Nancy's Birthday Rice Cake
So yesterday was Yaroslevna's (?) last day before she went back to Russia. She's one of the two Russian students working on the project along with four grad students, four Cambodians, Nancy, and myself. Lekina (?) is the other Russian working with us and she had a BBQ at her house as a farewell party for Yaroslevna that also doubled as Nancy's birthday party. Lekina's family barbequed beef, fish, chicken wings, served a some veggies, and ended the evening with palm fruit rice cakes. After dinner we engaged in various games of badminton, frisbee, and basketball all at the same time.
Lekina's family also has a plantation where they grow lots of bananas. Her family gave us two big bushels of bananas to take back to our house so we have lots and lots of bananas to snack on. The bananas here are more like apple bananas: small, short, and sweet. According to Sokly (one of the Cambodians who works with us) there are four different types of bananas in Cambodia.
Sokly, Palm Fruit Rice Cakes, and Cambodia's Favorite Beer
Our next stop for the evening after freshening up at home was the launch party for Cambodia's first fashion magazine, "F". It was held at Club White, a new establishment across from the Intercontinental Hotel. The streetside was crowded with loads of cars (mainly Lexuses or Toyotas) while inside it was probably the loudest club I've ever been to. After the mandatory pat down and passing the weapons check, the club was so loud that the bartenders couldn't hear what I or Nancy were ordering and resorted to handing us a pen and paper to write down our orders. The music at the club was fine and everyone had a great time dancing despite the unbearable heat and insufficient air conditioning. Everyone from the VM Project who went left around midnight because many people were tired and had a long work day.
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