Thursday, July 16, 2009

Last Full Day

It's incredible how time flies. Today was the last full day I have here in amazing Siem Reap. We had yet another awe inspiring dining experience. This time it was a restaurant opened 3 months ago by a world-travelled chef. Nest Angkor offers Japanese styled cuisine, but with some local flair. I was simply blown away. We all agreed that it was something that needed to go into our standard rotation, even if it's more expensive than the other places.

Tomorrow will be another day of class, mostly wrapping up on topics and doing final house-keeping items. For example, today I taught the students at Khnar Tmei about Odds and Probability. There's a bit of a problem in the area with young people spending more of their time on gambling than on studies, so I thought this would be a useful lesson. A simple experiment using a deck of cards and the odds of pulling an Ace from the deck worked wonders. They now saw how you can have moments of gains as a player, but the Casino is gauranteed to win over time because of the number of plays and the mathematics behind it.

Over dinner we also talked about getting friends to come with us to Cambodia. If you're interested, let's start planning now! I'd love to bring you here, even if you just see the temples while I go into the villages to work!

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