Cambodia
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Thursday, 16 Jun 2011 | Views [142]
While dad has been visiting we have been sightseeing around Phnom Penh and enjoying taking random and silly photos. A common thing we seem to be stumbling upon in numerous candid shots is the seven headed snake. I know it is a culture symbol but what ... Read more >
Monday, 13 Jun 2011 | Views [335] | Comments [1]
What is more exciting - my dad coming to Cambodia or the things he brings in his suitcase? I have been emailed my family a wish list of all the things I am missing here. Things on the list include dates, formal dresses (for all those wedding that seem ... Read more >
Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Views [151]
Even though each day is a new experience with its own surprises I was not expecting to walk pass a burning building on my way to work yesterday morning. A building on the corner of the street, not far from church, had billows of black smoke rising out ... Read more >
Monday, 6 Jun 2011 | Views [101]
Weddings are a common event here, always crowded with people and loads of food. There are so many smiling faces in one small place and everyone is dress up to the nines in amazing outfits (especially the ladies and their dresses covered in all that ... Read more >
Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [99] | Video
Heard a sermon on Sunday about insecurity and transferring the head knowledge, that God loves us with a love that overcomes fears and insecurities, into spiritual heart knowledge. This is a lesson I contently have to learn and relearn. I am so thankful ... Read more >
Sunday, 29 May 2011 | Views [116]
To end a busy week I bought an exercise bike. Not trusting my skills in balance, hand-eye coordination and all the stealth you need to ride on the streets of Phnom Penh I made the decision that riding on a stationary bike is more suitable for me….and ... Read more >
Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Views [137]
Today Year 2 had an air conditioner installed in the classroom. I can’t begin to explain how happy I am and how relaxed the students are due to that cool air being pumped around the room making a pleasant working environment. So I decided to dedicate ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 May 2011 | Views [191]
This has happened to me a couple of times now and it amuses me. While hanging out with a Cambodian friend we both order the same thing yet we get different sizes or things back. Yep it’s one order for Cambodians and one order for foreigners. Let me ... Read more >
Monday, 16 May 2011 | Views [257] | Comments [1] | Video
I love it when you are just doing whatever and something around you happens which triggers the lyrics of a song to pop into your head, and in that moment, in that one moment deep and new meaning echoes from that song as it connects to your heart. ... Read more >
Saturday, 14 May 2011 | Views [341]
Wedding season continues at New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh. This time it was Phanna and Rathana’s turn. Like all the Cambodians I have met and become friends with these two are such beautiful, cheerful and lovely people and I know they will have such ... Read more >
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 | Views [113]
What do you do in a blackout? We usually try and continue on as normal, doing what we can. Now add the factors that it is 1:20pm, the temperature is over 35 degrees with only fans going in the classroom….and then…..the power goes out. I tried to continue ... Read more >
Monday, 9 May 2011 | Views [167]
Was sitting outside a friend's house/shop waiting for her to get home when I look over at the shop next to us at all the meat and vegetables and it was just begging for a photo. Granted it was a very hot day, but hundreds of flies buzzing around ... Read more >
Friday, 6 May 2011 | Views [239]
Cambodian people are so giving. It is part of their culture to share with others. Even if they do not have much they will share their last things with you just to show community and love. My landlords are no exception to this rule. My parents have ... Read more >
Sunday, 1 May 2011 | Views [166]
I know I am a thinking and reflective person. Sometimes this can be a good thing, other times it can be my undoing. Serving here in Cambodia and witnessing things which are not familiar or require change do make the mind wonder into deep thought. ... Read more >
Friday, 22 Apr 2011 | Views [188]
It feels a bit odd....it's Good Friday and I'm not at a church service, I am not munching a Hot Cross Bun and I am not on my way to a Christian music festival. I am.....at work?? Bit of a shift to be working on Easter day, but hey just because I am continuing ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Apr 2011 | Views [271] | Video
I was walking home from a café yesterday, my head pounding because of my headcold, sweating under the hot hot sun, feeling ever so lonely and ready to sign myself up for some feeling-sorry-for-myself when I heard this beautiful song on my ipod – All I ... Read more >
Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011 | Views [167]
It’s nearing Khmer New Year and holidays so what better time is there for a short getaway down at the beach. First destination was the coastal town of Kep. So in the early hours of the morning the three of us grabbed a tuk tuk and headed to a rather ... Read more >
Wednesday, 6 Apr 2011 | Views [124]
On Monday the Office Skills Training Centre (where I teach pronunciation each morning) hosted the English Placement Test. This test is a 50 question multiple choice test that helps us place students at having an English level of Elementary, Pre Intermediate, ... Read more >
Thursday, 31 Mar 2011 | Views [184]
Today as a special treat for Kindergarten we had watermelon for English class. ‘Why?’ you may ask. Each week we have been learning about a new letter of the alphabet. Kindergarten learns some vocabulary words that start with the letter of the week, ... Read more >
Monday, 21 Mar 2011 | Views [170]
For my first ever field trip here in Cambodia I joined Grade 2 and 3 for a visit to the zoo. About 40 children and 8 adults squeezed into a van and ute, kind of like circus clowns, for our 1 hour drive to the province where the zoo is. Thankfully I ... Read more >
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