weeks spent in training: 10
trainees in my village: 11 (then 10)
LCFs (Khmer teachers): 3
average bedtime: 900pm
average waking up: 600am
wats in biking distance: at least 8
# of inappropriate conversations held at wats: countless
favorite food: this is a tough one.... i'm split between fried bananas and fruit smoothies
least favorite food: turtle butt
most listened-to song: Today Was a Good Day
mosquitoes killed while squatting on my toilet: hundreds
record for one sitting: 5
injuries/damage to myself: 1 gigantic knee scrape, some torn rib cartilage, and multiple assorted insect bites, including spider, ant, and mosquito
top 10 favorite moments (in no particular order, and in fact this could easily be top 20 or 30 or 100)
1. chillin' with Bob at the "beartuary" and watching bears rip open coconuts like they were made of cotton candy
2. talking with the American ambassador at a pool party (with hamburgers!.... a rare thing)
3. Team Wet Balls!!
4. being bears
5. party shirts....both shopping for them and then wearing them
6. 400am rice-ball-throwing at the wat
7. losing a key
8. the amazing dance performance at the orphanage
9. scavenger hunt in the Penh
10. "is it true?!"
least favorite moments:
1. when Katie left
2. saying goodbye to my host family
3. accidentally swallowing a saomao whole
trainees in my village: 11 (then 10)
LCFs (Khmer teachers): 3
average bedtime: 900pm
average waking up: 600am
wats in biking distance: at least 8
# of inappropriate conversations held at wats: countless
favorite food: this is a tough one.... i'm split between fried bananas and fruit smoothies
least favorite food: turtle butt
most listened-to song: Today Was a Good Day
mosquitoes killed while squatting on my toilet: hundreds
record for one sitting: 5
injuries/damage to myself: 1 gigantic knee scrape, some torn rib cartilage, and multiple assorted insect bites, including spider, ant, and mosquito
top 10 favorite moments (in no particular order, and in fact this could easily be top 20 or 30 or 100)
1. chillin' with Bob at the "beartuary" and watching bears rip open coconuts like they were made of cotton candy
2. talking with the American ambassador at a pool party (with hamburgers!.... a rare thing)
3. Team Wet Balls!!
4. being bears
5. party shirts....both shopping for them and then wearing them
6. 400am rice-ball-throwing at the wat
7. losing a key
8. the amazing dance performance at the orphanage
9. scavenger hunt in the Penh
10. "is it true?!"
least favorite moments:
1. when Katie left
2. saying goodbye to my host family
3. accidentally swallowing a saomao whole
pictures: my host mom and niece; the view from my room/balcony
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