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Ok, so a lot has changed in these past two weeks. A lot. I had to make a really hard decision, and right now I'm writing this from England. I came home a few weeks early, because otherwise my head was going to explode from all the stress of ICS VSO. Don't get me wrong, Cambodia has been an amazing experience, and I don't regret going one bit. But, I also don't regret leaving. I did six weeks and it's been a cool six weeks. I'm seen some amazing things, temples, waterfalls, gigantic spiders. And, it was so nice to live in this little rural village, surrounded by so much nature and heat compared to the cold concreteness of England. It was so nice to actually see the sun. And it was so nice to live this completely different life. But, I felt like a fraud. This Khmer family put me up and the community were so welcoming, yet I didn't feel like I was benefitting them in any way. And believe me, I really wanted to help, but ICS just kept throwing constant

Ok, so things have changed since my last post. Don't get me wrong, this is still a really weird experience. But, I've changed my reason for being here. No longer the selfless Summer I had had in mind, I am now here for my own future employment progression. (Basically the reference and CV points). And being here for that reason makes it OK that I spend my days here writing reports. I'm trying to ditch all the negativity and focus on the positives. I'm sleeping for eight hours every night, drinking two green teas a day (albeit with spoonfuls of sugar in) and consuming loads of vegetables. It's like a health retreat! And the other day I did something kind of cool. A couple of volunteers have been planning English lessons for Khmer children on Sunday's. But when child after child (as well as a few monks) wondered in, we started to realise that more then a couple of volunteers were needed. I found myself sitting with a group of Khmer children looking at me, e