so i've been breaking pretty much every rule in the book about eating in third world countries. first off, you already know about my eating uncooked food with the papaya salad story. the next day, chantha took me to get my phone fixed (having problems), and afterwards, she took me to a place that serves something similar to sandwiches, but a bit different. the meat looked a bit suspicious, but it was yummy...it was the ice cream afterwards that really did it. that's a big no-no, ice cream and other dairy products...but once again, chantha ate it, so i figured...my stomach was okay, but it had a gasoline-like aftertaste...ugh. the next day, i was with chantha once again, and we got drinks...with chipped ice. that's also a big no-no because apparently they drag these big blocks of ice all over the place, on the ground, etc., accumulating who knows what, and use these blocks to get their ice. most cleaner restaurants have these ice cylinders, which you know are safe...but...so i drank the drink anyways.

the crazy thing is, my stomach hasn't been affected! (yes, i'm knocking on wood) and what's funny is that after the papaya salad and after the ice cream, both times, the next day chantha came up to me at work and said that she wasn't sure if i'd be sick or not after the food she's been feeding me...silly girl.

so yeah, i've been spending a lot of time with chantha lately...she has been beyond hospitable, taking me to get my phone fixed, showing me around the city, taking me shopping...and tomorrow she's invited me to go to her house for dinner and to spend the night. getting to know her better has been a slower process because though she speaks english rather well, there's still a bit of a barrier.

other than that, the other thing i wanted to report is that spiderman 2 is out on dvd here, and i was talking to another co-worker about how i want to see that, and...he went and bought it for me! it's good quality, but unfortunately, i don't have a dvd player here (yeah, art, i shoulda brought your laptop here)...so i guess i'll have to wait until i get back home. ;p