8th April

What a day! We visited a catholic village in the morning to help out in the rice soup programme. We actually had plans to help out in the chopping etc, but there was some miscommunication in the instructions given to the driver, so we ended up in the midst of visiting Angkor temples aka stones.
Upon arrival at the village, which was 1 1/2 to 2 hrs journey from our guesthouse, some of us helped out in chopping of pork meat, while the others kept the kids entertained in a really big building. However, there were just too many people inside that it was very stuffy! Those chopping the pork were literally sun-baking too! Either way, it would make you perspire alot. This however wasn't the worst. There was this "chamber" where the cooking of the porridge was done. In the room was 3 FREAKINGLY BIG wok, and LOTS LOTS of smoke and fire. Some of us went in to help stir the porridge and we soon suggested that the room should be term as "Cambodia Sauna room". Since the place was built such that smoke wasn't really allowed to escape, those who helped out found that it was eye hurting. The heat from the stove could be felt from like 1 meter away. I think the leg hair of the guys who went in to offer help have twirled up! Once the porridge was cooked, we helped distribute it in bowls and bring it to all the kids. It took us quite some time, but working as a team made things happened really fast. Next was refilling of porridge for those who wanted some more. The porridge was really tasty, I tried a little bit. Haha! Shhh….Now, after the mass eating, we did the mass WASHING! 11 of us went into action to help wash the hundreds of bowls and cutleries. Let me tell you, it’s really a lot of bowls. Record breaking numbers. It’s like for every one bowl you wash, 10 new bowls pile up. Haha! We enjoyed though. Weird huh

Now moving to the farm, we had our lunch there. The food was delicious and their hospitality was just good. We were given a tour around the farm after lunch, exposing ourselves to different type of plants, information on how long they take to ripe, and some fruits to try. I remember the Cambodian apple, it’s a really small fruit, roughly the size of my pinky fingernail. Small yet sweet! (:

That’s about it for today. Debrief as usual and then sleep time!