On Friday there was no-one in the office - there's a surprise!! Bunthorn and I went to our coffee place that is near the other end of town to do some work. The owner asked did we want some Khmer noodles - of course we said yes. I thought it was just something they did every day - but I learnt this morning that they had made it specially for the staff as it was election weekend. He felt that as we were such regular customers he wanted to share. The picture if fr...

You have heard me talk about Bunthorn a lot over the last few months so I thought I would share this picture of him. This is not, you will be surprised to read, what he wears to work. He was invited to be part of a wedding party. My understanding is that he was something like an usher, sadly I was away so couldn't attend. He has been my life line so here is what his job entails: Being a translator, driver, facilitator, ideas man, social secretary, coffee house...

Two on the trot about work but I am excited about what I saw this morning. Two days ago we went out to meet the cluster chair of the Aug Brosat Cluster in Chbar Mon. We looked at his School Development Plan - very good with everything in the right place. We then discussed the other schools in the cluster - all have SDP (hopefully as good). He then asked for support on how to develop them even further. I am so glad I didn't just plough in with - how to write a sc...

Very busy week with several sessions, an evaluation meeting and a visit to a school. Bunthorn is really coming into his own and the sessions are generally running smoothly with very good feedback. This week has all been about how to use excel to analyse data, management strategies and monitoring schools so that they are child friendly. Saturday - Just found two more cafes - horrah. The first one will be perfect for breakfast, it is a traditional Khmer restaura...

Yesterday was great, after breakfast we set off to walk across the island. It would have been better if I had had my trainers but I managed to scramble, slide and jump my way down the cliff they called a path!! I have to say I haven't enjoyed a walk more since Hadrian's Wall. Sadly my trousers will have to be discarded as they ripped in a most unfortunate place!! When we arrived at long beach we had yet another swim and then decided to go back - now that meant c...