Day 38 Did anyone ever turn up to school with a deflated football on their head? Or wearing a plastic bag fashioned into a wrestlers leotard? . The kids do that here. I applaud their individualism of course, but it does put me off my times table a bit. There is one boy who has the comedy timing of Les Dawson & the physical comedy of Lee Evans. Hi name is Guam & he has me in stitches every day. We somehow decided I was his barang (french/foreigner) olde...

Day 30 I'm a month in now and have really settled in. I'd even go as far as to say I'm enjoying it. There is a slight problem though; there are only so many worthy conversations about volunteering a girl can have. So I've been stopping strangers on the street asking "do you think I should have my fringe cut back in?" , " can you believe that Hollyoaks cad on Strictly - saying all those lovely thngs about his girlfriend whilst doing the horizontal ...

Day 19 Good news! My bum has lifted. Must be all that riding over humungous pot holes; a kind of makeshift slendertone if you will. Still need a miracle of seismic proportions if I am to waft round Bali half eastern goddess, half east london fashionista but it's certainly a start. Now I must apologise to anyone who received an unnecessary amount of mailouts while I got my head round this whole social networking malarkey. I didn't realise that if I so much as b...

Day 15 Ok, so it may look a bit wrong, pervy even, to take pictures of monks bathing but trust me, they had total picture approval. Yes, they are holy men. But there are 2 types: the ones for which it is their calling, their destiny & who are the pride of the family. Then there are the ones who have done something bad and it's either the orange robes or a stint in the Cambodian equivalent of Larkhall.... Honestly, if David Beckham ever calls in sick for an ...

Day 11 I am a proper teacher now. I must be because everyday I stand in front of a class & they shout " GOOD MORNING TEACHER, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?". It would warm the iciest of hearts I tell you. I do feel bad that I'm responsible for their learning yet I have no idea what I'm talking about. Still, I can speak English so that's a start. It doesn't help matters that their English text books are so badly printed. They are all over the place, particular...