TGIF

The week is over, and boy has it been a long one. I decided to take ALL THREE classes that are offered over the summer, even though the CIEE people advised against it. 9 credit hours in six weeks? I got this. :D I'm just not going to be sleeping much...

But I'm excited. I love my classes, I love the khmai language, and I am meeting lots of really nice, wonderful people. Blue Cacuro is very yummy.

Had wonderful lebanese food for dinner with my friend from CIEE. Had fresh hummus, garlic paste, pita, and delicious little pizzas. Now I'm hanging out at JAVA cafe. It's a love little western style place, kinda fancy, but the people are very nice, and I have made friends with the waitress. Her name is Leia, she is so sweet! I miss my family and my friends, but I know when I leave I will miss this place too. I am slowly getting better at the language everyday, and I feel like I am picking it up fairly quickly, at least more so than I expected.

We tried to go to a fancy japanese resturant yesterday, but it was very expensive, so we decided to go elsewhere... but I enjoyed talking to the waitress in japanese... even if in the end I had to tell her we were going to leave.

Then we found this tiny little sushi place called Mr. Sushi, owned by this funny little japanese man. It was in the lonely planet guide, and it was a great recommendation. SO DELICIOUS.

I had seven hours of class on Wednesday... and most days I have 4-5, which isn't as bad... but so much reading.... So much I haven't done. Ugg. This morning we had a field trip to Udon, which is the town where the capital of the khmer civilization was located after it was moved from the temples at Angkor/Siem Reap. Also, there are these small mountians/large hills that dominate the landscape. On top, there are stupa monuments to all of the previous kings from the past five centuries or so. It was beautiful, and wonderful.. but I was not in the mood for a mountian hike, I feel so out of shape... my legs get tired very easily. But I know its good for me, and I try to not complain much. It was absolutly beautiful!!!! I got some pictures, I'll post them to FB later.

Anyway, I should do some more reading...

More soon!