Charity Run for Nepal earthquake victims

May 31, 2015

This Friday I ran a 5k race for Nepal earthquake victims. To honor this beautiful country that has gone through so much these last few months, I decided to run in a Nepali traditional costume. I loved it!

197 people ran the race and together we raised a lot of money for Nepal earthquake relief. It was such a beautiful and humbling experience!

My friends, Sid and Suraj, who are from Nepal ran with me. We had so much fun and were so happy to finish all together and meet their families at the finish line. After the race we had dinner at a Nepalese restaurant in Queens. It was delicious, I couldn’t stop eating!

Here are some pictures from Friday night.

Sid and I, both wearing Nepali traditional costume.

Suraj, Sid and I right before the race started.

HaPpY selfie of us!

These are some of Suraj and Sid’s family members who came out to support us. I also met Ellie, second from left, who just came back from Nepal. Ellie went to Nepal to help the earthquake victims. ❤ ❤ ❤

After race, we went to Chautari Restaurant for dinner. Amazing food!

This is Samay Baji – a traditional Nepalese snack. Consists of flattened rice, maricated soybean, fried goat liver, radish pickle, marinated chicken and lots of spices. It was really good!

Chicken Lollipop – deep fried chicken that came with spicy sauce.

The traditional Nepalese dumplings – Momo. Sooo yummy!!!

We had Thali for main course. Thali is also a traditional Nepalese dish eaten daily. Consists of rice, saag (cooked green leaves, usually mustard leaves), daal (lentil soup), vegetable curry and meat curry. So delicious!!!