Day 10: You Couldn’t Hit Water if You Fell Out of a Boat

You know how I mentioned I was going to do something really awesome the other day? Well, after work yesterday I went and played… Dodgeball!! That's right, dodgeball (the title of this post is my favorite line from the movie). It was 2 hours well spent and I had SOOO much fun. I played with a group of about 30 people, split pretty evenly between guys and girls. The really amazing thing about it though was the diversity within the group. There were people of all ages and cultures; some 14 year olds, some 50 year olds, most were young adults though. There were people from Germany, England, America, Australia, Cambodia, and more. Even though it was 75 degrees with 50% humidity at 8-9 o'clock at night and we were all sweating like pigs, I couldn't think of a better way to spend my Tuesday evening. And I am pretty killer with my throw. Multiple people asked me if I played softball. My response? “No, I play dodgeball.” HA! After that experience and all the other unexpected things I have done here so far, I've decided Cambodia will be called the Land of Endless Possibilities. 

Here's some pictures of what will hopefully be a weekly Tuesday night activity! I apologize for the blurry pictures though :( I think I am going to buy a new camera because mine is having a lot of problems.

So I've been interning at COCD for 3 days now and I am really starting to enjoy it. I didn't expect to have very much work this week, but I've got to stop with the expectations because I’ve been given quite a few assignments to work on already. I really like that I am already diving into many different work tasks involved in this non-profit agency. That's why I'm here! I want to learn about this stuff and get involved and it's happening all so quickly.

Oh, one quick story. So I went to a restaurant for dinner this evening and the sky, as usual, was threatening rain. But that's how it looks almost every day and it hasn't rained the past couple days so I wasn’t too worried. I wasn't planning on being out very long because I left about an hour before 6 o’clock, when it usually gets dark, and I planned on getting back to my apartment while it was still light out. Just as I was leaving the restaurant though, I felt a drop of rain on my cheek. My apartment is only about a 5 minute walk from where I ate so I figured if it was going to start raining I could probably get home before the heavy downpour (just so you know, when it rains it Cambodia and most of Southeast Asia, it buckets like no other). Of course that is not what happened. I was absolutely drenched by the time I got home. It looked like I’d decided to go for a quick swim… with all my clothes on. Nothing like a stroll in the pouring...no, dumping rain.  

Here's a not-so-attractive picture me after my swim through the Cambodian rain storm!

For some reason I still feel like I've only been here a few days, but if you count the day I left Oregon I have been on this internship adventure for 2 weeks already! Time is starting to move quickly but I'm going to make sure I really experience and embrace every second of it; the highs, the lows, the excitements, the frustrations, and the beauty of it all.