Hi again, this update is all about my whistelstop visit to Singapore. There is lots going on at New Hope but I will save it for another day! Last Tuesday (2nd) I was up early to fly to Singapore to meet mum, dad and Susana, who were en route to New Zealand and had a stop over there. I boarded the plane only to be met by a pair of shocked eyes as I went to take my allocated seat. In the adjacent seat was a monk who looked as horrified to see me as I was to see...

I'm back, but just to warn you that I'm not feeling very chipper and that fact may be reflected in my writing. Problems abound at New Hope and Globalteer. For those of you who don't know the set up, Globalteer is a UK based charity that places Volunteers at one of 3 projects, New Hope being one of these projects. We are currently getting lots of criticism and negative feedback from our Globalteer volunteers. Alan, the manager of Globalteer, has raised these p...

Last week I was pampered to within an inch of my life! Kaiser (the dog I looked after) bought me a spa package as a thank you for looking after him! A very clever dog with impeccable taste. I arrived at the Frangipani Spa and didn't leave for 3 hours. First was the herbal bath which I luxuriated in for half an hour. In it was chopped lime, lemon, turmeric and ginger root, lemongrass and other herbs, as well as having lotus and frangipani flowers floating on ...

I have finally been given an old laptop by New Hope to expedite me completing the sodding accounts - yes, I am getting bored of number crunching. The only upside is that I may be blogging more frequently.........yay, I hear you all cry! Not that I have much to say, so this may be brief. My tooth seems to be healed and is giving me no problems, so thank goodness for that. My cough and snottiness linger on.................yawn. My command of the Khmer language...

I really must make more of an effort to update this site.............sorry again for the long delay. The new year didn't start particularly well, I have to say.On the 30th December I was sick and didn't make it to work at all and I was still feeling fairly ropey on New Years Eve and so spent the evening at the biggest street party ever drinking water. Angkor What? Bar, which is managed by Charlie, hosts a massive street party to ring in the new year and the st...