The local dogs barked all night (again) but Chris still got up at dawn to watch the students practice for the big anniversary of TCV celebration coming up on Saturday.

I woke up two hours later and joined everyone for our usual breakfast of Tibetan white bread and milky chai tea. This is going to be a big day and I am now over halfway through my Getty Images‘ trip with Bridges to Understanding and we still have a lot of work to do to create our digital story.

Luckily, “Team Compassion” works quickly! We finalized the narrative with Lhakpa and he recorded it in just a couple of takes. I had given the team some homework to do – they had to write out how they would put compassion into action. We video taped each student speaking in turn and wrapped up our audio. Check it out!

Picture by Chungdak

Image by Phunima

Chris worked with the students to complete the shot list and shoot any gaps we were missing, including their portraits. Lhapka loves taking conceptual photos and he has earned the nickname “Mr. Implicit.”

Picture by Chungdak

Picture by Tenzin Dadon

We finished our work for the day, pleased with the progress we had made, and headed into town to do some shopping behind some unconventional traffic.

I bought a Tibetan singing bowl and a black and white woven bracelet that Chungdak has told me is called a “Chime Giltoo” (Tibetan for immortal with nine eyes). These are made by Tibetan political prisoners as a symbol to remember their plight. I buy them in bulk.

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