The Orphanage Experience

It's Sopheap again. Just thought I'd talk about our orphanage experience. When Kaley and I arrived we tried helping unload all of the rice. We ended up only carrying one bag in, as we found that it was very heavy. While all of the men at the orphanage were unloading rice and other supplies we had brought, we heard yelling from a distance. I turned to my right and saw a whole bunch of little boys yelling in excitement and running towards us. They were so happy to see us and all of the food we brought. While supplies were brought in, they climbed on all of the rice we had stacked up inside. When we were taking pictures, one grabbed my hand and made me slap a bag of rice. Not sure why, but I did what I was told! I found out that boys are pretty much the same throughout the world. They enjoyed poking me and teasing me. One wouldn't stop kicking me and poking me in the butt. He seemed to like terrorizing me the most. Boys will be boys. While trying to get them to settle down, we fed them two bananas each. Some boys wanted more than that, but Kaley and I tried laying down the law. We also gave them animal crackers, which they thoroughly enjoyed. My mom also showed them our bubble machine which they went crazy over. After we finished playing with the boys, and after I finished tolerating much poking and kicking from them, we toured the orphanage again. There was one room that the boys wanted me to stay in with them. I was apprehensive once my mom and everyone else left me in there by myself with them, but I would have felt bad if I decided to just leave. They enjoyed me company and they liked asking me to draw things in their books for them. Every boy asked me to draw something that they would point to. So I drew it in their books, and I signed my name. Then they would color it in with their crayons. I was finally saved by one of the nannies. After more touring, we said our goodbyes. Back to the hotel for us!


--Sopheap