APAD 113: LED street cafe
I like taking photos especially when my husband and I take leisurely drives around and out of the capital. When the car is moving and an interesting subject appears I get excited and start shooting. Sometimes I get the picture, sometimes I don’t.
Here’s one of the interesting sights I was able to take a photo of. It is a local, street cafe called the Led Cafe.
How cool is that?
I really like the led lights decorations. I think it’s brilliant. Pun intended, lol.
The only thing I regretted is that we could not drive back and take a picture of the facade where the main sign, LED Cafe, is.
This cafe is located along Street 163, close to the traffic lights at Street 310, in Chamkarmon district’s Olympic Quarter.
I also would like to shout out to my blog follower (I have one, thank you!), Scott. I’m very happy to hear from him and for hunting down one of the signs that I featured here, the tomato bank.
The Chuck Norris Dimsun Restaurant he mentioned here was also featured in Signs, Signs. You can find the Chuck Norris sign here.
Sadly, I haven’t had the chance yet to dine in there. Thank you for your nice message, Scott, and hopefully you can find the Led Cafe next time you visit Phnom Penh 🙂
APAD 109: Summer coolers
In this scorching summer heat in Phnom Penh, there is no more convincing needed. A friend and I went in.
We weren’t disappointed – we had the most refreshing, satisfying fruit cooler ever.
In case you asked… Nope. As much as it sounded exotic (novel), we didn’t try the watermelon and chili. We both went for the passion fruit and mint. A perfect balance of sweetness and sourness. A bit pricey for $2.25 but, after several hours of shopping at a non-airconditioed market, it’s all worth the price!
APAD 102: Go In… or not?
I’m late! I’m late! Yet again. And I missed two consecutive weeks of Signs, if I am not mistaken.
No, I’m still here in Cambodia. No, I did not fall in a manhole (or sink hole, knock on wood). I’m just feeling a bit tired and cranky these days. The summer heat is just getting to me and all I want is creep back to my bed and turn the aircon machine on.
Anyhoot, here is my entry.
Go In Hotel. How straight-forward is that? Lol.
I found this hotel sign when my husband and I got lost looking for the plastic chairs shop along Kampuchea Krom area. I had a giggle at the sign. It’s uniquely Khmer, hahaha.
APAD 094: Isang Bagsak
This was one of the interesting and enriching projects my (former) team and I joined several years ago. It gathered government workers, NGO staff, community members, other communication practitioners, and members of the academe in selected Southeast Asian countries for a collaborative project of building capacities for participatory development communication relating to natural resources management. On the wall sign, it shows the different activities undertaken by the participating countries, namely, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Isang Bagsak! Southeast Asia
The project was dubbed the Isang Bagsak Southeast Asia Project. Isang Bagsak is a Filipino phrase coined to describe a unity cry accompanied by one single and loud clap and stomp of feet to signify unity, agreement, and appreciation, among others. “Isa”, means one; “bagsak” means fall. I hope my explanation makes sense 😉 A similar project was also done in Africa.
APAD 090: Postal love
This, along with other crafting stuff, came in the mail some weeks ago. They were sent by a very good friend from the US who never fails to surprise me with her thoughtfulness and kindness. I treasure all the presents she sent me but not as much as I treasure her!
Chocolove – chocolate and love in one bar 🙂 Love the postal marks and the golden seal!
Like Christmas, we’re not big on Valentine’s day but I thought this would be a neat entry for today, considering the occasion 😛 People, like my dear, friend drive home the fact, no matter how cliche it may sound, that love – any kind of love – makes the whole go round, indeed 🙂
APAD 086: Barber shack
As you may already know, we again went on a road trip over the past weekend. I love embarking on road trips because I, and my husband, enjoy a change of “view” from time to time. We are still very much keen to see rural landscapes and lifestyles despite living here for several years now.
Here’s one of my favourite sights, hand-painted signs. Very rustic and retro in style. Can you guess what the sign is for?
One of the many roadside signs we saw during the road trip.
A barber shop, of course. Or more appropriately, a barber shack 🙂
The flag to the left of the sign is in half-mast as this photo was taken on the second day of the King-Father’s funeral ceremony.
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