1 == Bernie's brain backup for June 2008 ==
5 ==== Hash House Harriers ====
7 {{http://aponarch.com/hhhh/trash/trash_1526-1550/trash_1547/trash_1547-1.jpg}}
9 I completed my first [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers|Hash]] without
10 taking a shortcut! About 12Km, 2.5hrs, almost non-stop running... and I even got
11 two nasty leeches in my shoes. Read the full [[http://aponarch.com/hhhh/trash/trash_1526-1550/trash_1547/trash_1547.html | commentary with photos]].
13 {{http://www.sciencefriday.com/news/041907/leech.jpg}}
19 Oh, gosh... my ego is expanding so much one it's gonna blow up the office!
21 * http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/316
22 * http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/315
26 ==== Me @ OLE Nepal ====
28 {{BernieAtOle.jpg|bernie at OLE Nepal}}
35 {{http://aponarch.com/hhhh/trash/trash_1526-1550/trash_1546/trash_1546-1.jpg | Himalayan Mixed Hash Run No. 1546}}
37 My friends and colleagues are members of something halfway between a sports club
40 http://aponarch.com/hhhh/
42 So I was dragged into this Hash, even though I'm probably one of the laziest man in the world.
43 It's like a race, but we don't care who wins: the fun is running through the spectacular natural
44 environments of Nepal, searching for hidden indications of the path forward in the form of
45 stashes of bits of paper. I'm writing this on Tuesday, and my legs still hurt a lot, but I had
46 a lot of fun! Next week I may even be able to complete the whole course ;-)
49 At the arrival, we form a circle and if you get called in the middle for some reason you get to
50 drink a lot of beer -- quickly! -- or throw the rest of your cup on your head. Newcomers
51 (aka virgins) like me are bond to drink as part of their initiation, but any excuse seems to
54 Here's the full commentary of this week's event with a brief description of me and my knee-high socks:
56 http://aponarch.com/hhhh/trash/trash_1526-1550/trash_1546/trash_1546.html
62 I'm sitting in the airport hall of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha|Doha, Qatar]],
63 waiting for my third and final plane to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu|Kathmandu]].
65 I'll be spending the next 2.5 months in Nepal working as a volunteer for [[http://www.olenepal.org/|OLE Nepal]].
66 I don't know much, but I have high expectations.