So What About Martin?

While his sister, Lisa, has gone back to the UK to study, Martin (14) continues here in Cambodia, having just started his fourth year at Hope International School. He is in Year 9, the last year before the start of two year's formal preparation for IGCSEs (an English school exam, usually taken at age 16). Hope is an exam centre for Cambridge International Examaminations (CIE), offering IGCSEs and subsequently AS levels, although not A2s, as yet. Martin enjoys reading, and often reads when others might socialise! The photo above shows him waiting in a tuk tuk outside Hope school, deep in a book. He is also keen on computer games, and whilst he has now stopped playing EvE Online (mainly due to the monthly subscription charge), he has returned to Guild Wars, another massive multiplayer online game, as well as playing a variety of single-player games. Martin is a difficult chap to photograph, always trying to avoid the camera, but I've included three below. The first shows him looking rather hot, drinking a cup of tea (or coffee) from his favourite mug; one in an orchid garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia late 2007; and the final one with his sister in Prajuap, Thailand in July.