Went to the Representative's office this morning. It turned out to be the birthday of Panchen Lama, the high Tibetan Buddhist teacher and once the youngest political prisoner in the world. So the Representative himself, Mr Lakhpa, was at a function at Tashilunpo monastery and I had to sit down and wait. It was good to meet Dorje and Namgyal again, though. Thinley called me on the phone. He is now working in the court in Periyapatna, practising to be a lawyer. When the Representative arrived he gave me a long speech complaining about Thinley's previous presence in the office, and how that had cost them money (electricity, work space, computer, etc). Well, to cut a long story short he blamed Subramanya for everything which was convenient for me. He also complained a lot about his work overload in general to make sure I would not require any assistance. Anyway. he have me permission to do my work and I presented him with a multi-tool as a gift, but then I found out that the person with the key to the file cabinet was away for a workshop and would not return until Friday. I went back to the house and started reading about Shi'ites in Suru Valley instead. Quite ironic since I was sitting in the largest Tibetan Buddhist monestary in the world! In the late afternoon there was a thunder shower and the temperature came down a bit. I went for a long walk out across the fields with Tenzin and his friend Namgyal. It was dark when we came back. The old dog, Passang, is still lurking around the house hoping for food. Yesterday Thupten bought a meat dish and brough home, and I think Passang got at least half of it.
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