I woke up at 6:15 am today and scrambled to the shower where I quickly dumped a few cold buckets of water over my head to wake myself up. After a quick scrub down I hustled back to my room and donned my "teaching clothes" - a long blue skirt with a light blue collared shirt, neatly tucked in. After some quick primping and stuffing of books into my school bag, I hopped on my bike and sped off to the high school....about a 5 minute bike ride from my house.
Immediately as I started heading towards the school, I noticed something was different. Strange looks were coming my way....and little chuckles whith the questions of "hey...neak toe na?" or "hey....where are you going?" I just yelled back that i was going to the school and again more chuckles. When I arrived at the school, I knew what was so funny....aside from a small cluster of teachers, there was no one...an eerie site for a school of 3,000 plus students. Yesterday there were not many students, but enough for at least one class in the morning. Today, no such luck....none...zippo....not even one lonely student wandering around.
I waited around as more of my volunteer friends began showing up to teach their 7:00 classes like me and sat around and laughed at the fact that everyone decideded school would be over from now on. Khmer New Year starts mid-April and everyone is taking an early break. We just laughed, and hopped back on our bikes to hit our favorite (and only) coffee shop. Kwan, the store owner, knows us and what we want....we walk in and he says: Oh! Hello! Coffee....boun? or Four Coffees? he makes a mean cup of coffee. So we are all making plans to enjoy our unexpected week off from teaching before heading to our permanent sites next week. I'm hoping to spend some more time camped out here at the internet place to finish uploading all my pics before Internet access becomes a thing of the past! :) i will try and blog at least one more time before I leave.
Leighe Howie for now!!
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Chasing monkeys! I can see you doing that - too funny! Okay, I'm a bit behind reading your entries.
I just showed my co-worker a picture of the spider you ate. "Was it alive?" was her first question. "Yuck! Your friend looks nice, but she is weird." was her next response. I am very proud of you taking on new endeavors. I talk about "my crazy friend Sarah and her wild adventures" all the time. I'm glad to read that you are having so much fun.
I remember when we went to Siem Reap and there was a holiday for two weeks. lol. Also, I remember waking up at 5am because we had the wrong time zone. hahaha. It is just so funny when things like that happen. It makes the experience more entertaining. :) I miss you lots! Thanks for the comment on facebook. It made my day!
LOL...how funny is that? It's almost like a dream. You come to school and no one is there. Weird.
Love and miss you bunches! Lovin the pics!
Dear Sarah,
Just a note to let you know we love you and are praying for you.
Sounds like you are all settled in now and getting use to Cambodia. Kayla is getting ready to leave for Lee University. We are driving down August 6th. Rick and Melinda are going to let her stay with them til she can get in the dorm. She will be at Tharp Hall. She is excited. She will be driving her car down also. I talked Grandma in to riding with her. She makes me a little nervous!
We will be glad when you can come home and see us again.
Love you very much.
Sissy
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