Dave and Jen For Oxfam

As mentioned in this week’s countdown post, Squishy is starring in his own timelapse video. As a result of the muffins Jen baked for her workmates, and my hunger for said muffins, Squishy and I hatched a plan. A very good plan. The plan consisted of pretending we needed to “trial a timelapse for the trip” with, of course, Squishy and a muffin. I will let you in on a secret: Squishy didn’t actually eat the muffin. I did. And I got crumbs on my camera. So without further ado, presenting the one and only “Squishy Eats Muffins”.

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One month left until we leave. We find ourselves sitting around a coffee table drinking Fairtrade tea, reading the Lonely Planet guides to Cambodia and tidying up a pile of notepad notes, text files on laptops and talking at a great pace. The previous week has been both a challenge and exciting and the next four weeks are going to be an extension of that. In more ways than we probably know.

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Put me in front of a keyboard, define an audience and watch the word count click over to maximum. Somehow I managed to turn a post about Jen baking muffins into a reflection on Major Donor support during the current instabilities of the financial world. I blame the smell of so many sweet baked goods for the verbosity in earnest. All I really needed to say was: Muffins!!! How good are muffins??? Jen’s lucky workmates get to eat muffins all this week, if this batch is anything to go by. This is her tongue in cheek (or possibly “crumbs on desk”) response to an amused conversation about little old ladies and cake stalls. They might have to be quick though, as a certain Squishy spied in the photos below has a decidedly hungry look in his eye. A look I know well…

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