from an earlier time than that, one full of dark wooden furniture and glass-fronted cabinets and a grandfather clock whose silver pendulum only wriggled once in its case, and whose windows looked out not on a wide intersection full of Mercedes-Benzes and box trucks but on this Kansas that would never know Technicolor. 

And his new boss had smiled at him across a desk and a cup of milk with barely a splash enough of coffee to deserve the name before taking his left arm in a blacksmith’s grip, pulling his bracelet off his wrist, and hauling him out of the room over his shoulder as if he were a sack of dry leaves. He was.

The breeze rattles the brown stems, the sun never moves, there’s a pole along his shoulders and one at his back, and he’s forgetting the lines of Auden’s Roman Wall Blues.

In the mountains north and east of Ojai, there is a tiny community started by long-ago immigrants from the same Himalayas, and their spot in the faraway had been a vague goal. Somewhere the rules might be similar enough to what he remembers, where he could conceivably reacclimate or acclimate at all.  But he had anticipated something entirely else for faraway Los Angeles - tomols pulling up onto golden beaches, turquoise Hockney poolwater, willow/tule domes alongside silver screen diners where a girl could be discovered on that lucky afternoon. Colors that would suit Kristoph Gavin, blond and blue and white.

Here there are crows sometimes, circling and yelling above the prarie brown beyond the fence, but they don’t approach. Neither does the man who hired him, fooled him, brought him here, robbed him and planted him in this grim faraway grass.

Over the heather / I don’t know why / I shall do nothing but look at the sky.

A crow lands on him.

Perhaps the wind has become infinitesimally stronger or the haze infinitesimally darker, but it may just be that this crow LOOKS storm-tossed, tumbling out of the air exhausted with feathers in all directions. The oily sheen on it is purplish and its beak hangs open as it heaves to breathe. 

Apollo can do nothing for it. Not a movement, not a sound - but his paralysis, in the smallest of comforts, prevents him from doing anything that will agitate it further. If Kristoph wants him to frighten birds, then his own small comfort will be in letting this one rest, if it decides to. 

He waits. The crow moves up to his shoulder, under the brim of the stranger’s hat that Kristoph had dropped on top of his head, hunches itself into a ball, and sleeps.

Time brushes past, warm and weak and irregular as the breeze.

When the crow at last rouses itself, sorts its feathers halfway, and hops and glides down to the ground, Apollo realizes that he will miss it when it goes. But it doesn’t. It stalks and pecks in a circle around the base of the pole, finding a few bits of dry seed, and something like a worm - likelier a centipede, since his peripheral vision suggests that it has hair-fine legs along it. After it seems satisfied - though how can it be? - it smoothes its feathers a little more and flies back to his shoulder, to rest again.

The pattern repeats another three times. It provides a sense of a day and night cycle, however feeble.

It is his crow now.

Kristoph never makes an appearance from the still, sullen house behind him, or at least not one that he can perceive. There is never the sound of the door, or of footsteps, or clinking pans or anything of the kind. He worries for the bird even more than for himself, should Kristoph spot it, but it seems to understand circumspection and doesn’t fly closer to the structure than an acre-wide circle will bring it, both ends of which Apollo can see.

His crow has never cawed at him, either, or at anything else. It is a surprise when at last it says: “ba.” It’s not a crowy noise; it sounds more like a pet raven in a video clip, making something still a few lengths from music. 

His crow bounces sideways down his arm and back. “Ba-ba ba-ba ba ba?” He wishes, partially, that he could respond, but is selfishly glad that it has stayed close and unafraid of him. “Ba ba ba-ba ba ba.” Something Annie Lennox about it.

Day/night/what passes for them. 

The circles his crow flies become tighter, keeping it closer to him. When it comes back, it wedges itself between the hat and Apollo’s straw shoulder in the remnants of his own shirt. Its feathered-over heartbeat feels fast, but its heartbeat always does.

At the end of one particular circle, then, the bird skims past him and keeps going, in the direction of the blank, disapproving house. It can’t be more than a few minutes that he feels its absence, and minutes are a concept he has lost most of his use for, but he doesn’t like it. It makes him nervous.

His crow has lost its mind when it comes back. It doesn’t caw or scream or ba-ba, but it lands hard on the end of the shoulder pole, where his wrist might be, and flaps hard enough that the beats sound like flags in the wind or a person falling down a flight of stairs. It grips and rustles in its panic, then takes off and repeats its actions at the end of his other arm, hitting the pole and buffeting the air again.

What are you doing?, he thinks. The agitated bird stretches its wings up like blades and strains at the pole. Again. Stop. He worries how long it can continue before it -

His vision becomes a dizzy brown swoop as the pole that holds him upright spins at his crow’s last assault and tips sideways, leaving him at a thirty-degree angle and facing the house the other way. The bird is drinking air on his left wrist, shaking, gathering itself. 

A small brass bell that he had not had time to notice hangs on a string by the door, straight toward the ground, entirely unmoved by the breeze. The rest of the yard fidgets in it, brown leaves insinuating against their neighbors, dry sticks dragging themselves an inch in the dust, cloth in bundles on the ground by the fences almost shrugging, then wrinkling down empty.

The nearest bundle has a pair of glasses. Another is topped by a hooded sweatshirt, bleached grey on top and its original grey showing when the wind lifts it. 

As that understanding hits him, his crow caws for the first time and continues, loud, scraping the air and echoing off the dirty clouds. Other birds, the ones that have never dared to come close to the fenced plot of land, scream back and start to gather. One approaches him, lands nervously three feet away, then ignites its courage and joins his crow further along his arm. They all begin to gather along his arms, all facing the house, staring, yelling. Challenging.

The little brass bell on the porch starts to swing in the air, emits a sour little chime. Two more. Then louder. 

Kristoph, taller than Apollo remembers him, opens the door, one hand raised. 

The crows dive at him, surge at him, in a zigzagging clawed cacophony. One tangles itself in his hair, others snap and stab at his eyes, draw blood from his palms and the bony peaks of his knuckles, though a few of these he knocks out of the air with savage swipes of his arms. Apollo’s and some of the others evade him completely, though, and vanish into the shadows of the house. Kristoph shifts his attention from the birds attacking him and pelts after the interlopers. After Apollo’s crow.

The door hangs open and a few battered crows lie in the doorway or just inside it. Apollo can do nothing but stare and listen as the crashes diminish, the shouts and the wild calls diminish, until the scraping leaves are once again the only sounds half-submerged in the silence. 

It could be an hour/a day/five skipped heartbeats before there is movement from the house. Two crows, each carrying something shining in its beak, hopping out into the brighter dimness and soaring away over the roof for the horizon. Neither has a purple sheen to its feathers. Nor do the next half a dozen that come. 

Minutes and eras.

A scraping sound, not dead stalk on dead stem but something wooden and something that isn’t. 

