Lots to report. I think I figured out what happened this year. That unusual increase in Western style, sense of disconnection in the eyes of the locals, and seeing the first Khmer child who is most definitely not suffering from malnutrition and might need to watch it was embodied in the aluminum telescoping rod I saw in the hands of way too many people:
I hereby declare 2015 the year of the Selfie Stick in Cambodia.
Everyone has a smart phone and they aren't afraid to use it. It's no longer a symbol of wealth. Now they appear to be a necessity. My fear for the rise of narcissism is tempered by how that tool could help change life here for the better. It's possible to educate through that thing if we can just upgrade our castle one more level. I just need a minute, hold on.
In other news, I killed a giant spider in my room. I think he was about 2 inches across, maybe 3. It wasn't pretty, but I got the job done. Unfortunately one of his relatives arrived to plot revenge I assume. Last night I fell asleep seeing him in a corner of the room and woke up with him gone. Not too thrilled about that.
Speaking of last night, I could have sworn that I heard a massive thunderstorm come through. Massive rain of biblical proportions. It was enough to wake me up (and realize the spider had moved), but I was too tired to care so I turned over and went back to sleep. When I woke I got out of bed with the unusual feeling of cool water surrounding my feet. There was at least a half inch of water throughout the room (it's all tile).
I figured that rainstorm had gotten under the door or there was an odd slant to the building. They're not quite done with construction after all. I slowly determined that no, it wasn't rain by my acute powers of deduction: "Hmmm... it's wet in my room and not wet everyone else in the entire town of Siem Reap."
A pipe fitting had burst in my bathroom. What I thought was a typhoon coming through was just the sound of water flooding in. I hope it carried away the spider.
I hereby declare 2015 the year of the Selfie Stick in Cambodia.
Everyone has a smart phone and they aren't afraid to use it. It's no longer a symbol of wealth. Now they appear to be a necessity. My fear for the rise of narcissism is tempered by how that tool could help change life here for the better. It's possible to educate through that thing if we can just upgrade our castle one more level. I just need a minute, hold on.
In other news, I killed a giant spider in my room. I think he was about 2 inches across, maybe 3. It wasn't pretty, but I got the job done. Unfortunately one of his relatives arrived to plot revenge I assume. Last night I fell asleep seeing him in a corner of the room and woke up with him gone. Not too thrilled about that.
Speaking of last night, I could have sworn that I heard a massive thunderstorm come through. Massive rain of biblical proportions. It was enough to wake me up (and realize the spider had moved), but I was too tired to care so I turned over and went back to sleep. When I woke I got out of bed with the unusual feeling of cool water surrounding my feet. There was at least a half inch of water throughout the room (it's all tile).
I figured that rainstorm had gotten under the door or there was an odd slant to the building. They're not quite done with construction after all. I slowly determined that no, it wasn't rain by my acute powers of deduction: "Hmmm... it's wet in my room and not wet everyone else in the entire town of Siem Reap."
A pipe fitting had burst in my bathroom. What I thought was a typhoon coming through was just the sound of water flooding in. I hope it carried away the spider.
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