Ups and downs and ups again

On August 14 2007 · 3 Comments · In Cambodia, Diary

Since arriving here, I’ve had living arrangements to arrange, settling in to do and cushions to buy, with too much drinking in between. This was never going to be an appealing option for long, in fact it just got as frustrating as hell.

It’s good then that this morning, Hannah and I met Mr Chouen in the Department of Agriculture, and this afternoon we are going back to meet with him and Mr Vich, to discuss the sustainable rural development project that was one of the main reasons we came here. The project brief is a very early draft, there is a lot of work to do, but it’s good to have something to work on.

This is the way it seems to go here. Good day, bad day, frustration, reward. So, just like normal life then.

I’m seeing a lot more missionaries in Siem Reap than I remember from last time. People here don’t need Christianity (they’re Buddhists anyway), they need help to sort themselves out. Christian organisations in Cambodia are using astounding tactics to build their flocks, offering free English teaching to children that consists of little more than sermons, and free healthcare as long as the patient prays. I’m only getting worked up about this as I am sat in a cafe next to a whole table of the smug bastards right now.

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http://theanswers42.blogspot.com/ Margaret

Where are the missionaries from? Not that it matters – send them home, the lot of them. Free healthcare as long as they pray? Sounds like Victorian soup kitchens, where the poor had to sing hymns for their supper. It’s blackmail.
http://mrsdanvres63livejournal.com Liz

Missionaries! They sound like Livingstone taking the Lawd to darkest Africa.
Nick

there was another Dawkins programme on here this week called ‘The Enemy of Reason’. Quite good logical stuff trying to expose the crazies but I do wish that the D-man was a more aggressive arguer.
I say let’s take those scientology tactics and intimidate people into atheism!