Title: Jen VSO (
Cambodia)
Status: Active
URL:
http://jenvso.blogspot.com/
All Posts Cached via RSS
The way home? - 25/Aug/2010 14:15 - 5216 days ago
It took me so long to feel a part of it here, that now going home is just a week away I’m really starting to feel, well, sad.I...
Top 10 - 14/Aug/2010 09:34 - 5227 days ago
Things are drawing to a close, and although it hasn’t quite sunken in yet, in less than one month I’ll be sleeping in the sp...
... and then there were three. - 14/Aug/2010 09:12 - 5227 days ago
With just four weeks left to go, my family has finally decided to brave the boarders for a flying visit to the land of Cambodia....
The key to success? - 26/Jul/2010 12:25 - 5246 days ago
It's exam time inSisophon, Cambodia and what greater way to show off weeks of hard study, revision and learning? Pass your Grade...
Untitled - 18/Jul/2010 15:26 - 5254 days ago
Over the last 11 months, I think I have felt every emotion known to man - at ten times its normal magnitude. There was a time wh...
Match of the Day... - 22/Jun/2010 15:47 - 5280 days ago
Here's the video Oly made of our 1GOAL football match. Worth watching, I think!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x8rRSQCnl0...
Fever Pitch - 22/Jun/2010 13:52 - 5280 days ago
Considering that up until two weeks ago I wasn’t even aware that there’s a World Cup this year, I’ve suddenly found myself...
A series of goodbyes... - 15/Jun/2010 10:25 - 5287 days ago
Time’s they are a - changin’ , and after a sudden influx of new volunteers the crossover is coming to an end. Now it’s tim...
Larks in Laos - 09/Jun/2010 06:32 - 5293 days ago
Another admittedly great thing about Cambodia are the number of national holidays. Khmers don’t get annual leave so there are ...
Behind on blogging: catch up one - 09/Jun/2010 05:48 - 5293 days ago
Apparently, I’m not allowed to get away with a token blog entry on ants. I confess, I’ve been so busy lately with work (more...
Ants in my pants - 26/May/2010 12:51 - 5307 days ago
Today I got up to get dressed and put on some of my brand new 100% cotton pants courtesy of my wonderful mother. It wasn't a ple...
A mouse in the house - 24/Apr/2010 00:49 - 5339 days ago
Over this last week I have learnt a very important lesson.At roughly 3am every day for the last month I have been woken up by th...
You know you've been in Cambodia too long when... - 21/Apr/2010 13:45 - 5342 days ago
Inspired by my friendsOlyand Kelsey, I've decided to create my own list of Cambodian conversions too!So.You know you've been in ...
The Jolly Boy's Outing - 04/Apr/2010 14:26 - 5359 days ago
As part of my attempt to encourage people to separate the role of community from the word‘money’, I decided to run a study t...
A new arrival - 15/Mar/2010 13:21 - 5379 days ago
Please meet the newest member of the VSO team. At just eight days old, Suon Alexander is my translator's first baby! Both mum an...
A slightly phiolosophical musing... - 11/Mar/2010 11:29 - 5383 days ago
I’ve recently been asked to be a case study for the TES. As part of this, I was asked to summarise what I’m getting from my ...
Supporting the underdog - 07/Mar/2010 13:32 - 5387 days ago
Now that I'm almost officially back on form, I've followed through on my commitments to the VSO volunteer magazine (Neak Smak Je...
All the Khmer ladies - 27/Feb/2010 07:43 - 5395 days ago
If you’re female and ever go to Cambodia there is one activity that you should not leave the country without doing. Be proud a...
Up, up and away... - 27/Feb/2010 07:14 - 5395 days ago
Having spent the last month (or two) moaning to anyone who will listen, you will be pleased to know that I think the textbook si...
The Khmer Riche - 24/Feb/2010 10:19 - 5398 days ago
An interesting read...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7023700.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1...