Apollo’s crow hobbles from the door, dragging a broken claw, a cluster of flight feathers, and Apollo’s bronze bracelet. Its scuffling steps are painful to watch, have to be so much more so to execute, but it hauls the bangle to the foot of the scarecrow pole and waits, chest fluttering. Then it catches its breath and hops flapping at him, falls back to the ground with a sound more like a shaken piece of paper than a caw. 

It tries again, can’t lift the bracelet with one leg. Tries and fails with its beak. Puts its head through and manages a flailing glide to one ruined knee of Apollo’s suit trousers, claws its way up to his shoulder, sidesteps, so tired, along the length of his left arm, and deliberately maneuvers the bracelet onto the end of the beam.

Apollo collapses face-first into the dead leaves and comes up with dirt on his human face. His arms are shaking from their own weakness, not from the sickly breeze. He blinks for the first time in weeks, months, yellow crud in the corners of his eyes. When he sits up all the way, he sees his crow hunched in the plants, staring at him. 

He picks it up and it lets him, and he carries it wobbling on weak legs into what may no longer be Kristoph’s house. He can come back for the wounded birds, but first -

At the foot of the stairs that lead back down to Los Angeles is a scarecrow in a blue suit, its head bent to one side and a tear in its fabric neck from which straw has started to slide to the floor. He steps back, carefully.

The room he had sat in is thrown apart, jewelry and pocketknives and keys and things spilling out of drawers angled downwards from their caves, across the desk, everywhere on the floor.  Black feathers here and there. 

“Is something yours?”

“Ba ba.” His crow nods its head several times, but shakes it again when he starts to paw through the shiny mess. 

“No?”

The bird in the crook of his arm becomes agitated again when he moves for the doorway, unfolds out a wing to one side and then grumbles in pain.

Apollo turns to look and catches sight of his reflection in the case of the grandfather clock. The strange pendulum isn’t a solid rod, is it, but a chain with a jagged silver pendant as a bob. The case is locked when he tries it.

He places the bird as gently as he can on the cushion of a velveteen sofa in the corner of the parkor, despite its bas of concern, then all but charges down the stairs and wrenches the pale blue coat off of Kristoph’s scarecrow, leaves the thing limp against the baseboard and wraps the coat around his left hand and arm as he stomps back up on ever more steady legs. 

He closes his eyes in front of the clock and swings his swaddled fist through the glass of the case. It is a satisfying thing to do.

He pulls the pendant and its chain carefully from the hook in the mechanism, and carries it back to his crow, which is watching him with an intensity that is certainly hope, but apprehension too.

“This?”

A long pause. “Ba.”

He sits on the floor and his crow edges forward and lands gracelessly on his knee. 

“You’re on my lap.”

“Ba ba ba? ba -“

“Fine -“

His hands shake only a little as he holds up the chain and lets it settle around the sleek black neck.

An instant later he has another young man collapsing ragged against him, beautiful in black and purple with bruises purpling his fingers, a man who could be the mirror of Kristoph and who, beyond all clarity, is not in any way like him at all. 

There are so many things they will need to do, soon. But for now, Apollo’s crow embraces him and buries his face against the crook of his neck, and Apollo tilts his head toward him, and holds him close, and loves him, loves him back.

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The first liveblogging of the excitement of The Box TM was getting out of control so I'm making a new post and sharing a new story.

So! My mother and her friends live in a poor backwater of Mississippi. Like we visited during Thanksgiving and the "City Square" which is the heart of the city was either cute, kitschy gift stores or buildings that are literal husks with caved in rooves. So they are permanently B O R E D and have picked up the art......... Of Dumpster Diving in the extremely rich college town north of them (not naming it cuz I don't wanna dox my mom or ruin their weird side hussle. @banahbanah you know where I'm talking about)

Apparently they heard tale that all the rich college kids and stores just throw out perfectly good furniture, clothing, anything under the sun at the end of the semester. Sure enough she's told me about a giant 65in TV that was "broken" (a 50$ repair got it working again) basically a new wardrobe, perfectly good food (Star Bucks throws away so much shit), Coach Bags, and knick-knacks galore!

This is all relevant because half of the stuff in The Box are goodies from one of her outings!

First pic!

In this picture (Professor Juniper for Scale) we have a Bento Box, a Tea Cup (which she worried would break but thankfully did not), and two different gift sets of tea (both thrown out well before their expi date) all gotten from the HomeGoods Dumpster in said rich college town.

Now, I know what you're thinking: Desi. Isn't this a little privileged and problematic that a bunch of Southern White Women can go around dumpster diving and basically not get in trouble with the police? And I say... Like, duh? But they kinda do a Robin Hood approach to their little operation and share with everyone in their friend group anything and everything they find! They're basically using their privilege to stick it to corporate America and even MORE privileged white people!

Also in this pictures are crystals from an old chandelier in my childhood room. Mom was replacing it and asked if I wanted it? I'm renting, I don't have any place to put it lol so I just said "Can I have the crystals to make Sun Catchers with?" She didn't quite get it, but she sent them anyway so yay!

And of course, my delicious Milex (powdered milk for those that don't know what the hell I'm talking about) 💖💖💖 I know I'm a weirdo for basically using it as a cereal additive by making things extra milk, but I fucking love it and it tastes of childhood. 💖 We have to get friends to "import" it from Honduras cuz the company that makes it doesn't sell online anywhere??? It's fucking wild how hard it is to find this stuff!!! Gotta ration better this time. I literally used the last bag she got me in a few weeks 😅

Also? Cute cows on the packaging!

And finally! The Purse-My-Aunt-Saw-And-Thought-I-Would-Appreciate-It-Best!

Look at this thing! It was "Made in Nepal" with "environmentally friendly products" and is bigger than my damn torso??? I can fit my full-sized sketch book in this dang thing lol! It's very... Hippy dippy lol. I definitely see why she got it for me 🤣 Will have to wear it around Colorado and see if I get any Crunchy Moms lusting after it.

BUT YES. I did an unboxing on Facebook Messenger with my mom and dad and it was silly fun. Hope this random hobby my mom has taken up nets me more random bullshit lol.

