Food and Fun Fair

May 4
Sunday

I have not been keeping up on my blogspot as much as I should. I will try and be better about it, but the end of the year is rolling around and I have lots to figure out before I leave in 2 months. So…what has happened in the last two weeks? Our school had a Food and Fun Fair to raise money for the school. We did this on May 4, which replaced another day. This particular day fell right after the King’s birthday; three days off (Tues-Thurs). So, all this week we don’t have school except for today. The Sunday (Food and Fun Fair (FAFF)) we had to come to school replaced Friday of this week. I was really excited to have this week off because I’m feeling paper thin. Also we have to get ready for the final testing. Even though I get four days off work this week I’m going to be working at home because I have to get all my tests done.

Ok, enough about what I have to do. I will elaborate on the Food and Fun Fair day. If I’m not mistaken I don’t think our school has done anything like this before (fundraising). So, it was a new experience for all the Khmer teachers. Even though I have been involved with a FAFF before I still didn’t know what to expect. I decided to do a Cake Walk for the littler kids. I was a little worried about how I was going to pay for all the food, but then Fay suggested that I ask my students to bring something. I did and it all worked out. I made cookies, Fay made brownies, Sharon made cup cakes, and Chanroth (my assistant) brought mango’s from here tree’s and cookies. My kids brought anything from hard candy to cakes. I was really excited to see them get into the game. They didn’t understand when I was trying to explain it, so I just showed them how to play a game. Once they caught on it was a really fun day. Not only did I get little kids, but I got older ones as well. Nova came and played the game I think two or three times and Boemey played too. I was a good day. Kim sold ice cream and coconut. Ben, well Ben couldn’t just sell one thing. He went all for it. Not only did he sell papaya salad, he had a raffle ticket lottery, but also rings to throw on pop cans. He really got into it. We had music playing during the event and he (Ben) and Rit were the DJ’s. I liked watching all the kids come to school with their parents to see what kind of school we are running. If I’m not mistaken government school don’t do things like this. So, when we asked (told) the kids they had to come to school on Sunday the parents didn’t quite understand, but I’m sure once they arrived they had a better understanding.

After the FAFF Boramey, Ung, Heap, Ne-lee, Ra-tan-ak, and I all went to the riverside. The night before Boramey and I were just coming back from something and we ran into Ung and Ne-lee so we decided to go get sugar cane juice and go out after the FAFF the next night. It was nice to get out of the house and do absolutely nothing. We literally just rode around on moto’s for at least a couple of hours. It was nice though. They did however show me the night market; it was nothing to brag about, same old things just in a different arrangement. I love the fact that I have made friends that are willing to show me things around town. Boramey had her camera that night and I will try and get those pictures from her so that you can see us out on the town.