It seems that just as I am about to leave a country, something happens to remind me I am not at all in control of things. July 1, the day before I was to fly home, the Cambodian People Party held political rallies in preparation for the July 23 elections in Cambodia. There were miles and miles of people on motorbikes wearing blue, waving Cambodian flags, with loudspeakers, music and of course lots of armed security guards all over the streets. There were numerous parades of people throughout Phnom Penh starting at 4:00 am and going to around 9:00 pm from now until the elections. The political rallies have been criticised as a sham as the Cambodian People Party is the only party running, as the main opposition party was prevented from running and dissolved in 2017 over an alleged coup attempt, with scores of its members imprisoned or exiled and civil dissent crushed So, July 2 I made an extra early trip to the airport to avoid being caught up in traffic jams and security surrounding the rallies. After 13 hours of sitting in airports waiting for flights and 16 hours flying time, I arrived home at 1:30 am. I left Cambodia on July 2, and arrived home July 2 - the miracle of travel. I flew from Phnom Penh to Taiwan with no problems, and from Taiwan to Vancouver with no problems. And then I came to the Vancouver Airport. I went through Customs, picked up my luggage and looked for my gate to get to Nanaimo. There was no indication of what to do with my 70 lbs of luggage. I asked an Air Canada person, and they thought maybe I could try the bag dropoff at one place. No, not the correct one. They suggested I try another place. That was the one. Signage would have been helpful. Then, going through security. The line up snaked back and forth for a very long way. Going through security, the staff was stressed and snippy. My tray was pulled over because although my computer was taken out and on the tray, I didn’t remove the protective covering. That meant another wait in line for someone to check my computer and give me a reprimand. Then, to the gate for my 10:10 pm flight to Nanaimo. Delay for 1 hour - there were no flight attendants or pilot available for the flight. Finally, a flight attendant showed up, but another 1 hour delay as we waited for a pilot. A 2 hour delay for a 12 minute flight. I’m not sure how Asia is able to manage air travel, but yet Canada has such problems. I have been back for 2 days, and as anyone who has travelled, it seems like I never left. For a brief time, I feel like I was plucked out of one reality by one of the machines that picks up a toy with a claw, and then dropped in another totally different reality. I love the stimulation and challenges of travel, but it is also great to be home doing mundane things like laundry and dishes…at least for a while. Thanks for following along on my mini adventure.
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As any teacher knows, the last few weeks of school are a bit crazy. Both teachers and students are tired, and anticipating a well needed break. All the assessments have been done, and everyone is in the thick of report cards. Report cards have to be very carefully worded. Instead of “Johnny is a little shit” it is “Johnny needs to work on self discipline when collaborating with others in a team environment.” For the most part, students I have worked with internationally have been motivated, resilient, eager to learn and with very few behavior issues. That could be in part because, since it is a private school, the school has control over who can attend, and if serious issues arise, students can be asked to leave. But mostly, the students are genuinely just nice kids. So, in the upcoming 2 weeks in regards to school - finish report cards, Sports Day, Spirit Week (not sure what that is), a Danceathon afternoon, Transition Day, Leaving Assembly, and the big CIS Goes Madd musical production. Although all this sounds exciting, having students out of routine can be exhausting for everyone. It also involves taking down all the displays on the classroom walls, returning books and IT equipment, and general classroom cleaning. As for things at the apartment, although I have only been here for 4 months, there are certain things I had to buy that are needed on a daily basis such as pots, dishes, cutlery, a coffee pot, toaster, dish towels, clothes hangers, an iron, and a fan just to name a few things. Now, the countdown is on to sell whatever I can to recoup some expenditures. Clothes I brought will mostly be given away to the migrant workers across the alley as well as many smaller items. All that has to be dealt with. There are a few things I want to bring back to Canada. So, some last minute shopping at the market and then hopefully everything will fit in one suitcase. As well, bills need to be paid, and then bank accounts closed. This whole process of winding down here and getting my mindset ready to go back to Nanaimo is making me miss