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Holidays 1.14

Holidays

Assembly Line Workers' Day

Caesarean Section Day

Cat Day (French Republic)

Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)

Diary Day (South Korea)

Flag Day (Georgia)

George Price Day (Belize)

Human Be-In Day

International Kite Day

International Male Chastity Day

Makar Sankranti (Kite Day; India)

Mallard Day (Oxford, England)

National Dolls Doing Business Day

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)

National Pothole Day (UK) [Closest Weekday to 15th]

National Saturday the 14th

National STI-Q Day

National Undhiyu Day (India)

National Vodou Day (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Organize Your Home Day

Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)

Schnitzelbank Day

STIQ Day (UK)

Sultan’s Day (Malaysia)

Take a Missionary to Lunch Day

Unknown Citizens Day (Philippines)

Veterans Day (India)

World Logic Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cakes and Ale Day (England)

Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day

National Undhiyu Day (India)

2nd Sunday in January

Baptism of the Lord [Sunday after Epiphany]

Blessing of the Sea (Margate, UK) [Sunday after 6th]

Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) [2nd Sunday]

National Sunday Supper Day [2nd Sunday]

No Pants Subway Ride [2nd Sunday]

Volunteer Fireman's Day [2nd Sunday]

Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mount Wakakasuyama & Fireworks; Japan)

Independence & Related Days

Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US; 1784)

Journée de la souveraineté retrouvée (Restored Sovereignty Day; Mali)

New Year’s Days

Amenzu n Yennayer (a.k.a. Aseggwas Amaziɣ, ⴰⵙⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ or Amazigh New Year; Algeria)

Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)

The Burning o' the Clavie (Burghead, Scotland)

Hen Galan (Wales)

New Year's Day (Julian Calendar)

Novy God (Russian New Year)

Old New Year (a.k.a. ... 

Alter Silvester (Switzerland)

Anul Nou pe stil vechi (Romania)

Հին Նոր տարի (Armenia)

Стары Новы год (Belarus)

Стара Нова година (Bulgaria, Macedonia)

Старый Новый год (Russia)

Српска Нова година (Serbia)

Старий Новий рік (Ukraine)

ძველით ახალი წელი (Georgia)

Παλαιό νέο έτος (Greece)

Orthodox New Year (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Yennayer (Berber Calendar New Year’s Day)

Festivals Beginning January 14, 2024

Africa Cup of Nations (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) [thru 2.11]

Cologne Furniture Fair (Cologne, Germany) [thru 1.18]

Critics’ Choice Awards (Santa Monica, California)

Fire & Ice Festival: Under the Sea (Somerset, Pennsylvania) [thru 1.14]

International Istanbul Open Backgammon Championship (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 1.14]

Martin Luther King Parade, Walking the Talk, and Festival (Long Beach, California)

School Nutrition Industry Conference (Orland, Florida) [thru 1.16]

Feast Days

Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)

Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)

Basil of Ostrong (a.k.a. Basil the Great; Orthodox Church; Saint) [Serbia]

Berthe Morisot (Artology)

Bhogi begins (Festival to Surya, a Solar Diety; India)

Buddha (Positivist; Saint)

Circumcision of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Church)

Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)

Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)

Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)

Einar Hákonarson (Artology)

Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)

Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)

Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)

Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)

Felix of Nola (Christian; Martyr)

Festum Asinorum (Medieval Burlesque Festival)

Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Henri Fantan-Latour (Artology)

Hestia’s Day (Pagan)

Hilary (Christian; Saint)

Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Artology)

Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)

Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [Usually 1.14 or 15]

Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)

Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures)  (a.k.a. ... 

Magh Bihu (Assam)

Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)

Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)

Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)

Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)

Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)

Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)

Spell to Let Go Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Thai Pongal (Sri Lanka)

Thorrablat (a.k.a. Þorrablót; Midwinter Festival; Iceland)

Thorrablat (Norse/Heathen Festival to Thor, God of Thunder)

Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)

Wear a Colander Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]

Premieres

Appleseed (Anime Film; 2005)

Batty Man, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 31 & 32; 1967)

Belle (Anime Film; 2022)

The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)

Bosko in Dutch (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)

Bugs’ Bonnets (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

Cape Fear, by John D. MacDonald (Novel; 1957)

The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

Cookie’ with Gags (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Dog Gone Modern (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Elektra (Film; 2005)

Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)

5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 248; 1964)

Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)

Goof Gas Attack, Part 7 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 247; 1964)

A Helping Paw (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)

Home, Tweet Home (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The House (Animated Film; 2022)

Independent People, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1934)

In Good Company (Film; 2005)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Film; 2014)

Lonesome Traveler, by Jack Kerouac (Essays; 1960)

Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)

No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Novel; 1948)

Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)

Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)

Pirates from Below (Animated Cartoon; Jonny Quest #18; 1965)

The Poseidon Adventure, by Paul Gallico (Novel; 1969)

Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Red Riding Hoodlum (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1957)

Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)

Saturday Evening Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

Scanners (Film; 1981)

The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)

Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)

Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)

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Adam, Nina (Ukraine)

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Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 14 of 2024; 352 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 4 (Ding-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 3 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 14 White; Sevenday [13 of 30]

Julian: 1 January 2024

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 25 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]

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Chapter 7: Strawberry mission.

-In which the daughter of the Lord of Darkness who was born with the sole purpose of destroying the universe falls in love with Peter Parker.-

Masterlist.

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Carina had designated rooms in each of the sanctuaries, Hong Kong, New York, Nepal and London, rooms made for the Agamotto lineage only.

She hardly used them though, as she spent most of her time in the Kamar Taj but from time to time she liked to stay there, whenever she needed to be alone. It was a little of a safe space for her, in there she wasn't bothered nor did she had to meet anyone's expectations, nor did she feel judged with every step she took.

All her rooms except for the one in Kamar Taj have a considerable large space, every aspect within the bedrooms is wonderfully crafted, and her room in London was no different. High ceilings, long walls, and large windows with a wonderful view of the city.

Her bedroom has modern vintage furniture from the bed set, the seating set, the wooden desks and the beautiful library that was below a chandelier. The furniture is said to be made from the finest material and fabric, aside from that, the bedroom contains decorations that look beautiful.

Sitting on a comfortable chair with books covering the old mahogany colour of the wooden table and a cup of Ginseng tea was one of the few pleasures life has to offer, at least from Carina's perspective, the only thing that could make it better was if she had a bowl of strawberries but alas nothing in life is ever perfect.

Her pencil traced words over the white paper. She was doing her homework. It was due for the upcoming week but Carina liked having things from school done so she could have free time.

Mathematics, unfortunately, was what the homework was about.

They were learning about The Pythagorean Theorem, and for the most part, she didn't understand it; why does she need to learn the fundamental relation between the three sides of a right triangle? Oh, and don't let her get started in the hypotenuse.

Regardless, she does her best to have every answer correct, uses every formula and double-checks the results, because as much as she doesn't like it, she was still learning, and most importantly finishing her assignments.

It took her a few hours to finish not just her mathematics assignments but all the others. They weren't much but they were extensive, sort of answering questions 3 to 5 but each question had an a-b-c derivative.

Once her assignments were done she made her way back to the Kamar Taj.

"Good day, Miss Agamotto." Said a voice, making her halt her steps.

Carina turns to the source of the voice and politely smiles at the master. "Good day, Master Rama."

Master Rama was one of the few people who treated her semi-nicely, although most of her interactions usually were short and quick.

"Were you here for a while?" He asked, eyeing the books in her hands. "I didn't see you enter, does the supreme knows you're here?"

Carina nodded, holding the books to her chest. "Yes, she does, I told her I'll be here to do my Homework."

