English class

First quiz went well. Yay they are learning.
This week was a good English week. Thank you to Laura zard who gave me 20 web sights with free worksheets on them. How ever I also had a fun day were I didn't teach out of the book we just talked and I showed photos of my life. They had to ask questions and discuss. I also played charades one day were one student had to ask the other what is Jess doing. ( my chapter is ing ) ( eating sleeping reading extra) I would act out and the other would ask using --what are sam, Jess, and Linda doing? ( I held up really good stick figures of other people doing it with me Hahah) then other student would say -they're sleeping. ( trying to get them to pick he's she's they .... And so on) it was fun and they enjoyed it bc I must say I am quite the actress : )
Struggles for me- I forget they don't know what a lot of things are. So when I say baseball cap they say I don't no. Then I say hat they look confused like they know it but just cant remember. I then go get one and they say o yeah yes hat. Hat same as baseball cap yes ( yes). I sometimes have to think hard on what to say so they understand, and I have to speak so slow!

Soccer was low key this week. There was a holiday so Monday- wed there was no soccer. I had 5 girls on me at once this week they thought I was a jungle Jim or something. Then I told them they were monkeys they didn't no the word monkey. ( 12 and under team that looks like they need more love) so I acted like a monkey for 8 minutes and then they understood what a monkey was. I made them repeat several times monkey : )
Saturday I had the day off. So I took a Cambodian cooking class. They start off taking you to the market explain how it all works. The market is the women's job. Farmers bring there crops to the market around 430 am and it's hopping once the sun comes up intelligence about 5. We made three dishes. 1 Fish or chicken amok 2 spring rolls 3 beef lak lak
The chicken amok was disgusting. It also took the most work. Had to make a paste ( similar to curry) for 15 of grinding it. Arm got sore. I told them they have machines for that kinda crap. Ha after making the paste you make your banana leaf bowl and stick the meet in and the paste and coconut milk. Then steam it and of course surf with rice. Spingarn roll yum, not so yum for you. The beef lak lak I would recommend to anyone. Was very good

My neighbor and I chit chat every night. Her story-
She is a survivor of the Khmer rouge her dad and her were outside her village when the Khmer rouge came and killed everyone in her village, including her sisters, brother and mother. She then was separated from her dad. They met again and escaped to Thailand. On her journey to Thailand they had to follow the path and make sure to stay on it because of all the land mines. She had one pair of clothing, and was happy when she had food. She said she was lucky to eat once a day. Also her cloths were always wet and she had a continuos rash from it rubbing. She then came to the USA. When she arrived in Washington dc airport she thought it was the most amazing thing she had ever scene. they had a shelter for the Cambodians. She had to re begin her life. Learn English and find a way to live. She grew up in America and came back to cambodia 8 years ago for the first time. She now is 50 something has 2 kids 19 and 22 they live in the USA. The night she told me about this she kept saying how amazing America is and how lucky she was to go there. She then told me about when she came back the first time 8 years ago how scared she was. She wouldn't leave her husbands side not even to go to the bath room. She didn't trust anyone. She now has been back 3 times and the reason she was my neighbor is because she is buying farm land and hopes to retire here, and open a small farm and help other Cambodians by giving them jobs. She still of course has flash backs of her experience.
She was never o sad me or wanted anything she actually was a lot of fun and very American. She this last week found her land and left today to go back home ( USA) but to return back home home soon (cambodia) before she left she wanted to say good bye to me. When saying good bye- she thanked me for volunteering my time and helping her country. She said it meant a lot to her and thanked me again.