Memoirs of Cambodia

We're Back!

I got back home this morning at around 10:30am by taxi. I was absolutely exhausted after the trip!

The time in Cambodia has been so well spent. It really did open my eyes to the cycle & meaning of life as well as how tremendously blessed we are compared to the third world nations . I have so much to write but yet so can be written to described absolutely everything that has seen and encountered. It has been absolutely overwhelming. So many things seen, so many people touched, so many lessons learned yet so little time to do everything needed...

Phnom Penh reminds me a lot of my home town in Sitiawan Malaysia. Very very 'kampong' (village) like and the people are so friendly yet fending for selfish needs when it comes to survival. The only difference is that PP is the capital of Cambodia and still the country is not even close to developing. The outskirt towns are even worse. Majority of the villages do not have any electricity and their only water supply for both drinking and washing (infested with mosquitto lavas) is from the rain. So many children are malnourished whereby 13y.o would look like a 7y.o! However, the reverse occurs once they reach about 20's. They all look 10yrs their senior because of sun and heat exposure during their childhood years.

Anyway, scroll down for the pics...

Medical Missions
(Dr Soo King diagnosed the patients while we dispensed the medicine FOC to the malnourished ppl of the villages

Doctor Soo King at work!


Her little helpers dispensing after hours of on-the-job training..



De-worming the kids with lollies as


The typical Villages (approx half hour away from Phnom Penh)





The Village animals


The Village Kids


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Soccer Team with the soccer ball kindly donated by Gillette ;)
while everyone was doing medical missions under cover to get away from the sun, I decided to spend 1hr with the kids of the village to play soccer/volleyball until I was soooo tanned & sweating like a pig! It


Women are expected to sell food for to earn $ for survival




buying Coconut drinks for the street kids in the city of Phnom Penh!

Giving out the donated goods to the kids...

The smile on their faces.. priceless!