Posts Tagged "Mellow Yellow Monday"

APAD 103: Oranges

Posted by The Insider on Mar 18, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

… that aren’t exactly orange in colour but yellow. These are the popular Battambang oranges, the pride of Battambang province. They are oh-so-sweet.

I love how the spoons are used to hold them and keep them from falling off the basket. Ingenious, right? Lol.

APAD 099: Nom pang

Posted by The Insider on Mar 11, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, food, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

I remembered taking this photo almost a month ago. My husband, younger brother and I left our house very early in the morning to drive out of Phnom Penh heading west.

It was a Sunday, and the whole country is celebrating the Chinese New Year. We were supposed to turn left at a junction where there is a small but bustling market. It’s called the Prek Phnov market. Anything and everything can be bought there.

Had the lady in colourful shirt not moved you would’ve seen some more nom pang (a local French bread) stacked neatly. My brother called it the “great wall of bread”.

To her right, which is not seen in the photo, are huge baskets of nom pang and another set of neatly stacked nom pang. Nom pang is really great with Khmer curry, or simply toasted over charcoal and dipped in condensed milk. A local sandwich known as nom pang pate is also a popular streetfood here. A pate is the Khmer version of the western meatloaf.

APAD 098: Granny squares

Posted by The Insider on Mar 4, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, That's My World | 3 comments

I borrowed this photo from my crafts blog for this week’s Monday Mellow Yellows.

Last week, I was on my third project at Stash-Buster Challenge and here’s what I came up with —

Lots of of Granny squares. They’re very easy to make because the pattern is very simple. Just chains and double crochet stitches, that’s all. And I love how the color combo turned out 🙂

I don’t know yet what they’ll end up – as a blanket for the new family member, a sofa or pillow cover, or a table runner? I have not made up my mind yet but I’m making some more squares.

APAD 095: Funeral hearse

Posted by The Insider on Feb 25, 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 | 4 comments

This is a funeral hearse commonly used in Cambodia.
The decors look Chinese and look how fancy and elaborate the details are – hues of gold, red and blue carvings of sbach pattern and amazing dragons on both sides of the vehicle.

The vehicle overtook us at national road number five at a very fast speed. It was empty (no coffin, I mean) but only some people who are probably in-charge of the hearse.  I reckon it’s probably running late for its appointment.

APAD 091: Crochet mini-hearts applique

Posted by The Insider on Feb 18, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cycle 2, Expat Life, That's My World | 2 comments

Last week I signed up at Stash-Buster Challenge and my first ever project was the crochet mini hearts applique.

Since it was close to the Valentine’s day, I used these mini-hearts as embellishments for my Valentine’s card and gift tags or mini-bookmarks that you see below:

Yes, I’m “crafty” like that 🙂

I used brown kraft card stock, washi tapes, rubber stamps, metallic pen and baker’s twines. They were all hand-punched, hand-drawn and hand-stamped. Yes, I’m one of those followers of the handmade movement 🙂