APAD 279: Yoga
I’m excited about this!
Cambodia Yoga is just a few doors away from where I live.
No more terrifying motorbike ride to the city where I take my usual yoga class. No more migraine-inducing traffic. Cambodia Home Yoga is located in my neighbourhood in Tuol Kork/Tuol Sangkeo and just two shakes of a lamb’s tail to get there from my apartment.
APAD 278: Snacks
Getting acquainted with my husband’s favourite snack. Bread, butter, cheese and dollop of Branston pickle relish.
APAD 277: Images
This is another altar found inside between two huge boulders. See this post. There are two images of the Buddha, one of which is reclining. The third statue is of someone, looking emaciated. I could not understand the guide though regarding the relevance of the emaciated statue to the Buddhas. Perhaps another reason for a road trip there. This is why exploring the countryside is fun, investigate like Indiana Jones and learn folk stories!
APAD 276: Change
Another old, Khmer villa with French-style architecture bites the dust.
See side story in the previous post.
APAD 275: Phnom Penh skyline
This is the view from the fourth-floor of an apartment building I visited last weekend. It was pleasantly breezy and had a commanding view of the sprawling city.
All changed!
Phnom Penh’s skyline has changed rapidly over the course of 10 years. New investments have come in and we are seeing new developments here and there. Prices of real estate have gone up where before the 2000s they were about the price of Cheaper Strats.
The government’s push for a modern Phnom Penh cost the city a huge loss of history and more importantly, loss of homes of thousands of people due to evictions. I do hope Cambodia learns lessons about rapid urbanisation from other Asean countries like Indonesia and the Philippines, to name a few.
APAD 273: Dinner
One of my favourite vegetables is this – kalabasa in Filipino, la poeu in Khmer, or simply winter squash. Growing up back in the Philippines, my siblings and I were served a lot of this as it is very rich in beta carotene that is important for vision and a good amount of Vitamin. They are cooked in many ways but I especially love it when cooked in coconut milk, or Indian-spiced curry, and is definitely one of my comfort foods.
Dinner tonight – curried winter squash.
A squash looks misshapen and have a tough skin on the outside but it has a rich, yellow-orangeish flesh in the inside. It’s available all year round here in Cambodia and they’re really cheap. Whenever I feel homesick, I turn to this vegetable and whip up something familiar that comforts me, just like a music friend that keeps me company whenever I feel the blues.
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