The rains have started...
The rains are here, which i think for a lot of people is a great relief, they are late and means that
a lot of farmers have started to think about emergency water pumping for their crops. Friday's downpours flooded the streets of Phnom Penh but i think that is pretty normal and people just adapt and get on with it. The nice thing though is that it will just rain late afternoon each day so the days are normally dry and sunny and you can get on and do all you need to do and then just make sure you're home in time for the storm! Last night i got caught 
coming home - it's amazing the amount of water that falls and how quickly the streets start to fill up!
a lot of farmers have started to think about emergency water pumping for their crops. Friday's downpours flooded the streets of Phnom Penh but i think that is pretty normal and people just adapt and get on with it. The nice thing though is that it will just rain late afternoon each day so the days are normally dry and sunny and you can get on and do all you need to do and then just make sure you're home in time for the storm! Last night i got caught 
coming home - it's amazing the amount of water that falls and how quickly the streets start to fill up! The weekend was relatively quiet. We had a nice dinner on Saturday night - Anna-Miaj is leaving soon and cooked a typically Finnish meal. It was really lovely, fresh fish, mashed potato and lots of amazing mushrooms. The night continued at Pontoon for a few drinks - it's such a nice bar and a good place to people watch!
I spent Sunday afternoon at the orphanage. I bought them the game Twister - i wanted to buy 
something that they could understand pretty quickly and something that could have a whole heap of them playing at once. It worked really well and i was so impressed - they must have played for a good couple of hours. I think the last time i played Twister was on Christmas Day in Madagascar in 2002. A fair bit of alcohol was consumed and it was a lot of fun! There was no alcohol involved in this game but they seemed to enjoy it, which is the main thing. 
I sat and spoke to Pan (big Mama) that runs the orphanage. She's a lovely lady. She was once a journalist but during Khmer Rouge times was imprisoned as they thought she was involved with politics. She was in jail for a long time and lost a lot of her family. She decided whilst she was in jail that she wanted to try and help the children that would lose so much because of the war. There are going to be problems in 2008 as she may be forced to sell her property and she's not sure she will be able to afford something as big as she has now. It might mean she has to re-house the orphans. I don't think she really know how she will tackle this yet but it's a very real concern.
something that they could understand pretty quickly and something that could have a whole heap of them playing at once. It worked really well and i was so impressed - they must have played for a good couple of hours. I think the last time i played Twister was on Christmas Day in Madagascar in 2002. A fair bit of alcohol was consumed and it was a lot of fun! There was no alcohol involved in this game but they seemed to enjoy it, which is the main thing. 
I sat and spoke to Pan (big Mama) that runs the orphanage. She's a lovely lady. She was once a journalist but during Khmer Rouge times was imprisoned as they thought she was involved with politics. She was in jail for a long time and lost a lot of her family. She decided whilst she was in jail that she wanted to try and help the children that would lose so much because of the war. There are going to be problems in 2008 as she may be forced to sell her property and she's not sure she will be able to afford something as big as she has now. It might mean she has to re-house the orphans. I don't think she really know how she will tackle this yet but it's a very real concern.
posted by Mima @ 10:03 am
1 Comments:
It looks a bit wet over there!! Be careful when you're out and about then sis.
The theatre outing looked great and it's good to hear that the kids enjoyed it. You are a good friend to all of them and I'm sure that they appreciate all that you're doing for them.
Havea good week and thanks for the updates. It's fascinating to see what you're up to.
Dom xx
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