A Long-expected Blog

Naturally, I have procrastinated a little in writing my blog, so I now have to do two weeks worth of blogging in order to catch up. A few basic facts you need to know:
1. I’m spending a month in Phnom Penh, Cambodia doing a TESOL training course so I can technically be qualified to teach English.
2. I’m here with a program called Language Corps. Basically, they train me, provide housing while I’m in Phnom Penh and set me up with a job in China, where I will be spending 15ish months, if I ever get my visa.
3. I created the template for this blog months ago in anticipation of writing it, but since I had nothing to write at the time, I just wrote “Tabula Rasa” as the header with the intention of renaming it. I have decided to leave it as Tabula Rasa since it’s actually kind of how I feel about traveling. I try to enter into a new cultural experience with no preconceived notions of what it will be like and just absorb everything I can.
4. Also, Tabula Rasa is the title of a season 1 LOST episode, a season 6 Buffy episode and a season 4 Heroes episode.
5. Cambodia is 12 hours ahead of EST, so basically I’m in the future…do NOT drink the coffee! If you don’t watch the Office, shame on you.
6. It’s my goal to reference as many TV shows, books and movies as possible in this blog. And I won't always tell you or make it obvious, so read carefully.