i'm back frm cambodia (since labour day) and feeling a little under the weather (and i'm hoping these two statements aren't related; see symptoms of malaria).

after drinking some smooth angkor beer and anchor beer in kampuchea, i decided to be a yaya head and try a very tasty-sounding strawberry beer at brewerkz last night. after half an hr, i was redder than Banlung dust and feeling hotter than a day out in Banlung sun and i finally puked at tampines interchange. puke aside, i'm extremely grateful for my sweet sweet boooyyyyfriend. hah. i stretched the word for fun. (it's the diarrhoea, i swear! the shit's getting to my head!) hur hur. i love you, lidong.


cambodia was woah and it was ugh and it was yea. banlung was lovely but siem reap sucked big time, as did phnom penh. after banlung, i was programmed to country bumpkin mode and the mildly metropolitan touristy ambience (and prices) of the two cities made me feel threatened and irritable. in siem reap, i payed 20 USD to go to Angkor Wat for an hour and then sat in the guest hse the whole day to alternate between watching tv, doing my laundry, sleeping on the balcony. given my mood, these seemed way more interesting than revelling in historical glory and guano.

for some reason, when pple ask bout the trip, the transport comes to mind first. i really enjoyed the pick up rides (save for having to sit next to alvin, havingg my head knocked on the window more than 30 times, and baking in the sun).

we went there to help document the indigenous pple's traditions and culture in banlung but we found out later frm the IYDP (international youth development programme, i think) tt they only wanted us to help re-print and translate what they already have written in books. but it turned out to be better than we thought lah, wat with farhana meeting her boyfriend and dowell getting acquainted with the pharmacist's daughter. i got burnt on the leg when i got off the motor in my sarong. then my wound started bubbling and i christened it Bubbles. i'm not in the mood to type now cos i'm suddenly feeling feverish and i'm suddenly aware tt i've taken centuries to finish this post (10.34pm now). blurgh. pictures later, ya. orkoon, and i love you.