Thursday, August 15, 2013

Seven...well actually six more pictures! (Mom don't look at the first picture)

Okay so, I didn't quite take a photo every day, but I almost did, so here they are:


This is just one of my many roommates.  It may seem cute, but I'm still waiting for the day when they help me sew a dress or clean my room.  I'm not holding my breath.  

At least one day a week I wake up to some random act of vandalism unleashed by my mice friends.  This week it was my purse.  The things that happen when you forget half a granola bar in your bag...

In pretty much every Cambodian household, you'll find this wall of photos of pretty much everyone in the family.  Mine also includes a large photo of Angkor Wat.  I'm not on the wall yet...but I plan on hiding several photos around the house before I leave.  

I forgot to take a picture this day, so here's a lame picture of me reading my own blog at night.  For those of you who wonder what it looks like when I'm chatting with you on facebook, this is it.  And yes, Sealy is obviously an important part of my life in Cambodia.  

You can't really see it in this photo, but I promise it's actually raining.  When it rains in Cambodia, life pretty much stops.  And during the rainy season, life pretty much stops every day for at least an hour.  It's pretty nice, but it's going to  make readjusting to life in the US a bit more interesting.  "I'm sorry I can't leave the house right now.  It's raining."  

One day I'll have to write a blog post exclusively about my awesome Khmer tutor, but for now you all will just get a photo.  I just discovered this woman a month ago and she has been a lifesaver.  Her name is Arun and she lived in the US for 20 years after she married her husband (who was volunteering in a refugee camp she went to during the Khmer Rouge).  She has led an incredible life and is also fluent in English and Khmer, which makes learning from her a piece of cake.  She's teaching me how to read and write and I'm actually enjoying it!  I have no idea if I'll actually get the hang of it all before I leave, but I'm certainly making progress.
(And yes, fellow PCVs, she does have an oven AND a refrigerator)

No comments:

Post a Comment