Ok guys, I just wrote an entire update, and when I pressed save, the website crashed, so I have to try again, but this time I will give you the short version instead. I feel annoyed right now with the cambodian internet. An hours of work down the drain so to speak. I usually do a quick ctrl+c to copy the text, but I forgot. Well here we go. I finished the interviews last friday, and I have to confess I learned a lot in the last 4 weeks, from building a good list of questions as well as learning to [View Full Entry]

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Hello all yes it has been a while, and now that I write you, I cannot even say life is all that exciting. Getting up early in the morning, working on either the interviews, transcripts or DHS analyses. Going to bed on time and getting up early again. Even though it is wonderful to do so. I love doing the fieldwork, I love talking to everyone, I love being surprised by the beauty in them, the culture and the scenery. I am so relaxed and at peace with my life here, where I thought I would stress out by the uncertainty [View Full Entry]

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Dear all, Another week has passed, and this time a week with a lot of activities. The first interviews have been held, there was a ceremony for the new utrasound in the clinic and there was a nice party on the beach. This week the work really started, but it's much more difficult than I expected. There is a huge communication problem caused by cultural differences. Of course it is more a challange than a problem, after all it is something that can be over come. The first interviews really were hard to do, I had a very unsatisfied feeling after [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, This time I wish I had a lot to tell you, but what can I say, nothing very spectacular about relaxing on the beach all day!!! Of course it is very enjoyable, and my suntan is coming along very nicely. However, as a week has passed, I do want to give you a little update, even with a few pictures. With only one purpose will they be put on the website, to make you all very jealous of the sun. Of course not all of you are suffering from extreme cold weather. To be honest, its getting pretty hot [View Full Entry]

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Hello there, Just a short message from Preah Sihanouk. The trip to sinahouk was breath taking, I enjoyed it a lot. Even though i had somebody sitting next to me who did not speak english. I still enjoyed it. The only downside is all the european / american men who travel with young asian women. You see it alot everywhere, white men with asian girls. I do not know if it should disturb me or not. But unfortunately one of the guys told me he got the girl pregnant, and that he did not care, as he was leaving soon anyway. [View Full Entry]

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Dear all, the morning is well on the way, and i am wasting my time in an internet cafe, so that i can meet Dr. Crabbé in about 45 mins. this means i have very little time to write to you what i have been upto the last week. Kampong Cham After a wonderful relaxing stay with simon and oie, in which they spoiled me rotten, especially on the weekend, we went to visit some more or less remote places. Simon told me that not a lot of foreigners take the trouble and the time to drive deep into the rural [View Full Entry]

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Dear all, Thank you so much for all the messages that you have send me, it really means a lot to me, they make me smile big time. This is for me the first time in an Cambodian internet cafe, and everything is just going fine. Because of the vaccines I had not been feeling so wonderful the last week, but this morning I woke up feeling more energized than I had in weeks. It must be all that wonderful weather we have here. I have been getting up at 6 am every morning, so that is when most of you [View Full Entry]

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Dear friends and family, Its late or rather is early, its 8 am local time, and 1 am dutch time, and I am exhausted. I have not yet arrived at my final destiantion. But I am not at the airport of kuala lumpur, waiting for the flight. I still have to wait 1.5 hours. How wonderful it is that they have wireless internet. Although they also offer free internet at service points as well. I must confess it was a wonderful flight here, wonderful cabincrew, with the result that they wanted my email adress and visit me next time they would [View Full Entry]

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Dear Friends and Family, As promised the first entry would be published before leaving for Cambodia. And yes the day is almost here; tomorrow I will leave for the biggest adventure of my life (so far). And as you know I have decided to create an online journal. Of course you all know my lack of self-discipline so it probably will not be on a too regular basis. However, I will try to send something at least every 2 weeks. As I am such an internet freak, I doubt I can let 2 week go by without checking. That might however [View Full Entry]

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