School Starts Tomorrow

School Tomorrow – Day 41 Mar 17

Last day of the holidays!

I am a little apprehensive of travelling to rural Cambodia tomorrow to stay for a week at the school Juan and others have been building.  I haven’t even done my homework really. 

I have:

Jo and Taran who are keen and Jo has packed clean sheets

Four lesson plans from Paul

A full orientation program from Juan to further bolster our conviction that this is a worthy and happy undertaking.

The knowledge, gathered over many years I might add, that life cannot be one long holiday (boo hoo).

 A glowing ember of enthusiasm to attempt empowerment of powerless youths and a smidgeon of belief that I (and they) might derive satisfaction from it.

We and our friends have raised £1500 (so far) for the school so have been helpful anyway and have plenty of names to put on bricks and trees. Thank you.

A bit of a dread of heat, mosquitos, poor hygiene, bad food and closed communities of strangers.

I shall try. We shall see.  We can always bail out if we don’t like it.  No bad feelings folks.

Today we temporarily moved our apartment base for 2 weeks; same rent at $12 per night but much more dusty and no Sangker; the bar lounging cat.  We shall return.

We will as the plan is to end up helping in another of Juan’s school much nearer Battambang and for a longer time.

Everyone feeling a little uncertain and the move didn’t help but we went to the riverside gardens for a bit of civic evening park life.  It is a civilized and peaceful place and time of day.

Jo and Taran joined in the exercise class.  I watched.  I can never get the steps right.  Is it a bloke thing?