Ian knows what to get his Mama for her birthday. For the second year he sent me a KIVA gift certificate.
And seeing as how today I officially became a senior citizen, a golden oldie and one of the first of the boomers to turn 65 I decided to find someone "old like me" to loan my money to. 
Now, there's no telling how old is "old" but the KIVA description says Mr. Thai Hong and his wife, Mrs. Sakhorn Sbaung are "old", but still strong enough to work.
Mr.Thai Hong and his wife are rice and lotus farmers who live along National Road Number Six, about 20 kilometers from Phnom Penh Cambodia.
Farming is their main business, and you have to feel respect for anyone, let alone "old" people who can do the back-breaking work of maintaining a rice paddy. They asked for a $500 (USD) loan to purchase seeds, fertilizer and pesticide to maintain their farm.
So, in my small way I hope to give them a bit of a hand, and thanks to Ian for helping me do it! I'll make my regular monthly KIVA loan in a few days when the loan repayments have been credited to my account and the money is available to top up and loan out again.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Happy Birthday to Me!
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Birthday wishes. I really need to write this down in my birthday book. Yikes, how long have I known you and still miss this?
So you are officially officially old. All that is left to receive from the government is birthday wishes from a decent PM and the Queen herself when you hit the 80 mark.
Keep on rockin' that rocker, you rock star!!
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