Oh My Buddha- Cold Beer!

So its 11:50am my time and I found cold beer, find me the man who would wait till the appropriate time to drink this little gift from heaven! The beer here is actually pretty good - unsurprisingly its lager and unsurprisingly its called 'Everest'! It only seems to come in 650ml bottles, but I am not complaining - my first drink in days.
No need to guess - I am in Thamel (my original stay-place) for the day. Now i have transport its just a short half an hour jump to the narrow and noisy roads of the tourist centre. Mission for today: 1. Find a cold beer (done!), 2. Eat something besides Dal Baat (Ordered Pork Rollishpan - on its way!) 3. Find a nice hotel owner/ guest who can let me use a shower. Yes its been 4 days now since my last, Really not my fault as not only have we not had hot water at ma casa the last few days, there has also been no running water and apparently the owner of the house (and the orphanage) has run out of money! Seriously, I am told I may be the last volunteer at the orphanage as it probably has to close down within next 3 months. Super sad as the kids are pretty much like a family so it will be such a shame to see them all split up like this. But everything (even in Asia) comes down to economics and there just ain't any. Connor (have I mentioned him?) since he now has property out here is going to start his own orphanage down the road and take 5 or 6 of the kids, the most needy ones. Some do have parents and still see those parents but have been sent to stay with us so that they can go to school as otherwise the parents could not provide the means to send them themselves. So the few actual orphans will be taken by Connor. Connor is a real sweet American guy who has been living out here for 14 months now, he speaks great Nepali and hopefully he can teach me some as although I try, I seem to get more giggles from the kids than responses! So anyway Connor has effectively moved here for the next few years and since he is rather sick of teaching and the urgency of the problem, he very well may step up to the challenge. Upmost Respect.
Each day with the kids brings me new acceptance - a lot of the kids will hug and love anything that moves but some are really shy :) These are the kids I have to crack a little. Yesterday I brought in my binoculars and they were amazed! I have pictures now on facebook of the line they formed to use them, i taught them how to say binoculars and the whole afternoon was flooded with yells of 'Brother, it is my turn with the 'banocula', Yes?' 'Have you finished your homework?' 'Yes'.... 'Have u really?'....'No' etc... I spent a lot of the afternoon doing art with the girls in their rooms, they loved the felt tips I brought over for them and we spent a couple of hours drawing the mountains and the orphanage below with us standing outside with the word 'happy' drawn all over the page... Im sure most have guessed that it doesn't take a huge amount to make these kids smile, I think western kids could take a lesson or two from our ones. They are, of course, obsessed with my mobile and my sunglasses and sure enough a pecking order for both has been put in place... only when the homework is finished!