Posted by The Insider on Jul 25, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Everything Pinoy, Mellow Yellow Monday, philately, stamps | 6 comments
I’ve been away for a whole week, sorry, folks. I had to do something important that I had not enough time to go through my files to post during this period. But now I’m back, the above pic is the only yellow that came out from quickly browsing my photo album. It’s a stamp that was affixed to a postcard sent from the Philippines.
It is a definitive stamp in one peso (P1) denomination re-issued by the Philippine Post twice in 2009 featuring the black-naped oriole. The oriole’s yellow and black plume is a very attractive colour combination.
Black-naped orioles are common and widespread in early second growth, open scrub and gardens, alone or in groups. It has a distinctive black and bright yellow plumage and its large size separates it from other species of orioles. This bird is fairly tame and noisy and can be heard from far away. Loud and pleasant pee-yaaaaooww or keeaaaooww call are repeated every few seconds often with several birds calling together.
– Philippine Stamps and Postal History site.
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Posted by The Insider on Jul 18, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, food, Mellow Yellow Monday | 3 comments
Sunday BBQ @ our place. Never without the yellow corn 🙂
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Posted by The Insider on Jul 15, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kampot, sights, Skywatch Friday | 5 comments
Rainclouds setting over the town of Kampot in southern Cambodia and on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Kampot is a sleepy seaside town four hours away from Phnom Penh and is best known as the jumping point to trips to Phnom Bokor (Mt. Bokor, pic). It is known internationally for its aromatic pepper. Locally, it grows the best durian (the spiky, stinky fruit that many foreigners love to hate) in the province and the prime producer of salt in the country.
Photo taken while driving towards Kampot from the town of Kep.
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Posted by The Insider on Jul 14, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Phnom Penh, sights, Signs | 7 comments
We may not have the international franchise 7- Eleven store but we have its local equivalent in Phnom Penh. It is called the 6-Eleven. Like all convenience stores elsewhere, it is usually open 24hrs a day and has stocks of all sorts of canned juices and sodas, bottled water, snacks, and other everyday sundries.
It has almost everything that a 7-11 store has. Except that the 6-Eleven store probably opens an hour earlier than a 7-Eleven store. LOL.
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Posted by The Insider on Jul 13, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, cyclo, transportation, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday | 1 comment
This is a common sight everywhere in the city. The lowly cyclo, a local three-wheeled rickshaw, is one of the most enduring means of local transportation here in Cambodia. It is human-powered and equipped with seat to carry passengers. And cargoes, all sorts, such as above. It is estimated that there are around 2,000 cyclos plying the streets of Phnom Penh.
I like riding on a cyclo. It is slow, yes, but I like it because it gives me the opportunity to savour the sights and sounds of Phnom Penh. But these days, when the number of vehicles have quadrupled since the day I arrived in the Kingdom (11 years ago!), I rarely take the cyclo anymore. The once pleasurable cyclo ride has turned into a terrifying one, at least for me. Drivers don’t use the correct lanes, don’t observe traffic rules, and they have made the cyclo driver’s job harder and riskier. I just pray that the cyclo drivers go about their daily route safe and sound each day.
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Posted by The Insider on Jul 12, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Kep, sights, That's My World | 6 comments
Photo taken in one of my field interviews in Kep. If I am not mistaken, we found this wat (temple) in a village in Ou Krasang commune in Kep. Apparently, monks like pink colour, too, as evidenced by this pink wat. The colour stands out in the middle of all the greens around it.
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