Wordless Wednesday: Hot chilis
I recently bought a kilo of Thai dragon chili peppers from the local market near me. I am going to make my favourite sweet chili sauce using a recipe I found on the Internet. My local vegetable suki gave me a good price for it — 5,000riels a kilo, which is about US$1.25. If all goes well with the sauce, then I’ll be making some more!
I spread the chili peppers on the table and was amazed at the variation of colours!
Thai dragon chili peppers colour palette.
The peppers could grow up to four inches long. They start out as green and mature to a beautiful bright red. In between, you can see the colours on the picture 🙂 I’m saving some seeds for planting!
In other news, I met an old friend at the music center near me. The center also sells used musical instruments from Japan and I bumped into her, with her cute son in tow, amongst the rows of digital pianos. They, too, were just looking around to while their time away. I was happy to learn that they live in the same district as I so we’d be seeing more often. Since they were already on their way out, we exchanged numbers and promised to meet up for coffee next week. Can’t wait.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Colouring books for adults
Howdy!
It is exactly after three months today that I am logging in again to my blog. My husband started working full-time again so we needed to divvy up our responsibilities at home. I cannot do them all, to be honest, even if I stay at home. So for the past three months, it was a period of re-structuring until we (yes, he and I) found a formula that works for us.
So now I’m back again to the blogosphere. After a long time of absence, how do I get my blogging rhythm back? Well, I browsed through my pictures folder for something yellow to post for Monday Mellow Yellows, of course 🙂
The other day I bought these adult colouring books at a local bookstore called IBC (along Monivong Boulevard):
Colouring books for Mamagirl, mandalas and flowers. I bought a mandala book for myself, too.
My sister is celebrating her birthday next month and I thought these would be great presents for her. She works full-time and manages to take care of her family despite the stress and pressures of her job in the development sector. These colouring books should help her relax. I know adult colouring books have gained popularity these days and many friends are already in the bandwagon. They do tell me that these illustrated pages and colouring pens and pencils are doing their minds some good. I bought one for myself, too.
How about you – what do you do to keep you relaxed?
Our World Tuesday: Cambodian shops
One of the hundreds of shops/stalls found at Psah Thmey (Central Market).
My husband and I love going to local markets. It’s the best place to find all kinds of goods, such as you see in the above photo. Tell me what can you see?
Psah Thmey, like all the other markers in the country, have a wonderful, chaotic character in them that a first-time visitor are easily overwhelmed. Market scenes like this assault your senses — all things bright and colourful, the lively sounds, and the smell, oh, the glorious smell of a market!
More market scenes are found 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.
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