So ya want more huh?

Dorri wants more so...OK I'll tell ya a story. This happened about a month ago in Cambodia. I won't tell stories from right now, cuz the people I talk about could be reading this. Anyway....remember the pictures of the monks? Well those guys were really friendly, and studying English, so I was going to the temple fairly regularly. We exchanged phone numbers the day I met them. Usually I'd get a call from them, and they'd ask if I was gonna come over. I spent a lot of nights out partying very late, so sometimes I would make it, and sometimes I wouldn't. My friend/girlfriend in Phenom Pehn knew I was going to the temple a lot, told me I shouldn't lie to the monks, and would actually leave if I was supposed to be going to see the monks. I liked going to the temple because it was a glimpse into a lifestyle that was completely different from anything I knew. It was also very similar they had very little in the way of material goods, but still had cell phones, and a computer in their room. We'd talk about how I lived in America, and how they lived. I learned a lot about the monks lifestyle, and what really goes on at the temple. It's not as peaceful there as you might think. One day I saw a fight that was pretty gnarly inside the temple ground. You see if someone gets into trouble the last place they can go is the temple, so often there are some pretty troubled people at the temple. The fight I saw was someone who I guess was too much trouble even for the temple, and they were regulating on him(with really big sticks!).

I told you that story to tell you this story. One evening I was at my hotel taking a shower. My girlfriend was in the other room, and my phone rang so she answered it. Later I came out of the bathroom and asked her who called. She told me that it was some ladyboy looking for his boyfriend. I got a fair amount of wrong number calls, so I didn't think much of it. Well a couple of hours later I got a call from one of the monks, same as usual asking if I would come to the temple. Then he said I called earlier and a girl answered. He asked me who that was, and I told him that was my girlfriend. He was very surprised that I had a Khmer girlfriend...whatever. I told him I'd come by the temple tomorrow afternoon and hung up. After I got off the phone I told Bohpa (her name) that she was talking to the monks earlier. I had totally forgotten about the "ladyboy looking for his boyfriend" part. At this point she got pretty upset, cuz she thought I was cheating on her with a monk! I couldn't help it I just busted up, which really didn't help. She started talking about going to the temple to kill the monk...(an idle threat she's not really like that). It was a little disturbing that this monk I'd been hanging out with thought of me as more than friends, but it was funny as hell that Bohpa got so jealous and angry. Once again the humor of all this was lost on her. Needless to say I never quite got to the temple the next day, or anytime after that. Who knew that there are gay monks?

Well, there ya go some details about what's been going on with me. Other than that the big news for the last couple day has been that I can count to ten in Cantonese. It's been really nice hanging out here at Harvey's. It really feels like home. Especiially after living in hotels for the last couple months. Hong Kong is close enough to here that I probably will be able to come visit Harv on weekends, so if any of you guys make it here you'll see both of us.