Expat Life

APAD 162: Playtime?

Posted by The Insider on Jul 22, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Expat Life, Furry Friday, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

Mum, come let’s play!

Inspector McJoe, aka, Ra-fur-el Nadal.

Sorry, love. Mum’s working today.

APAD 160: Water everywhere

Posted by The Insider on Jul 16, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

It’s wading time! My yellow polka-dot raincoat and rubber boots are now ready for some watery action. Monsoon rain, here I come!

In some parts of the city, a couple of hours of monsoon rain is enough to make the water level rise. This is what happened in this area last week. Luckily, the water receded soon enough.

APAD 159: Khmer-style aparment

Posted by The Insider on Jul 15, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

A very-yellow apartment 🙂

This apartment stands out from the rest of the apartments in this area. It’s painted in cheery-yellow and can seen from afar.

APAD 158: Upside-down

Posted by The Insider on Jul 10, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, sights, That's My World | 0 comments

A friendly, frequent visitor in our garden. Leo the Lizard hanging around while we had our morning coffee earlier today.

APAD 155: Golden hare

Posted by The Insider on Jul 4, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

Old-school Khmer signs.

APAD 153: Wooden house

Posted by The Insider on Jul 2, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 5 comments

I’m so in love with this Khmer traditional wooden house (see picture). A traditional Khmer house is typically built on stilts, about 2-3ms above the ground.

When my husband and I finally decide to settle, our dream house will definitely bear some features of a Khmer house – an external staircase that leads up to the living area, with wooden beams and shutters, and a wrap-around balcony. The ground area serve will also serve as the parking space or a recreation place; it can also serve as a resting area (hang our hammocks and doze off to lala-land!), or, can be a dirty kitchen.