Volume I-Issue II

Amazing Facts 1) Yahoo! derived its name from the word Yahoo coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels.

2) The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20.

3) The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.

4) Facebook pays atleast $500 if you can find a way to hack the site.

5) Today 81% of emails are spam.

6) Computer programming is one of the fastest growing occupations currently.

7) Ants never sleep!

8) Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

9) It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

10) TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

11) Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

12) No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

13) The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

“Times when he got nothing to write”

Not knowing the fact that he knows nothing on how to write There sat a boy contemplating on what to write Different ideas overpowered his mind, But the first thing that strikes his mind happened to be “Oh god! What do I write?” “Nobody kicks a dead dog” – knowing the fact, Finally determined and sat in an attempt to write, In fact here he comes with a pen and a sheet Once again, the same thing strikes his mind “Oh god! What do I write?” “Why are the words so harsh on me”, cried the boy in pain As he feels all his works might go in vain A burning desire to carve an idol from these words He then moves his pen by his sheet But again, the same thing strikes his mind “Oh god! What do I write?”

-Sunil Shrestha(Class of 2016,2nd Semester)

Message from the Principal

I believe that publication of college bulletin is a very challenging task and is even more challenging when it is planned to publish in a regular interval. Special publishing this magazine after realizing the urgent

Deerwalk Institute of Technology has published the second edition of “THE DEERWALKER”, a magazine with the aim of giving insights into the latest emerging scientific technologies and trends around the globe. DWIT has taken the step of need of a magazine that covers a wide area of scientific innovation and achievements. We are grateful to our coordinator, teachers, and students for their support and encouragement in our endeavor. Special thanks to Bidish Acharya for his contribution in designing. We live in an era of rapid innovation and new technologies: every day, new technologies are being successfully employed. The world has taken a giant leap in the field of science and technology. Technology has reached the grassroots level too. An old mother from Jumla can chat with her son in America. The world has been enclosed in a small set of cell phone. These are just a few examples. This magazine aims to make students aware of the latest developments around the globe. Each issue will contain a mixture of articles with a synthetic view, written by us students. In this new venture, the Deerwalker editorial team will strive to be a source for understanding emerging technologies and trends. We expect constructive suggestions and help from the students and readers in the days to come.

Team Bhawana Dahal Pratibh Acharya Prabina Neupane Sanjeev Buda Kundan Shumsher Rana Sunil Shrestha

thanks to the editorial team of the “THE DEERWALKER”, without whose effort this second edition would not have been possible. The outcome is the blend of untiring effort and dedication and is highly praiseworthy. This publication is one of the actions taken by the team and management to meet deerwalk’s goal of making its student a complete person with required knowledge not only in academics but in extracurricular activities. I am sure that the readers will enjoy reading this magazine and will get to understand deerwalk to some extent. Finally, I would like to congratulate editorial team for their success in publishing the second edition of THE DEERWALKER.

- Mr. Surendra Nath Adhikari

Editor ’s Message

Anil Lama Anish Thakuri Sumit Shrestha Sarthak Khanal Ujjwal Upreti

Techno Jokes

-If apple made a car would it have windows?

-How do I print my voicemail? -I currently own a system which is exactly 14 times better than Windows 7. I call it: Windows 98. -How do two programmers make money? One writes viruses, the other anti-viruses. -I had a spider on my keyboard.I have it under Ctrl. -The games box said, "Needs Windows Vista, XP, or better". So I installed Linux. -Girls are like Internet Domain names, the ones I like are already taken. -Keyboard not found … press F1 to continue.

Editor’s Pick

WHAT IS MOBILE NUMBER PORTING? Mobile number porting (MNP) enables mobile subscribers to change their service providers or their location without having to change their existing phone numbers. If subscribers find dissatisfaction with current service providers telecom they can switch to next telecom service providers without losing their current phone number. For e.g. If I am current user of UTL then I can switch to NTC without changing my current number. This brings up competition among telecom service providers to improve their service standard. Many countries around the globe have made the mobile number portability mandatory to liberalize competition. The mobile number porting has been implemented in different ways across the globe. The international standard is for customer wishing to port his/her number to contact the new network (recipient=it is the network that is ported when customer make switch from previous network) which then send number portability request to the current network (donor=It is the network that first assigns the telephone number to the subscribers). This is known as “recipient-led” porting. The India and the UK are implementing

