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Hello hello! First of all thank you all for the birthday wishes! I’m very excited to spend my birthday in America next year but the celebrations this year were nothing to complain about. I went into Phnom Penh for a … Continue reading →
Last week I went with my family to visit their Longan farm. We left early in the morning, went to pick up a cousin and headed out to the farm. the farm Afterwards we went to lunch at a cousin’s … Continue reading →
Happy 2012! It’s pretty exciting to think that later this year I will be home. With the exception of a few quick trips to Thailand I spent all of 2011 in Cambodia, kind of hard to wrap my head around. … Continue reading →
The New York Times ran a piece this weekend on Battambang! Battambang is my provincial town and I have spent a lot of time there over the last year plus. Café Eden gets a brief mention in the article, this … Continue reading →
Last night the lunar eclipse was bright and clear out here in rural Cambodia. I was sneaking around upstairs on the porch to look at the moon since it started around 8, which is practically the middle of the night. … Continue reading →
I’m so glad you all liked the pictures! I’ll do my best to keep posting more. The last two weeks at site have been pretty quiet. It was really nice to come home; my host family was very worried about … Continue reading →
Here are a few pictures, mostly from Pchum Ben. I’ll be back soon with an update on life now that I’m back at site! xo, b
Nothing has gone quite as planned these last few weeks. I was supposed to go to Bangkok a few days before Mom arrived to take the GRE and then we were going to vacation there for a bit before heading … Continue reading →
From Mom: I am honored by the fact that Brenda has invited me to write a guest entry about my experience so far while visiting her here in Cambodia. I went through a dozen different titles for this entry, before … Continue reading →
As I have seen time and time again over the last 15 months in Cambodia things change very quickly around here. Our new addition has been scooped up by another side of the family and isn’t here anymore. The timing … Continue reading →
As of tonight there is a new addition in our little household. This one, however, is not going to be leaving with any of Pa’s buddies like the puppies did. Let me back up a little. I wasn’t going to … Continue reading →
Here’s a quick recap of some things that have been going on lately in the ‘bode. Pchum Ben: This year we went to the wat at Phnom Sampou, where Pa’s side of the family lives, and wat Banon, our local … Continue reading →
Sorry, didn’t mean to go so long between blog posts. I’ve experienced just about every technological difficulty possible and last week my site was flooded so I haven’t been on my computer quite as much. I have some more pictures … Continue reading →
My host family is awesome. In a country where proper nutrition is a struggle they totally take it in stride that I (somewhat selfishly) have cut out an entire food group by choice. They treat me like their own daughter … Continue reading →
Sometimes you just can’t catch a break. I have a post in the works but it’s still too long so I figured I would cut it down some more today and post it. Normally I just write and post but … Continue reading →
I missed it!! My mosquito net that is. I got back to site about ten days ago after having been gone for over two weeks. It was the longest amount of time I have spent away from site and I … Continue reading →
800 bucket showers, 700 bowls of rice, 600 mosquito bites, 365 days, 300 hours on a bus, 64 books, 6 pots of tiger balm and an infinite amount of memories late I have officially completed my first year in Cambodia. … Continue reading →
So here, finally, is the wedding picture that I promised months ago. I finally got it scanned so enjoy a good chuckle to get your weekend started! I left site this morning and I won’t be back until August, tomorrow … Continue reading →
Thanks for all the comments about the video and my last post! I’m so glad you guys are enjoying watching me speak Khmer. I hope you like the new look of the blog, I decided to change it up a … Continue reading →
As is the case when you go to any new place, when I first came to site I was completely overwhelmed and disoriented. My first few rides down my now familiar road seemed so long and disorienting. I distinctly remember … Continue reading →
Hi Everyone, Here (finally) is the link to the 50th Anniversary Video Peace Corps Cambodia made for Cambodian TV! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKtgSUpS31c The whole thing is in Khmer but I’m mostly talking about the project I was doing (health education games that focus on nutrition and hygiene and making signs about road safety) and saying how friendly [...]
Nearly everyone around me seems to be on an academic schedule and for the first time in a very, very long time, I’m not. It’s hard. It’s almost a year into service and I seem to have hit a little bit of a wall here at site. A lot of the other volunteers who [...]
like I’ve said before durian it’s self isn’t so bad…it’s the burps that get you later.
I could go on and on about the things that are hard about being here and the things I don’t like on a day to day to basis, but instead, let’s focus on the things I love (in no particular order). Puppies sleeping in my lap. When people have to ask if I’m khmer or [...]
I’m easing back into life at site after being away for 10 days. The trip was a mixed bag. The first half of the trip, which was vacation, I was sick. When I finally got into Phnom Penh I found out I had a bacterial infection in my throat and started antibiotics. I was feeling [...]
Hot season is, well, hot. So I prefer to focus on the fact that it is also mango season. And that at 3 weeks the puppies have their eyes open and are starting to wander around on their own. Fun Fact: puppies this small sound just like squeaky toys. I have been stuffing myself silly [...]
Welcome to May! Things at site are pretty quiet these days, just getting back into the swing of things after vacation. The first week back went well, work passed quickly enough and I survived the brutally hot and humid rides to and from work. I love a good cold bucket shower these days. The family [...]
