sights

APAD 172: Cozy corner

Posted by The Insider on Aug 6, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

My favourite part of the house — our veranda garden. And that’s my favourite spot, right there. That’s where I sit down and have my morning coffee while my husband sits opposite of me and my dogs playing nearby.

This is just a section of our (back) veranda. The vines serve as our “screen”.

If I remember it correctly, this photo was taken just after 4pm. The sun is still bright but not hot and blinding anymore. Professional photographers say that the best time to take photos are early in the morning before 10am and just after 4pm in the afternoon. This is called the golden hour. The light is warm and along with the shadows it creates make for an interesting picture.

I also love taking sunrise (and sunset) photos but it’s the getting up I don’t like so much, tee-hee-hee.

APAD 171: Irresistible

Posted by The Insider on Aug 5, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

Last Saturday, my husband and I went to Sorya Mall to hunt for that elusive man jeans. We did find a pair, not in Sorya but in Central Market. But I digress.

Before heading home, we decided to drop by the shoes department at the 2nd (or 3rd floor). There the Zebra stora was beckoning to me. I realised we needed a new sauce pan and a food carrier (for me) so off we went. Surprisingly, most of the items there were on discounted rates!

I could not resist the yellow-tags and came home with these:

Who can resist the yellow tag? Not me.

A stainless steel sauce pan and a two-layer tiffin food carrier. I ditched my old plastic lunch boxes already and turn to this traditional Asian lunch box 🙂

APAD 169: Bibliotheque

Posted by The Insider on Aug 1, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, Signs of Times | 1 comment

Bibliothèque du Cambodge.

APAD 168: Cowabunga!

Posted by The Insider on Jul 31, 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 | 0 comments

Can you spot the grumpy one?

APAD 167: Intricate

Posted by The Insider on Jul 30, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

Here’s a closer at the stupa featured in this post.

This very colourful stupa juts out to the sky, striking, like a red lipstick on a bare face. Notice how intricate the decorations are.

APAD 166: Altar

Posted by The Insider on Jul 29, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

In 2007, my husband and I went on an exploration trip of the Kampong Trach mountains in Kampong Trach district of Kampot. The moment we entered the pagoda, we were greeted by the locals and ushered us to this altar/shrine inside the cave:

It was very dark but cool inside and we noticed interesting rock formations there. Just before the cave’s exit is this altar and statues of a meditating Buddha sitting on top of a seven-headed water serpent called naga.