On the second floor is the living room and kitchen, the third floor includes Satwik and my host parents’ rooms and the fourth floor has my room and my hajuraamaa’s room. There’s also a rooftop where one can see my aamaa’s house plants, view the city and do laundry.
Satwik doesn’t do any chores at home. He’s usually in charge of taking care of his dog, Julie, by making sure she gets playtime in the house and bathroom time outside of the house.
Satwik's babaa is a retired policeman and an international volleyball player. He also used to work in the US and China. Satwik’s aamaa used to work as a nurse but now stays home and takes care of the house and Satwik.
According to Satwik, school starts at 8:40 AM but he has to be at the bus stop right outside his house by 7:50 AM. Then, school ends at 3:25 PM and he usually reaches home by the same bus at 4:10 PM.
Satwik gets to school by bus on his own every day.
On school days, which are six days a week (Sunday through Friday), Satwik eats lunch at school. Lunch at school is dal bhaat every day. His favorite food is laphing, a Tibetan noodle dish, since he loves the spice. Satwik told me that there’s a stereotype about Nepali boys liking spicy foods.
