My Khmer friend and I

I finally finished arranging and selecting the photos to develop. This is Vannez and I at Kalun waterfall having our really kampong roasted chicken under the palm hut. This 18 years old tutu driver and I became fast friends during my stay in Cambodia. Vannez is really a sensible boy who loves his family, misses rearing the buffaloes and hopes that he can marry the Vietnamese hustler living across the street ,from where I am living. I make him laugh and he is constantly amused how I could just talk to people on the streets, and perhaps, thats why he confided in me and told me so much of his life and aspirations.

Sometimes, we sit back and start to really believe that God has not been really fair and destiny has been bestowed to each and everyone of us. Like it or not.

I told him cheerfully that I am sure he will succeed one day in whatever he wants to do. He asked me why I was so sure of it. I just smiled. Cause I am really not too sure what destiny has in mind for my young Khmer friend.