home a lot. In the meantime, I will take full advantage of the swimming pool at the apartment, inexpensive meals at amazing restaurants, pedicures, and massages because I know for sure, I will be in sticker shock when I return. I got a lot of interesting feedback from quite a few people on my last post thanking me for showing the “real” Cambodia. What is very odd, is that both the rich and the poor co-exist side by side here, so both sides are the “real” Cambodia. That is the juxtaposition that is Cambodia. Read on, and there is yet another side of Cambodia, and that is the rural areas. Rainy season is in full swing in Phnom Penh. It often starts with a big wind, then the clouds come in, then a few drops of rain, and then a full on deluge. If you are outside when this happens, you have about 10 minutes to find cover. It happens so fast! It can almost be predictable some days, as for a few days at a time, it often comes at the same time, usually when I am ready to leave the school. Then the temperature cools down from about 42 degrees all the way to 32 degrees. It is a welcome relief from the heat, but in hours, the temperature goes up again. Being in a tuk tuk when it rains is also an adventure, as the streets are flooded and traffic grinds to a very slow crawl or stops. A few weeks ago, I had a girls day out with a friend from school, and a friend from our apartment building. We rented a remorque (a motorcycle with a carriage to carry 4 people), then stopped at Starbucks for a coffee, and our first stop was to the Golden Wat and then another Wat. From there, we took a ferry from Phnom Penh to a small island called Koh Dach, otherwise known as Silk Island. Did I mention the temperature was 46 degrees! This was a revisit for me, as I was there 2016 but new to the other ladies. I have not ventured far from Phnom Penh this time, as I have seen most places I wanted to see, including Siem Reap twice, the Mondulkiri Elephant Rescue reserve, the islands off the coast of Cambodia, and the pink dolphins in the Mekong River off Battambong. Living in Asia for for 5 years full time and 2 years part time has given us the luxury of travel we may not otherwise have had. Although Silk Island is a short distance from PP, it is really another different world. It has an actual silk farm where you can see the process from larvae to worm to cocoon, how they boil the cocoon to get the silk, how they weave it and then the final product, all done by hand. Quite amazing. Silk Island is rural Cambodia with cows on the side of the road, and agriculture. Although some tourists go to visit Silk Island, Caucasians are still an oddity and we get lots of curious looks and giggles. Often mothers bring their babies over to see us, and the babies are quite traumatized and start crying and hiding their faces! We ended our day with a pizza from a wood fired pizza oven on the island. Another nice event was watching a choir called Musica Felice, which sang at one of the fancy hotels. Along with the choir members, children from Empowering Youth Cambodia attended and did a song and dance with the choir. I connected with Empowering Youth through a yoga teacher I had last time in Phnom Pehn who is actively involved with Empowering Youth. This organization runs 5 schools for the poorest children in PP who couldn’t afford to go to regular school because they could not even afford the uniforms. The Canadian International School has since paired up with these schools, and any fundraisers the school has donates the proceeds to EYC. The money raised from Musica Felice was also donated to EYC. The construction site outside my bedroom window continues to be a source of amazement for me. The cement has been poured, and some nights, construction goes on late into the night with only floodlights and flashlights. Workers are now dangling from the first floor with no safety equipment or hard hats. My social life has slowed down significantly this past week. The friend from school (who also lives in the same apartment as I do) has been sick for over a week now, and has not been able to go to school. And then, on the way back from getting groceries, I stumbled (not even fell, but a small trip) and sprained my knee. I was off school Friday, and I can now hobble around slowly. So far in the past 12 months, one broken elbow, one broken ankle and a sprained knee. I must be done if things come in threes.
So much for this post. There will be more when I am back on my feet! So far, most of this blog has been about life as an expat in Cambodia, which I admit, I really enjoy. But there is also the reality of Cambodia being a developing country. And it is often difficult to reconcile the glamour and glitz of the new Cambodia with the other Cambodia. It appears on the surface that Phnom Penh is more affluent than it was when I was last here 5 years ago, and that there is more of a middle class than before, so that made me curious to look up some actual facts.
