Tag Archives: Wayne
On the web
There is a mention of my visit to Wat Opot a couple of weeks ago on Wayne’s website, here: http://www.partnersincompassioncambodia.com/index_files/blessings.htm. He also talks about the blessing service they did for me (pics of my own coming soon) and of some other visitors and events that were going on at that [...]
Continue reading...February is here
A quick blog entry (well, not so quick, in the end) to say hi to all and sundry… I’m not feeling as motivated to write as I was some weeks ago; I now have a roommate, and there’s a lot going on, so I don’t have that horrible crushing solitude [...]
Continue reading...Of nuns and Nokia
Dinner last night… what a pleasure. I finally was able to connect with Beth, whom I’ve been waiting to see again ever since I first met her in January at Wat Opot. She returned a few days ago from her annual three-month trip to the States, and so I’ve had [...]
Continue reading...November 14
A sound for you… it’s rain falling at Wat Oport. This sound is brought to you courtesy of my Zoom H2, to celebrate the official end of the rainy season (marked by the Water Festival, or Bone Om Touk, which especially marks the turning of the Tonlé Sap river; as [...]
Continue reading...Monday evening
It’s about 8:40 pm, and Sary (just found out he spells it that way) is killing someone or something in a very loud computer game next door. I’ve just come from an evening visit to the sleeping rooms, where TVs are blaring until lights out. It’s a good thing there’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30
It’s raining, it’s pouring! The sunshine is snoring… I’m so excited. For the past few days it’s rained so much that ALL our ponds are brimming, and the poor workers building the new fishponds in front of the schoolhouse have to keep pumping them out to get their work done. [...]
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