Soccer tournament

Starting to teach some coaches soccer English terms. They are trying to learn enough to get there coaching license that will be held in Cambodia but taught and tested in English. So far I am teaching 4 guys. 1 very serious to learn and the others are so so. The youngest is 20 and knows very little English. He also works for salt. He is kinda a little punk. I have to basically drag him to class. I stand at the stairs and I scream perun ( his name) are you coming today. He just smirks at me. Then I say what do you have better to do. ........ He didn't come that day ( lazy boy bc I no he didn't have anything to do) the 1 guy who is very eager to learn and is very excited to know that I will be traveling with the mighty girls down to kempot ( south of Cambodia I am towards the north) thus I will still be able to teach him bc he is the assistant coach for the mighty girls. The tournament is 2 weeks long ( wt heck) it is similar to the state tournament.
I will be traveling with the team as a teacher. Since the tournament is 2 weeks long they still need to have class. They seem to be very excited for this. Which is finally good to see some fire in them for a game. However, one of my students tried to trick me and tell me we didn't have class today bc they needed to pack and get ready to leave. I laughed at her and said no we will have class.

At the orphanage
The season came to a close. (the team I co coach with -- did not win-- still need a little more structure : ) haha )) anyway- It will start up again after the Khmer new year ( biggest holiday in Cambodia) the orphanage had a party for the season yesterday. It was very cool. Kids running around so happy to have a tradition big meal that they loved. They stared at me confused at why I didnt eat it. It was also so neat to see that all the coaches ( mighty girls and I and some other volunteers) sat cross legged when we ate and all the kids sat with there feet pointing away and knees bent facing us. It is a sign of respect that the mighty girls had taught me the first week I arrived. When I sat down to eat with the mg the first week I naturally didn't want to sit cross legged so I sat how you should if your younger or sign of respect and they told me I didn't have to sit like that, so it was cool to see that all the kids just did it.

On way back from orphanage we ran out of gas ( that was Fun -- not going to explain it .........)

Had another great experience with food poisoning - this time was far crappier ( pun intended) hahahhahahahahah

Excited for this month ---- for the tournament , and I will be traveling for the Khmer new year time due to no soccer and teaching. They have a 2 week break so I will be heading to hong kong and Bali!!!

Pics -- teaching the boys and the girls

Fun picture

In this photo- I am being a back rest and an umbrella (they are waiting to get subbed in to play, and are keeping out of the sun) I get used for so many things here : )

Before I forget to tell you

This week so far-
I spent all day in the sun biking around. During the last soccer game I decided to lay down in the grass and watch. I picked the perfect spot and placed my foot in an ant nest!

Wasn't going to tell you this one but such as life-- no worries though- I biked home alone and two guys on moto pulled up beside me. Chit chatted away. ( note to you worriers I had my pepper spray in hand- but I never felt threatened) any way he then asked if I had a boyfriend I said yes and he said sorry and they drove away.

On monday a different girl left practice on me. This was a much different situation, then the last.

I got pulled over wile ridding with a co coach to practice. We got pulled over bc we had our lights on during the day. Haha this was on a moto

On the way to the big field you take the busiest and biggest road to get there. It is 4 lanes 2 one way 2 other. Fast crazy trucks and cars that never stop honking on the left motos and bicycles on right. Anyway There was a guy walking down the middle of the busy lane against traffic. All the mighty girls and I are in the back of the truck and our driver honks and honks, the guy doesn't move he then stares at us and is right in front of the hood. we go around him and he just stares at the girls.

One of my students this week wasn't in class bc her family got in a fight with another family and her dad was injured. She went to see if he was ok.

Hope you guys have a good week : )

Whats new

I had my English unit test this last week. It went very well. Some days I go threw class and they will stop me during a worksheet and say I don't understand. I say what do you mean you don't understand you have half of the worksheet done. Then they just look at me confused and I re describe how to do it and then they get frustrated and say no I don't understand -- then point at a word and they sound it out and say it " lake" -- I then relies they have no idea what a lake is, or bracelet, or simple words that I thought they knew. So then I go threw the process of describing it and showing pictures and and pointing and telling them you wear it on wrist. They then repeat wrist and say I don't know so then get the Khmer word for wrist and then they laugh and say o --- so basically English in a nut shell -I will have a lessen plan and it will start off great but then I end up teaching things like vocabulary words and then it's time for practice and I didn't make it threw half of my plan. I actually really enjoy class everyday, it's been fun.

I am such a bad office person. Can't handle being inside for half a day starring at a computer - pretty much drives me crazy. On Friday I managed to do it, and helped with the annual salt academy report.

Soccer- the mighty girls have advanced this last week to the state tournament. ( I am pretending that cambodia is a state and they won there section ( providence )) it's extra exciting for me bc I will travel with them as there teacher bc it is 2 weeks long if they win. The tournament is held in the south of Cambodia near the beach. I am excited to see another part of Cambodia that I haven't scene yet.

Orphanage I help coach at--- so I am trying to teach the kids some discipline/ structure/ rules. It is so hard bc they have never had this before. I had a girl leave practice on me : ( we started off passing the ball to make a square and you had to call for the ball. If you didn't call for the ball you are not suppose to pass it. They didn't care to follow the rules. I was determined to get them to follow my instructions thou haha. So I stopped the drill and raised my voice a bit and told them --do not pass the ball if they don't call for it. When I stopped them and raised voice and re demonstrated they all looked at me with wide eyes and basically like they had never had anyone stop them before. The other coach with me ( a mighty girl) was then describing to me how they never listen and how she doesn't no what to do some days. I say yeah i see that and we are going to change that. The drill went a little better. I moved on to a new drill a game. It was a competition and if they made a bad pass they probably were going to lose the game. One of the girls messed up and the girl next in line got mad and kicked the ball away from her as far as she could. ( not ok) so I go and look at her I made an x and put hands in air ( she doesn't know English) she gave me the meanest look and left practice. I have no idea where she went. The rest of practice didn't go so well it was a start to the right direction ha these were the mighty girls ( other coach) words to me half way threw " can we leave now" she was so frustrated with them. Needless to say week by week I hope it gets better and they start to play some real soccer and play by the rules. They are 12 and under team but very very low level. I don't know there history either so that could make a difference.

I'm taking a salsa class o yeaaaaaaah My salsa

When I bike in the day, as soon as I get off my bike my shirt is all wet it's sexy

I bought some BBQ chicken this week at the market I have been holding off - if you wanted to know I choose the one with out it's feet and everything still on it

I ate dog also ........

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Bahaba NO well not that I know of.

Pic- little taste of tragic
How they cut there ice
Students hard at work and loving it