Day 1 of week 3 and the dogs still have the traffic around here figured out better than I have. I mentioned earlier that I have been eating a lot of food that I couldn't possibly identify, some of which include rambutan, lychee, turnips, morning glory, lychee, and this one yellow fruit that is not to be eaten, but only to be smelled.
There are 3 young girls who live next door to me. There's Sok Naa, the eldest at 11, very responsible and intelligent, Sit Lim, the middle child, shy but artistic, and the youngest, Julie, who is 5 years old, and the loudest girl on the street. There really isn't an ounce of shyness in her, and lately she's been walking around wearing only pants or a skirt. At this point, I take it as a complement that she feels comfortable enough to not feel the need to be fully clothed around me. The four of us spent several hours last Sunday coloring with the multi-colored pens that I brought from the States. At first they didn't want to draw more than fruit, because they were embarrassed that they couldn't draw as well as me, (except Julie, she drew whatever her heart desired) but they soon saw that my drawing skills are nothing to be intimidated by. I even showed them how to draw Perry the Platypus. Unfortunately, I don't yet know the Khmer word for platypus.
This here is a picture of my p'dayah. As you can see, there is a net tied from the roof, over me, and to the tree behind me. I'll let you know why it's there when my level of Khmer is adequate enough to ask those kinds of questions.
My bedroom is up the stairs and in the window on the left. The bathroom is downstairs in the back, behind the cows. Apparently, my dad's favorite story to tell people about my house is that I usually have to step over a sleeping cow or two in order to get to the bathroom. I guess that does portray the situation here pretty accurately.
And finally, a warm welcome to the newest addict of Candy Crush, my sister Dany. She only started playing yesterday, and is already on level 12. Yeah.
So good to hear that you are enjoying your stay Emily. I love reading your journal. Since Dany is able to play Candy Crush, and you are able to keep an ejournal, I assume that there is power there. So strange to think that another culture lives so differently than we do. I can't wait to hear more. Stay well and send Dany my congrats on doing so well at the game. I have a really hard time with it. Thanks for sharing.
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