Boodle Fight--January 29, 2016

Friday was a regular office day. Wendy and I were working on some bank reconciliation and quickbook reconciliations from the accounting department when Joel came in. I don't think I have really described much about Joel yet. He is the best. He is in charge of the interns this go-around. He is also like the superman at the office, not sure his official title, he does a little bit of everything. He definitely keeps this place running but with little recognition. I wish I could record him. He is hilarious and we love him a lot. We keeps us filled in on everything and we go to him with most questions. He came in Friday with a serious face and said we needed to talk. He asked if we move all of our stuff to the corner of the room. All of our stomachs dropped. (Just the day before they had to fire some people because there was an affair going on in the office.... A married couple worked there and one of them was having an affair with another employee. There were lots of tears in the office that day.) He sat us all down and asked if we had been looking for trouble because he had heard some things. We were all racking our brains and it was silent. He wrote the word "fight" on the board. Then "boodle fight". Then he broke the joke. A boodle fight is just a meal/activity. You lay banana leaves all over the able. Put a line or piles of rice down the table and then your ulam, we had pork. And then you eat with your hands! It is called a boodle fight because you "fight" with your elbows to make sure you get your food. Mam Novie, Mam Dang, and some other ladies joined us too. It was really fun. I have to say I have never eaten a meal of rice with my hands.