"And are you finished with it?" He asked, an eyebrow shooting to his hairline, quizzically.

"Of course."

"Well, go on then." He held out his hand to motion the way she was just walking. "Don't let me hold you any longer."

"Have a great day, Master Rama." She smiled at him politely once again before continuing her walk.

He sent her a nod of appreciation."You as well, Miss Agamotto."

Coming back to the Kamar Taj, she made it her mission to get a bowl of Strawberries from the kitchens without the cook knowing.

But unfortunately, her planes were interrupted by Eloise Colombo when she used her white cane to trip her.

Carina hissed when she hit the ground, her hand breaking her hand, making her drop all the books in her hand.

"Always at the bottom, aren't you, Carina?"Laughs Eloise, making Hanna chuckle oo.

"Leave me alone." Carina rolled her eyes while looking at the scrape on her scar hand.

"And why would we do that?" Eloise asked with snobbishnesses and sarcasm. "We're just fans, not many people get to know the powerful Miss Agamotto."

"I think you mean the helpless Miss Agamotto, Eloise." Hanna huffed out a laugh.

Carina ignore them, and began to pick up her scrambled books, she went to pick up the last one but Hanna hold it out of her reach.

"What's this?" She asked, looking at it when her eyes lit up in realisation. "Oh, it's the math assignment, I thought it was meant for next week."

"It is, but of course, little miss perfect over here has done it already." Eloise scoffs, crossing her arms vexingly.

"Just give it back." Carina sighs, tiredly.

Hanna turns to look at Eloise while she hums in thought, "No, I don't think we will. This will save us time, Hanna ripped the pages off."

"No, wait—"

Just before Hanna could tear the page a voice cut through, making all of them freeze.

"What is going on?" Said Stephen, walking towards them, a couple of familiar books in his hands.

"Nothing," Hanna said quickly, nervous.

Eloise's head turned to where Stephen has now stopped. "We were just leaving."

Hanna nodded hastily. "Yeah, yeah we were."

"Then give her the book back before you do, it doesn't belong to you," Stephen said, frowning at the girls. "Didn't your parents teach you to not take things that weren't yours?"

Eloise nodded, head down in shame. "They did."

"Who are your parents again? I'm sure they'll love to hear about this." Stephen tilts his head up in challenge.

Eloise nudged Hanna, who was quick to throw the book at Carina, before bolting away, leaving Carina to grab her books and scramble to her feet.

"Kids these days..." Stephen scoffs, shaking his head before looking over at Carina. "You alright?"

Carina nodded while dusting the dirt off her robes. "I'm fine."

"You know, a little gratitude would be nice," Stephen said.

"Sorry," Carina mumbles not meeting his eyes whilst fidgeting with the star stone, she was embarrassed to be caught in a position like that and slightly irritated. "Thank you but I didn't need your help."

Stephan scoffs, eyebrows shooting up unconvinced. "Oh really? Because it didn't seem to me like you wanted them to trash your book apart."

Carina didn't say anything, she just sighed not feeling like bantering with him because she know she didn't have anything under control. "Yeah, I'm sorry, you're right."

"Nothing broken?" He asked after a pause.

"No, just a scrape." Carina shook her head, finally looking at him and giving him a small smile, holding her hand up.

He gazed at her hand. "Just make sure to wash it, otherwise it'll get infected and you'll lose your hand."

"Why thank you, Doctor, what would it be of me without your help." Carina mocks, sending him a teasing smile and making him roll his eyes.

"Where are you going anyway?" She asked, looking at the pile of books in his hand.

"The library." He said, straightening up as if he had remembered what he was doing before coming across her. "I finish the books you gave me and want to start with the next ones."

Carina's eyes went wide. "Oh, already?"

Stephen nodded, slightly petulantly. "I told you I had a photographic memory."

"Geez, what a show-off you are, Stephen." Carina teases with an eye roll as he glared at her.

"Jealousy is not a good look, kid." He turns on his heel and begins to make his way to the library once again.

Carina giggled, scrambling to follow him. "I'll admit, I am a little jealous. I think photographic memory is pretty cool."

"I know it is." He said, glancing down at her with a small grin. "Now leave, go wash your hand."

"I'll do that later, I want to go to the library too now that I know you're going to take the books back."

"Don't." He sighs.

"Too late, come on."

After a few minutes of silence, Stephen asked. "You know, I found it odd that you and your outgoing little spirit didn't defend yourself from those girls, or at least said something back at them."

Carina purses her lips and looked down at her books, feeling a little embarrassed and shy. "I'm not a fan of violence or confrontation so..."

"So, you're just going to let them walk all over you?" Stephen asked frowning down at her, lips falling into a thin line.

"I don't know..." she shrugged hopelessly. "I just don't like it, confrontation makes me uncomfortable, I'll rather just leave the problem for the peace."

"How hippyish of you." He rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "I'm going to give you some advice, a rather good one too so listen up."

"What?" Carina looked up at him in expectation.

"When people hit you or say mean things to you they don't know how much it hurts, they only know who they are aiming at, so you have to learn to hit back," Stephen said, a cold remak in his tone.

Carina purses her lips in thought, what Stephen said did have some reasons but then again, learning how to hit back it'll only become a cycle.

"Easier said than done."

Thankfully, they were quick to arrive at the library, where Wong was sitting at his desk, reading his time away.

"Wong," Carina called placing her books on the nearest table, grinning at him when he looked up. "Look what I brought you. This is Stephen Strange."

"Hey." Stephen gave him a tight smile nodding in acknowledgement, whilst Wong stood up from his chair to greet him.

"Mr Strange."

"Uh... Stephen, please." Stephen said, placing the books on Wong's desk. "And you are Wong, right?" He said, sending Carina a quick quizzical look.

Wong nodded in confirmation as well as Carina.

"So, it's just Wong? Like... Adele?" He asks, amusingly. "Or... Aristotle. Drake. Bono." He glanced at Carina who was looking just like Wong was, unamused. "Eminem."

"Good thing you're a Doctor, 'cause you wouldn't have made it as a comedian, Stephen," Carina said, giggling at her joke, earning an annoyed look from Stephen.

She glanced at the stack of books then at Wong. "There is Astronomia Nova and now that my debt is paid, I'm going down."

She grabbed her books and rounded Wong's desk, and walked down the lower part of the library, where supposedly only masters are allowed but she was an exception, the only rule was that she was not allowed to read the supreme's book collection.

She was fine with it, although she had to admit she was intrigued about those books she'll never dare to read them, not unless she's allowed to.

Sitting down at one of the many tables, Carina pulled out a Magazine she had brought back from England, The Cosmopolitan, not her favourite but it's definitely on the top five.

She hadn't had time to read magazines in a while, too busy with homework and other things, like getting the newcomers to settle in.

