Odd and Interesting Things in Daily Life

Tim Bloggin' this one. I had to get a bunch of random pictures out of my camera, so here they are. It's kind of all over the place, but this is all in a days living here in SouthEast Asia. Enjoy!

This is the "give away free food" day at Sarpino's, a new pizza place out of Canada. Evidently Malaysia got the rights to the franchise worldwide. We met the ambassador to Malaysia, pretty cool. He said if we ever needed anything to look him up in Malaysia...that included if we had any problems. Really Cool! On the table are Chicken Wings, Lasagna, Pizza, Two different salads, bread sticks, and of course Soda. Coca-cola is pronounced "Coka." Yummy, and free. Most of the people with us are other teachers at Logos. We didn't plan meeting there.. just happened to all show up at the same time. Wonderful time!

This is always something sobering to read as you are filling in your customs sheet prior to arrival at an airport. Malaysia doesn't even try to be politically correct! You Deal, You Die! Period. I think it is kind of a nice touch, don't you!

The Men's bathroom at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I love the fact that you can see them, but they can't see you. Still.... you have a moment where you want to dive for cover when some lady walks by! Too Funny!

I was looking for these particular CD's of an Awesome music group and found them with Bob Bridell's help. We were trying to work a deal on them. And, of course Bob, being my interpreter was supposed to be helping me. He asks how much and the lady says $1.50 each. So Bob looks at me and says "Not Bad!" then he leans over in a semi-conspiratorial way and quietly looks around to be covert... "How about 2 for $3.00," he says. I look over at him and start laughing and say, "Isn't that kind of like $1.50 each, just more of them!" He realizes what he had just suggested , and at that point it is a complete meltdown for us as I ask Bob if he can please not do me any more favors in the "lets make a deal" scheme of things! Bob and I are Kindred spirits with our bizarre sense of humor, so I love hanging out with him.

Bob, pretending to be, "OH SO Excited" about an incredible "find" at one of the Russian Market DVD-CD vendor stalls. See the lady staring at the DVD he is holding.... The way Bob is carrying on, she is probably wondering if this is the last one available in Phnom Penh

For those of you who are followers of Bob's new Mosquito killer- bug zapper group, this will be a familiar item. For those of you who have no idea what i am talking about, you can catch up on FB. This is an electronic mosquito zapper. charges with 220 volts of amazing killing potential. Your Job, if you decide to accept it, is to chase mosquitoes around your home trying desperately to kill them before they bite you and give you Dengue, or malaria, or some other diabolical disease. It's actually a pretty hopeless task, but it does make you feel better as you "Nail" on of the little buggers and they snap, crackle and pop on the electrically charged "screen of death." If it is an extremely large mosquito (usually meaning that its too late... they already fed on YOU!) then they actually cook for a few seconds, filling the room with an aroma of freshly fried bug!... This is the same smell you can find right down the street where the actually do sell an amazing assortment of insects and creepy crawlies, all fried up fresh for you and ready to eat. Dine in or take away... your choice. What a World!

Me Holding the Mosquitoes worst Nightmare Is that really a spider web that they tried to incorporate into the mesh screen... Hmmmmm

Security at the Russian Market...... Yes, that is a very young guy with his two friends... and that is an AK 47 Russian assault rifle. If anyone actually were to get out of hand it would probably turn into a bloodbath pretty quickly. I thing just having that around is a deterrent to theft. Up until about 5 years ago, you could buy one of these off rows of gun racks for about $50 U.S. Amazing how much progress Phnom Penh has made in such a short amount of time.

A Rolex.... Well, not really. the Chinese wording that they threw in is just a dead giveaway..."Crystal Perpetual Date just" it kind of leaves one wondering, just what....

Our Gas Cylinder in our kitchen....why I threw this in is for new prospective teachers to get a clue on what some of the day to day stuff is like. This lasts us about 5-6 months and runs about $19 U.S. to fill up. They deliver to your home at no extra charge. Well... at least they don't tell you there is an extra charge!

We were looking for Band aids. They don't call them band aids, and they really don't look like band aids. Yet another learning curve. and $2.00 U.S. Yikes! but I sliced my finger on the broken glass on the desktop, so there was nothing else to do but pay the $2 and wrap up, yet another slice in my poor, scarred body.

Another pic of the box with the elephant holding the band aid...(Sorry,.... Neoplast!)

For those of you coming to Phnom Penh... If you are bringing ANYTHING that is 110 volts. This is what you need to bring with you. It is a converter. This was $5.00 U.S. and we picked it up in Indonesia at an Ace Hardware in the mall. If you buy them in Phnom Penh, they are about 5 times the size, come from Viet Nam, and Hum like a bee. this is definitely worth the investment. One for each room and a power strip brought along is also helpful since they don't have them for 110V power.

This is what you want to ask for when you go to Lowe's, Home Depot, or Ace etc....

This shows you the size....the little thing on the left is an extender for deep sockets, which they have in Indonesia and Malaysia, but not really needed here in Cambodia.

All for now. Thanks for checking in.... Leave us a comment if you choose. Enjoy your day and remember to thank God for all of your many blessings!