Here is the other side of a developing Cambodia Child Labour Child labour is an everyday reality for around 45% of children age 5 to 14 in Cambodia. It is estimated that more than 300,000 children are required to work to support the needs of their families in jobs such as the following:
Orphanages The number of orphanages in Cambodia has increased by more than 75% since 2005. Over 80% of the children in these orphanages are not orphans but are children from poor families. The families often believe – or are convinced – that sending their child to live in a residential care home will provide them a better start in life as they will receive an education, nutrition and healthcare. The government continues to run 23 orphanages, while the number of NGO-run residential homes for young children grew from 154 in 2005 to around 225 in 2013. The lucrative business that orphanages represent due to their capacity to attract foreign visitors, volunteers and overseas funding. Water Out of its population of 16 million people, 12 million people (72% of the population) lack access to a reliable, safely managed source of water, and 3.8 million people (23%) lack access to improved sanitation solutions. Pollution Population growth and rapid economic growth are causing environmental pollution. Economic development activities have created significant environmental consequences, including air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and solid waste. Our Teacher Assistants at the school would be part of the new middle class. While a teacher at our school earns the same or more than a teacher in Canada, the average wage of a Teacher Assistant at the school would be about $350 US a month. Construction workers are migrant workers that come in from the villages. When I was last at the school, there were migrant workers who built the large office building across from the school. They built tin shacks along the fence in the work site. They were not supposed to bring their families, but many did, so we would look out the windows of our multi million dollar school to see barefoot children playing in the dirt across the street. There was no reliable water source for the workers, so often when we came to school, you would see workers using the taps used to water the garden outside the school to wash themselves. I can’t even imagine what the sanitation facilities were like. It was difficult to see our pampered CIS children playing in a beautiful grassy field with all kinds of playground equipment, while the children across the street played in the dirt. I came up with an idea I hoped would work. Every teacher is required to do 2 extracurricular events after school hours. I thought it would be great to buddy our students up with a child from across the road to do art activities with, have our students teach them games, and play with them on the playground. That idea went nowhere for a few reasons.
Currently there are a few migrant families living in the house across the alley from our apartment building, with an indeterminate number of children and a skinny puppy as well. They often play on the construction site with bare feet and bare bottoms. They were out the other day kicking a water bottle about. So, a friend and I went to the Mall, and bought a huge bag of toys to give to the kids. We are waiting for a time when they are all out to give them to the children. I also bought some dog food for the skinny puppy that lives with them. One of the ladies in our apartment has taken over feeding the numerous cats living around our building, half of which are pregnant at any one time. As mentioned, it is hard to reconcile the mega malls and the beautiful architecture of many of the glamorous high rise buildings to the other realities of Cambodia, and they exist glaringly side by side. Because the temperatures are hovering around 45 degrees, it is difficult to get outside to exercise, so today, I will be going to Chip Mong 271, a mega mall for a walk. I continue to be grateful that with the luck of fate, or whatever you believe, I am on the right side of the economic divide. Life is going pretty smoothly these days, and things are becoming routine, so feel free to skip over this long and uneventful blog post. No offence taken! The classroom is settled, the apartment is settled and there was a week off for Khmer New Year. I was concerned that with many people going away, I would not find much to do, but…not the case! I finally got a chance to play the guitar I purchased about 3 weeks ago, and actually started an art project (not yet finished). That, along with a few Netflix shows, some exploring, a massage, a haircut, time by the pool and a few dinners out, the week flew by! There is usually a frenzy around holiday time with teachers going everywhere, but I totally enjoyed my time in Phnom Penh. Then, back to school, where all teachers and staff had to undergo Covid 19 testing. Although things seem pretty much back to normal, there were 2 teachers I know of that were out with Covid, one for 14 days and one for 10 days. Cambodia’s tourist industry is still suffering from the Covid outbreak, and it is said that Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is located is still at about 30% of normal tourism. So, perfect time to visit if you haven’t already seen this amazing site! My birthday was a lot of fun. The students at school were so excited and so sweet! I received birthday greetings in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and English! The students I am working with are new to the school from other countries, and at an English speaking school with no English. Despite the upheaval in their lives, the students are resilient, keen to learn. and a pleasure to work with! One thing I love about teaching at an international school is hearing about the different places teachers have lived and taught. Conversations often involve