Mobile Number Porting

donor-led system. In this type of porting the customer makes contact with donor to obtain Porting Authorization Code (PAC), which is then showed to the recipient network to proceed. TECHNICAL OVERVIEW A significant technical aspect of MNP is related to the routing of calls or mobile messages to a number once it has been ported. There are various ways of call routing implementation across the globe but the International and European best practice is through the use of a central database (CDB) of ported numbers. A network operator makes copies of the CDB and queries it to find out to which network to send a call. This is also known as All Call Query (ACQ) and is highly efficient and scalable. Most of countries follow this technique of routing a call. But there are some that rely on donor network. This is known as “indirect routing” and is highly inefficient as it is wasteful of transmission and switching capacity. Because of its donor dependent nature the faults developed in donor network may cause loss of incoming calls from customers who have ported out of that network. Benefits of Mobile Number Porting Mobile Number Porting has got several advantages over customers and operators. They are as follows:

The subscribers can switch from one service providers to next retaining

current phone number. This avoids the tension of sending new mobile

number to everyone close.

The telecom service provider’s workout to import new technologies

that could quench the thirst of customers.

Some where some network may work properly right there we can make

work out to switch to working network.

CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING MOBILE NUMBER PORTING The major challenges of implementing number portability are: Cost involved in upgrading the network infrastructure to support number portability. The cost involved in maintaining the upgraded infrastructure. Cost involved in the usage of network resources to route the calls to the ported number

Number Portability Setup Costs

This is one of the major factors for NP

implementation in any country. The setup

costs include the cost of setting up the central

NPDB. Apart from this we need NP gateway

server capable of interacting with the central

NPDB using the defined application

programming interface(API).The setup costs

includes:- Central NPDB setup costs, software

development or upgrade, Network upgrade,

Customer Relationship Management(CRM)

upgrade.

NP Maintenance Costs

Once the NP system is developed, there are

many other costs involved in maintenance of

the system.

CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENT MNP IN NEPAL Nepal now has three telecom network working; they are NTC, NCELL and UTL. UTL cannot implement MNP because they run entirely different service than NTC and NCELL. Now talking on these two one is governmental telecom and next is Non-governmental organization. These organizations cannot stand on platform to establish mobile number porting. These two can’t establish mobile number portability service the reasons may be a lot more but I think this is one of them. - Sanjeev Budha (Class of 2016,2nd Semester)

"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of

civilizations, of arts and of sciences."

-Freeman Dyson

“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.”

― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

Hackers The rapid growth of internet has brought us so many advance things like e-commerce, e-mail, collaborative computing, and easy access to extensive materials and many more. Though with the most advanced technologies in IT, there always is a dark side like criminal hackers. Hacking, also known as the piercing testing has become a major concern for the business organizations. Most of the companies are worried about the possibilities for getting their personal information hacked. Hacking is an art that penetrates the security breaches. It is an anti-social activity and was first originated in the period of 50’s and 60’s at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) by a group of students from ‘Tech Model Railroad Club’. Hackers are those intelligent computer programmers who break the deadlock of the security breaches. Mainly there are two kinds of hackers. White Hat Hackers are those who use their skills and knowledge for the betterment of system. White Hat Hackers commonly said ethical hackers are well known to protect the company against any attack. Ethical hackers help the companies and individuals by helping them find weak points in their security systems that can be destroyed and pierced by other hackers and also give them proper solvents. Black Hat Hackers are those who work with a negative frame of mind and use their mastery for illegal activities, destructive intent. It is used to refer to a computer security hacker who breaks into networks or computers illegally and also makes viruses. Whatever they do or whatever their objectives are, they mean to do only harm. It can be to a person or a company. Happy hacking. -Anish Thakuri, Anil Lama ,Sumit Shrestha (Class of 2016,2nd Semester)

Into Technology

Religion has only one true enemy--apathy--and

passionate debate is a superb antidote.

- Dan Brown

Author Review: Dan Brown

Dan Brown is an exceptional American author of thriller fiction. The son (born: June 22nd1964) of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. His same fascination now is the essence of his work. Dan Brown with his enthralling and engaging text introduces cryptography, adventure, codes, conspiracy and mystery in his work. The international bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” is considered his best work, followed by “The Lost Symbol”, “Angel and Demons” etc. His books are research intensive and hence become the subject of scholar debate. Brown is a charming historian, who enchants history so much so that readers love it. In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine. He has inspired his reader’s interest towards Leonardo Da Vinci, Christian history, Dante, religion and THE HISTORY itself.

