A lot of us have started to get sick. I won't go into the details, but we're all being cautious of what we eat. Some of us (no names) have even been taking immodium even though they don't think they have anything. Better to be safe than sorry, I suppose.
Especially on the hour and a half hay ride (sans the hay) to the beach that we had today. We met up with the kids from Epic Arts that we had met the day before. For those of you who don't know, Epic Arts is an organization for deaf (and some handicapped) children. Though, a lot of them aren't really kids. Some of them are actually over 20.
Yesterday, when we were first introduced, the "children" all gave us our own names. I'm sure your kids can show you their sign when they get home but some of them were:
Mitch- signing his corn rows (The people here are fascinated with his hair. It's incredibly hard for the kids at Epic Arts to not touch it. He doesn't seem to mind, though)
Connor- signing his braces
Annalise- Signing to her head band
Basically, they find features about you and make a sign for it. They saw my bracelet and made a sign of running your pinkie over your wrist. Unfortunately, this looks like a slitting wrist motion which is similar to Sarah's slitting throat motion in reference to her necklace. But, we take this all in good fun.
After being introduced, we went through a series of acting/kinesthetic activities that Karen has been planning out over the past week. Let me tell you, these kids know how to be expressive. They even performed a few skits using masks and miming.
We all became well acquainted and today, as I said earlier, we went to the beach. Ask anyone who went, the scenery was beautiful. The water was a little brown but I think we were all appreciative for the swim anyways.
Well, that is until we wandered a little too far down and hit the sharp rock beds. Parents, if your kids come home with scarred feet and hands, it wasn't our fault. There was no escaping the jagged fate that awaited us. It's okay though, the salt water stopped the bleeding. We just had to protect our wounds from the flies.
All in all, the day was nice with hammocks, coconut water, and a picnic by the beach, even though we all got sun burnt. When we got back to the hotel, we all were kind of beat, though some of us went to a neighboring school run by Buddhists. We taught English to the kids (I was not one of this people, so unfortunately, I can't give more details).
That's it for now. Things are slower here in Kampot. So you'll be happy to know that when we're not resurfacing our last meal, we are quite relaxed.
-Diana G-
3 comments:
Hehe, sounds like you guys are having fun. Are the kids at Epic Arts the same as last year? Is V still there?
Anywho, I hope Kep (was that where you went?) was fun.
Everyone heal up!
I wish you could ask Papa Smurf if he remembers me, but I don't think any of you know my sign language name. Is Reige's name still his bald head?? Kam Pot sounds sooo wonderful. I miss Epic Arts so much. Those were some of the best days, just hanging out with the kids speaking in sign. Have you learned much yet? We found that we caught on pretty fast.
Like Nathan said, I hope everyone gets well soon. Sickness is just part of the experience I guess. I felt so homesick (Cambodia-sick?) reading this entry. Keep having fun guys. I know you will.
Mitch-there was a nice picture of Cynthia at the Loomis graduation in the Reminder.
Jai's not still with Epic Arts, is she? If not it's too bad, you guys would have loved her :)
sounds like you're all having a chance to relax and enjoy Kampot. it really is beautiful and peaceful there.
-Emily
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