This one is our mistake This kind of photo shows how much we have improved.. All of us want go forgin and settle down there.. We do not care about our country.. We want only our happiness .. If everyone of us try surly we solve the issues without our gvt help. . My dream is to help this kind of childrns am sure I can do this..
Oops Yikes. You left the country when I wasn't looking. Sorry I missed your departure. My brain's not working right these days. I'm looking forward to reading about your adventures. You two are at the extreme other end of my agoraphobic continuum. And for that, my hat is off to you. Best wishes for your wonderful future. xxxx, Sara
Can always count on you, Darrell Darrell - Will you ever be in Siem Reap? I have no idea who you are, but you should come and we should go out for a beer...
New Hope.. Hey,
Just stumbled across your blog - I see you subscribe to mine. I know New Hope well as my boyfriend was the pharamacist there and I helped out in the medical room with Tracy as I know her socially. She is a great girl and it would be awesome if you could take over her role :) Thanks for all the help you have given them. I am surprised I haven't bumped into you at all. Ellie
hmmm.... Must say that this entry made me think not only of my own experience of Cambodia, but of my sincere feeling that you, Steve, and Jaz are making an amazing, inspiring choice in how to play out this life. Hope. Such a beautiful word filled with potential. I am filled with it for you and all in the Khmer community that you touch and I can feel your bittersweet sentiments from here...
moving Hi, 2 meanings to that title of mine. This blog was very moving and evoked a deep emotional reaction from me. And I can't wait till we move there. Thanks Jess you are so good at giving us readers a real sense of the Khmer world you experience.
Jaz learning Khmer, very cool! MISS you, LOVE, me
ON the hook Sorry, Jess, but you are so on the hook. The expereinces that you write about, and post pictures of, keep many of us entertained, given us food for thought, and in more than a few cases, inspired some travel or plan of travel as well. There are hints of spring here but I still long for a day like the one that you described. It seems a world away. What surprises me, but shouldn't, is how much there is to explore.
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potty training 101
Bill and I could have written that message. It is exactly what we told people to do on our boat! And remember Underhill? The septic system was practically non-existent, so boys and men - outside, girls don't flush unless you have to. Interesting layout of houses. 101 degrees!!!! Oh, lord, how I remember the heat!
kudos Hi, KUDOS to you and Erin, I imagine you are building up your patience. Both w/ the pace of learning (though the students are impressive) and w/ the Eng. lanquage. PJ's to school, well Jaz and her buddies were doing that for years here. Ha ha. LOVE, me
Young people who want to learn . . . hmmmm . . . Jess, I am amazed at how much the young people seem to really want to learn, there. It seems so different than in the United States, doesn't it? - Or have I been away from having young kids so long that I am not aware of an aggressive desire to learn among our youth of today? This was interesting to learn a bit about how you teach them. Regards, Tom
What fun! Wow! Your photographs are very fine. And I loved the narrative just the way you wrote it. I feel so blessed to be able to read what you have put together. Your exposures seem perfect. I know it is an effort to put together the writing and put up the photographs, but it is DEEPLY APPRECIATED by me. The smaller number of photographs you used to illustrate the story were very appropriate to get across the mood of the story. An added pic of the grinning monk would have fit in. I think your framing of your pictures is better and better, and many of them seem more complete and well composed. Sometime I would like to see a number of pictures of the little spirit houses close up and then also in context of the bigger houses. How do people relate to these structures? Maybe you will find someone who can tell you about them. Do they put little offerings next to them? Among the collection of all the photos it was interesting to see the trucks with soil in them. It would be interesting sometime to see some construction projects in action that trucks like these are feeding into. Be interesting to see the insides of some peoples houses on stilts if that would not be too intrusive. It was interesting to see the pictures of the young people carrying things on their heads. It makes me think of your father's and my introduction to the world of work on our place on Shelburne Road where we had to milk the cow every day and learned about working as part of the family process of living. I am glad you show us what the dishes look like. Get Erin to take some more pictures of you and Jaz as you go about these trips. Not pictures of you smiling for the camera, but as you are doing stuff, like talking with people or buying something. For me documenting an experience here in Hawaii I really don't like it so much to have people look at the camera. That makes it like another snapshot. But if people are doing something or looking at something else it is like you are getting to opportunity to tune into their world experience. When I get my digital camera
fixed I will do a walk through our local farmers' market and show you the pics from that. Fun to see the pic of Jaz with her friend. Looks like she likes him.
thanks Hi, GREAT photos, though you should be posting more food shots. Your blog entry helped me get over a really frustrating /mad dream I had. Thanks. Can't wait to get there. LOVE, me
You made my day You made my day with this new blog. Sunday morning couldn't be better!! Love the pics and narrative and can't wait to get back there!!! I raise my coffee cup to you!!
What IS the difference? Glad to hear you are all well and enjoying life in the "too hot" zone. Jaz is going to have to get more than HS credit for the work she is doing there! You are a great writer , so if you are learning English grammar from Jaz- she needs college credit! Kind of sorry to hear that the city is getting to be more tourist filled. I guess the word is out. Have you looked at houses to rent? One final question- what kind of cigarettes can you buy for 28 cents? I would definately take up smoking again at that price! Please enjoy your stay and say hi to Erin and the ants. Marti
Safely landed, missed your blogs Hi Jess - happy to hear you have made it safely and are settling in enough to start blogging us again. Who is Erin? I haved missed reading your blogs. It's great to have them back. Please say hi to Jaz for us. Taking an exotic trip to Waltham this weekend to visit Trev. Slightly less than 37 hours to get there:)
I'll bet you had something todo with the upswing in traffic in Siem Reap Don't you think all the excellent travelblogs you write have intrigued enough people to enjoy for themselves the delights of the place Jaz loves? Man....butter at $8 a pound.....
It's a case for Grammar Girl! Jess,
Try Grammar Girl: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/present-tense-novel.aspx
She's kind of awesome and my resource when I can't explain our little English intricacies.
j
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This kind of photo shows how much we have improved.. All of us want go forgin and settle down there.. We do not care about our country.. We want only our happiness .. If everyone of us try surly we solve the issues without our gvt help. . My dream is to help this kind of childrns am sure I can do this..