One of the bestselling books of all times, “The Catcher in the Rye” is an unequaled book if one can get into the depths of it. A must-read 1951 novel by J.D.Salinger presents a monologue by the novel’s protagonist Holden Caulfield. Holden is a young one who has just been expelled from yet another school Pencey Prep, but continues to be boundlessly carefree. Superficially, the plot sounds like a teenager’s criticism of the world and people. He particularly has a thing for phony people and, it’s amazing how a person from any era can relate to the protagonist. Holden however, brings out the bitter truth that most of us will never be able to differ or hide from, the” lies”. The affection that teachers show you, the friendship of your neighbor, the make-up of old women sitting in a bar, the pianist who greets requests only from rich people, everything is a lie and a method to lie to yourself. But Holden’s self-actualization is indeed splendid.

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing

in our material world more beautiful than the book"

- Patti Smith

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

There are facts and there is Dan’s brilliance which keeps the wheels moving, moving towards an adventure where Robert Langdon is our hero. Robert is also Dan’s hero, the main character in his novels, novels like “The Da Vinci Code”, “The Lost Symbol”, “Angel and Demons “and “Inferno”. The Robert Langdon series is currently the seventh highest selling series of all time. There is a thin line between fiction and reality, which is always tempting to cross, while reading him many of us cross the line while the writer never does. His works drive and enraptures us towards the whole theme so much that we fail to comprehend the line. A humble request: “Read between the lines”. - Bhawana Dahal(Class of 2015,4th semester )

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Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible."- Holden Caulfield So what does Caulfield love? Childhood innocence. The only thing that makes this young man happy is spending time with children, his young sister most of all. Indeed, the section gives rise to a touching plea for saving innocent children from the phoniness of this world. Reading this book one cannot miss the figurative layers of Caulfield’s immature but bold psychology entwined with few fluctuations. The author doesn't romanticize Holden's life, you don't read it thinking he has some special key to life that we all need. The book lays questions ahead of the reader and leaves it unanswered, which might be disappointing but again is tongue-in-cheek. The reality is, no one is here to answer the questions for you. Everyone here either lives a story or narrates it. - Bhawana Dahal(Class of 2015,4th semester )

Books to be read

Outliers: The story of Success

-Malcolm Gladwell

Lolita

- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

The Old Man and the Sea

- Ernest Hemingway

The Tipping Point: How little Things can

make A Big Difference

-Malcolm Gladwell

And the mountains echoed

-Khaled Hossieni

War and peace

- Leo Tolstoy

The Da Vinci Code

- Dan Brown

Anna Karenina

-Leo Tolstoy

Bookish

Duration: 53 min Venue: Deerwalk Seminar Hall This program is from a six-part series that aired on NOVA scienceNOW . The brain is a miraculous organ that can be held in the palm of a hand; it has 100 billion nerve cells that function in complex ways. There are still many mysteries related to the brain but cutting edge research by neuroscientists is telling us more about the way a brain functions and interprets things it sees around. Host Neil DeGrasse Tyson travels to the famous casino capital Las Vegas, where he chats with magicians, including Penn and Teller, about their craft. The magicians show some of their secret techniques which fool the human brain; from pick pocketing to choosing the ball under the glass. They have so much to tell us about attention and human conceptualization. Even after revealing the secret, I was still astonished to find that I got fooled every time the trick was performed.

“It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. ”

― John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain." -J.K. Rowling

Hiking Review: Sundarijal to Sankhu via Jhule

The second segment focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the preparations of Watson, a machine getting ready to take on a human contestants in a TV show called "Jeopardy"; a game that has trick questions. In this encounter between man and machine, the Watson won maximum number of times. Normally, we might think that it searched the internet for the task but Watson was not connected to the internet; it was stuffed with millions of archives and documentaries to find the correct answer. It cross referenced the archives and documentaries in which the particular words were used and gave the answer that had the maximum number of probabilities. So, this raises a question, "Is true artificial intelligence possible?". Can computers truly be able to think like a human being? Most importantly, can machines be used to do research work and serve as assistants to doctors and lawyers? The third segment focused on the use of magnetic wands on people to control their actions and thoughts. Researchers have used the wand on several people with physical pain as well as those with depression. Researchers discovered these therapeutic results by applying the wand to the appropriate areas of the brain. Most of the cases showed positive results which has opened a new door in treatment of these disorders in the human body. The last part of the segment focused on the study of David Eagleman, a neuroscientist researching about Synesthesia and time perception. He pushed his students to the limit. Free fall from a high elevation, in my opinion is an extreme way to prove a theory. -Pratibh Acharya(Class of 2015,4th semester )

