Monday Mellow Yellows: Beehive
Found something odd – my guess is that this is a beehive-shaped room fronting a coffee shop. Through the glass door that you see on the right side, I could see that it is air-conditioned and a plush half moon-shaped sofa. Must be a special room for Bee-IPs, hah.
I’m not Bee-IP enough to be in this room, methinks.
But take note, there is an electric fan to the left, partially hidden from view.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Smiley
When you see it…
The photo above shows what was once the grand fireplace at the lobby of Le Palace de Bokor. More details here.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Consumer goods
I always go to local markets for our food supplies and, I tell you, it’s chaotic and noisy and it’s so easy to get caught in things when there’s so many things screaming for your attention. And this is one shop that sells dry goods – from seasonings (soy, oyster, chilli sauces), cooking oils, the pungent fish sauce, dishwashing liquid, laundry powder and bath soaps as well as mature coconuts – all piled together!
All the goods, from cooking to bathroom products, are arranged neatly. Some of the food stuff are put beside laundry products though.
After many years of living in Cambodia, I’ve learned how to navigate the public markets. I’ve also became familiar with the products, their packaging and multi-lingual labels.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Ready-to-wear clothes
Hello, I’m back! I wasn’t planning on a long blog hiatus but there you go… I just did.
Now that I’m here again, I would try to make up for the lost time.
Here’s my Monday Mellow Yellows entry for this week:
Tshirts galore, available at Psah Thmey (Central Market).
I just happened to pass by and these brightly-coloured merchandise caught my eye. Most of the shirts actually have good quality similar to those sold in air-conditioned shops, but are way cheaper!
Monday Mellow Yellows: Dried fish
My younger brother returned to Cambodia from a two-week holiday in the Philippines. He brought back several kilos of dried fish and divided it amongst ourselves.
Don’t get me wrong, there are dried fish available here but they’re mostly freshwater fish. I miss the saltwater fish from the Philippines and it’s always a welcome and a special treat whenever my parents would send us some. A taste of home, so to speak.
When kept for a long time, even in a moist-free container, dried fish tend to grow molds. So what I do is take them out every now and then and hang them under direct sunlight to dry and get as much air as possible.
Hanging fish to dry. I think the fly is more attracted to the scent of red chili peppers more than the dried fish. Odd.
I didn’t have any hooks but my husband made me one – a DIY hook made from an old, plastic hanger 🙂 And I reused the net bags (used previously to hold onions and potatoes) from the grocery.
Even though my husband thinks the dried fish smell like a dirty sock, and could envelope the house with its “nasty” odour, he doesn’t mind me having them occasionally at meal times.
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