Have you ever seen those Toyota commercials when they have each generation of Camry driving and they say "90% of all toyota camrys ever sold are still on the road"? I always thought that was such a load of B.S.... I wondered where all the old ones were? I never see any from the 80s or early 90s anymore! Well, I found out where they are - Cambodia.
Other than the cough I have going on (which I attribute to the exhaust fumes that my lungs have been partying on for the past week almost), everying is going well. My team is ahead of schedule on the house we are building, so we will definitely finish it before we leave. Despite her being very happy when my team initially arrived, I can tell our resident (Sureymom) is getting more and more excited. Her family has been periodically visiting each day to see our progress. It is great to know that long after I'm gone from here, the work my team and I have done will still be providing a necessity to Sureymom and her family.
Last night, I was invited out to dinner by some of my teammates (Alex, Christian and Lydia). We went to the Chinese House and had a delicious meal. Christian perfectly executed guiding the evening. I was very impressed with his skill and suave demeanor throughout the night, and I'll be grateful if any of it rubbed off on me so that I can go home and impress my girlfriend with some European-style manners!
Tonight, Habitat for Humanity held a dinner for us in our honor of sacrificing our time for this project. Various awards were given out and there was also a variety of performances; three performances in total. The first one definitely got my attention. I have to say that I am still confused about what it meant. I'm going to skip all the details, but based on what my interpretation of it was that there were two lovers going back and forth in argument eventually ending in love for another. The dance moves were interesting to say the least! Second was a longer dance that seemed more of a new interpretation of a traditional story-dance. It was beautiful at the end when the wife was crying over her husbands deceased body (he was killed by a fat guy in a little vest...maybe the pringles guy without the mustache) but then his life was saved by some sort of female god. I throw in a little silliness, but it really was rather nice. Lastly, there was a hip hop group that performed some street dance to western hip hop music. They were extremely talented with their moves - think gymnastics meets gangsta.
I'm getting ready for bed and I'm looking forward to dinner tomorrow; the director of this camp has made reservations for Alex, Chrstian, Lydia and me to go to a restaurant and have some fried tarantulas! BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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