Theft - 04/Feb/2010 05:57 - 5418 days ago
And the joys just keep coming. Having been inPhnomPenhfor two weeks, caught up with my girls, learnt some Khmer and generally ha...
Expectations - 04/Feb/2010 05:43 - 5418 days ago
Looking back over my blog, particularly at the photographs, I can see just how easy it is to create an impression of luxury and ...
Hammocks, hamburgers and mojitos: A Cambodian Adventure - 19/Jan/2010 04:54 - 5434 days ago
He came, he saw and he’s gone again. For one whole month I had someone to fix pipes, fight spiders and leave the toilet seat u...
It's all about Bangkok... - 10/Jan/2010 12:48 - 5443 days ago
Almost four months into my placement, the time has come for me to at last visit the neighbours - alas, not Ramsey Street, but an...
Wedded bliss? - 18/Dec/2009 23:09 - 5466 days ago
As I write this entry it is 5.00am. There are two weddings in the local area. One is reasonably quiet, the other seems to me to ...
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... - 18/Dec/2009 16:32 - 5466 days ago
Well, not exactly. It might be winter, but it’s still 30 something degrees outside – the sky is blue, the roads are dusty an...
A lesson in self-reliance and personal motivation - 03/Dec/2009 13:40 - 5481 days ago
Warning: This entry is a little on the long side of acceptable. Perhaps I should have written a bullet-point summary at the end?...
Wildlife - 29/Nov/2009 01:20 - 5485 days ago
Here's a quick insight into the better looking of Cambodia's wildlife. I've yet to be brave enough to photograph a cockroach or ...
A day in the life... - 22/Nov/2009 07:18 - 5492 days ago
And so I’m in Sisophon, and I don’t know where to begin really. When I first arrived it felt like one big ball of emotion, o...
Where there's a will.... - 03/Nov/2009 04:16 - 5511 days ago
What I love about Cambodia is the sheer ingenuity and creativity of its people. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the mone...
Bus trip - 30/Oct/2009 09:10 - 5515 days ago
Yes, I am a geek. Yes, I took some video footage from a bus trip. Yes. I used MoviePlus to edit it....
Landmines - 21/Oct/2009 05:27 - 5524 days ago
To continue with the cheery theme of my most recent blog entry, I thought I’d follow The Killing Fields with an entry on landm...
The Killing Fields - 11/Oct/2009 12:47 - 5534 days ago
The text on the board reads: Magic Tree... The tree was used as a tool to hang a loud speaker which make sound louder to avoid t...
A very fine house - 06/Oct/2009 12:32 - 5539 days ago
Somehow, I’m not entirely sure how – I have ended up with a fairly swanky Cambodian house that is $10 under our allotted bud...
The photo I promised then forgot to upload... - 02/Oct/2009 04:41 - 5543 days ago
...
Language Training - 26/Sep/2009 13:14 - 5549 days ago
Looking back at my previous posts, I’m worried that so far my time in Cambodia is looking a little bit too much like a holiday...
A 'boat' trip - 23/Sep/2009 05:41 - 5552 days ago
I think health and safety would have something to say about this one, although I’m still alive and had a good day – so it wa...
Fried Spider anyone? - 14/Sep/2009 05:59 - 5561 days ago
Welcome to Cambodia. So far I’ve found testicular looking balls of something in my soup and have been dazzled by other local d...
The Ugly Duckling - 11/Sep/2009 05:36 - 5564 days ago
This is just going to be a quick update - I've forgotten the flash drive that links my camera to my computer so I can't upload a...
First Impressions - 06/Sep/2009 09:52 - 5569 days ago
Sorry it’s taken so long for me to post my first ‘proper’ entry. There’s so much going on and so much to think about tha...
The Rules of Motorcycle Training - 08/Jul/2009 16:54 - 5629 days ago
1) A motorbike is not a push-bike. It does not operate in the same way.2) Never, ever, grab the front brake in an attempt to sto...
RSS Status 1 - last refresh 2024-12-05 02:13:01
RSS URL http://jenvso.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
