People I talk to from back home often say to me, “I don’t
have anything to talk about because my life is boring.”
I try to explain to them that all in all, my life is not
that thrilling. Sure, the first six months were really exciting because everything was new and different, but at this point, I'm in just as much of a routine as I was in the States. Just to prove how
unexciting my life is, I kept track of all the things I did today and recorded
them here. Enjoy.
5:25am: Wake up to the sound of my host dad throwing rocks
inside of a wheelbarrow. Over and
over and over again. But screw
this because today is my day off and there is no way I’m waking up this
early. I shove my earplugs in a
little farther and drift back to sleep.
7:20am: This time I actually wake up. But like I said, it’s my day off so by
golly I’m going to sit in bed and watch an episode of Friends, because I
can.
7:45am: I decide to actually get out of bed and head off to
the market to get some breakfast.
8:20am: After a nice 15 minute bike-ride, I’m at the market
and ready to enjoy my favorite dish, bon-chaio with fried noodles. It’s basically a thin crispy omelet
with baby shrimps and veggies…and no cheese, with fried noodles on the top, topped with fish sauce. It's good, I swear.
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| Mhhhmmm, yummy |
9:10am: After hanging out for a while, mostly just with
myself, I find out that the daughter of the coffee shop lady is not going to
Phnom Penh to go to University, as previously planned. I’m not quite sure what is going on
with that, but I didn’t feel like it was my place to pry, so I hung around a bit
more and then biked home.
9:40am: I’m home early enough to do some laundry…but I just
did some yesterday…and I don’t like it so I decide to write some emails and
“play Facebook” (spoken like a true Cambodian), instead.
11:00am: IT’S TIME TO EAT LUNCH! Today I had a stir-fry with pork and pineapple, some beef in
a sauce thing that is super delicious, and a mango. Oh, and rice.
Lots of rice.
11:30am: Time to watch more Friends pretend to work on a
Graduate Assistant application
1:30pm: Start reading The
Things They Carried.
2:00pm: I’m horrible at reading war novels for long period
of time, so I decide to watch a movie, instead.
4:00pm: Think about going outside…but it’s pretty hot and
I’m pretty comfortable in front of my fan. I could go get a coffee but I don’t
really want one. I could go buy a
money card for my phone, but I don’t really have any money. I could go visit one of the teachers
from my school but they are either in Phnom Penh studying or busy taking care
of their children. Sooo I decide
to journal a little and then call a fellow volunteer to chat for a bit.
6:00pm: IT’S TIME TO EAT, AGAIN! I got some chicken and some noodles with curry. It was delightful. Oh, and I got a mango, too.
6:20pm: After talking to my host mom for a few minutes I
head up to my room because one of her friends is over and they are busy
speaking in rapid Khmer. Then I
started writing this blog.
Things I have planned for the rest of this Saturday night:
-Do a Jillian Michaels' workout
-Take a bucket shower
-Post this blog
WOW. I’m so
bored just from writing that. I’m
sorry you had to read the whole thing.
But anyway, this just goes to show, that yeah, some days are really
exciting, and most days are at least a little more exciting than this (for
example, I’m attempting to help teach an art class for 2 hours tomorrow, so
we’ll see how that goes!), but Peace Corps Volunteers have boring days
too. So next time you think your life is so much less exciting than mine, just remember this blog. But you probably won't, because chances are you've probably already fallen asleep. Don't worry, if you're as lucky as me, someone will be there to wake you up soon, preferably with the sound of hundreds of rocks hitting the inside of a wheelbarrow.
P.S. Sorry this doesn't have more pictures, but i dropped my camera in a lake a couple weeks ago during one of the more exciting days in my Peace Corps service.
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