I had a lovely, relaxing and quiet day. The group left at 4.30am - at least I think they did as I was fast asleep. They were visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex for the day. During their time together they visited the sites but they also had groups session and time to discuss relationships between the two countries and individuals.
Meanwhile I met with Rina, whom I've known since 2002 when he was a young child. He's now the front desk manager in a boutique hotel in Siem Reap. His working hours are all over the place because, if people come late he has to be there to meet them. Sometimes he's at work from early in the morning until nearly midnight. Today was his day off because he'd worked so late last night. His boss invited him to go to his family farm which meant doing more work as they grow a lot of different fruits. He was therefore grateful to have lunch with me so he didn't have to go to the farm so early.
After lunch I went back to my room to work on the report. We are together for five days so it's hard to write the report, from all my typed notes, after the end of the programme. In the old days I'd be able to print out the paper and then use a pair of scissors to cut the pages into pieces. Nowadays, I have to move up and down the screen looking for information - modernisation is a lot more difficult than in the old days.
The group came back in time for dinner and afterwards I thought I'd have time for myself, to do my diary and other things. It wasn't to be. I was called in to a meeting with the coordinating team. I dislike meetings at the best of times, and I dislike them even more when they go on and on about what I think are not so important. At 10.30pm I was already turning into a pumpkin and then they decided to continue meeting until 11.15pm. I said, "No thank you" and off I went back to my room. I originally thought this programme was for three days so I've been washing my shirts every evening. Luckily they dry by the morning so I've survived.
