Month two: ten more lessons

11. Do not wear your backpack on your front when knowingly carrying a leaky water bottle. It will end badly. Not only will it make your moto driver very uncomfortable and confused, you'll be even more embarrassing and noticeable than usual. 

12. Just because you're no longer living in a country with a huge hole in the ozone above it, doesn't mean you should skip out on sunscreen. Your nose need not match your chubby wee cheeks. 

13. Stay generous. It's easy to get caught up in how inexpensive everything is- don't. Give how you can when you can.

14. Only sleep with air conditioning when you have to, or find yourself googling the symptoms of strep throat and developing a fear you'll get rheumatic fever and have heart failure and die in a matter of weeks. It's just your poorly cleaned air conditioning system. 

15. There are ways of getting your favourite chocolate. My most favourite is broadcasting it to everyone I speak to so that if they ever see it, they immediately associate it with me and feel so moved by my love for it that they purchase it. (Hi Siobhan, thanks for the Whittakers).

16. The ants in your bed will eventually go away for no apparent reason. Enjoy it while it lasts, chances are it won't. 

17. You might never get used to the heat. That's ok. You're still living and breathing and walking to work so you're actually an impressive individual anyway (currently thanking myself for the complement).

18. You have to let the hard stuff propel you forward. 

19. Learn your left, right, and straight in Khmer. It will make your life 100% easier. 

20. Avoid all water when barefoot, unless you find Hansel and Gretel inspiring and you need a little help finding your way back to where you came from. 

The view from my balcony first thing in the morning, before the street really wakes up.