stories from Mali, Lebanon, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Dubai, Spain, Scotland to name a few and then my own of Ghana, Honduras and Macau. Some of the teachers have had their children when overseas (Third Culture kids) where the children have never been brought up, or even visited their parents' home country. Many of the students at the school are also Third Culture kids. Settling into expat life again is remarkably easy. The apartment gets cleaned twice a week, an evening out for supper with 2 glasses of wine the other night was $10.00. Needless to say, this is not helping with the waistline. Since I have decided it is too expensive to cook, my newest effort to feed myself is a place called Nom Nom, where you have a choice of healthy meals that you order by the week or the month. The cost of a meal including delivery is between $4.50 and $7.00 a meal. There is a special on now, where you can buy 20 meals for either $76 or $116 depending on the meal. I’m excited to try this out! There is also lots going on around town. Last week a friend and I went to a movie at the mall for a cost of $3.50. Last time I went to a movie in Canada it was $15.00. For a midweek treat yesterday, we went to see 2 visiting Indian musicians, one on sitar and one on drums that were playing at an art gallery for free. Tomorrow a movie at a cultural center, and next week is a choir singing at the Sofitel Hotel. Today was a trip to Toul Tom Pong Market. The markets are so interesting, as there are tourist souvenirs beside a wet market, beside fabric, beside baby clothes, beside mechanic tools. It is always a surprise what you will run into. Because the markets are not air conditioned, an early morning trip is always the best. Temperatures here are getting hotter and rainy season is just starting. For anyone who has not been in the tropics for rainy season, it is an experience! The wind picks up and it rattles the windows and doors in buildings, and then the rain comes down in sheets. An umbrella is of no use, as it would just get broken from the downpour. The sewer systems cannot keep up, so streets are temporarily flooded, so if you are walking, you are soon up to your calves in who knows what. Everything pretty much stops until things clear up, which is usually within an hour or so. Today, the temperature was 38 degrees but felt like 44 degrees. When you leave an air conditioned building to go outside, it feels like you have walked into an oven. Sweat drips from your eyelids and your clothes are soaked with perspiration. The good thing is that when you wash your clothes, they dry in about an hour. The air quality in Phnom Penh has also gotten worse over the last week. Students were not able to play outside for a few days due to the pollution index. Here for 9 weeks, 10 weeks left to go. It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, which means things are going well. I have settled into my new apartment and I am loving it! I have my classroom up and running, so things are going well there as well. I am now off for a week for Khmer New Year. It is a huge event here, with most of Phnom Penh shutting down for Friday, Saturday and Sunday as most workers go back to the provinces where their families are. That means very few restaurants are open, few tuk tuks running and few grocery stores open. Not sure what I will have to do if I actually have to cook! Life here is very easy for an expat. Food is delivered to your place for between .25 cents to .75 cents. The number of amazing restaurants here is mind boggling, including Indian, Greek, Chinese, Korean, Western, Vegan, Vegetarian, Steak houses… These restaurants are all available through an app that you put in the kind of food you would like, and a variety of restaurants come up with your food choice. The food is then delivered to your door. The other night I was at an Italian restaurant and had gnocchi with feta cream sauce and walnuts, a juice with mint and ginger, and creme brulee for $13.00 US. Often I will order a meal at a restaurant and take half home for either lunch or supper. Another night was a Greek vegetarian platter for 2 for $12.00 which included pita bread, 2 salads, zucchini fritters and lots of other appetizers which lasted 3 meals. So I have concluded, no point cooking! The new apartment has a great rooftop pool where the water is perfect to swim in, with a sauna, a steam room and an exercise room (not sure why anyone in Cambodia needs a sauna or steam room as we live in one). This week the plan is a friend and I will order Mama Wong's dumplings, bring a bottle of wine, and sit by the pool for a picnic. Most of the other teachers have gone to far off places, like Bali, Maldives, Thailand and some of the islands off Cambodia, but I am so excited to be finally settled and just enjoy some downtime. I am planning on doing some art, play the new guitar I purchased, maybe do some art quilting, read and sit by the pool. On Friday at the school, the Khmer teachers organized a day of activities for the students. The first event was a presentation about Khmer New Year, and how and when it is celebrated. Many of the events center around the pagodas where offerings of lotus flowers, incense, food and a can of coke are brought. Then students went from station to station and did some traditional Khmer activities, some of which are very similiar to things we do, such a tug of war, an egg and spoon race, flower making art activity and many more stations. I was at the Apsara dance station in the yoga studio of the school. Two dance instructors came and taught students from ranging from 4 years old to 12 years old various apsara dance steps. I was one of the lucky people who had a station in the school with air conditioning, as the temperature for outdoor activities was 39 degrees but felt like 42 degrees. Other news, the construction site across from the apartment