Documentary Review: NOVA ScienceNow - How does the Brain Work?

I was very much excited for my first hike with Deerwalkers. There were 26 members in total, with 8 from Deerwalk Inc. and the rest from DWIT. We started our journey at around 7:45 a.m and reached Sundarijal at 8:20. We had our breakfast there, samosa - tarkari with tea. Surendra sir gave a brief orientation about the hike. He asked team leaders (Anil Lama from our group and Sanjeev Budha from the other) to lead their specific group leaving some suggestions.

We then started walking. Though we were from different groups, Anish and I were walking together. Few minutes’ walk and I was already having a tough time; I had never walked in such difficult tracks. We took photos in every exciting place we walked through. We all walked together for a while but later on most of us were tired and the group began to disintegrate; into The Professionals, Semi-professionals and Amateur hikers. Abhishek, Ashish, Ananda and I were down to the amateur group, as we couldn’t keep up with the rest. Taking breaks every 10-15 min, we felt like been walking for hours and, it was only 10am!

Walking up and down the graveled roads for half an hour we reached a village named Gulamfedi. After talking with the villagers for a while we resumed our hike. For the energy boosters we rested every now and then, had a snack, chat and continued again. After walking for couple of hours, unfortunately five of us (Anish, Ananda, Ashish, Abhishek, and I) lost our way. We were already far behind from the leading group, and it got worse when we took the wrong route. We screamed but nobody was close enough to hear us.

Finally, to our rescue Surendra sir and Surya started shouting our names, and we followed their voice to reach them. The adventure summed down to the slide down from a hill as steep as a 3-storeyed building until we finally reached them. It was risky and tough but tussle of a kind, which we later enjoyed the most. As Ashish, and Anand could not stand any more of our every 10 minutes rest policy the group split into 2. But, after sometime, I was on my own, trying to find the rest; Who seemed to be far ahead. They were nowhere to be found for another 20 minutes. Hopes and fears surrounded me; maybe I shouldn’t have walked alone. But I could do nothing but continue, walking, thinking, imagining… how would I tackle a tiger if it attacked? Thank god Anil and Pratik reached me before my imaginations got worse. The situation then got better walking the shades of a hard rock eased us. Again the better, 15-20 minutes later Anish and Abhishek joined us. Everyone was relieved. We all sat down for yet another booster, had snacks and it felt like we had gained a momentum.

Inside DWIT

6) Tarzan 4)The entire hiking team ,from DWIT and Deewalk

1)Ready to Hike

5) A quick rest

2) The view 3)DWIT hikers

The walk lasted another hour in the rain while some walked under it , some under an umbrella until we reached Jhule.Where everyone was busy with the leeches, throwing them out or taking pictures , irony was they fed on us this entire Shivapuri trails.An hour later we reached Lapsiphedi , our destination where the bus picked us up for our ride back to Kathmandu. Upon reaching Sinamangal we stopped for dinner, said our goodbyes and headed home.

This was all about the best adventurous journey of my life. I am delighted to share my wonderful experience to you. As, I’ve still more than couple of years left at DWIT college, I’d surely entertain such opportunities again throughout my time at Deerwalk.

-Bidish Acharya(Class of 2016,2nd Semester)

Bin

–Bidish Acharya

I like my new telephone, my computer works just fine, my calculator is perfect, but Lord, I miss my mind!

-Author Unknown

Cl icks

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows

anything about science and technology.

