Author Archives: Joanne Lam

Dear God, surround me as I speak, the bridges that I walk across are weak Frustrations fill the void that I can’t solely bear. Dear God, don’t let me fall apart you’ve held me close to you I have turned away and searched for answers I can’t understand. Chorus: They say that I can moveContinue reading “faith like a child”

Only a few more weeks till I head back to Hong Kong for a short visit! Quite stoked about it but am enjoying myself here. This weekend will be the first weekend where I don’t have anyone to entertain or a packed schedule- so it should be relaxing. I’ve had the chance to think thisContinue reading “Strange lifestyle much?”

I was just relaxing at home this afternoon, recovering from a fever, and decided to dig through the dvd collection at the house and came across “Freedom Writers”, I have briefly heard about it before but have never watched it. I skimmed the blurb and knew I had to watch it.  A lot of thoughtsContinue reading “Freedom writers”

Sorry it’s been a while since I have written, I have been working on the newsletter this past week. Let me know if you didn’t receive a copy and you would like a copy.   I was sitting at dinner with one of my housemates last night and we got to talking about living inContinue reading “No landmines”

I know I know… you would have never thought. But it’s true! September 29th and the 30th are public holidays here in Cambodia and so we have a long four day weekend. Therefore, a bunch of colleagues and I decided to go to Sihanoukville, a famous beach area a few hours from Phnom Penh. We setContinue reading “Cambodia has beautiful beaches!”