Phnom Penh - the Prague of Asia?

Note to self:

Putting a lid on a saucepan will not prevent ant invasions. Make room in the fridge or eat everything. Guess what greeted me this morning when I went to eat the remainder of last night's dinner?

Cars, motorbikes ...

This is transport in Cambodia! It's really a competition of how many people you can fit on a vehicle. Incidentally the road is less than 40 kms from the capital.

Rabbit Island

Well it's been a while since I blogged but here are some pics to make up for it. They were taken on Rabbit Island off the coast of Kep. Cambodia. The second is our open air bed (wooden table with a mossie net) and the third is our local gourmet restaurant!

Had a decent time there - mostly good, some annoying. Campfire and sleeping under the stars - good juju

Irish waves

Monkeys on the rampage

Only in Cambodia ...

A MARAUDING colony of glue-sniffing monkeys are being rounded up by police in Cambodia.

Wild macaques, dubbed "gangster monkeys", have been seen stealing bags of glue from addicts before going on the rampage.

As well as biting people, they have been stealing laundry from homes.

Deputy governor of Phnom Penh's Daun Penh district Pich Socheata said 15 macaques had been caught so far.

Source

For an amusing afternoon at work

Political cartoons that rock!

Tech support humour - I know many who can identify with dealing with starfish And for those who ring tech support or customer support in general, you may see yourself in the comments!

The classic My Cubicle with James Blunt parody for those who work in an office!

Life oh life

Well I'm calmed down a tad since yesterday and have accepted the fact that I'm not getting the $5000 I thought I was getting, and had already mentally spent. The loophole turned out to be irrelevant. The whole issue was miscommunication and poor English on behalf of the lackey. Maybe some sort of English proficiency test might be in order. Oh well at least I have a job. That is the best part - I get to continue my career.

Tonight I get to party my troubles away because the first weekend of the month is here and that means Elsewhere party and I have plans for it. Tomorrow I will become a cheerleader for the first time since I ran the Erasmus students' football team - Real Erasmus - in Bilbao. Bryn is playing hockey and I'm going to watch and maybe even yell myself hoarse as was the usual in Spain.

Happy Friday all

Ok I'm still mad but I've calmed down. If the worst comes to the worst I'll still be better of than last year. It's ridiculous really. Luckily my bosses - former and future are in my corner! Thanks.

So very angry

I am so angry with bloody international organisations right now. The Powers that Be are trying to screw with me and my entitlements. Because the contract was issued the day after I arrived in Cambodia they are saying that I am locally recruited and so miss out on 25% of my already meagre salary. The difference is less than 24 hours. The lackey in HQ is insisting on following the rules exactly - no exceptions. The sums we are arguing over mean nothing to the lackey, who has never had an original thought in his life. He's beyond such puny pocket change as my salary.

Argggggg

Nevertheless I think I have just found a loophole - I'm going to fight this thing!