Exerpted from a letter to G:
I'm trying to stay hydrated... yet I'm feeling a little naughty for all the water bottles I'm creating in a non-recycling realm... I've got an aluminum one I'll start using! I am so happy to have A/C in my room... I don't think I could do it otherwise. I may not need to take cooking classes as my family's diet is wonderfully varied and I am becoming friends with "the cook" My helmet is a dodgy affair but the police require it... and of course the fine for a foreigner is inflated:) The school is about a 10 min. scooter ride from my home. I'm very directionally challenged here... few street signs and numbering is not linear but based on "lucky" numbers! I'm beginning to anticipate the next turn yet not with confidence.
Yesterday I started at the school and then back home for lunch. Bonika and I then went by tuk-tuk to the Psai Olympic... or Olympic Bazaar for a few more house things... a small mirror, tissue, bug spray, scotch tape and $10 fabric... a silk blend... in a peacock blue with green and gold ...The seller said it was cotton but I think it's synthetic. The Cambodian silk is enchanting... beautiful on so many levels... and the weaving is brilliant... I'll be cooking spaghetti for the Saing family on Saturday so Bonika took me to the Sovanna Mall it has a western style "grocery" it's a micro-grocery but has all the basics at a price, definitely not a Waitrose affair! I'm a bit shy about cooking for them yet it is one way I can hopefully give back some love...
I had some Canada flag pins and stickers which I gave to the family to celebrate "Canada Day" yesterday. My way to celebrate Canada's "birthday" I took Bonika for an ice cream sundae at the Mall... at Swensen's. Mine was Turkish Coffee and Almond Praline... Ice cream is a beautiful way to beat the heat! We pretended we were confident "city girls"!
The friend I sent the above to sent me this photo of encouragement... a bit morbid yes but had me laughing out loud!
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very nice...