So, first week of action! Let me say it has been longer than I thought, as getting used to places always takes quite a long time, especially when you have to get used to washing your clothes by hand, flushing the toilet with a bucket, washing teeth with bottled water, spraying anti mosquito all day long…
As for my work, I have to say teachers are really nice and we have started a contest: I bet I will learn Khmer before you learn English. For now I am close to wining, I can already count to 10, say my name, my age, my country of origin, that I am a teacher...
Apart from that they always take care of me, bringing me ice for the water, fresh fruit, baked muffins… They also pick me up from home, and I’ve been lucky, it has only rained one day, so I was able to avoided repeated odysseys of mudded roads. One is more than enough for the whole week.
Students are the sweetest children, especially the little ones. Even those who are 16 years old still have an innocent look in their eyes. Teaching them has been a challenge as I didn’t know their level at all, and some know a little bit while others can’t even read the Latin alphabet.
Oh, I almost forgot that for my birthday we went to eat traditional soup with some teachers. This was quite a lot of fun and certainly a birthday different from all the others. Well, this is about it, I will upload some pictures later, as right now I'm on my way to Angkor!
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