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*NEWSFLASH* We got an Internet connection this week at WMC!!! Yay! Hurrah! Party!!

Although Sarayeth decided a while ago to go ahead with it, nothing had happened so last week when we got another virus on the email computer, I asked in my sternest voice how it was progressing.

That clinched it (I think it was more the virus than my stern voice) and the next day I was on a mission to buy a $50 prepaid Internet card.

So, I bought that and set it up very quickly. I showed Sarayeth a few things and I think she was quite excited too even though it will still take a while for her to really see the benefits and use it to its potential.

I felt a big obstacle had been hurdled and at the end of my assignment I will be happy to have helped bring it about. It will open opportunities for WMC as times passes.

It’s also exciting because I can get stuck into my remaining assignment outcomes including Internet training and web updating and maintenance training.

I hope to be able to redesign the website before I leave and set it up so that some of the staff can update the content.

We’ve had a really nice couple of nights out this weekend. On Friday night, we went to see a movie at Popzone which is run by Friends, the organisation which helps and trains street kids.

It was excellent - the movie was “Basquiat” about an African-American modern artist in the 70s. We ordered burgers at the cafe part downstairs. It it is set up like an American diner or milk bar. The older street kids help serve in the cafe part and bring the food up to where the movie is screened. There were chairs and tables there.

After that we went to a new bar close to the river which was nice, sat around outside for a while and saw some other people we knew.

Last night was a birthday party for one of the other youth ambassadors, Carla. She works for “Friends” so it was held there. We had dinner and some drinks. We have been seeing a bit of the new volunteers too which is great.

There has been a spate of mobile phone theft and bag snatching again. Sonia had her phone pick-pocketed at the Russian market and Carla had her phone snatched out of her hand while on the back of a moto, both happened yesterday. The night before, one of the new girls had her bag snatched when she was going home.

My flight is booked to Ratanakiri in about a week’s time. We only have to pay a couple of days before because they have to wait to see if there are enough passengers! We won’t know until Friday whether the plane is actually flying on Monday. Have to be flexible in Cambodia!

Ruth e xx
Miss Phnomer in Cambodia