by AuthorSue | Feb 3, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching
Today, all the schools and many businesses are closed to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday. I went with the students and teachers of Anjali House to the local pagoda at Wat Svai to take part in the rituals. I do love it when I have the chance to participate in these...
by AuthorSue | Feb 2, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy
I’m back here in Siem Reap where the weather is surprisingly not boiling hot! I spent the weekend getting over jet lag and then today I was back at Anjali House, wearing my ‘Board of Trustees Hat.’ We are now nine months into our switch from a...
by AuthorSue | Jan 27, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, teaching
In a couple of days, I’ll be heading off to my annual big trip to Cambodia — one month in Siem Reap, most of another month traveling around the northwest, over two months in total, 3 weeks of workshops that I’m running, 2 weeks overseeing workshops...
by AuthorSue | Jan 19, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching
As I described in this post, I am now training people to facilitate my Writing Through workshops in schools and NGO’s throughout Cambodia. This past weekend, I held my first London-based training session and it was great fun. Ten of us came together in the...
by AuthorSue | Jan 12, 2015 | Cambodia, politics, teaching, Writing
Last week found us all caught up, once again, in the tyranny of fear and the outrage of injustice. I, too, was glued to my television, watching events unfold on the streets of Paris. I was, of course, thinking, like everyone, about freedom, what it means, who has it...
by AuthorSue | Jan 5, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, theatre, Uncategorized, Writing
Not resolutions, goals. 2015 is going to be a busy year, as always. But more importantly, it’s going to be momentous (see below). I thought it would be helpful to me to actually write down some of what I hope to achieve this year, to try to get myself organised...
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