Taylor Swift was on the cover, she's a famous singer. Carina knew that because she had seen her on several covers now, she hardly listened to music or knew much about pop culture, but she knew enough to know who the Kardashians are, Kim's her favourite, she knew about Beyoncé, Timothée Chalamet, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Emma Stone, Kanye West, Tony Stark— but she supposed he is a whole category of his own— and a few more.

The pop culture wasn't something she usually looks forward to when she reads a magazine but rather the fashion section. Because fashion magazines show that style is about individuality, it is a way to display people's personalities but it also displays the feelings and mood of a person and reflects on who they are.

Living in Kamar-Taj, where everyone wears the same robes and individuality only exists in the people's hearts, she was allured to learn about it, she found her individuality in fashion, although she doesn't own clothing other than the robes she likes to add her touches from time to time.

"This section is for Masters only." The voice of Wong echoed through the walls, making Carina look up from the magazine at the two men entering the section.

"Then why is she here?" Stephen asked and Carina pulled her tongue out.

"Because at my discretion, others may use it." Wong glanced at her before walking further into the library, in between the shelves whilst Stephen observed the area. "We should start with Maxim's Primer. How is your Sanskrit?"

"Awful." Mutters Carina, eyes back on the magazine on new designs from Versace.

Stephen spared her a glance. "I'm fluent in Google Translate."

"Vedic," Wong told him, handing him the books. "Classical Sanskrit."

"What are those?" Asked Strange, causing Carina to be distracted one more time.

"The Ancient One's private collection." She told him before Wong could.

Stephen frowns, looking between her and Wong. "So, they're forbidden?"

"No knowledge in Kamar-Taj is forbidden. Only certain practices."

"Only for me." Carina huffs, crossing her arms.

Wong sent her a look. "Because those books are far too advanced for anyone other than the Sorcerer Supreme, let alone children."

"Yeah yeah." Carina rolled her eyes, feeling slightly annoyed so she decided to go back to her magazine.

"This one's got pages missing," Stephen said.

"That's the book of Cagliostro," Wong explained while looking for another book at the bottom of a shelf. "The study of time. One of the rituals was stolen by a former Master. A zealot called Kaecilius. Just after he strung up the former librarian, and relieved him of his head."

Carina shudders, fleetingly remembering that night, her hands subconsciously closing at the memories as her stomach did weird twists.

"I'm now the guardian of these books. So if a volume from this collection should be stolen again, I'd know it. And you'd be dead before you ever left the compound." He snaps the book of Cagliostro shut and took it out of Stephen's hands.

"What if it's just overdue?" Asks Stephen, huffing an awkward laugh yet Wong doesn't seem to be impressed. "You know? Any... late fees I should know about? Maiming perhaps?"

"No, just constant scolding," Carina said, smiling at Wong who ignore her and gave Stephen the last of his books. "But I wouldn't push it."

"You know, people used to think that I was funny," Stephen mumbles, taking the books from the librarian.

"Did they work for you?" Wong asks a heartbeat later and Carina couldn't help but chuckle. "Probably, I reckon that memory of his didn't retain any good jokes, if we're leading by previous examples."

"Alright." Stephen huffed and began to make his way out of the section. "Well, it's been lovely talking to you two, thank you, Wong for the books and the horrifying story and the threat upon my life."

"I better see you at dinner." Called Carina as he walked out.

Stephen scoffs, shaking his head, sending her a side glance. "Worry about rinsing your hand, or it'll get her infected."

"What happened to your hand?" Asks Wong once Stephen left.

Carina shook her head and waved her hand dismissively. "Nothing, just a scratch."

He held his hand out, and Carina gave it to him. "I fell earlier today, nothing to worry about."

Wong hums, letting go of it. "Listen to Strange and go wash it."

"Fine." Carina sighs tiredly but stands up nonetheless.

Gathering her things, she bit Wong her goodbyes before going to her room reluctantly, she was craving strawberries.

A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please, if you want to get tagged tell me.

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Sumbinggow

Mariiiii kita ceritakan, sumbiiiiiing!

Yak ini sebuah kisah balas dendam dulu ga sampe puncak mengisi waktu luang wkwkwk, yang sebenarnya ga luang juga, ada kerjaan lain hehe. Mungkin lebih tepatnya, ini kisah, mendaki gunung sumbing wkwkwk, maap om, satu paragraf yang gaguna hehe, lanjut cerita!

Dimulai dari ajakan, leh ayo sumbing, dan dijawab gas. Persiapan? apa itu? oh logistik? oiya pasti dong, eh apa? fisik? hah, untuk apa? esensi pendakian adalah, pas hari H, ya, ndaki, persiapan fisik hanyalah mitos, hehe. Yang penting gasss naikkkkk awikwok.

Mau cerita semua, tapi kok, hmm, khawatir kepanjangan, kalo ada pertanyaan komen aja yes, ini aku tulis yang pengen tak tulis aja.

Oke, berangkat hari ahad, dari Kos Lazuardi tercinta, menggunakan motor menuju rumah surya yang luasnya masyaa allah, gas kita main bola di halamannya bro, nunggu Reza dateng. Reza dateng langsung gaspol otw Magelang, tapi mampir dulu di Soto Semarang Boyolali, eh gimana? Semarang apa Boyolali? Soto khas Semarang, di Boyolali. Yak benar, pasti itu jadi bahan pembicaraan lucu saat makan, awikwok. Ternyata Sosem beda sama solo, agak lebih berwarna kuahnya, lebih suka yang solo hehe

Gaaaas lanjut habis makan, ke Magaleng. Target, Rumah Nihri, rumah yang vibesnya sungguh sangat rumah nenek, lengkap dengan Harvest Moon-nya pula tumbuhan, arsitektur, dan furnitur khas daerah pedesaan yang syahdu. Kayu, tata letak yang tidak terlalu saklek ditambah dekat masjid dan keleluasaan ala anggap aja rumah sendiri yang semakin membuat nyaman hehe, matur thank you Nih. Itu baru suasana, belum tambah makanannya, yang beh, mungkin orang kota ga relate, tapi yang begini gini nih, justru semakin kerasa vibes rumah nenek di pedesaannya, nyamannnnn.

Oiya dari boyolali lewat Kopeng, yang ternyata ini daerah mirip sama tawangmangu lah, adem, naik turun, warung warung, wisata dsb. Kukira dulu, ini jalur Byl Mgl yang cukup sepi berkelok kelok dan mencekam, hehe. Diduga karena terlalu menikmati perjalanan, seorang pemuda ngantuk wkwkwk mampir solat di masjid Al. Husaini, masjid rekomended buat yang mau istirahat sholat plus minum kopi teh air putih karena disini ada, dan gratis, kamar mandi juga lumayan, cuma kurang suka sama genangan ala ala yang biasanya di masjid, airnya agak butek, jadi auto kaki panjang menghindar hehe

Set, intinya sampe ke Rumah Nihri, selama perjalanan om yang satu ini udah kayak tour guide, ini kesini rumahanya A, ini B, kalo kesini C. Agak suka bicara bung, walau kadang ga kedengeran, dan terpaksa jawab menyesuaikan intonasi hehe serta menggunakan kata yang cukuo netral lah, nggih, hooh yow, ouh? gitu okeoke, haha, biar kalo salah, ya minimal ga ngasal bet lah awikwok, ngapunten om.

