Maybe I’d learn to like it, maybe I’d even do well at it, but working with heavy steel cables seems like one of the worst jobs imaginable. Trying to splice them, adding hooks and clamps—maybe there is even some artistry to it but something in my mind really doesn’t like the idea.
Author: Charles Dittmeier
The Penthouse
In the grey middle building, I suspect the rooms on the second and third floors are probably more comfortable than that room on the fourth floor!
Does anyone have the time?
Many trades or types of products tend to concentrate in certain areas. Thus we see several shops making shoes or selling phones or medical supplies all on the same street. By Orussey Market there are these shops selling watches.
Bird’s Nest Soup
Bird’s nest soup is a Cambodian export and because it is so valuable, special buildings are erected here as nesting places for the swiftlets that produce the nests used in the soup making. Click here to see some of the buildings.
Notable Quotes
U.S. Catholic magazine
The deepest purpose of the church is not to defend doctrine but to continue the earthly ministry of Jesus.
Straight from the Mekong
Clean Kitchen?
Changes, for the good
Enough for an omelette
Sixty-nine dozen eggs… That should be enough to last till Saturday.
Cultural Differences in Cambodia
I find it interesting to see the different ways different cultures do things. Click here to see some cultural practices that would vary quite a bit from what one might find in a western hotel.