After half day of driving in the busy center of Kathmandu in search of shorts and sports material, I finally started the sports lessons. I have 4 groups:
First group 8 AM till 9 AM ; the eldest monks and the teachers 10 persons.
Second group 9 AM till 10 AM ; 14 till 16 year old children 12 persons.
Third group 3 PM till 4 PM ; youngest group from 10 till 15 year 12 persons.
Fourth group 4 PM till 5 PM ; 15 till 18 year 12 persons.
The main topic is yoga together with a range of fitness exercices(because later this is easy to continue for them). Next to this I thought them how to juggle three balls and the basic steps towards 4 ball juggling. I thought them balance exercices ; walking on stelts, balancing exercices on the balance boards, walking on the slack line. I also tried to teach them as much as possible games, because when they have a day off (saturday) they can play the whole day.
It is incredible to see all the children and teachers being so motivated and being so enthusiastic. Be assured this is a hard life! It is unbelievable how disciplined all these children are. They start there day at 4.30 AM and stop there activities at 9 PM. This means, after waking up they start studying there textbooks for one hour. Afterwards they join the morning prayer from 5.30 AM till 7 AM. This is non-stop praying. For breakfast : Bread and buttertea, and followed by the start of their lessons until lunch: Dahl (lentil soup, rice and some cooked vegetables). After lunch they continue their lessons until dinner at 18 PM. Next they have their evening prayer in front of the monastry. They end their day with filosofical debates from 7 PM till 9PM. ( meanwile stamping on the ground and clapping in their hands ... I think it is very intense.
But all these young kids and youngsters are truly devoted, they are thankful for getting a better life because they all come from remote and very poor villages...
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