Dr. Ravi Livingstone, I presume?

I've been sharing a house with a number of particularly cool animals since my return from India in November, all to be featured in due course.

Dr. Ravi Livingstone, a legendary adventurer and the coolest brown tailed grey parrot ever, happened to wobble across the path of my laptop camera today amidst making his burrow inside my pull-over, his favorite base of operations. It was hardly possible to not have it go on record. Sayonara, say no more. Ravi is world-class Zen.



Ravi is on record for flying once in his half a decade of adventures. Otherwise he navigates by jumping off platforms, making a crash landing and wobbling about to his next destination. And he's particularly effective in fast wobbling when there's food on the table, go figure. We're still working on the music lessons, expect to see a future installment once the baby-yoddling and space-beeps become more consistent and systematic.

Available also directly at YouTube: Dr. Ravi Livingstone, I presume?

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 2

The following is the second part — in the night — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.

People who made all this possible:

Orphanage staff and volunteers

Orphanage parents: Amrit Bikram Shahi (St. Angel) and his wife Aishvarya, who bear the loving responsibility for the children since 1999.

Administrator and Coordinator: Kim Morton, United Kingdom, living at the orphanage as a resident volunteer.

Website, artwork and marketing: Ananda Loponen, Finland, working with the Universal Peace Foundation.
Website, painting, help with children: Manue, France, also with the UPF.

Filming, art with children: Claire and Tom, Australia.
Filming and editing: Raina, Austria, working on a wonderful DVD of the event and the orphanage.

Artwork and promotion: Bashkor and Shani, Bangladesh, sketched together excellent illustrations.
Resident volunteer: Emily, France, helped with the children.
English teacher: Jimpa, Tibet, is teaching the children.
Financial support: Craig and John, South Africa, donated the event banner and food for the children.
Organizing the children: Shiva and Prakash, Nepal.

Performers

Fire dance and music: Masa and Rio.
Juggling and entertainment: Alex and friends, France.
Didgeridoo and djembe: Bikash and Binod, Nepal.
Singing and drums: Bashu and friends, Nepal.

A big thank you to everyone involved! Thanks to your untiring efforts, the orphanage has now been put on the map of Kathmandu!

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 1

The following is the first part — in the daylight — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.



And here's a link to the YouTube page, too.