First Day of Work in Cambodia

Today is my first day of work in Cambodia
I slept really bad last night due to the jet lag
My eyes were wide opened until 5 am
then I woke up at 630 am to go to work

Before I came,
Johnny told me that it takes 20 minutes to go to work everyday
I said it should be fine for me
coz in Vienna, it took me 10 minutes to walk to the u-Bahn everyday
so it's just a double it isn't too bad

but today as I got out of the house
I was shocked
It's not like Vienna where you can have a quiet boulevard to yourself and occasionally think about life
there are motors flying everywhere
literally everywhere
cars are constantly ringing their horns at me
it was crazy hot but I still had to take care of my bag in case someone just snatch it from the motorbikes beside me
and as I reached the crossroad
it was insane
there's a bunch of cars, tuk-tuks and motorbikes stuck in the middle heading to all four directions
no traffic lights, no pedestrians, no crosswalks, no police
all a mess
And after sweating so hard for 20 mins
I finally arrived at the office
which is probably the only thing that meet my expectation
it looks like a normal office

so a girl at the reception brought me up to the room where all other HKU interns work at
then I was not given anything to do
so I started sleeping as I am still in my jet lag
After 2 hours I woke up and the girl gave me a whole bunch of documents
which are quite irrelevant to my scope of work
so I started reading a few lines then it was time for lunch
We called for delivery
it was a really nice beef fried rice
but it was damn hot in the cafeteria
like no aircon under 40 degrees
so even though it tasted good I didn't really enjoy the whole experience
then I went up and started sleeping again
And I chat for a few more hours with other interns
then its 5pm and it's time to go home

Johnny and I went to the shopping mall near our place to shop for some necessity
like hairdryer, shampoo and shower gel those kind of stuff
I spent like a few ten thousands on that
of course in Cambodian Riel
I feel like a millionaire there

the only bad news is that Johnny and Lok Hei are going across the border from Thursday to Sunday
and the others are going to site-visit
So it will be only me staying at the office
that is really really boring
and I'm not even sure if I can get to work and home safely on my own

But I'm sure I'll be fine

Well, to be honest,
the first day really sucks
especially when everyone is already so closed that they stay at the same place
I feel quite left out
but this is the problem of joining late
and I'm not even sure if I really have anything to do in the coming week
if the situation continues
I think I'm just gonna quit and go to another internship in China

Tomorrow will be July 5
It's the day when Daniel (a Singaporean guy I met in Vienna) decides whether to come to Cambodia or not
but I'm trying not to put too much expectation on this
After all, I don't think I'm gonna see him much even he's here in Phnom Penh

Anyway, I'll see how things go