Oiya kalo minjem tenda dkk, kita ke Vexa, poko e lokasinya di gang cabang dua berdekatan. Mas masnya bersahabat ala ala mas mas mapala.

Duh kok jadi lengkap gini wkwkwk di rumah nihri kita beli logistik makanan dsb, wesweaessssss lanjutttt leeeh wkwkwkwk. Mari kita skip dan lanjut ke hari H keberangkatan!

Seperti biasa, bangun solat subuh, sarapan, packing dan otw to Nepal van Javaaaa! apa yang berkesan leh selama otw? ya hmm, ternyata rame, mungkin karena imlek, dan BC nya coy! jalannya kayak yakim ga yakin wkwkwkk terjal lagi, lewat rumah rumah lagi, sempit lagi, hadeh, jos pokmen wkwkkw

Dari BC kita semua istirahat dulu. Mas kalo mau naik bayar berapa? 25 rebu rupiah, udah termasuk fasilitas BC, tambah 5 rebu buat parkir motor, plus 20 rebu kalo mau rasain wahana. Wahana? iyes! kalo ada yang bilang halah ngojek ke pos bayangan, lemah! maju sini lo miski..! ehm intinya, 20k ojek sumbing, worth it ges, cause it's aaaaaaa, yes it's aaaaaaa. wkwkwkwk. Gapapa ojek aja, seru og. itung itung bantu ekonomi warga sekitar plus hemat tenaga. recommended.

Dari pos bayangan, langsung, dikasi pemandangan waaaaaaah (kalo cerah) kalo engga yaaa, syukurin, karena sesungguhnya bersyukur menambah nikmat. bukan sukurin loh ya hehe. Nih pemandangannya kayak di gambar.

Pos di jalur Sumbing via Butuh Kaliangakrik terdapat 4 pos. Pos 1 adalah warung yang posisinya ga terlalu jauh dari pos ojek, hanya saja jalannya cukup nanjak dan tangga batu. Pos 2 adalah semacam hmm gubuk mungkin ya? kayak bangunan terbuka beratap gt, bisa buat istirahat lokasinya dari pos 1 cukup kerasa sih terutama pas turunan dibanding dari 3 ke 2, jalannya sama juga, kayak tangga gitu dari 1 ke 2. Pos 3 tempat berkemah kita, kemarin cukup rame, ada 4 Rombongan lain, ya walau yang lain cuma 1 2 orang aja si. Kalo dari Pos 2 ke 3 pas naik agak kerasa lama kemarin, sempet ketemu mas mas juga, ngobrol kita, beliau sudha berkeluarga dan udah sering tektom sumbing, beliau suka trail rub dibanding road maraton karena kata beliau kalo trail banyak yang jalan wkwk unik emang, tapi itu posisinya, beliau udah dari puncak dan ketemu otw turun berangkat jam 9 posisi pas ketemy jam 2 :) ya lumayan lah, semakin membuat saya tertarik coba tektok gunung selain lawu hehe.

Di pos 3 kita ngecamp, dua tenda kapasitas 3, plus fly sheet yang disambungin antartenda. Sepanjang perjalanan sampai ngecamp cuacanya alhamdulillah cerahhhh. Dan juga setelahnya, sampai ke BC lagi esok harinya. The most thing i grateful for and maybe the reason i that makes me want to go hike again, thanks allah. Sampainya sore, ndiriin tenda, solat jamak qoshor, masak mie, ngerendem kacang ijo buat sarapan summit, tidur.

Selama perjalanan, ya biasa, kita santuy, lelah ya istirahat. kalem. Selama cuaca cerah, saya acc, tapi kalo udah hujan, wah, mungkkn beda cerita wkwkwkwk. Mari budayakan pemantasan fisik sebelum pendakian hehe.

Bangun jam setengah 2, lanjut godok air, kacang ijo buat sarapan summit. Singkat cerita udah sarapan, berangkat summit pukul 3.30 bareng 3 orang dari rombongan lain. Estimasi, dapet sunrise di puncak atau maksimal jam 6 gitu lah, eh ternyata, ekspektasinya cukup tinggu yagesyak. Kita sampai puncak jam setengah 9. subhanallah 5 jam.

Emang jalur 3 - 5 cukup menantang dibanding sebelumnya, sehingga cukup menambah rasa syukur ngecamp di pos 3 hehe. Jalurnya sudah bukan tangga lagi, cukup terjal, dan terbuka, terutama pas otw ke puncak. Sabana bukit. Itu rasanya kek, sampenya kapan, ditambah Surya mules wkwkwk. Simfoni perjalanan selain ada suara angin, rumput, dan lagu dari hape, ada suara terompet singkat yang kadang kali bersautan. Ini baru Symphony Sumbing.

Tiap kali istirahat, biat ga gabut kan, foto city lights wkwkwk. Emang kelakuan Udin gitu ges, ah geter ulang, geter lagi ulang, pinjem tripodmu sur, sampe memorinya penuh ketok e. Sholat subuh di pinggit tebing ditemani mentari yang terbit dari timur. Fiuh timur, pintu tobat masih terbuka lebar ges.

Siiiiiingkat cerita lagi. Akhirnya sampe puncak! cerah! mantap bet bro. Tapi sebelum sampe, jadi di Sumbing sebenarnya bisa eksplor ke Kawahnya di bawah, tapi karena udah cukup siang, gajadi kesana, pankapan aja lah. Selain kawah ada juga namanya Watu Lawang bisa digunakan buat spot foto. Dan literally yang sebelum di puncak, ada bagian agak climbing, tapi sans, ada talinya.

Sebenarnya pas udah di atas, biasa aja si. Tapi pas liat ke sekitarnya, dan karena cerahnya, nnah inu baru mantap, di ujung sana keliatan merbabu merapi, andong, telomoyo, di sisi lain ada sindoro, langit biru, awan putih, terik sinar mentari, beuh, poko e beuh wkwkwk. Indah dan Alhamdulillah. Sekiaaaan. Kalo pas balek, aman aman aja si, full jalan, plus seperti biasa mendampingi peserta terbelakang, dan mengajak ngobrol. Ternyata beliau lulusan pesantren, kerja jualan papeda di SD daerah Situbondo dan habis Sumbing langsung lanjut Sindoro, edan mantap.

