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APAD 011: Who’s going with me?

Posted by on Sep 27, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, Signs of Times, What's On in Cambodia | 5 comments

Are you also going this way?

Last weekend, I wore my geek hat and escaped to geek heaven, that is, the BarCamp Phnom Penh 5. It is like a convention of sorts of techno-geeks, hackers, and technopreuners who descend to Phnom Penh for two-days of geekery.

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APAD 010: Secondhand

Posted by on Sep 26, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

A sea of secondhand stuff.

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APAD 008: Gas stop

Posted by on Sep 24, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, sights, Signs of Times, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

Stopping for gas and some refreshments.

Stop and shop.

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APAD 007: This is my Cambodia!

Posted by on Sep 21, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 8 comments

My husband and I went out for a drive outside Phnom Penh this morning. It was such a lovely day for a day trip. Even our pet dogs, Max and Joe, loved it.

A small piece of heaven is found here… in Cambodia.

This is the Cambodia that I really love. The charming rural landscape is dominated by flat land, verdant paddy ricefields, and the pompom-like palm trees, which is the national tree of Cambodia.

This sight is refreshing to the tired, weary eyes of city-dwellers like us.

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APAD 367 (002): Eyes wide open

Posted by on Sep 14, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, people, sights, That's My World, travel | 3 comments

There’s a boy waiting to cross the road.

Driving in Phnom Penh requires all your five senses and ESP. You’ll never predict what’s going to happen. Other vehicles come at you in all directions possible and pedestrians just jump right in front of you.

This boy crossed the road only a few metres away from an oncoming Land Cruiser. Luckily, the driver managed to step on the break just in the nick of time. From where I stood I saw the driver, an expat, raised his hands in exasperation. Ahhh, the what ifs.

One must have the steel of nerves to drive in this country.

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APAD 366 (001): Where in the world is Chuck Norris?

Posted by on Sep 13, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, Signs, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 6 comments

Is anyone familiar with this funny search trick for Chuck Norris on Google? This is a trick I’ve known for a while and it has been in circulation for a long time already. No one? Okay, well, allow me… Follow this instructions.

In your computer, open your favorite web browser and then go to Google Search homepage. In the Google search bar, type “find Chuck Norris” into then press “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Now, let’s see what search result do you get?

Did you get this?

Cool trick, eh?

Now, if you’re still looking for Chuck Norris there’s no need to go through lengths of searching on the Internet.

Chuck Norris Dimsum House — he is, after all, right here in Phnom Penh!

Wow, Chuck Norris in Phnom Penh? Chopping meats and veggies and what-have-yous for dimsum dishes instead of karate chops and roundhouse kicks.

I’ve never been there yet so I cannot confirm his presence nor the food offerings at Chuck Norris Dimsum House, lol. What I did see while passing by was a black and white wall painting  of good, ole Chuck in full battle gear inside the dimsum house. Now I don’t want that machine gun pointed at me if I eat there, do you? Unsettling, lol.

I’m so tempted to share with you a Chuck Norris joke (there are lots on the Internet!) I heard from an American colleague so here it is:

There used to be a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed because nobody crosses Chuck Norris and lives.

Lol. I hope you’ll have a nice weekend.

By the way, I just finished my project 365! Woohoo! It took a whole lot longer because I didn’t post on Saturdays and Sundays (my rest days) and there are weeks where I don’t post every day. Nevertheless I am very happy to have finished one cycle. Today is the beginning of the next. Instead of APAD 366, this will be APAD 001 Cycle 2 🙂

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