The Day of Surprises

Rejoice! Rejoice!
I have finally managed to install Photoshop onto my netbook (which lacks a cd-rom). Now I can begin creating that web page for Scheer School. I am so proud. To celebrate I went to the canteen with Kevin after school and received a huge surprise...

Kevin ordered "finger chips", a.k.a. French fries. They looked so tasty that I decided to get some too. While waiting for our food it began to rain. Then it began to pour. Then that downpour grew so strong that I felt we would drown if we so much as stuck our heads out a window. And it all came down on the tin roof of the canteen, so none of the customers could hear their own thoughts let alone convey a simple order from the menu. And then that downpour turned into a lightning storm and hail.
That's right. HAIL.
And not an hour ago it had been sunny and in the 80s. Where the heck could hail be coming from? The weather here is so strange. Kind of reminds me of good old Oregon... It never ceases to amaze you. And I was indeed amazed. I love thunderstorms, but the hail caught me off guard. But at least the air cleared up for a little bit, so much that you could almost smell the rain in the air instead of dust and smog. I kinda liked this surprise.

And then there was another surprise...
During the storm, we enjoyed our meals in the canteen. At least, I had been enjoying my meal until I discovered that the ketchup I had been eating was rancid. Don't ask me why I hadn't noticed it before. Things just taste funny over here, so I took the weird taste for granted.
But then I smelled that ketchup bottle... Wham-O!

(Luckily, Kevin doesn't believe in condiments in any shape or form so he dodged a bullet there.)

I have since been dealing with horrendous tummy cramps and so on. I won't go into many more details. All I know was that my stomach was doing backflips last night and my body didn't like it.
This morning I woke up uber-hungry, so I managed to scarf a bowl of oatmeal like it was manna from Heaven. So far, only a little queasiness. I think I'm over the worst.

So here's a few random words of advice:
If you're in Nepal, carry an umbrella with you or you just might drown or get pummeled to death by hailstones...
And always, always, always smell that ketchup bottle before you use it...