One year ago I received my invitation for Peace Corps Cambodia, nine months ago I arrived in Cambodia, and I just came home and took my fourth bucket shower of the day by candlelight. Where is the time going? Holidays so far away from home and in another culture can be hard, I knew that [...]
Since I last wrote… Wedding clothes and weddings: I was invited to another wedding and my host mom and I decided that it was time for me to buy a proper wedding outfit. The two of us went into town one morning and hit the market. I thought we were going to buy me just [...]
I know I don’t talk much about my day to day work here on the blog. There are a number of reasons for that, it is pretty much the same each day with maybe a few interactions that are noteworthy, work frustrates me, I can’t possibly blog about everything, nor do I want to and [...]
Happy 50th Anniversary, Peace Corps! It’s been a busy few weeks; I had a meeting in Phnom Penh to help work on the PCV newsletter. When I came back to site I had enough time to do all my laundry and then I went on a family vacation with my host family! I came back [...]
In Cambodia I will celebrate 8 new years, well 9 if you count the 1 year mark of service. 2 Jewish New Years (one down, one to go, I’ll be home in time for High Holy Day services 2012!) 2 new calendar years 2011 (check!) and 2012, 2 Chinese New Years (happy year of the [...]
Dear readers, I hope you have enjoyed the slew of new posts! Make sure to read them all. I had a little backlog and took advantage of the lack of internet to finish them up and then the return of the internet to post them! I have a favor to ask. I have been reading [...]
Here in Cambodia there are quite a few ways to get around from place to place, today we will be focusing on the taxi. Taxi’s here in Cambodia are not quite like the ones we all know from home, you don’t just hail a cab, get in and go on your way. There are van [...]
When I got the packing list for Cambodia it was stressed multiple times that this is not a two year camping trip and we should not pack for one. Ok I get that it’s good that I didn’t pack for a camping trip but shoot! You could fool me that I’m not camping. Some similarities: [...]
…at least in terms of Cambodia. 23, no husband, no kids?? I know; what have I been doing?? Oh right, a lot of other things. Birthdays aren’t really celebrated here in Cambodia. I asked when my little sister’s birthday is and my host dad had to look it up in the family notebook. My birthday [...]
Hi Everyone! Thank you for the birthday wishes!! If you wrote me an email and I haven’t responded it is because… My internet at site is being really really awful! So I will try and get back to you soon. Don’t worry!! I have heard some things about blogspot blogs in Cambodia being blocked but [...]
hello hello! Where did we leave off? Sometime shortly before Christmas. I spent Christmas in Koh Kong with about 20 other PCV’s, we took a boat out to an island that looked like it was the set of LOST. It was great and a nice way to celebrate. I came back to site for a [...]
Coming back to site after having such a luxurious vacation has been like waking up from a lovely dream, but it’s a sunny day so waking up isn’t so bad. Traveling in Cambodia is quite an ordeal, I went to a province about as far South from Phnom Penh as I am North of Phnom [...]
I was definitely missing the Chinese food and movies on Christmas this year. But jumping off a boat to swim to an island in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand with some of my favorite people in Cambodia was not the worst way to celebrate. I’m headed to Phnom Penh for New Year’s so [...]
To the best brother a girl could hope for on the occasion of his 24th birthday: Please let me take a moment to publicly acknowledge (and probably embarrass) you. Thank you for being my number one cheerleader, my biggest supporter and my most frequent caller. I am so proud of you and all that you [...]
The last week at site has been great. At the health center I am finally doing more with actual health education. I have been using a mostly picture hand out to explain to pregnant women what they should and shouldn’t be doing while they are pregnant along with signs that it is time to come [...]
This past weekend I finally traveled outside of my province! The first two months after swear in we are not supposed to leave our province so we can integrate with our new community, get to know our families, see how things work and all of that. I’ve made a lot of day trips and some [...]
Hello hello! It’s the holiday season already! I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around the date, it can’t be December yet, it’s still August right?! Last week for Thanksgiving some of the volunteers from my province and a few special guests spent most of Thursday and all of Friday doing our best to recreate a [...]
Yesterday in Phnom Penh as the annual Water Festival celebrations were ending there was a horrible stampede killing nearly 400 people and leaving hundreds more injured. Here is an article about what happened. All Peace Corps Volunteers and Staff are accounted for. This all happened last night around 10pm, late by Cambodian standards. My entire [...]
Confession: I am kind of afraid of the rooster that roams in our yard. That’s all ——— Tuesday was a good day. In the morning a cute little toddler asked me to hold her while her mom had her check up. A refreshing change of pace from the kids who usually cower in fear. Then [...]
Frogs: Last week there was a frog hanging out in the bucket of water where the midwives wash their hands. We all had fun letting it hop around in the hallway before one of the receptionists picked it up and tossed it outside to move on with his little froggy life. There are frogs that [...]
“she won’t eat crickets, she has a cold” …yes, the cold is why I won’t eat crickets. Today we were at the wat for yet another holiday my sister happily ate some crickets while I made faces at her. Later that evening when we were home I found a cricket and told her to eat [...]
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