Chiseling, partying, laying

* Friday, Saturday, Sunday.  After the fun of the ceremony the day before, we were very motivated about getting the other house going ASAP.  Sadly on Friday, our number was reduced to 3 as a couple of comrades had tummy bugs (a very common western person problem out here as you can imagine).  So me, Ame and Ray got to the site of Project 8 and got to chiseling and sawing.  Suko, our project manager who speaks both Khmer and English, told us that we needed to get all the main frame posts ready for Monday as this is the only day traditionally that the main frame of the house can be put up.  He also told us there would be another ceremony on the Monday to ask the spirits of the land for permission to put up the house.  After a busy, busy morning we had everything done.

Back at the Guest House, we had a 2 hour sleep in order for us to function socially in the evening for 3 of the teachers leaving do.  This was a nice meal out in town.  Afterwards us and our main crew (Aaron, Claire, Sarah) skulked off to another bar for more drinks which was good fun.

A nice end to a good day.

On Saturday, I felt a bit hungover but we got in to town for a wander around the market.  I bought a new hat for working in and we had a drink at the Red Piano.  This place is obsessed with the fact Angela Jolie had a drink here once when she was filming Tombraider, so they have signed pictures of her with the owner and even a cocktail named after her.  We had a smoothy.  T'was nice.

After a little lunch (ham sandwich and chips!) we went and lazed by the pool with the other chaps until 6pm.  It was Claire official party night as she is not a volunteer but a friend of Aaron's who has taken a job in Phnom Penh as a primary school teacher.  We went out, had nice lunch, went and saw an awesome Khmer cover band at a bar and then went to a place called X that had Limbo contest, bar football tables and pool.  We got in at 02:30.  Another good night.

Sunday we achieved the following: laying by the pool, a couple of Skype messages and an Indian curry for dinner.  We went to bed early looking forward to the next day at work.