I've been away (again) for a few days... so many things to do, so little time. Yeah, I know, it's a cliche.

Some of my friends came to town this week and I, being the one based in the capital, gladly hosted the gang while they were here. These friends of mine were my former classmates at one of the first Online Graduate Schools back in the Philippines. If I am not mistaken, the University of the Philippines system was the first to establish an Open University in the country. Not many of you know that I studied for two semesters for my masters degree in Development Communication. I had to drop out - still with a long way to go *sigh* - to concentrate on my work at that time which involved a lot of traveling locally and internationally. 

Well, anyway, I took them to places of interest in Phnom Penh (not that many, if you're like me who dislikes going to the genocidal museum). I'm glad the shopping and the eating made up for the lack of places to go to. Needless to say, my mates enjoyed bargain-hunting at the Russian Market and sampling Khmer-Thai-Vietnamese street-foods and the Khmer iced coffee!  Never mind the sizzling heat and the occasional fly or two buzzing around our heads. These ladies and gent are development workers in the Philippines and are absolutely not picky or fussy at all. They certainly didn't mind running around Phnom Penh, chasing tuk-tuks, and squeezing in my apartment's spare bedroom, and befriending my pets Max and Joe! Sweet! And that explains my title =) You guys rock! Sa uulitin!