An Open Road

A Journey Into Cambodia

Thursday, December 07, 2006

A Summary Update

The music festival has come and gone, and as I write this today, my parents are flying over the Pacific Ocean from LA. Sorry I haven't been writing on here much. I've been working on some short stories, so much of my writing energy has been going into those. The music festival went very well, and I'm really excited about the prospect of actually coaching the resident Cambodian quartet.

My parents are bringing my viola and my tennis racquets, so my day-to-day life activities may change shortly. Work is going well – I observed a PA working in telemedicine today. Essentially, a nurse takes pictures and sees patients out in provinces and sends them to him and a team of doctors internationally, and they assess the treatment the nurse provided. The PA that I observed actually goes out into the field twice a month, but the rest of the time he works from the hospital here.

Yesterday was Gerlinda's birthday (one of my coworkers). We went to the Intercontinental Hotel, to hear our favorite band, and a lot of the people from work were there to celebrate. The aforementioned PA and I even sang a song for her (you won't find me behind a microphone very often). So that was a fun evening.

I'm flying to Bangkok on Saturday morning, so the next time I update, I'll probably be with my parents. I'll try to get some more and better writing up soon, too.