Signs of Times

Monday Mellow Yellows: Post box

Posted by The Insider on Mar 28, 2016 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 4, Expat Life, sights, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

I wonder if this yellow postbox has a different lease rate compared to the regular wooden boxes (partially seen) like mine.

Skywatch Friday: Up in the sky

Posted by The Insider on Feb 20, 2015 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Cycle 3, Expat Life, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

Lucky to be in the right place at the right time, with my trusty point-and-shoot digicam 🙂

No, it’s not Superman. Just an airplane flying over residential buildings in Camko City in Phnom Penh.

Signs, signs: Chocolate Shop

Posted by The Insider on Feb 19, 2015 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Cycle 3, Expat Life, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

Last week, I was planning to go to Daiso Japanese shop at Aeon Mall to buy bottles of calligraphy ink when my husband said he was going with me. I was surprised, of course, but pleasantly surprised. He seldom goes to the mall with me so this should be fun, I thought.

It was actually a quiet mall when we arrived. There were not many shoppers. After getting my ink and several more miscellaneous stuff, we bought sugar-free chocolates from this shop:

The Chocolate Shop at Aeon Mall.

The Chocolate shop is owned by Belgian expats who have lived in Cambodia for more than a decade now. I actually enjoyed going to their shop at St. 240 where they also have sandwiches, pies and smoothies. Their chocolate selection are varied, and they recently introduced Cambodian flavours infused to their chocolates, one of which is, the most popular, their signature Kampot pepper chocolate.

Signs, signs: Burger house

Posted by The Insider on Jan 22, 2015 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 3, Expat Life, food, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

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.

APAD 286: Tchou-tchou

Posted by The Insider on Dec 18, 2014 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 | 1 comment

A privatem bi-lingual day-care and kindergarten in Phnom Penh.

APAD 282: Drive safely

Posted by The Insider on Dec 4, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

A grim reminder to motorists in Cambodia.

This is a common roadside sign in Cambodia: a grim reminder about the hazards of driving. Road traffic accidents are a major issue in the Kingdom and death tolls are ever increasing annually.