DAY 1

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Airport. 5.45 a.m.

34 students dressed in the infamous ACJC black collegiates gather with bags outside row 12, terminal 2. Cambodia is only 6 hours away (including waiting time, duh. the flight's at 8.15am)

I look around and realise with a start - mine is the only sling bag.

What a wonderful anticlimax. Hah.

Board the plane and look at the fluffy clouds below. When we land, its roughly 9-ish (1 hour behind SG time). Grab our luggage and head for the hotel. "Long Beach Plaza Hotel". A seemingly simple hotel that, little would we know, houses some scandalous, well, non-secrets. After a quick unpacking we head off to our first destination: a little 'village' off a offbeat road, where there are a group of orphaned children. We perform for them and get out first taste of staging a performance in Cambodia. It wasn't as fun as the other days, though.

We head off and then arrive, hot and sweaty from being inside a bus with faltering air-conditioning, and a temperature of roughly 36/37 degrees outside, at a port. There, we jump onto a modest vessel and begin our river cruise, with about 25 of us heading to the upper deck, while the rest chillax under the shade the bottom deck provides. We see many things, and enjoy many sights, take many photos, camwhore like the camwhores we all are, take a few awkward photos, a gay one and many emo photos. The ride itself is nearly two hours long.

I also get proclaimed salt king because of the white markings on my shirt, caused by salt in my sweat, which evaporated, leaving the salt to crystallize on my shirt. I officially beat AMO in the sweat competition.

After the cruise, we head to a nearby market and split up to do some quick shopping, about half an hour. I end up buying some random souvenirs for an unbelievably cheap price. The conversation goes like this:

Old shopkeeper woman who wants to earn some moolah: YOU WANT? NINE DOLLAH NINE DOLLAH CHEAP CHEAP.

Me: *just wanting to check price* uhh. no thank you. *walks away*

OSWWWTOESM: EIGHT DOLLA!

Me: *walks*

OSWWWTOESM: SIX! FIVE! FOUR!

Me: *stops* no thanks! *turns*

Friend: *still standing next to OSWWWTOESM* eh.. just buy.

Me: nah. I just want to check price only

OSWWWTOESM: *desperately* TWO DOLLA! CHEAP!

Friend: *smiles at me* buy la knn

Me: *turns* *grabs wallet*

It seems like I was actually bargaining? I swear I had no intention of buying ANYTHING. the OSWWWTOESM just practically through it at me. f*** seriously.

We have dinner at a nearby fancy restaruant and I swear. Portions are infuriatingly small. And even meat dishes are like... 10-20% meat, the rest veg. But the KANGKONG IN FRIED OYSTER SAUCE IS SO AMAZINGLY AWESOME I SWEAR. And the fishcake amok AS well. Woah.

After dinner we head back to the hotel. And it's there we see... the prostitutes, tranees and their customers. Oh god.

We rush up to our rooms. And after taking a shower I fall to sleep peacefully, in between two guys. Gotta love the USD$6 per room per night hotel rooms. Well, at least they have about 40/50 television channels. And great roomkeeping service.

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Oh so very badly.

Please.

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Let's give it a shot.

v Wjat cam O sat tp ypi? [What can I say to you?]

O giess O', kist sjy tjat way/. [I guess I'm just shy that way.]

O', s[eecj;ess/O ,eam. o [I'm speechless. I ]

awesome. Just try and decipher that if you can.

Here's a hint. See the O's? They're in capital.

I don't think you need to know more then that.

Anyway.

I've been kinda bummed. I don't know how to say this.

But I think I'm the one causing all this. I don't know why.

But then, I always thought I was missed, I was wanted. Now that I'm trying to get back I get the feeling I'm hated, loathed, and have no purpose in life but the get out of another's.

I am one seriously confused fellow.

But agony aunt aint for me. That's for sure.

I think I'll go about my problems the usual, Kaiyang-ish way.

Put on my stone, and go on living like there is a tomorrow.

Gosh. Feels just like a repeat of last year.

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