Before I go into my night I will educate you on something I read on yahoo thank the yahoo gods later…so that famous new years eve song we all seem to hear over and over but have no idea what it all means where it comes from well I have the answer Auld Lang Huh translate into "for days past," "days gone by," or "for the sake of old times," depending on whom you ask. Before leaving site I tried to convince my friend Jentee to come I told her I would pay for her in hopes she would come bc we actually hang out with other Khmer people not just all American people so I thought it would be fun to bring her along and she seemed all excited to come to a party with me but then she backed out at the last min. truthful im not sure if it really was that she was nervous but she is married to this American I think I have mentioned before and I think he gets mad if she goes dancing etc without him so I feel like she is always worried about what he thinks and I so wish she would not care or that I would talk to his ass on the phone and just tell him dude chill out but I guess I cant medal in someone else relationship as much as I might want to. Most of you most likely don’t understand the title of this blog I will explain so last night I got to see how the other “half live” so you have all seen pictures of my village life now imagine just throwing ur self into the exact opposite of situation it was crazy weird! At least I know where all my sites electricity goes jkjk. Anyways last night first I went to some small bars on the river and then went to a casino with chandlers and really fancy nice stuff it was some sort of vip room for rich Khmer people and I think embassy people I don’t really know how I got in. never the less its funny how things can change like a flip of a dime in Cambodia so on the way to the vip party as I will refer to it a bunch of volunteers bc we are so poor jumped into a tuk tuk meant for 4 people filled it with 10 I didn’t make it in I ended up sitting out side on this little rail that connects the Moto to the kart great fun however the interesting part was that tourist lined up out side are tuk tuk to take pictures of us which to us was funny bc the record for peace corps right now is 14 people in a tuk tuk which is true Cambodian style of riding around guess tourist r just not aware of these rules. Anyways we go from saving money on a tuk tuk ride to entering a vip party just the décor really made me feel like the night was not real like I seriously forgot I was in Cambodia minus all the Khmer people around me and cheesy club cover songs happening haha. I guess you can say I had my first movie type new years bc in the sates it was to expensive to go to that type of place even in Cambodia drinks were 5 bucks which in Cambodia is like 20 dollar drinks American so I could not afford to drink their however I guess I got to dance and meet some interesting people I met some new Khmer people and someone from Madagascar I feel I have been meeting people from all around the world lately. I also met this Khmer girl who started to hang out with us just dancing and when I went outside to get air she came with me and was talking to me or rather telling me that this was her first time dancing like a westerner that if you family in her village ever found out how much trouble she would be in and how they would never let her come back to Phnom Penh I just was like yea I understand I think my host parents would not approve either like I said above things really are polar opposite from how most day to day life is in Cambodia. This place even had fire works and o yea if you called me for new years eve thanks sorry I could not hear you grandmamma and then met phone (Cambodian cell company) got over loaded with calls so they were just dropping me with who ever called and I could not call out but that’s how it goes I guess. All I can say this new years was not what I ever would have expected a Peace Corps Cambodia New Years Eve to be! Well now for the part everyone is dying to know jkjk what are my new years resolution and I think ill try not to go with the lose weight typical answer but instead go with learn Khmer, dig further into the meaning of life or seeking the truth, and completing all the projects I have set up to do in Cambodia and be a productive volunteer. “What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning”. On that note have a happy and safe 2011 peace out from the other side of the world just keep in mind the only mistake we can make in life is not to live it fully!!! Miss you all hope your new beginning works out well!
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