In re: mute (two posts previous) When I posted, as per the BBC, the US had only given $100,000 in relief funds. I am aware that, since then, the US has allocated $20 million and pledged up to $50 million in support. Likewise, the information on donating to UNICEF of the Red Cross/Red Crecent is […]
Over 19,000 people confirmed dead, with 42,000 people injured, and countless people still trapped under millions of tons of rubble or suddenly homeless, separted from family, in need of medical attention… and the benevolent United States has allocated $100,000 in relief funds. Whoo. We spent twenty times that on the war in Iraq today. And […]
Friday was spent, from 5:00AM to about 4:00PM, visiting the various Angkor temples. Sunrise at Ankgor Wat One of over 200 enigmatic faces at Bayon temple: Ta Phrom temple has not been restored, and the resulting fusion between 12th century temple and 800 years of forest: If you’ve seen the film Tomb Raider, you might […]
For me to try to document just the events of the last few days would require pages and pages and pages. And frankly, there’s a lot of exciting Cambodia out there, and I’m disinclined to while away my hours in an internet cafe. Ask me next time you see me and I’ll fill in the […]
Although I can say nothing of hell, I can faithfully attest that I waded through high-water for a cup of coffee this afternoon. For that matter, walking across a flooded campus has almost become routine the last few days. My fish, after three and a half years, died yesterday. Number one. The control group, as […]