Nooms From Home

Each night, after meditation, the kids get a noom (pronounced the same as gnome).  This week, thanks to my mom, the kids enjoyed some snacks that came all the way from the USA.

My New Roomates

Pompous, the cat, making himself at home on my shelves.  

 I came back to my room one night to find this rustling around in my clothes.  Getting him off the wall and out of my room was a little tricky.  

It's hard to tell from this picture, but that spider on my wall is about the size of my palm, and it's not the biggest I've seen in my room. 

A Few Faces

 

Virak

Srey Mao

 Sovanarith

 

Ratana

 Chai

It's All Fun and Games...and Some Work

Some of the boys working on a gravel path, in order to earn their daily allowance.

The kids also attend a weekly yoga class in order to earn their allowance.  

 Playing a game that I still don't understand, or know the name of, no matter how many times I ask.  

 All I know is that it involves throwing little pebbles into a grid of squares drawn on the ground.  

 Each night, after meditation, comes a dance party.  Sometimes they even turn on a little strobe light they have.  It gets pretty wild.  

 Cooling off in the pond. 

Photo Booth Fun

Youngest member of the Wat Opot clan, Ratana.

 

Every morning when I use my computer to go on the Internet, the kids get a kick out of having photo booth picture sessions. 

A Trip to the Market

After a trip to the market with some of the older kids.

A typical store front. 

View from my room.   

Getting Acquainted

  

Just some of the little smiling faces that greeted me on my first morning.  The children here, who have been affected by HIV/AIDS in one way or another, all have amazing stories that I have been learning about since arriving here at Wat Opot.