Wednesday 31/12/2008 New Years Eve!

New Years Eve is here yeah! After contemplating whether or not to go to Kathmandu to celebrate, or stay in Banepa, our Nepali mates in Banepa told us they were organising a bonfire on the hospital grounds so that made our minds up for us, Banepa it is! The evening started off with us S.W.A.P. girls helping Yvonne prepare the food for everyone; mushroom soup (seriously Yvonne makes the BEST mushroom soup I have ever tasted! Sorry mum..haha), egg rolls, banana cake, fruit salad, and hot chocolate! Talk about a feast! Once it was all prepared we rounded up some of the guys to help us carry the food over to the bonfire. When we got there we were surprised at how many people had arrived. All together there was roughly 40 people, nearly all hospital staff, it was great to see! Charlie, Brandon and Shree had mixed together some cd’s and after we ate, they chucked them in the cd player and everyone was up dancing round, it was so much fun! Slowly people started to sit down as we were all getting tired from dancing haha once that happened, Charlie grabbed the guitar and everyone sat around the fire singing a mix of Nepalese and western songs. When the clock hit midnight everyone jumped up and down, running round to their friends giving them hugs and wishing them a happy New Year! It was such an amazing night! What better way to bring in the New Year than with your good friends around a bonfire?