Cambodia
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Thursday, 17 Mar 2011 | Views [500]
Last week was International Women’s Rights Day here in Cambodia and what better way to celebrate the day then to have a wedding. Vandeth and Sotheara’s wedding to be exact. It all started at 6:30am. Yep they start these things early. Well when ... Read more >
Tuesday, 8 Mar 2011 | Views [173] | Comments [1]
I have been teaching the students a number of fruits and vegetables in English and they have been teaching me how to say it in Khmer. It is a fun little game and the students really do enjoy listening to my helpless attempts to say the words and applaud ... Read more >
Monday, 7 Mar 2011 | Views [112]
One of my goals here is to put together a decent and user friendly curriculum. This may take a while because I am working in two schools and on three different classes plus trying to learn Khmer. Can get a bit crazy at times and it just proves how much ... Read more >
Tuesday, 1 Mar 2011 | Views [149]
Each Sunday I make an effort to attend a cell group. The group is lead in Khmer but they do make an effort to include me and I often have a whispering voice placed beside me quietly translating what is being said. Each week we have a collection and ... Read more >
Thursday, 17 Feb 2011 | Views [218]
What better way is there to explore the Cambodian country side then on a bicycle. With some of the ex-pat women serving in Phnom Penh we joined a half day riding tour exploring some of the islands of the Mekong River. Cambodia is certainly a beautiful ... Read more >
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2011 | Views [176]
Every afternoon I ride home with a regular motodteuk driver. He seems nice, friendly, and knows a lot of shortcuts. Alas he doesn’t speak English, but we seem to be communicating just fine. Anyway this particular afternoon as he was taking me home he ... Read more >
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2011 | Views [156]
Cambodians love love. They also love an excuse for a party....so let's celebrate Valentine's day. I was able to attend two Valentine's day parties as well as sharing a themed lesson with my classes about love. The parties were a lot of fun...and a good ... Read more >
Wednesday, 9 Feb 2011 | Views [170]
I have six wonderful Cambodian friends who all have their birthdays in February. I wanted to do something fun to celebrate because even though birthdays might not be important to Cambodians my friends are important to me. So for a treat I decided on ... Read more >
Tuesday, 8 Feb 2011 | Views [122]
Exhaustion can do crazy things to a person. It can make them unable to speak as their head is swirling in thoughts, words and things to do. I know this from experience…this is my current state of being. Just yesterday I was getting my moto home. ... Read more >
Friday, 4 Feb 2011 | Views [133]
It’s interesting living in a country that celebrates three new years. These are International New Years, Chinese New Years and Khmer New Years (that’s coming in April). Currently it is the third day of Chinese New Years and I can tell I’m new to ... Read more >
Thursday, 3 Feb 2011 | Views [147] | Comments [1]
I remember during my days in Wee Waa, when Karen and I were driving, we would sometimes play the game of guessing how many kangaroos we would see between town and home. This would help keep us stay alert so that we wouldn’t hit any. Lately I’ve been ... Read more >
Tuesday, 1 Feb 2011 | Views [137] | Comments [1]
Being a newcomer here I see, hear or experience things which are just a bit quirky or unusual and they bring a smile to my face. Like my walk to uni the other day to another lesson of Khmer. I am walking along a main road, it's busy....motos, cars and ... Read more >
Saturday, 29 Jan 2011 | Views [137]
One way to spend a Saturday is getting your nails painted. Ok, so maybe it is not for everyone....but since I have never worn nail polished before and it is not a bad practice to partake in I went with some friends to have some girly time. Perhaps I'm ... Read more >
Wednesday, 26 Jan 2011 | Views [104]
Holidays in Cambodia are a great excuse to party, yet it is Australia day and no huge party for me. I did, however, take the opportunity to share with my Pronunciation class about Australia day. I gave them a very brief (and simplified) history of the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011 | Views [107] | Comments [1]
Each day I catch a moto dteuk to New Life School and then home from university. This is a daily adventure, especially with my minimal Khmer. However I have quickly learnt some vital phrases for moto taking….bot s’dum (turn right), bot ch’wayng (turn ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011 | Views [167]
They say great teachers need to be good learners, well isn’t that the truth. Even though I am teaching I am daily learning. My students are very encouraging and enthusiastic about learning, that’s what every teacher dreams of - right. We are really ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Jan 2011 | Views [351]
Went to my first Cambodian wedding on the weekend. The day before the big event I was asked to help teach an extra class at the church, with another visiting teacher from Australia and my friend Vatanak, so as preparation we taught the class about Australian ... Read more >
Thursday, 13 Jan 2011 | Views [175]
This week marks my second week doing Khmer study. I’m studying at the Institute of Foreign Languages, at a University not far from one of the places I teacher. It is a whole new language – like stepping into another world – the phonetics are different, ... Read more >
Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011 | Views [392]
The last thing that any happy traveller wants, while overseas, is for their passport to go MIA. This is something that happened to me the other day. I had to fill in some paperwork for my university course. I am studying Khmer an hour and a half each ... Read more >
Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011 | Views [175]
Had my first day at New Life School and it was fun, but very interesting. I have a lot to learn. Not only am I teaching English but I am teaching over a language barrier. Have a few resources to use but will need to use some creativity, especially ... Read more >
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