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Fostering Dayitwa Education: Building Tomorrow's Leaders

n the heart of rural Nepal, where the majestic peaks of the Himalayas paint the backdrop to the daily lives of its inhabitants, a quiet revolution is taking place. Amidst the challenges of limited resources, geographical isolation, and socio-economic disparities, the Dayitwa Education Initiative stands as a beacon of hope, illuminating the path towards a brighter future for the region's children.

The term "Dayitwa" itself holds profound significance in Nepali culture, embodying the ethos of responsibility and reciprocity towards one's community. It is within this spirit that the Dayitwa Education Initiative was conceived, with the fundamental belief that education is not merely a privilege but a fundamental right that every child deserves.

At its core, the initiative seeks to address the systemic barriers that have historically hindered access to quality education in rural Nepal. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of these obstacles, the initiative adopts a holistic approach that encompasses infrastructure development, teacher training, curriculum enrichment, and community engagement.

One of the cornerstone principles of the Dayitwa Education Initiative is the empowerment of local communities. Rather than imposing top-down solutions, the initiative collaborates closely with villagers, parents, and local leaders to identify their unique needs and aspirations. This participatory approach not only ensures the sustainability of interventions but also fosters a sense of ownership and pride among community members.

Infrastructure development forms the foundation upon which educational opportunities are built. In remote villages where schools often lack basic amenities such as adequate classrooms, furniture, and sanitation facilities, the initiative invests in infrastructural upgrades to create conducive learning environments. By constructing new school buildings, renovating existing structures, and installing essential amenities like clean water sources and toilets, the initiative lays the groundwork for educational excellence.

However, bricks and mortar alone do not make a school. Recognizing the pivotal role of educators in shaping young minds, the Dayitwa Education Initiative places a strong emphasis on teacher training and professional development. Through workshops, seminars, and mentorship programs, teachers are equipped with the pedagogical tools and techniques necessary to deliver quality education effectively. Moreover, efforts are made to attract and retain qualified teachers in rural areas, thereby ensuring a steady supply of talent.

Curriculum enrichment is another vital component of the initiative. While formal education provides the bedrock of knowledge, the initiative recognizes the importance of holistic development encompassing creative expression, critical thinking, and practical skills. To this end, extracurricular activities such as sports, arts, and vocational training are integrated into the curriculum, nurturing well-rounded individuals poised to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Yet, perhaps the most transformative aspect of the Dayitwa Education Initiative lies in its ability to ignite a sense of collective agency within communities. By fostering spaces for dialogue, collaboration, and collective decision-making, the initiative empowers individuals to become active agents of change in their own right. Whether through parent-teacher associations, community libraries, or youth clubs, the initiative catalyzes a culture of lifelong learning and civic engagement that transcends the confines of the classroom.

As the rays of education illuminate the valleys and peaks of rural Nepal, the Dayitwa Education Initiative serves as a testament to the transformative power of collective action. By harnessing the innate potential of communities and channeling it towards the pursuit of educational excellence, the initiative not only transforms individual lives but also catalyzes broader societal change. In a world where the promise of tomorrow rests in the hands of today's youth, the Dayitwa Education Initiative stands as a testament to the enduring power of hope, determination, and solidarity.

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Unknown Top Items That are Exported From Nepal

Do you know what items Nepal exports to other countries? Along with major exports like carpets and clothing, many unique and unknown Nepali products are exported worldwide. People from all around the globe have fancy items from Nepal. They are trusted with the most authentic items. Want to know what is the interesting Handicraft Export from Nepal? Let’s begin the journey through Nepal! Read on to find out!

Handmade Paper

Nepal makes beautiful handmade paper from the bark of a tree called Lokta. This paper is used for journals, cards, bags, boxes, photo albums and more. The Lokta paper is famous for its durability and texture. Nepal exports handmade paper products to many countries.

Beads and Jewelry

Delicate jewellery made from beads, silver and semiprecious stones is a key export item. Glass seed beads are produced and creatively used on necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. The beadwork and jewellery reflect excellent Nepali craft skills.

Essential Oils

Nepal's aromatic herbs, flowers and plants extract essential oils like mentha, wintergreen, eucalyptus and chamomile oils. These pure and organic essential oils are exported for aromatherapy, personal care and food industries worldwide.

Pashmina Products

Luxurious pashmina shawls, scarves and wraps made from Himalayan goat wool are globally renowned exports of Nepal. Along with shawls, pashmina is also used for stoles, mufflers, fabric rolls and other woollen goods exported worldwide. If you want handicraft export from Nepal never miss out on these!

Incense Sticks

High-quality incense sticks scented with natural Himalayan herbs are hand-rolled and exported from Nepal. These incense sticks are used for meditation and prayer rituals. They provide income to Tibetan refugee communities in Nepal.

Hand Knotted Carpets

Beautifully hand-knotted wool and silk carpets are made in Nepal using traditional designs and motifs. Nepali carpets are valued globally for their quality craftsmanship. They are exported to many countries for home and office use. If you want a carpet that is perfect and shows quality work, you must get it from Nepal!

Iron Artifacts

Wrought iron tools, artefacts and decor items forged by skilled blacksmiths are exported too. Wall hangings, lamp stands, plant holders, furniture with ironwork and more have a market abroad.

Lokta Paper

The bark of the Lokta bush found in Nepal's mountains is used to make solid, handmade paper having a fibrous texture. This Lokta paper is exported to make lampshades, cards, tea bags, souvenirs and other products.

Conclusion

Along with major exports like clothing and carpets, many unique Nepali handicraft products also have markets worldwide. Metal crafts, jewellery, Lokta paper, pashmina goods, felt items, beads and essential oils are some unknown top exports from Nepal. The exports highlight the diversity and high skills of Nepali craftspeople.

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Best Interior Designer in Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu, the vibrant capital city of Nepal, is home to a thriving interior design industry. With numerous talented professionals offering their expertise, it can be overwhelming to choose the best interior designer for your project. In this article, we will go through the best interior design in Kathmandu, Nepal, exploring the significance of professional interior designers, providing tips on choosing the right one, and highlighting the industry’s overview in this bustling city.

Interior Design in Nepal

Interior design is the art of enhancing the interior of a space to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment. It involves a combination of creativity, technical knowledge, and problem-solving skills to create functional and visually appealing spaces. Interior designers utilize their expertise to transform residential, commercial, or industrial interiors, considering factors such as layout, color schemes, furniture selection, and lighting to craft spaces that align with the client’s needs and preferences.

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The Best Interior Designers in Nepal

Interior Points Nepal consists of the  Best Interior Designers in Nepal with great experience in related category. The executive body of the firm’s organization is composed of a Directors and professional architects and interior designers of different disciplines with especial experiences in interior design. The firm also has adequate associate experienced professionals who are available at any time for the large number of property valuation and feasibility study works. Therefore, the firm has capabilities to perform multi disciplinary architectural/engineering and interior decoration projects and full range of construction supervision and property valuation works. It also hires appropriate consultants to increase its production capabilities as per need of the project‘s nature and size. The firm always keeps in time the entire project as schedule.

