Invitation to a premiere

Film Director Steve McClure has issued an open invitation to all to join him for the Cambodian premiere of the feature documentary, Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour. It's a story of courage, a story of survival and a story of eventual triumph over the genocidal regime that was responsible for the deaths of up to 2 million Cambodian people. The voices of many survivors are heard as they convey their thoughts, ideas and emotions - the very things they were forced to abandon in the killing fields of Cambodia. Narrated by Academy Award nominated actor, Sam Waterston, this film gives a voice to those lives that were senselessly lost. Visit here for more information about the film. The premiere will take place on Saturday 9 August at 7.30pm at the Meta House on Street 264 in Phnom Penh. Admission is free and a Q&A with Steve McClure will follow the film's screening.

It looks like I will be making the trip north to Siem Reap tomorrow for a few days on business. It will give me the chance to reunite with some friends who I haven't seen for a few months and I hope to return to the Angkor National Museum for an updated visit and viewing of their collection. I also want to try and fit in a visit to a couple of quiet corners of Angkor that I haven't seen for a few years, but it will depend on work commitments. It will also mean that I can't go to football training this week, which is a good thing at the moment, as every part of my body is screaming at me to take a rest! I forgot to mention that I watched the 2-hour thunderstorm that flooded the capital's streets yesterday afternoon, from the comfort of the restaurant at the Dara Reang Sey Hotel. I hadn't seen the two sisters, Reangsey and Dara, who manage the hotel for a few months, so it was catch-up time and they fed me as they always do - they repeatedly tell me I look too thin and then proceed to ply me with as much food and drink as I can manage. They are lovely people and I'm proud to call them my friends.