Charles Dittmeier – Page 184 – Welcome to Cambodia, and…..

Collage (second attempt)

Yesterday I experimented with a collage of small mug shots of DDP staff. It didn’t turn out the way I wanted so I tried again today with another software. This one isn’t perfect but it’s better than yesterday’s attempt.

Driving while Distracted?

Driving any vehicle while using a phone is a dangerous no-no although there is little awareness of that in Cambodia where everyone uses phones while driving and no one has a sense that there’s anything wrong with it. Wearing a motorcycle helmet adds another layer of risk to the whole equation.

DDP Annual Staff Meeting–5

This is just a compilation of head-and-shoulder shots of a lot of our staff at the annual staff meeting in Kep Province. It was also a disappointing test of a “gallery” widget which groups photos. I was hoping it would not put them in even regular rows. Click here to see the results.

DDP Annual Staff Meeting–4

Today was less intense day, a day for relaxing and for the staff just to enjoy being together and being part of the DDP family. Click here for photos from the Kep beach and Kep Market.

DDP Annual Staff Meeting–3

Today the schedule of activities was changed to move an awards ceremony and evaluation to the evening so the staff could go to the beach in the morning when the sun was out and there was no rain. Click here for pictures from the day.

DDP Annual Staff Meeting–2

Today was a full day of reports and activities geared toward a strong sense of DDP identity. We were planning a roasting of corn on the cob tonight, over at the playing field, but rain during supper scuttled that. Click here to see scenes from the day.

DDP Annual Staff Meeting–1

Today all the DDP staff headed south to Kep Province to Shalom Valley center for our annual staff meeting. The bus ride took about five hours with stops and problems with the mud. Click here to see the day.

USA Trip — #11

I confused myself and forgot to put up this last post about the last day in Kentucky and the return trip to Phnom Penh. Click here to learn more.

The right direction…

For 30+ years Maryknoll lay missioners and brothers and sisters and priests have gone to Bangkok for medical treatment that just wasn’t available here in the kingdom. Things are changing now as is evidenced by this sign informing people that now another procedure, blood dialysis, is available at the Russian Hospital.

E-mail woes…

While I was in the US, my e-mail client (the software that I use to read and write e-mail) got corrupted and I have been fighting with it ever since. The software puts markers on e-mails that have arrived and flags them as read, deleted, etc. Somehow the markers got scrambled and I have not been able to view some of the mail that I downloaded to the computer but now cannot display. I’m sorry if I haven’t answered something you sent me!