APAD 097: I’m delighted!
A room service menu found in the hotel room where I was staying in Sihanoukville. Sihanoukville is the prime beach town of Cambodia about four hours away from the capital of Phnom Penh. In fairness, the food was good, enough to delight my grumbling tummy.
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>Litratong Pinoy #010: Ayaw Ko (I don’t like)
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Kelangan pa bang sabihin kung bakit ayaw ko nito?
Eto, close up view:
Malutong. Maanghang. Malinamnam.
Paborito itong papakin ng mga Khmer. Parang popcorn. Just pop one in your mouth – sharaaaap!
No sir, not me.
Kayo, gusto niyo?
>Photo Hunt #27: Colorful
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Everyday, this woman stands patiently waiting for buyers at the main entrance of Psah Thmey (Central Market). Draped around her body like a sash are hammocks of different colors. Every time I see her and her friendly smile, I am constantly reminded of one of my favorite biblical characters, Joseph the Dreamer.
Don’t you think so, too?
>Litratong Pinoy #8: Ang Mahiwagang Takip-silim sa Dalampasigan ng Kep
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Paumanhin po at late na naman ako ngayong Huwebes. Nag-i-inarte na naman kaya ang internet connection dito sa amin.
Noong 2006, ako po ay tumira sa bayan ng Kep, 178kms ang layo mula sa syudad ng Phnom Penh. Dito, kasama ng aking asawa at alagang aso, kami ay nanirahan ng mahigit sa apat na buwan.
Ang mga sumusunod ay kuha sa dalampasigan ng Kep. Para sa akin, dito na yata matatagpuan ang pinaka-magandang takip-silim sa buong Cambodia.
Ito ang matatanaw mula sa kwartong inuupahan namin noon. Ang islang nasa background ay tinatawag na Phu Quoc at pag-aari na ng bansang Vietnam. Subalit ang mumunting isla sa gawing kaliwa ay pag-aari pa ng Cambodia at ito ay binansagan naming population one island dahil sa iisa lang po ang nakatira diyan at ito ay ang pulis na nagbabantay dito.
Kapag kami ay bababa patungong Psah Khdam (crab market), ito naman ang aming nakikita. Mga bangkang naghahanda sa muling pagpunta sa laot upang manghuli ng isda, alimango, pusit, atbp.
Ang mga nakausling kahoy na ito ay palatandaan na dito nakalagak ang lumang pier. Dahil sa kalumaan, nasira ito ng magkaroon ng masungit na panahon sa Kep. Dahil sa kakulangan (o kawalan) ng pondo ng pamahalaang lokal, hindi na ito nakumpuni pa.
Ang mga babae namang ito ang siyang naglilinis ng mga lalagyan ng kanilang huli. Ang iba riyan ay puno pa ng mga alimango at pusit na naghihintay na ibenta kinabukasan.
Ito naman ang mga sariwang pusit na galing sa itaas na larawan, niluto at naging masarap na pananghalian.
>Photo Hunt #26: Support
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Coming back again for the PH after such a long time of being absent. My entry for this week is a photo of one of the towers of a lesser known temple Prey Rup found at the Angkor Wat complex. Shown in the photo is a re-assembled tower, a temple mountain design symbolically representing Mount Meru (characteristic of a Khmer classical architecture), the legendary home of Hindu gods.
Being one of the World Heritage Sites, the Cambodian government took measures to protect the temples. There have been several conservation projects supported by Japan, Germany, France and other countries that were implemented and some are still ongoing. As you can see in the picture, huge blocks of sandstone are precariously held together by what looked like a string. I wonder though, with all the support generated for the conservation project, could they get another string/rope strong enough to support the sandstone blocks from falling down?
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