A Kenyan in Cambodia

Hey everyone.Well well well,we had a holiday on Friday,so the weekend was pretty long and I was just wondering what to do with all that time,then my friend suggested we go to the zoo!Yeah there is actually a zoo in Cambodia!!And we had so much fun at the zoo,but in order to understand everything,there is one thing yall need to know.Before I came to Cambodia,my friends were very very helpful,telling me what to expect,what to bring...etc.Well i was made to understand that Cambodia is extremely hot(compared to Kenya)and yeeees it is.It is sooo hot sometimes that i get sooo angry coz it is just ridiculous!!I mean it is 5pm in the evening and the temperature is 32 degrees!!what the hell?am always sweating like a pig and (lets not get into the heat in this place...ill loose it)So  moving on...so everyone told me this helpful bits of advice,that i appreciated so much,but everybody failed to mention one of the most important things,which is CAMBODIANS HAVE NEVER SEEN BLACK PEOPLE!!!yes!they do

I was too quick to get excited about today's trip to the Royal Palace!!!lololol.This is what happened.I got to school,all the students scheduled to go to the Palace today came to school early and they were all excited and very eager to leave.I was too...so i dont blame them.So the assistants had to change them into school t shirts..(you know so that they look official and to make it easy for the teachers to identify them)And apparently we also had to change into the school t shirt too.So we all have breakfast in school as usual,and we are scheduled to leave after breakfast.After breakfast we are all ready and the students line up nicely waiting for the school bus.And am thinking wow so well behaved(little did i know!!!)The bus arrives and in the excitement they all rush towards it and am thinking oh well just kids being kids.So off we go.We get there and it starts drizzling a little so we have to wait.Then we actually get to go in(after paying).Once we got in all hell broke loose..

Well I had a feeling this was going to be a not sooo good day,had received some pretty bad news yesterday and i had some weird dreams at night and i woke up feeling all moody,i even got angry at the alarm for ringing(poor alarm).Then i went to take a shower and water was cut off and i was soooo mad i just wrapped a towel around my body,opened the door and shouted at my landlord's worker to turn the freaking water back on!!(my landlord lives in the same compound)For some weird reason when am really angry i cant speak Khmer(cambodia's language)so i was just going on and on in english at this poor woman who doesn't understand a word am saying and she was wondering..this chic is always speaking to me in khmer so how come today she is speaking English??Then in her twisted Cambodian reasoning,she decided that probably am not talking to her...so she looked around for a second with a confused look on her face and continued to do whatever it is she was doing.That just made it worse

A couple of days ago I was thinking,I have good friends and all but my circle of friends is not as big and as diverse as i would like it to be.All my friends are either the kenyans living here in cambodia(and they are not soooo many)or my workmates!!So i want to make new friends.So am on a mission people...make new friends!!Lets see how that goes. Cheers everyone!

Have you ever had one of those days that you wake up and you feel like you are on cloud nine?You are feeling really good inside,really beautiful outside?And every step you make is like dang girl...well i woke up feeling like that today.Today was my Feel Beautiful Day!!Aaaaaah had a very nice weekend.Am happy!!There was a party yesterday night...thats the 9th weekend in a row there is a party to attend-wow!Alot of people are sure hosting parties,maybe I should host a party too..mmmh soon!It was my friend's daughter's birthday.My friend K went out of her way to make sure it was a really nice party.K is one of the nicest people I have personally met in Cambodia.We went over to help out with the cooking in the afternoon-so much fun.(Note to self:Cooking while tipsy=bad idea)We left at 1am,and one of the best things i love about Cambodia is the security.You can go anywhere at wherever time and no one will ask you anything.Sometimes I take walks as late as 11pm at night..when the air

Hi everyone.I have always been bragging of how I have never had a toothache in my life....well thats changed!!wow today i had my first toothache and am going to immortalize this major event in my blog...kinda stupid i know!Anyway its Friday and instead of a loud crazy night out,i opted for a cool,silent,girly sleepover at my friend's place.I like to do girly stuff sometimes.We are talking about boyz,a lot of giggling,some nail painting and watching America's next top model(does it get girlier than that??)Is there a word like girlier?..mmmmh oh well. So the toothache.I still cant believe it.Kesho,i mean tomorrow ill go poking inside my mouth to try see the hell is happening in there Ok people gotta get back to the 'party'.Later.Cheers

Goodafternoon yall!!Its 12:34pm am home from work.I work part time in a Kindergarten school,from 7 to noon,and I cant believe how much fun am having.Its only been two weeks there and am settled and I really like the place,plus my students are the most adorable 4yr olds av ever met.cute cute cute.What i like about my new place of work is that its so informal...like a home.Sometimes I forget its actually workplace,so relaxed.I remember the other day a teacher was like ' Madam (our boss) I always do my washing at my friend's place coz she has a washing machine,but she'l be busy in the evening so i wanna go now coz she is in the house right now"...and I held my breath..i couldnt wait for the reply,my fingers were crossed and i turned my head away in anticipation of the embarassing tell off that teacher was going to get.Shock on me,the boss was like 'oh ok' and she went about her business.I was like what!!!i need alot of adjusting coz my previous place of work was..

I have been doing some research here and there about blogging..was really interested in writting down my thoughts and stuff..but I always thought it was extremely difficult to start ablog.So today I just decided to do it,and its done yoohoo!!Now i have no idea what in particular I will be blogging about..and am actually just learning a thing or two as am going along,so this should be exciting lol.nway hope I wont bore everyone to death..i can be very annoying sometimes lol.I can also be very interesting.lol. Oh yeah i was supposed to introduce myself!!My name is Magdalene but many people call me many different things..but i guess maggie is the most common.This therefore leads to the confusion that my name is Margaret!!And that awkward moment when I introduce myself as Maggie then i go ahead and explain that its really Magdalene and not Margaret and ...yeah! Anyhu I have been living in Phnom penh,Cambodia for 2yrs+ now...and i like it.Cambodia is a cool place to be.It is really beau