-Carl Sagan

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

-Isaac Newton

Science is a pretty confusing term, as it gives different meaning at different situations. Some call it the systematic study of knowledge as when it is used in terms such as psychological science or even economical science. Some may perceive it as the study of the physical and natural world and phenomena, especially by using systematic observation and experiment. On a daily basis we exploit the term science as the faculty we belong to, we are science students right! But when we use the term science in movies, we are talking about the technological advancements that have become a major part of this entertainment industry. It may so be in terms of gadgets, machinery, and technology used behind the camera, or the theme and storyline used in front of the camera. Either way, its miracle beheld.

Modern technology Owes ecology An apology.

-Alan M. Eddison

Movie Review: Good Wil l Hunting(1997)

The Godfather

Shawshank Redemption

The Dark Knight

Schindler’s List

Avatar

2001: A Space Odyssey

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Blood Diamond

Django Unchained

The Silence of the Lambs

Dead Poet Society

Saving Private Ryan

Movies to be Watched

I still remember those evenings watching Ramayana and Mahabharata on Nepal television with my elders when I was just a toddler. The flabbergasted expressions on my gramps, who looked as though he has actually witnessed divinity really amused me more than watching Hanuman bring the Sanjivanibuti or the arrows colliding and vanishing in thin air in the epic battle of Mahabharata. I’d really say, hats off to Ramanandasagar, who had brought the larger- than -life mythologies alive on our television screens. But that’s the by gone era right? Which toddler would buy that now? For the current generation, that would be mediocre sound and visual effect. In short, completely unimpressive. We are in a world today where imaginations run wild like the stallions. It has given the real definition to “thinking outside the box”, an Unrestricted, limitless plethora of opportunities. Through my growing up years, I’ve seen Steven Spielberg take us back to the Jurassic era or James Cameron bring the mummy alive. Whereas these were behind the camera magic, movies like avatar which take us to the land of Pandora, The Terminator, the robotic hit man, E.T: the extra terrestrial, the transformers which bring the autobots to earth from cybertron, star trek and star wars which took us to whole new galaxies are stories which were beyond our imaginations brought alive. It gives us a completely new avenue to venture on. Whereas we may have daydreamt of aliens or our lives in future, these are being illustrated on celluloid. Besides its aesthetic and entertaining values, these movies have also inspired us. The gadgets seen in the mission impossible series with pen like devices capable storing vast information are reality before us! Shoes that let u walk on buildings and laser devices along with super computerized glasses with appear as ordinary sunglasses and other such gadgets are on the making and some are complete and currently are being used by the Special Forces for security purposes. Hence, I would personally use the clichéd statement of “What next!” and eagerly await the screening of other fascinating movies yet to come and ask you, my friends, to think outside the box. Think of a world with boundless mysteries, stories, POSSIBILITIES!!...because you never know when you could be the next H.G Wells or J.K Rowling with your own Time Machine or Harry Potter set to release.

-Prabina Neupane(Class of 2016,2nd Semester)

Influence of Science in Movies

Not every mastermind is under the wing of elite colleges, don’t you

think?? Will Hunting ( Matt Doman), a lowly janitor at MIT, is just too smart for a menial job like that. His witty brain produces solutions to the toughest mathematical problems leaving even the MIT professors astonished, thanks to his voracious reading and photographic memory. Gerard Lambeau (Stellan Skarsguard) realizing Wills potential can’t just let it go. While Will is trapped in a legal issue, Gerard takes responsibility of guiding him; he appoints number of therapists to infuse an insight into Will, insight of his own self and of his genius. Finally Sean Mcguire(Robbie Williams) makes it far enough to explore Will’s concealed layers of psychology. The plot may sound familiar, the well-known guiding the misguided type, but the tale is extraordinarily told. Will here struggle to choose between what he can do and what he wants to do. Gus Van Sant, the director has not just come up with a movie worth a watch, but, also has held out a magnifying glass for us to explore our own psyche, and deal with what we are and what we are turning our lives into. There is lot of intellect, rush of epiphanies, awesome lines and of course there is entertainment. No second thoughts for this one. - Bhawana Dahal(Class of 2015,4th semester )

/Actor .He is now helping DWIT in designing courses (English). Any student taking a Bachelors course in DWIT must undergo 5 semesters of course in English as a non-credit course. He will also be teaching the course. Ed loves travelling and learning about new places and culture. Here are few questions we asked ED to know him better:

When did you first hear about Nepal? When you were there had you really heard about Nepal? Did u know where Nepal was? People just know about Mt Everest but they don’t know about Nepal. I knew about Kathmandu, I knew about Mt Everest, I knew about the birth place of Buddha but that’s it. I hadn’t done a lot of research, I hadn’t really thought about Nepal.