continues to be an area of interest for me. It goes from a construction site from 7:00 am to about 7:00 pm when the floodlights go on, to a volleyball court, to a children’s playground to a place to play cards. The newest purchase is now a karaoke machine, which has to be turned up full blast until about 11:00 pm. Rainy season has just started with sheets of rain, thunder and lightning last night. I was thinking that might put a damper on karaoke, but they just moved indoors. With about four 25 storey highrise apartments surrounding the building site, I’m sure everyone is as thrilled as I am to have this new karaoke machine, but with all the hard work that these people do, I am happy they have some fun as well! I just need some better ear plugs. It has been a very long month of problem solving. When I arrived, the school had no classroom for me, no desks, no filing cabinet, no stationary, no bookcase, no timetable, no resources (like puzzles or games) , no budget and no assessments or even the names of the students I was to teach. I had lots to do to get that organized. It was like they didn't know I was coming! Initially, I had one room, but it was too small for 5 large Grade 4 students. Then another room that was more like a greenhouse, as it heated up to 32 degrees in the afternoon as the air con didn’t work and there was no wifi. I did get a baby change table that could be used for a bookshelf though. I held it together until last week when a kind kindergarten teacher asked how I was doing, and I cracked. I had a good cry in her classroom, and was given lots of support and hugs and off I went to my greenhouse (I mean, classroom). A few hours after I got back to the room, the principal stopped in and I was still a bit teary. I think they finally got the picture. The Head of Schools and Student Support then came to see the room, and a decision was made to move me to another room…Finally! I am now settled into my third space and it is working well. Last week I spent assessing students. I have 20 students in total from Senior Kindergarten to Grade 4 that I pull out of the classroom by grade level to teach English to. They are amazing students and most have settled in well, considering they have all recently arrived from another country to a school where they have no English and no idea what is going on for a good part of their day. So now that they have all been assessed AND I have a room, I can finally start really teaching. Last weekend some friends I taught with in Macau came to visit, so I finally got the full tour of the school, and got to revisit/discover some places in Phnom Pehn. The teachers and admin (except for the space issue) at the school have been so supportive. One night after school, one of the Grade Teams had a get together with beer/wine, pizza and charades which I was invited to. Next night was a ladies night (all of us over 60 years old) with more beer/wine and pizza. As I mentioned in a FB post, the Southeast Asian Pacific Games (SEA Games) will be here in May. It has been decided that all local schools will be closed from April 20 until May 17 however, as we are an Alberta accredited school with final exams at that time, we are able to stay open. These closures are to help alleviate traffic congestion (it is already craziness) and there will also be a lot of security everywhere with roads blocked off. I happen to live in Olympia City Hotel next to Olympia City Stadium. It is likely I will be affected by traffic and security trying to get to school, so today I went apartment hunting. I found a cute apartment just blocks from the school for $200 less than I am paying now. Now the problem is that I signed a 4 month contract where I am, so I’m waiting to hear if I can break the contract and move. Crossing my fingers. After a few glasses of wine, a foot and body massage and a pedicure, I feel I am ready to face whatever challenges are coming my way next week! Below are random photos from my week. March 11/23 Well, I have survived my first full week of school. I can’t believe I have only been in Phnom Penh for just over 2 weeks and at the school for just over a week. I have been on a steep learning curve figuring out the ropes and problem solving, both at the apartment, the school and learning to navigate Phnom Penh again. My Mastercard has been locked twice, and Duane has had to deal with that. I’m unable to access money, as my bank account is not up and running, and add to that, no wifi on my phone, so some things have been frustrating, and exhausting to deal with. However, there are definitely perks about being back in Asia, in that some things are very easy. There are many great, inexpensive restaurants, pubs and wine bars, many are in lovely settings like gardens or trendy buildings. Massages are inexpensive. I pay $27 for an excellent massage at the hotel. The staff at the school have been amazing and very friendly, and I have been invited out to many events. Transportation is easy in that there is a phone app, similar to Uber, where you order your tuk tuk and they have your pick up point, drop off point and there is the cost shown. It’s not always reliable, as many drivers are not familiar with how the maps work but in theory, it’s good. Paying for things here is also easy. If I go to pay for something at Starbucks, or go to pay for a tuk tuk, a QR code comes up, you scan the QR code, and money comes out of your account, similar to a debit card. People also have their own QR codes, so if I want to transfer money to a friend, I scan her QR code and done. Seems so progressive. I wanted a guitar here so I can practise. I sent a Facebook message to a music store, asked about an inexpensive guitar, and within an hour, a guitar was at the hotel for a $1.00 delivery charge. Now, after a massage, room service and a glass of wine, I’m ready to take on whatever challenges next week has to offer!
