"There if the person taking the order for my chicken bowl at Chipotle did not smile at me, I wondered if it was because I looked different."
so true..thats is how must of the foreigners feel no matter how diverse and open they claim. a lady at wal-mart customer service laughed and asked if it was my real name when she looked at my drivers licence. it was very condescending.but what would i do? call her manager who could be even more ignorant? and they would together make fun of me after i turn my back. you're lucky in a sense that you have skills that you can use in Nepal. most of us realize foreign can never provide what Nepal can after living for more than a decade and it's too late to return because so many of us have children who can't adjust back or skills which can't be sold in Nepal.
lucky are those too who have rich parents and networking.
for unlucky ,scared ones like me, we will keep biting the bullet while ordering chipotle or returning stuff at wal-mart.