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Holidays 1.14

Holidays

Assembly Line Workers' Day

Caesarean Section Day

Cat Day (French Republic)

Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)

Diary Day (South Korea)

Flag Day (Georgia)

George Price Day (Belize)

Human Be-In Day

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Food & Drink Celebrations

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Blessing of the Sea (Margate, UK) [Sunday after 6th]

Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) [2nd Sunday]

National Sunday Supper Day [2nd Sunday]

No Pants Subway Ride [2nd Sunday]

Volunteer Fireman's Day [2nd Sunday]

Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mount Wakakasuyama & Fireworks; Japan)

Independence & Related Days

Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US; 1784)

Journée de la souveraineté retrouvée (Restored Sovereignty Day; Mali)

New Year’s Days

Amenzu n Yennayer (a.k.a. Aseggwas Amaziɣ, ⴰⵙⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ or Amazigh New Year; Algeria)

Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)

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Old New Year (a.k.a. ... 

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Παλαιό νέο έτος (Greece)

Orthodox New Year (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Yennayer (Berber Calendar New Year’s Day)

Festivals Beginning January 14, 2024

Africa Cup of Nations (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) [thru 2.11]

Cologne Furniture Fair (Cologne, Germany) [thru 1.18]

Critics’ Choice Awards (Santa Monica, California)

Fire & Ice Festival: Under the Sea (Somerset, Pennsylvania) [thru 1.14]

International Istanbul Open Backgammon Championship (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 1.14]

Martin Luther King Parade, Walking the Talk, and Festival (Long Beach, California)

School Nutrition Industry Conference (Orland, Florida) [thru 1.16]

Feast Days

Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)

Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)

Basil of Ostrong (a.k.a. Basil the Great; Orthodox Church; Saint) [Serbia]

Berthe Morisot (Artology)

Bhogi begins (Festival to Surya, a Solar Diety; India)

Buddha (Positivist; Saint)

Circumcision of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Church)

Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)

Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)

Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)

Einar Hákonarson (Artology)

Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)

Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)

Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)

Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)

Felix of Nola (Christian; Martyr)

Festum Asinorum (Medieval Burlesque Festival)

Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Henri Fantan-Latour (Artology)

Hestia’s Day (Pagan)

Hilary (Christian; Saint)

Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Artology)

Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)

Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [Usually 1.14 or 15]

Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)

Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures)  (a.k.a. ... 

Magh Bihu (Assam)

Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)

Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)

Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)

Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)

Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)

Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)

Spell to Let Go Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Thai Pongal (Sri Lanka)

Thorrablat (a.k.a. Þorrablót; Midwinter Festival; Iceland)

Thorrablat (Norse/Heathen Festival to Thor, God of Thunder)

Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)

Wear a Colander Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]

Premieres

Appleseed (Anime Film; 2005)

Batty Man, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 31 & 32; 1967)

Belle (Anime Film; 2022)

The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)

Bosko in Dutch (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)

Bugs’ Bonnets (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

Cape Fear, by John D. MacDonald (Novel; 1957)

The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

Cookie’ with Gags (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Dog Gone Modern (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Elektra (Film; 2005)

Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)

5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 248; 1964)

Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)

Goof Gas Attack, Part 7 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 247; 1964)

A Helping Paw (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)

Home, Tweet Home (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The House (Animated Film; 2022)

Independent People, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1934)

In Good Company (Film; 2005)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Film; 2014)

Lonesome Traveler, by Jack Kerouac (Essays; 1960)

Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)

No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Novel; 1948)

Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)

Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)

Pirates from Below (Animated Cartoon; Jonny Quest #18; 1965)

The Poseidon Adventure, by Paul Gallico (Novel; 1969)

Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Red Riding Hoodlum (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1957)

Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)

Saturday Evening Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

Scanners (Film; 1981)

The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)

Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)

Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)

Feliks, Malahija, Rajko, Srećko (Croatia)

Radovan (Czech Republic)

Felix (Denmark)

Feliks, Õnneleid (Estonia)

Sakari, Saku, Sasu (Finland)

Nina (France)

Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Germany)

Nina (Greece)

Bódog (Hungary)

Dazio, Macrina (Italy)

Raitis, Roberta, Roberts (Latvia)

Auksė, Feliksas, Hilarijus, Laimis (Lithuania)

Herbjørg, Herbjørn (Norway)

Feliks, Hilary, Odo, Radogost (Poland)

Nina (Romania)

Radovan (Slovakia)

Félix (Spain)

Felicia, Felix (Sweden)

Adam, Nina (Ukraine)

Alair, Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Felix, Hilary, Hillary, Hillery (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 14 of 2024; 352 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 4 (Ding-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 3 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 14 White; Sevenday [13 of 30]

Julian: 1 January 2024

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 25 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]

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Discover the Art and Craft Of Nepal In The Modern-Day Market With These Items!

Nepal is rich in art and craft traditions from ancient times. The art and craft of Nepal are exquisite and aesthetic, having great significance in culture and traditions. There are various works including Thangka paintings, Wood carvings, and much more. It reflects Nepal's wide and rich culture and great history. Nepali people are growing interest in arts and crafts. The continuing generation has also learnt the craft and made the art alive.

There are authentic and expensive handmade pieces with higher qualities along with unique designs made in Nepal by several traditional arts which are the following:

Thangka paintings

The art and craft of Nepal include detailed and beautiful paintings on silk or cotton fabric depicting intricate mandalas and also Buddhist deities. These are extremely beautiful and are great to decorate your home with a Nepali culture.

Wood carvings

It involves carving simple as well as complex designs into wood. These designs were used in decorating temples, furniture and other decorative items. It is a traditional Nepali craft.

Carpet weaving

It is weaving designs in drugs and carpets. Nepali carpet weaving is a traditional craft known for its high quality and extremely beautiful designs

Embroidery

It is the stitching of intricate designs on fabric used in decorating clothes, bags etc. It is also a traditional art in Nepal.

Handmade paper

Nepali Handmade Paper Sheets are made up of the bark of the Lokta plant. these plants grow specifically in the Himalayan region. This paper is used in making several items paper-based items like notebooks, journals and other creations made of paper.

Mask making

Masks with bright colours and beautiful intricate patterns are created for religious festivals and ceremonies.

Pottery

Clay pots, vases and other objects made up of clay are created by Potters using traditional techniques. They create intricate designs with vibrant colours on clay objects.

Metal crafts

It is making statues of deities by using different metals along with jewellery making. Matric crafts include copper work, silver work and bronze casting.

Conclusion

The art and craft of Nepal is a significant part of Nepal's rich culture and heritage. The number of traditional arts with intricate designs depicts that Nepal has a rich history and cultural diversity. Nepal Handicraft stores offer exclusive offers for shopping quality handmade crafts.