Cambodian Parties

Yesterday, I went to another 21st birthday party at a restaurant and as I sat there eating the well prepared food, with pretty carrot decorations I was hit with another stream of nostaglia. Ironically enough, every Cambodian party set at a restaurant has been patterned out the same. There's the greeting as you walk in, the greeting from friends of the family, searching for an suitable table and waiting 2 hours for the food to be served.

However, into my fourth dish, a man stopped us and did some introductions... and a slight change occured. Suddenly, everyone's head was down in prayer and for the next ten minutes, we were joining in the Lord's prayer - something quite different for receptions at restaurants. Anyway, I thought that's an excellent idea... to include God in everything, even celebrations and these ppl managed it well.


here's me looking happy under the flower arch. It was so beautiful!



what else are used for?



in the tradition of taking photos in NZ, point up to nothing and pose.