It is just under 20 degrees Celcius, blue sky with a few scattered white clouds, yet sunny! It’s nice to be able to wearing jeans, shoes and a warm cuddly jacket. It’s quite surreal being back in town- makes me realize how crazy it is that i actually live in Cambodia.

I could describe lots more and give me details but that involves lots of thinking so I will do that another time, when I am not sitting in front of the computer at 2:30 in the morning trying to write this.

I was out at Stanley tonight sitting by the boardwalk, the ocean having a drink and catching up with a friend. I went out at 11pm, and got home a few hours later. It’s the latest Ive been out or gone out in a few months- since they last time I was in HK. It was pretty perfect, the weather, the company and we realized that there were TONS of stars in the sky too! What are the chances?

A week of busyness and fun, here I come!

I turned on the TV this morning hoping to watch my daily CNN coverage of news in the world but of course, it was covering the US election. Where some may think its the most important event in the world at the moment, Im a little sick of hearing about the election. What happened to the rest of the world? I don’t want to make this sound too opinionated but I do look forward to watching news about what’s going with everyone else we live around. 

I would write something a little more meaningful and thoughtful but at the moment, all I can think about is my vacation next week. I have been distracted all week and cant really get much done at work! It will be nice to go around town doing errands, pop in random places to see friends and family, eat food and get fat. 

Okay, well I’ve been getting fat already. I’ve been wanting to go to the gym or do some sort of exercise but because I have been sick the last few weeks. I haven’t had the chance to feel strong enough to do any type of exercise. Dang it. Let’s hope that changes soon. 

Sorry this has been a little random.

A little pain is worth is if it means my heart will be broken to allow God to uphold me. Though the last few days have been painful, physically and mentally, it gave me the chance to read and meditate Gods word. I am still sick but am definitely feeling better than a few days ago. Prayers for full recovery could be appreciated.

On the brighter side, Im getting ready to head back to HK in less than two weeks for Water Festival. One of the biggest holidays here. I have faith and trust that I will be recovered by the time I get back and will be able to go around spending time with family and friends. The many different restaurants I want to go, the movies, the double decker buses, oh the many different adventures. I am so grateful to be able to go back after just a few months away from home. Many, actually most of the missionaries here wont have the chance to go back until at least a year or two in the field. 

The other morning, before moving to a friends apartment for a few days, I didn’t have much to do so I was going through some video clips on my hard drive and decided to make videos out of them. They will be uploaded in the next few days, but even though I was only making them on Imovie. They were a blast from the past. I miss using final cut and I miss being the weirdo sitting in the video tech room in HKIS all day doing nothing but watching tv shows and pretending to work. Im not great at making brilliant videos but they are a great hobby and thats all it matters.

Whats your hobby?

Disclaimer: I don’t know much about economic, I haven’t taken classes or been to economic school. So this post is merely my thoughts. Whether it is right or wrong. I apologize if I am incorrect in my thoughts.

Though the economic meltdown might not be as shocking now as it was a few weeks ago, it continues to affect everyone in the world. All we hear about on the media are big investment banks going bankrupt, how the government is bailing those specific banks out in attempt to make things better.

Either way, what we don’t hear about in the media is the fact that the economic meltdown had a large affect on small businesses and family businesses around the world. From factories who depend on trading company to buy a large amount of products from them to companies and businesses who depend on their client to purchase from them. Many of them have lost money, and perhaps even forced to start over from scratch.

What a bummer. I can’t help anyone out but what I can do, is say, though it might not seem ideal to start over. Your life might change drastically but keep your heads up and know that no matter what happens, you’re right where you are suppose to be.

Stay positive! Things will work out just fine.

Cheers, J

Language is a hard thing to attain. Being here in Cambodia, trying to communicate with tuk tuk and moto drivers is not easy and reminds me about friends in HK who try to learn Cantonese. The most common word I say to the drivers are “Tuol Kork”, which is the area I live in.

I might have an accent when I say it, but I really don’t think I sound much different then the way they say it. I guess that’s the way foreigners think when they learn to speak Cantonese. We hear the difference in the way they say it, but in their minds, they are saying it exactly the way we are saying it.

I think the most frustrating thing is that once they see that I am a foreigner, they don’t even try to understand me. Some eventually figure out what I am trying to say, but others just brush me off and before I even finish talking, they start talking and I assume they are trying to ask me “where?”, etc etc.