Did you ever think that you would be in Nepal to teach? And now that you’re here, how does it feel? Good I like it. It’s fun being here.So far so good.

Interview with Edward

discussion in class, which is something that we do a lot in the US. So, it’s a trade off. In the US we’re not as good the subjects like science and math but we have a little bit more experience in expressing ourselves and voicing opinions, than I think some students in Nepal do. So hopefully I’ll be able to convince my students here to express themselves a little bit more like US students.

After a month or two of your arrival, there was HOLI, and you’ve celebrated so many festivals after coming here. How was your experience celebrating so many festivals? (Smiling) I’ve seen pictures of HOLI. I knew about it. Whenever westerners come to Nepal or India, some of them celebrate HOLI. If they’re there for HOLI, then they change their profile picture to being all dressed up in the HOLI colors. So I knew about it before but I never celebrated it before. It was a lot of fun. I had a really good time.

Ok, now let’s go into something more personal. What is your favorite sport and what sports team are you a fan of? I follow Basketball, the NBA, very closely and I follow the NFL, which is American football, as well.

What is the movie that you’ve recently watched? I haven’t seen any movies lately but I did see GAME OF THRONES the other day on TV.

So Edward, how many countries have you travelled to so far, beside from Nepal? Well, aside from US and Nepal, there’s Canada, France, Spain, Morocco and Great Britain.

“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ― Douglas Adams,

Wow, that’s great. That would be anyone’s dream to visit all those countries. What was your favorite past time while you were in Nepal? What would you do over the weekend? I spent a lot of time reading and writing. I followed sports pretty closely. I spent time with friends.

Who’s your favorite actor or actress? I heard you do a little acting in a show in the US. Yes, I did a little bit of acting but I’m not an actor. As for favorite actor, umm, I don’t have any favorite actor. If I said I did I’d be making up stuff?

Lastly, do you have any suggestion about how we can improve the quality of English speaking, reading and writing and the way students express themselves here in Nepal? The best thing to do is to just expose yourself to English. Just listen to the radio, read books in English, listen to music and things like that. Just pick up bits and pieces, exposing yourself to the language. That’s what I recommend.

With you’ve heard and seen while in Nepal, do you think the learning policy needs to be changed a bit here? Do you think something extra from what already exists here, could help us to do better? Well, I dint know. I’m not all that familiar with the way things work in Nepal but I will say that having more native English speakers in Nepal would be really helpful. I think there are some nuisances of the language that aren’t really passed on well because people are always learning it from other people who speak English as their second language. So, a little bit more international exposure would be really helpful. It was a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Sure, my pleasure.

How did it feel to come to a new country like Nepal? Well to tell u the truth, I was very tired. I didn’t sleep much in the plane… And it was a lot to take in all at once. It is a very different country from the United States and that was the only place I’ve ever lived. The only place I’m used to. So I was a little bit overwhelmed when I got here. But I settled in very quickly. Ok, I have to ask this one.

American food or Nepali

food? The food you’ve always

had VS the food you’ve been

having since you arrived here?

Oh! I can’t choose. I like them both. Um...

What’s your favorite Nepali Food?

It’s not so much what I miss about the country. My friends and family are there. So it’ll be nice to go back and see them. And there’s probably some food I’d like to eat when I go back to the US that you can’t get in Nepal. That’s about it.

You’ve been teaching us for the last five months and before that you taught in the US. What’s the difference you’ve seen between the teaching methods and student’s participation, here in Nepal and in the US? Well, the education system in the US and the education system here in Nepal work slightly differently. They encourage different traits in students. From what I’ve seen, students from Nepal are very capable in Sciences and Math. When it comes to the humanities, (English, history, things like that), very capable there as well but there is less of a culture of

hmm... (After some deep thinking) my favorite Nepali food is…just a good Dal-Bhat, preferably Non-Veg. I’m sure I’ll miss it when I’m back in the US.

While you were here, what did you miss about the US?

Edward W Hausman is an ‘Associate Lecturer’ at DWIT.He completed his Bachelors in Arts (Anthropology and Linguistics) from University of Chicago, IL, US. Some of his past experiences include working as Writer/ Director