Sometimes our language mix-ups end up being really funny and today one of the Khmer staff ESC has been working with got the words "kitchen" and "chicken" mixed up. The Head Chef ( who is Malaysian) was asking her where her co-workers were and she said that they went to the market to get things to clean the chicken with. What she meant to say was to clean the kitchen and so the Head Chef became very confused wondering what we needed to clean the chickens with. The conversation that ensued and the Head Chef's expressions and physical demonstrations he did trying to get clarification were hilarious. It ended up with him demonstrating what looked like him holding a chicken and using it to clean a grill. It was too funny!
I also Skyped my family this morning. It was such a heart-warming time for me. I think that the most difficult part about living in Cambodia is not the food, the weather, or the cultural differences; it is the distance and separation from family and friends. I guess that I am maybe a little homesick. It will be good to be back home for three weeks in August.
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