Khmer Work Week & Friday Traffic

It is interesting that much of the world has adopted the Western work week, even when they may not understand how it came about. For example in Cambodia we were told that Wat day for the Buddhist community is every ten days so Sunday is not a holy day to them. Still if there is one day that many take off it is Sunday. Likewise, many of those with a "regular" job work a 45 hour work week, which usually includes a half day on Saturday. But it is not for the Western purpose to prepare for the Sabbath.

The discussion about the work week was to lead into another interesting similarity to what we see back in the U.S., crazy, early Friday traffic.  Elder Oveson went with Phanna to visit some banks to find out interest rates and terms for small business loans. Even though they only went about two kilometers it took longer than our morning walk. And then this evening as we left our office we decided to go to Mama's New York Deli for dinner. Again the traffic to and from there was terrible. It is a good thing that we do not usually drive in heavy traffic or Elder Oveson's blood pressure would be through the roof.

 This morning we had two more Skype calls with Self-Reliance Missionaries, one in Taiwan and the other in Hong Kong. With the Taiwan call the Sister had gone to the doctor to have her back checked out that has been bothering her. We still had a great call with the Elder. For the Hong Kong call, by time we finally got a hold of her, she only had a few minutes before she had to rush off to another meeting.

At the office we worked more on the preferred job list that we are trying to update. It is hard to believe how fast time has flown since it was updated last, it has been long enough and based on what we learned from last time we have changed the reporting template. We want to get as much done as we can before nest week when Chad is here.

Tonight we decided to do another random collage of the interesting things that we see on a constant basis. From the dog playing with a soda bottle, to the Bevi (not Levi) Strauss, the loads in the back of trucks (including the work crew) and motos.