042 – Monks on street corners

Four months ago I never would have thought I’d be standing on a street corner in Siem Reap, Cambodia having a conversation with a Theravada Buddhist monk not much older than I am.
Today I treated it as ordinary until I was walking away and I realized that that would never happen in suburban Virginia.
Apparently a [...]

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041 – Western Sleep

I have not gotten a full nights sleep since I came to Siem Reap. This is due mainly to the fact that my sleep schedule is out of sync with the locals.
I generally fall asleep anywhere between 11 and 2am. I wake up around 8 for class.
Last night, for example:
3am: air conditioner starts to leak [...]

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