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Srey Mom has been standing a few feet away from me, bawling as she stands guard over your suitcase, and your coffee pot, and your cd player.
The monks have already come and gone — the ceremony for your passing lasting most of the morning. Perhaps you know this. Perhaps you don’t. That’s the big mystery, isn’t it?
I’m glad to have met you this past week. For once it was nice to speak with someone who didn’t come to Cambodia to find the youngest woman, or the one with the most-well connected family, or to find an ever-changing cast of taxi girls. You spent your time and your money on Srey Mom, who, at 37, has one of the most heart-breaking life stories I have ever heard. For that I respect you much.
You told me just yesterday morning that you were very ill. I didn’t know how to respond then, and less than twelve hours later, you were gone.
And now, Srey Mom is standing alone, chest heaving, inconsolable.
You are missed. Farewell, buddy.
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I realize this is an accumulation of posts, rather than a single one. It is with both pride and shame that I confess I have used the internet for exactly three minutes in the past month.
Life is back to normal, if that’s what you’d call this. Where I live is not far off the beaten […]
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Sorry I haven’t written. Here on this page, that is. All I’ve been doing over the past month is write. English. Khmer. English. Khmer.
Want to know about the educational system in Cambodia? I’m a good man to know. Public grammar school? Gotcha. Public university? Uh-huh. Private degree factory? Mate. I’ve removed the names of the […]
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Like there’s any sufficient way of wrapping up the past month…
I’m busy working on the next phase of this website thing, but I’m doing it amidst a whirlwind of other things which require priority. Please stand by.
For anyone out of the loop, I’m now in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and will be for some significant time. As […]
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So a food photo post has been requested, and I’ll do my best with my crippled little camera to oblige within the next week.
I’ve moved apartments, and it’s a good thing. Though I miss the patio of the old apartment, two adjacent buildings to mine suddenly added fourth floors, bringing the noise of construction within […]
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Just returned from Battambang, in the NW of Cambodia, where I had to travel for a client meeting. It was a beautiful 5 hour moto ride each way, and I had a great time in my short stay there. My hosts, Mike and Sopea, were incredibly gracious, and the town itself was beautiful. Unlike every […]
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My latest journey (accompanied by my friends James, Jenna, and Gianrigo) was to the seaside town of Kampot and the mountaintop ghost town of Bokor. It was epic. After a three hour ride on 250cc dirt bikes just to get to Kampot, we considered whether to bunk down for the night and tackle the mountain […]
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I finally threw caution to the wind and took a few moto trips outside Phnom Penh. Saturday’s trip was to the Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary - an incredible space filled with monkeys, tigers, elephants, bears, and all manner of animals rescued from poachers and traps. Unfortunately, the rain was torrential all day, so there was no […]