APAD 099: Nom pang
I remembered taking this photo almost a month ago. My husband, younger brother and I left our house very early in the morning to drive out of Phnom Penh heading west.
It was a Sunday, and the whole country is celebrating the Chinese New Year. We were supposed to turn left at a junction where there is a small but bustling market. It’s called the Prek Phnov market. Anything and everything can be bought there.
Had the lady in colourful shirt not moved you would’ve seen some more nom pang (a local French bread) stacked neatly. My brother called it the “great wall of bread”.
To her right, which is not seen in the photo, are huge baskets of nom pang and another set of neatly stacked nom pang. Nom pang is really great with Khmer curry, or simply toasted over charcoal and dipped in condensed milk. A local sandwich known as nom pang pate is also a popular streetfood here. A pate is the Khmer version of the western meatloaf.
APAD 098: Granny squares
I borrowed this photo from my crafts blog for this week’s Monday Mellow Yellows.
Last week, I was on my third project at Stash-Buster Challenge and here’s what I came up with —
Lots of of Granny squares. They’re very easy to make because the pattern is very simple. Just chains and double crochet stitches, that’s all. And I love how the color combo turned out 🙂
I don’t know yet what they’ll end up – as a blanket for the new family member, a sofa or pillow cover, or a table runner? I have not made up my mind yet but I’m making some more squares.
APAD 097: Mother and child
This statue can be found inside the huge Prasat Vihear Sour complex.
APAD 096: This is my Phnom Penh!
This is Phnom Penh, the city I call home for more than a decade now. It is a city that has changed a lot since the first time I set foot here in 2000.
Photo taken from top of the Mekong Tower View in Chroy Changvar peninsula.
It’s landscape has changed a lot. Skyscrapers are starting to populate Phnom Penh’s skyline, the number of vehicles increased how many folds and there are now a lot of shopping malls, ATM machines, coffee shops high-end hotels and high-rise serviced apartments, just to name a few. In a few years time, it will be just like any other city in Southeast Asia.
While the city might have changed it still has the same chaotic feel that I, and lots of other expat-residents and travelers who’ve come and gone, love about Phnom Penh. It gets too crowded at times, dusty, gritty, but it is a good place to live. The locals are helpful, polite, and friendly. The city has everything we want as expats and there are definitely a lot more to discover and explore.
APAD 095: Funeral hearse
This is a funeral hearse commonly used in Cambodia.
The decors look Chinese and look how fancy and elaborate the details are – hues of gold, red and blue carvings of sbach pattern and amazing dragons on both sides of the vehicle.
The vehicle overtook us at national road number five at a very fast speed. It was empty (no coffin, I mean) but only some people who are probably in-charge of the hearse. Â I reckon it’s probably running late for its appointment.
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