A lot of people have been asking me what exactly I am doing in Cambodia. My specific tasks are still in talks so I will talk about that in a future post but I can show you around my new workplace:
I work at Wat Damnuk which is just across the Siem Reap River. It lacks the grandeur of say Wat Bo as it's a very local community based pagoda rather than a tourist attraction. Nevertheless it's a huge compound complete with a huge main temple, Khmer studies library, monk and nun's quarters, and elementary school. And the gates are very intricately embellished with, um bling. Lot's of it. From what I hear it used to be the Royal Palace for the King so I suppose that makes sense.
It's a stark contrast from the lavish builsing I used to work in in the heart of Roppongi (for those of you that recognize it - yes, the building was in the helicopter scene from the movie Inception)
But I've already fallen in love with my new "office". I mean what workplace is on historic temple grounds with having monks as your supervisors and you can hear sacred chanting on the loudspeaker all day long? I don't think it can get any authentic than that.
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