Posts made in March, 2012

APAD 277: Thai Huot

Posted by The Insider on Mar 15, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, Signs, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

This is one of the grocery stores that I love going to. They just opened a new branch in Tuol Kork district, near my place.

Thai Huot is a small grocery store but it is stocked with French and other European products. My husband also loves the cheese section as well as the pantry products. Their spices section is also well-worth a look.

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APAD 276: Parking area

Posted by The Insider on Mar 14, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, sights, That's My World, transportation, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

Hey, where’s my motorbike? I say good luck in finding it.

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APAD 275: The Smiling Faces of Bayon Temple

Posted by The Insider on Mar 13, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 4 comments

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you the giant smiling faces of Bayon Temple, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Angkor Wat is amazing but Bayon is a stand-out and my personal favourite. It is a temple like no other and worth going there to see them. Again and again.

These giant faces, looking in four directions, are hoisted in 52 towers representing the provinces of what was once the Great Khmer Empire. As to who the faces represent remain a mystery up to now.

Standing there – in awe – looking at these stone faces that are looming down on you is just memorable. The history, the beauty, as well as the architectural marvel is just unbelievable. The stone faces seem to look at you at any angle. Why, I could just stand there and stare back at the faces all day! Well, I’ll stop if I get hungry, to be honest 🙂

APAD 274: Flowers, flowers!

Posted by The Insider on Mar 12, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights | 6 comments

A friend of mine owns a flower stall at Psah Thmey (Central Market). Most of her flowers are from Thailand and Vietnam.

Aren’t they lovely? I love their choices of flowers and how they arrange them together in one neat basket.

APAD 273: A specious someone

Posted by The Insider on Mar 8, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, transportation, What's On in Cambodia | 7 comments

My husband and I had a good laugh when we spotted this sign on a tuktuk yesterday parked just a block away from the Russian Market. I instantly took a photo but my husband posted it first to his blog, lol.

Just what exactly is specious?

A combination of “SPECIAL” and “PRECIOUS” equals to “SPECIOUS”?

To most native English speakers, “specious” isn’t exactly a nice word to label someone so I’m wondering why it’s used to this birthday person. I am assuming though that the sign is probably (a) an example of a KHMENGLISH (or ENGRISH), (b) a funny prank, or (c) a revenge for annoying someone.

But whatever the reasons are, it just goes to show that the tuktuk’s potential as an advertising tool is huge.

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