Killing fatted chook

KFC have hit town this year. Their apparently hormone-enhanced big birds are a real hit with the rising middle class locals. Store number 2 opened at an address near us, so what better way to have our final lunch gathering before getting on our big bird tomorrow to wing it down under.

Sypho (a great, kind-hearted new volunteer) Dtouch, Chantol, Bonna and Sopheap tucking into American Fowl. That's Phanna's fingers doing the walking bottom left.

Donnie (who lives upstairs with his wife Sophea) takes charge for the five weeks that we are away in Aussie and NZ. Melody and Dave get married in 9 more sleeps - how soon is that! Then we are over to NZ for family time, especially with Sue's mum. We were talking on skype with Mum Boyle again this morning. She is sounding like a miracle mum - thank you Lord!

We've got folk in our house in our absence too. Les and Virginia are Aussies (well, he is, she is Filipino, now a Queenslander) spending 5 months or so in Cambodia with the organisation Destiny Rescue. They moved in yesterday - great for them and great for us to have the place lived in.

PS Rat report: Us - 2 (as in 2 flat rats) Rats - 1 (as in one missing rat trap - vanished, walked, vapourised ...)