From the monthly archives: February 2008

Stories of pens and cowboys

On February 27 2008 · 2 Comments · In Cambodia, Diary

I started running PSHE (personal, social and health education) sessions this week – PSHE is a fairly big addition to the curriculum of the Young Adult Preparation Program aimed at providing the students with a more rounded outlook on life, good self-awareness and evaluation skills, and ideally a good state of health and wellbeing. We’ll [...]

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Skiing and sleeping and bastards

On February 25 2008 · 1 Comment · In Diary

But that’s not the main reason I’ve never been tempted to go skiing: it’s the people. The moment anyone tells me they’re going skiing, I start to dislike them. This is because I’ve constructed my own imaginary version of a skiing holiday in my head: it involves a fistful of self-satisfied bastards called Dan and [...]

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Return to the Reap

On February 18 2008 · 2 Comments · In Cambodia, Diary, Travel

Bad sleep, a rubbish shower, permanently dirty feet, inbred lunatic dogs tearing chunks out of each other and being laughed at by strangers on motorbikes. Yep. I must be back in Siem Reap.

I watched Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia this morning because I couldn’t sleep – it’s a documentary filmed [...]

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In Heathrow

On February 15 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

So I got here early, a maniac getting onto the Piccadilly Line in a personal best time, and now I’m loafing about the place surrounded by bored children and boreder adults, sitting in an overpriced Internet booth-type-thing, a Krispy Kreme doughnut having sunk to the bottom of my gut like a sugar-coated lead weight. I [...]

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Time flies

On February 14 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

So it’s back to Asia tomorrow, and just when I’d got used to being back. Time is not just flying, it is careering by at a ridiculous speed, and never faster than when I have things I should be doing. I’m racking my brains for things I have managed to achieve while I’ve been back, and [...]

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Indyyyyyyy!

On February 14 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Woo! New Indiana Jones movie trailer. Indy now definitely not old enough to be carrying off those stunts, but never mind, inner child satisfied for the day.

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