Excellent News!

Very exciting news...I figured out when Seinfeld airs! Every weeknight at 6:30. It's perfect; get home at 5:30 or so, get some dinner cooking and pop on Seinfeld. The only thing missing is someone that appreciates it as much as I (you know who you are).

Ok, now on to the actually exciting news. I started working at Pact, a development NGO, on Wednesday. It's a joint internship (unfortunately unpaid) between the anti-corruption program and the local administration reform program, two of the hottest topics here in Cambodia. For the first few days I've been doing issues surrounding land, with the intent of figuring out how to reduce or eliminate corruption within land registration processes, but recognizing the necessity of doing background research first. The research is quite legal in nature (I'm reading up on Cambodian land law) and actually pretty interesting. My favorite line thus far is in the section of the 2001 Land Law dealing with property owners' rights:

"The owner of the land’s surface is also the owner of the space situated directly above his property and of the things that are permanently fixed on his property, except electrical and telecommunication wires that shall be governed by separate law...He may not, however, prohibit any aircraft from flying over his property."

Even though it's only been a few days, it's good to get back in to the habit of "doing stuff" and I've already had the opportunity to meet a good amount of people both within Pact and in other organizations.