World of Coke

You didn't know that Coke had their own planet, did you? Well, they do.
Ok, so not really.

But they do have their own city!
Or rather, their own building.
Which isn't really a "World."

But we'll let them get away with calling it one, agreed?

Well, my friend, my cousins, aunt and uncle, and other family members and I went to the World of Coke last week. We watched a 3-d movie that involved being splashed with water (real water), knocked out of your moving chairs, and getting jabbed in the back by an *extremely* painful stick-thing. It was awesome.

Oh yes, we also got to look at tons of Coke memorabilia (I know, I know, I spelled that wrong, give me a break), which was fun, and we got to...best of all...drink as much as we wanted of pretty much every beverage that Coke owns! Included among these was various juices, iced tea, root beer, fanta, sprite, coke, cherry coke, vanilla coke, coke zero, diet coke, diet cherry coke, diet vanilla coke, diet vanilla cherry coke, beverly, fruit-fanta, and too many other beverages to list.

I drank waayyyy too much. But it was awesome. I do believe that Brad, Kristine, and me drank almost every drink in the place--and that's a lot. Just trust me on this one, however, NEVER try the Beverly. Never. Never never never. If you value your life you will believe me.

Never.

Piccys for all!

Oh yes, and at the end...I got a free coke! =)

Aaaah

Well, everyone, I am terribly sorry for not posting/e-mailing/anythinging for such a long time...My comp crashed and we lost lots of stuff. For those of you who have e-mailed me and have not gotten a reply, could you please resend? Thanks!

Well...I'm at my grandparents now, having lots of fun. While at my cousins we visited the World of Coke, which was a blast...I'll post about that later with lots of pics. For now, though, I just wanted to say that I'm fine and I miss you all! Sorry there's been so few updates...the computer is frustrating...right now I'm on my grandparents comp. Well, I have to go!

~Manwathiel

The US of A

Well, life in the US has been interesting.

For one thing, I tried a chicken-fried steak and some ochre the other day. Two Texan dishes. The chicken-fried steak wasn’t bad, and the ochre was pretty much tasteless. Not too bad…

Oh, and did I mention that it hailed? Well, there was a storm, and apparently there was hail the size of golf balls falling in some parts of Texas, but where we were the hail was smaller… About half an inch. Caleb ate it. Here’s a pic -->

Well, its still freezing, we’ve been eating good, and we’ve done some shopping. I got some lovely body butter that smells like kiwis (no, not you, Abby, not the bird either, the fruit.), and also got a new awesome Skillet cd, two books—“Tolkien’s Ring,” fully illustrated by Alan LeeJ and “Grail” by Stephen Lawhead—and a t-shirt that says “On the 6th day God created Dinosaurs!” and has a big T-rex on it. So me.

We’ve also been eating lots of luvverly food… strawberries, grapefruit, whoppers, cheerios, etc. Yum yum.

Well, we’re in Arkansas now. It’s gorgeous here, was gorgeous in Texas too. I miss you all back in Cambodia, and I can’t wait to see those of you who I’ll be seeing while we’re in the US!

~Manwathiel

Through the Stargate

And back into the USA. You know, LAX even *looks* like Cheyanne Mountain Complex. *stops rambling* Ok, so Caleb and I played the stargate game while traveling... Traveling...for 27 hours! Ack, it was horrible. But I survived. And watched I Am Legend and Unimatrix Zero. Which were both totally awesome. And survived.
And now I am freezing. So all you need to know is that we are alive, we have reached Dallas, and we are eating strawberries. Whoohoo! Lets hope I survive tomorrow when jetlag *really* hits me.
Well... goodbye.
!me!

Sickness, disease,

Sadness, disaster.

Life moves on.

Nothing can break me down

When I'm being held up

By One so strong.

Heartbreak, sorrow,

Heartache, sin.

I'm breaking apart,

Fallin' to pieces,

Bending, breaking.

Being glued together again.

Life moves on.

Farewell

So I've been saying goodbye... Goodbye to people, goodbye to places, goodbye to life as I know it. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to cry. Actually, more than sometimes. I can barely imagine living in the United States... leaving my friends here in Cambodia... Leaving everything I'm used to... It'd be horrible, at the very least. But just in case that happens, I've been saying goodbye.
We already had two goodbye parties and I said goodbye to many, many people in church on Sunday. I started to cry at Le Duo. This is highly unusual for me to actually *cry*. I went and hid in the bathroom. Depressing. Well... I might be leaving Cambodia forever... alas.

Goodbye.