Wordless Wednesday: Balloon
I was riding on a motorbike with my husband traversing France St. when I took this photo. It is for this kind of moments I am thankful for my compact point-and-shoot digi-cam. It’s always in my pocket, ready for action.
Giant balloon.
It is not often I see a giant balloon, strapped to a passenger on a back of a motorcycle, traversing the city but it is not uncommon. I bet most of you wouldn’t have or get this kind of scene in your part of the world.
Our World Tuesday: Holiday rush
How have you all been?
I’ve been busy, busy, busy the past few weeks until the Valentine’s weekend, thank God for that. My husband and I agreed not to go out and just chillax at home and do whatever we want. So I downloaded stuff off the Internet, scoured online shops for my new hobby, and then found this really nice online jewelry shop that I like, it’s called www.joyjewelers.com/, and I’m amazed at how beautiful the pieces are.
Anyways, back to reality. It’s a few more days till it’s the Chinese New Year but, already, the people in Phnom Penh are in a holiday shopping frenzy. Today, on my way to meet a friend in Parkway (Mao Tse Tung Blvd.), traffic was really solid and I got stuck at Psah Damkor, near Chenla Theatre all the way up to the intersection of Hotel Intercon and Monireth Blvd. Since I was stranded there for a good hour, I took some photos of what was unfolding before me:
Holiday rush. The scene at Psah Damkor, near Chenla Theatre.
The traffic lights are working soundly but drivers just keep on pushing and pushing, never giving way. Almost at a standstill.
Stranded.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Home stuff
I was window-shopping with a friend the other day. We went to this French-sounding shop in Tuol Tumpong area that sells lovely home stuff!
Pretty coffee mugs and tea infusers.
Most of the products are from Korea – and when it’s from Korea, it’s guaranteed cuteness written all over them! So, naturally, I wanted to buy everything I saw, lol. Anyways, I didn’t go home empty-handed. I bought a silicon basting brush, a gold ink stamp pad and some cute pens.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Beautiful Shoes
Hello, I’m back 🙂
How was your weekend?
Mine was fun. My husband took me shopping and we got ourselves new pairs of shoes. We went to this popular, local shoe shop near Tuol Sleng Museum in Khan Chamkarmon, called Beautiful Shoes. We’ve been coming back to this shop for years and we’ve been really satisfied with their products and service.
Basically, we look at the shoes that are on display (one of the display shelves is pictured above) and when we find the design we like, we pick the colour and the material from the large swathes of samples they have. Or if you have a design or picture of the shoes you like, you show it to them and explain what you want them to do. Then they take our feet measurements and take note of our specifications, pay upfront or a deposit and in two weeks, we’ll have our shoes. And if the shoes don’t fit or you have complaints, you can simply return them or have them fixed at no extra cost.
Signs, signs: Burger house
I’m still on holiday mode. We are still enjoying the chilly weather in the Penh. Down under, the 2015 Australian Open is underway. Which means, I’m glued to my seat watching my favourite tennis players battle it out in grueling tennis action. Since I am mostly watching via live streaming online, I needed new headphones! I asked my husband to drive me to any electronics store in town and found this nice K240 model, a studio headphone, sort of. Just plug it in and you get a really nice sound.
Pardon the blabber. Here’s my Signs entry for this week:
Our go-to place for the best burger in town.
Arguably the best place for American-style fast-food burgers in Phnom Penh.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Knick-knacks at the counter
Hello and Happy New Year.
It took me awhile to go back to blogging. I wanted a looooong holiday before beginning another year of photos. I spent a long time re-organising my craft room-cum-home office. I re-arranged the furniture and brought in the secondhand table with drawers (it’s massive) and cabinet organizers where my stuff will finally be organised and kept. My vintage sewing machine is still here, hopefully, it won’t be gathering dust this year as I plan on cranking in some simple sewing work. I also have calligraphy tools which were sent (presents) from my baby sister. It is my goal that I’d be good at calligraphy and, perhaps, get commissioned to do some calligraphy works this year 🙂
After huffing and puffing from all the lifting furniture and dusting and re-organising, my husband treated me to a burger meal. Where else but, of course, at our favourite burger joint in town.
The counter, from where I’m sitting. Lots of yellow knick-knacks displayed there.
This is Mike’s Burger House in Camko City. This is the second branch and still the best place to find American-style fast-food burgers in Phnom Penh.
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