Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays! December was a crazy busy month. We were literally doing something every weekend, which was great, but exhausting. We wrapped up our term, celebrated Christmas, said goodbye to friends and traveled to a new country!

Our English term ended on Dec 23 and was a bittersweet time. We have become very close with our students over the past few months and probably won’t get to see many of them again. Our classes went pretty smoothly, of course there were a few bumps, but overall this last month was great. We both had a fun last week with our students filled with games, parties, and movie viewings. Our students were so sweet and many of them gave us presents including tons of candy and sweets, scarves, and Cambodian souvenirs. In all, it was a great end to a term. The grading part was not so fun, but hey it is work.

For Christmas we spent a lot of time with our “Cambodian Family” which was a nice treat. We hosted a brunch for a few of our teacher friends, and had dinner with some other friends. We had a really wonderful time chatting and reflecting on the past few months in Cambodia. Our families sent us a bunch of really wonderful gifts earlier in the month that we enjoyed opening on Christmas morning. Some of the top gifts included two tiny Christmas trees, Dunkin Donuts mugs, Philadelphia Phillies and Flyers gear, and a SWIFFER. Also, we were able to skype and call most of our family members, which was a really great treat. Although it was very different to our Christmas celebrations, it was a wonderful holiday.

We have made some really great friends over the last term. Three of them were fellow PUC teachers from Europe. Maria, Maren, and Stu—thank you for being such great people and for keeping us sane during the last 4 months. We will always remember our friendship and miss you already! Hopefully on our next trip to Europe we can pop in for a visit and a little poker ;). We hope that you have a fabulous time traveling around Asia for the next two weeks and a safe journey home.

We hope that everyone back home had a fantastic holiday season. We miss you all and wish you the very best for the new year. 2012 baby—let’s see what this year has in store for us. We have already started off the new year in a new place, so we know that the 2012 will be filled with loads of new fabulous memories. More to come on that in the next post…

Peace, Love, and Happiness,

Chantelle and Keith