Mr. Sok is a extremely kind and compassionate person. As a village elder in the town of Bakralein he feels a personal responsibility to better the lives of everyone around him. I installed a PC at his house many years ago and I can easily say it is the best cared for machine of all I maintain. It was still going strong when I checked on him and his family today.
Mr. Sok dreams big. He wants to convert most of his house into a kind of community center to teach computer skills, sewing, and possibly even music. He plays a couple instruments and mentioned that village kids have an interest in that too. I asked him to write up a long term plan complete with cost estimates and a timeline. Without hesitation he's ready to do it. I absolutely love working with people like Mr. Sok who are passionate and ready to make a difference.
Today I finally got to one of the activities I've eyed up for many years now: cooking class at the Paper Tiger restaurant. Their food is quite good and I love the idea of at least properly making a Khmer meal once sounded fantastic. The experience lived up to the expectations and I met a few interesting kids from Australia and England in the process. I say kids because I was obviously the oldest person in the room.
Oh, and I did go to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner last night. It was American in every sense of the word: Taste, quality, and price. That's not a bad thing. It was great to introduce Mony and Prem to American-style barbecue. I've told them about it many times but that's a food group I can't cook. The Hard Rock does it quite well and even flies in hickory wood from Australia.
Mr. Sok dreams big. He wants to convert most of his house into a kind of community center to teach computer skills, sewing, and possibly even music. He plays a couple instruments and mentioned that village kids have an interest in that too. I asked him to write up a long term plan complete with cost estimates and a timeline. Without hesitation he's ready to do it. I absolutely love working with people like Mr. Sok who are passionate and ready to make a difference.
Today I finally got to one of the activities I've eyed up for many years now: cooking class at the Paper Tiger restaurant. Their food is quite good and I love the idea of at least properly making a Khmer meal once sounded fantastic. The experience lived up to the expectations and I met a few interesting kids from Australia and England in the process. I say kids because I was obviously the oldest person in the room.
Oh, and I did go to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner last night. It was American in every sense of the word: Taste, quality, and price. That's not a bad thing. It was great to introduce Mony and Prem to American-style barbecue. I've told them about it many times but that's a food group I can't cook. The Hard Rock does it quite well and even flies in hickory wood from Australia.
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