Qing Ming Festival
Honoring our Chinese ancestors, from one grave to a hundred. Continue reading Qing Ming Festival
Category: Letters to Grampa
PST: A Day in the Life
Pre-Service Training: Commence rice-mode. Continue reading PST: A Day in the Life
Eating Flowers
A snapshot of the basic building-blocks for most Khmer dishes. Continue reading Eating Flowers
Num Ansom
These traditional sticky-rice cakes may be a hefty offering for monks and/or loved ones but they sure do seem to disappear quickly. Continue reading Num Ansom
Chinese-Khmer Funeral
Farewell, grandmother, rest in peace. Hello, rice porridge, we meet again. Continue reading Chinese-Khmer Funeral
Motherhood – Part 1: Having It All
My three closest girlfriends are all my age or younger, working women, either with young babies already or expecting them soon. Continue reading Motherhood – Part 1: Having It All
Braindrain
The loss of the young and/or educated from rural Cambodia is creeping in from all angles. Continue reading Braindrain
Rural Cambodian Health Care – Part 1: Initial Impressions
The Jones’ to keep up with in this case are the developed countries with the finest new meds and methods. Continue reading Rural Cambodian Health Care – Part 1: Initial Impressions
The Giving Gourd – Year 1
Thanksgiving the Peace Corps Cambodia way. Continue reading The Giving Gourd – Year 1
Surprise School
You have a re-occurring nightmare in which your hands are dry with chalk, you’re dressed in traditional Khmer clothing, and when you spin around you face a hall of writhing school kids shouting at you in a foreign language. Except this nightmare is your job. Continue reading Surprise School
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