brrr! it's cold here

it's kind of hard to believe, but the last three days the temp. has barely gotten to the mid 50s. it's june right? i met some americans the other day who were looking for the nearest place to buy fake north face coats because they had not planned for this type of weather. it rains every night and when i wake up a texas fall breeze meets me. it's so much nicer than texas heat.


on another note, there seems to be an infestation of monks wandering the street with one english phrase in their arsenal, 'give me money.' what a shock the first time i heard it. i kind of laughed it off as coming from someone with little real understanding of what he was saying. but as they keep coming i have become less and less kind in the way i dismiss them. they find me everywhere; in the market, at the bookstore, while i am writing this blog entry (for real, this is not just to prove my point). since when have monks been so interested in money that they swarm you everywhere you go. this is not the kind of begging where they let you come to them and look at you with needy eyes. these monks are pulling at your clothes and acting like they are your friend in order to get that phrase out there. 'give me money.'

if you know me, you know i love the tibetan people. but come on. this is horrendous. it is unbecoming. what am i to do. i know they are just hard up for money, but going about it like this?

well, my rant is over. i still love them. i'll stick around too. but i hope this is just a short term happening.