Monday Mellow Yellows: Post box
I wonder if this yellow postbox has a different lease rate compared to the regular wooden boxes (partially seen) like mine.
Skywatch Friday: Tower crane
This was taken last year, if I am not mistaken. A cloudy sky served as the background to this giant tower crane I passed by along the Chroy Changvar bridge in Phnom Penh.
A simple Christmas celebration
It’s the day before Christmas and, just like what we did last year, we will be offline for a few days to celebrate the holidays quietly.
We didn’t put up the Christmas tree, we didn’t make any lists or shop for presents, and we won’t be preparing special treats. Instead, we are going for a simpler, more enjoyable holidays. For the past three years we have avoided the holiday fuss, the mad rush, and the crazy mass-commercialism the holiday season bring, and we intend to do so in the coming years.
Somewhere, someone is wishing for the latest gadget, a luxury-brand bag, or that awesome scott ian music accessory. My husband and I wish to celebrate simply and without much fuss, like enjoying Christmas dinner that we prepared ourselves and have a movie-marathon. Not bad, eh?
Anyways, I wish you all a very merry Christmas. May the new year 2016 be better, brighter and kinder to us and the whole world.
Monday Mellow Yellows: The day I woke up in the land of Berk
Hello, friends! I’m back online.
Finding a reliable ISP here in Phnom Penh is like a needle in a haystack. That explains the blogging absence, sorry. Oh, and the holidays that came one after another. Two weeks more and another one week holiday, the Water Festival, will be celebrated in the Kingdom.
Anyhoo, my yellow photos were taken the day before Halloween. The kids in my husband’s class were keen on making something spooky but since Halloween is not celebrated in Cambodia, my husband decided to do a make-a-dragon project instead since the class was reading the story of “How to Train Your Dragon”, anyway. And how the kids jumped gleefully at the idea. Here’s some photos that I took:
A two-headed dragon with crab pincher-like tails.
A duck-beaked dragon (top) and a Chinese dragon (bottom).
A stumpy-legged dragon.
A three-headed, four-winged dragon.
The kids are so imaginative and creative, aren’t they? Whatever language lessons and ideas they’ve learned from reading the book gets practiced or used via the making of paper dragons. Plus, they are learning handicrafts and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Gold-dusted ornamental plants
My husband and I were looking for bat-manure for our plants along Phlav Chea Sophara when we passed by rows and rows of this ornamental plants with yellow variegated leaves. From afar, they really look like they’ve been dusted in gold! I don’t know what the name is in English — even the Khmer name is very hard pronounce let alone remember, hahaha. But anyways, I think they are great house plants and gives you a bright and cheery mood.
This beautiful cheery plants can brighten up a house, or a yard!
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