by AuthorSue | Feb 27, 2014 | Cambodia, teaching, Writing
Wat Damnak is one of my favourite places on earth. It is a an expanse of land on the east side of the Siem Reap River housing the wat, a school, an NGO which teaches poor women to sew, a dormitory for the monks, and the Center for Khmer Studies. The Center is...
by AuthorSue | Feb 24, 2014 | Cambodia, Writing
It started ten years ago as a good idea. Now the annual Giant Puppet Parade is one of the highlights of the Siem Reap calendar. I watched it last year from the sidelines and wrote about that experience here. But this year, I was a part of it. The project is the...
by AuthorSue | Feb 21, 2014 | Cambodia, music, teaching, Writing
Believe it or not, today is the last day of this year’s Anjali House Writing Workshop. The theme was change, and we used David Bowie’s song, Changes, as the starting point for our two weeks of writing and discussion. But these kids know me and the process...
by AuthorSue | Feb 17, 2014 | Cambodia, philanthropy, Writing
Many of the hotels in Siem Reap find ways of helping the local NGO’s do the good work that they do. Many have specific programs that they champion or even run themselves. The Shinta Mani Hotel started running a Made in Cambodia Market last year which has grown...
by AuthorSue | Feb 10, 2014 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Writing
I’ve now been here for 36 hours. Back at my old guest house, Horizons. Back with people who have already become my old friends. But most importantly, back to Anjali House. Anjali House moved a few months ago and I was eager to see what the new building was like....
by AuthorSue | Feb 6, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, teaching, Writing
Today, I’m running around like crazy. Tomorrow I fly off to SE Asia for two months! Right now, it feels like two months is too long to be away. There is so much I’ll be missing when I’m gone. But I know that once I get there, the time will fly by and...
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