Three Quarters

I love this photo

It's almost been 3 months since we arrived in Cambodia.

Wow?

It's probably for this reason that I'm finding it more and more difficult to blog about something new and exciting...due to the fact that everything 'new and exciting' is now just events that occur in my day-to-day life. It's no longer a short holiday or expedition - these months in Phnom Penh will mark an entire period of my life.

So what have been my three 'happy moments' from the past week?

1. I FELL IN LOVE...with the $5 muesli from the supermarket. Okay, so it's definitely a weekly investment - but so very, very worth it. Combined with honey-lemon yoghurt and fresh banana - it's one of the major attractions for eating breakfast.
2. I HAD A PURPLE PAMPERING...in the form of a pedicure! For...wait for it...50cents! Everything that is cheap is always amazing, and this beautifies me to the max. Not that I wasn't beautified to the max before, of course.
3. PARTYING ON A SUNDAY...at Vy's birthday! We had an amazing time at a restaurant first (in which we bonded with the previously kinda-awkward guys in the office...through drinking of course) and then moved onto a bar complete with pool...and finally clubbing at Heart of Darkness. It was supersuper funfunfun, and I'm so glad Vy invited us.

Okay I have just realised something terrible has occurred - I have had yet to tell you about Vy!!! She is our coordinator here in PP, and one of the coolest, most lovely of all the Khmer people. You can always tell her anything if it is troubling you, or just funny things that have happened to you that day. But the best way to think of Vy is by her smile, which you rarely see her without. We couldn't get by in Cambodia without Vy!

This morning we went to meet with the top-of-the-top people from Village Earth, to talk about the volunteer program. When we were leaving, they thanked us for what we are doing with such heart, such sincerity, that I couldn't help tearing up a little bit. The fact that it is already three quarters of the way through is already beginning to hit me. As now that this time in Cambodia is becoming defined as a significant period to me, it is also about to end.

Alas - it is not over yet! Much more to come...so stay tuned readers, for we are about to enter the last month with determination and gusto. Let's do it.

Lots of love,

Ms Clark - revolutionary teacher of the future