If you know me, you know that I think of air travel as a necessary evil. I was dreading my 13 hour flight from Vancouver to Taipei. I never take any kind of drugs on a plane, as I want to know if I am going down (for some reason). This time, however, I decided I should try. The flight to Taipei took off around 1:30 am. As soon as we got on the flight, a meal was served. After that, I decided to take an Ativan. Apparently I woke up about 8 hours later. Both my seatmates were quite concerned that maybe I wasn’t breathing or something was wrong, but I had a great sleep! After that, a movie, breakfast was served, and we were in Taipei. Fastest long flight ever! Then an uneventful trip to Phnom Penh. Arrived at the Phnom Penh airport, got my work visa, through customs and to collect my luggage. No luggage. Filed a luggage claim, and was met by the Canadian International School staff and driven to Olympic City Hotel. Although the 1 bedroom apartment is a “serviced apartment”, there are only 2 of everything, like plates, bowls, forks, etc. But no tea towels, dish clothes,dish soap, can opener, toaster,or coffee maker. But it is cleaned 3 times a week. And only 4 clothes hangers in the closet. Not a problem at this point, as I had no clothes to put away. So, along with buying groceries from scratch, I have been shopping for some basic kitchen necessities in order to have a working kitchen and to be able to put clothes away, which thankfully arrived the next day. The 1 bedroom apartment I have is lovely but needs a few tweaks. For example, there are 2 sinks in the bathroom but no place to hang a towel, the bathroom shower doesn’t drain into the bathroom, but runs into the bedroom, there is a built-in nightstand in front of the closet, so it is difficult to access your clothes. All small things but a reminder you are in Cambodia This morning I woke up to hear the sounds of Buddhist monks chanting in the Wat across the street. Here is a view from my window. Again, it is hard to reconcile seeing a huge 7 story glitzy mall from one window, and a beautiful wat out the other. Today I also met up with a friend from the school who I originally met in Thailand. We went to a great restaurant and got caught up on all the latest. Today, coffee at Starbucks with another friend, then off to the school to get the rest of the paperwork done and my bank account set up. I feel like I have really hit the ground running! Preah Putt Mean Bon PagodaWell, my bags are packed and I'm ready to go (isn't there a song like that) Another 3 days before I leave! When I last weighed my bags, I was underweight by 1.6 pounds of my alloted 50 pounds. Perfect! Then a friend asked if I could bring over a teaching manual for her. I am now 3.4 pounds overweight. Now the onerous task of finding 3 pounds of clothes or shoes to leave behind.
Although I am excited to go, I sometimes stop and wonder what I was thinking when I made the decision to go back to work in Cambodia! I mean, really, life as a retiree is pretty good and we love our place in Nanaimo. I was originally planning for a 3 month contract that got extended to 4 months, which seems just a bit long, but who knows! Duane will be staying behind in Canada with Toby. I know I will be seeing and messaging with Duane, but it is hard to get Toby to understand I will not be back for a while. Next thing is actually getting to Cambodia. My flight goes from Nanaimo to Vancouver with a 3 1/2 hours lay over. Then there will be a 12 hour flight from Vancouver to Taiwan, a 6 hour layover and then another 3 1/2 hour flight to Phnom Penh. Basically it will take me 2 days travel to get there. That's where the spa at the hotel will come in handy. I have already downloaded Netflix and Amazon Prime movies, audio and ebooks, and have my crochet hooks and yarn to help keep me busy. I have an array of food including beef jerky, cheese, rice cakes, salty snacks, gummy worms, and chocolate bars. I have all my paperwork ready to go. Now, it's hurry up and wait. And finding a way to get rid of that extra 3 pounds. I'm wondering how many clothes I can wear on the plane without anyone getting suspicious! |
BerniceAfter being retired for 4 years, an opportunity came up to go back to the Canadian International School Phnom Penh, where I had worked for 2 years before retiring. Of course, I jumped at the chance. Here is where I will be posting the everyday and often mundane events of going back to work and going back to Cambodia! Archives
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