Pork On Wheels
Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Outside The Genocide Museum
Saturday, July 24, 2010
And so we went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum again to show a couple of first timers to Cambodia how to torture people. Here are the scenes outside the museum along the busy street - .. read more..
Bold Photographers
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Another reason why I am such a bad photographer - I\'d rather take candid shots on the sly. I would hardly ask anyone to pose for shots.Photographers with huge, expensive-looking cameras which give them a backache after a few minutes of carrying their stuff around seem to have no problem getting thei.. .. read more..
Busy Phnom Penh At Night
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The chief thing to remember when shooting in the dark - hold the weapon very, very steady! And so, out of about 50 shots taken from the car, plenty were quite blur. Only a hardful turned out ok. When we finally reached our new hotel, and while the others went in to make inquiries, I stood on the pav.. .. read more..
Photography And Dogs
Saturday, May 8, 2010
I\'ve sort of figured out why I take bad pictures. Number one is laziness: I\'m a terribly lazy photographer.I think good photographers are like dogs; they jump around, roll over, squat, sit, bend here and there and do whatever it takes to get a good shot. So, this one here was taken at a church servi.. .. read more..
Phnom Penh At Night
Saturday, May 1, 2010
I\'ve been in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia so many times and whenever we reach the city at night, all I could do was to stare at the lights and wonder when can I ever bring home a teeny bit of it in pictures. I hardly ever take pictures at night when I had a little compact camera. Night shots just.. .. read more..
Three Years Old!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Only 3 years old??? Felt like I had been blogging for years!It was on a free Saturday at home 3 years ago in April 2007, between a good Good Friday in church and a lovely Easter Sunday in church that I woke up with nothing to do, and wondered... how to keep myself occupied. Yawn. I hate to have noth.. .. read more..
Bye-Bye
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
We had to leave Koh Kong after yet another visit. And Darah - she was two at that time, hurried out of the house to see us off. Bye-bye, Darah, but we\'ll see you again very soon! We go to Cambodia so often! .. read more..
Casino Dinner
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
I\'ll never forget that moment I walked into the restaurant at the casino in the Koh Kong Resort to talk to the head waiter last Monday night. I told him we have 60 people coming for dinner in a few minutes. He thought I said 6.No, not six. SIXTY!Huh, sixty??? He looked shocked.Yes, SIXTY!The waitres.. .. read more..
Speedboats And Casinos
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Last Monday in Koh Kong Cambodia, as the youth team sped off in several dangerous speedboats to Bangkachang island to minister to poor families and needy children, PV and I stayed behind for a leisurely morning of catching up on our emails and other elderly pursuits.Now, before any parent jump on us.. .. read more..
How To Check In
Saturday, December 26, 2009
This was no ordinary tour group. And I am not even a tour guide. So... while printing photos in the middle of the night for the Christmas Fiesta, I scratched my head over how to check in twenty-two people at the airport in the most efficient way possible.We\'ve had quite big groups previously, but th.. .. read more..
Mud And Rain
Monday, September 28, 2009
Oops, heheh, somebody taking my pic... I\'d better wave and grin and er... look like I\'m enjoying myself!This is not Japan, definitely not, not a speck of mud there, they are so clean! After trip to clean, sanitised Japan, I headed for Cambodia and it was still the rainy season. We had been truly ble.. .. read more..
Crabs
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
As I soak in the onsen today, and hopefully will not turn as red as the Hokkaido crab......actually I\'m dreaming of the Cambodian soft shell crabs, which hopefully we\'ll find next week in that Big Big Restaurant in Phnom Penh (I travel too much, huh). .. read more..
Heavenly Tree
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
If you\'re wondering what\'s so heavenly about this tree, it is an old durian tree on Preynob campsite in Cambodia. It is said to be about 40 years old, and doesn\'t produce very much fruit these days. But when there are fruit, they are said to be special!We frequent visitors to Preynob already have ou.. .. read more..
Heavenly Fruit
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Rain Interrupted Breakfast
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Our trip to Cambodia last week included two newbies in our team. Since we really wanted them to have a good time (and give a good report to the folk back home!), we decided to go for breakfast \"al fresco style\" one morning in the little seaside town of Sihanoukville.Our hotel in Sihanoukville provid.. .. read more..
Lazy Dog Killed By Owner
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
We got back from another trip to Cambodia last Saturday night. This four-day trip was very eventful indeed with many firsts - let\'s see, I believe this was the first time we attended two services in one day; heard about a cobra attack; we killed a dog, went in and out of a disco; broke a hotel card .. .. read more..
Bug Story
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
This is a bug story, courtesy of Lisa, and here she is, admiring flowers at the Central Market in Phnom Penh (not sure if there were any bugs on them or not, though!) whwn we were last there two months ago. And she was also the one caught feasting with a durian seed in each hand not too long ago.It\'.. .. read more..
Not Wasted
Saturday, June 13, 2009
After the previous post about too much food, someone commented that he hoped the excess was not wasted. Whenever we have company and we went out to eat, we do tend to order too much food. I think it\'s an Asian thing - umm, don\'t judge a person by the size of his stomach, just put all the food you ca.. .. read more..
Mangoes
Saturday, May 30, 2009
For mango lovers (especially to make green or yellow or half-half mango shake, yummy!) there\'s no better sight than a little mango tree ladened with lots and lots of fruit!LOTS!This was what we found at NHCC (a home for Aids children) in Cambodia. .. read more..
Getting Around: On An Elephant
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
If you don\'t like to be one of six people on a motorbike, or one of twenty in a taxi, you can pay US$15/- for a ride in kingly style around downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Any takers?It wore shoes for the road, and obeyed traffic rules too.And for those who are concerned about a Green Environment, it.. .. read more..
Grub
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Whenever we have time to shop in Phnom Penh, I\'ll go looking for grub at the food stalls. We arrived at the Central Market, and the last time I tried to take some pictures there, the grub vendor kept saying one dollar, one dollar, and chased me away.This time, the vendors said nothing and I managed .. .. read more..
Getting Around: Motorbike
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Question: How many people can get around on a single motorbike in Cambodia?Answer: A whole family. .. read more..
Rat Story
Thursday, April 16, 2009
We were outside our hotel (which was NOT a dark, cheap, dingy, ramshackled hut for $5/- a night, okaaay, it was a very nice place for proper tourists - see pictures!), waiting for Pastor Noe to pick us up for dinner. Beth and I suddenly saw a RAT scampering right across in front of us, from one side.. .. read more..
Flying Time
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
How time flies. Now slightly over 6 months in this new job, and it still seemed like I haven\'t worked a day since skipping er... hurrying out from that office with a view at the end of August last year.Hurrying, yes, because I couldn\'t wait to leave that office with a view, in exchange for an office.. .. read more..