Our neighbourhood had a paved area, in the late afternoon many kids come out to play. We often share balls and trikes. Today there were so...

When I invite other English speaking expats and their kids over to play in our wading pool, I know how to say it, they know what I mean. Rec...

Yesterday I got a lift home from playgroup in a friends car. She is also white, and also has a toddler. We both sat in the front with our to...

"What's your mum and dad doing for Pchum Ben?" I almost laughed when I heard my mother in law asked this. In Cambodia its on...

Yays *I saw some Australian friends! *I found out Canadians say the final letter of the alphabet "correctly" Yucks * Knowing...

I usually get some food etc at the local market and some at the supermarket. For example most of our meat, veg, fruit etc we can get at th...

Choosing foreign food from the shelves as I walked up and down the straight aisles. The smooth floor, air con, fixed prices, food in packets...

Recently spent a few days visiting and learning about another town in Cambodia. This involved: - eating a hamburger with a Khmer couple, ...

We were having breakfast just over a week ago and Soeun told me that one of our neighbours had either just died or was about too. He knew be...

I breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday. 7 of the previous 11 days we had workmen in our house, plus Soeun had been sick. It meant that s...

"Why are you wearing socks?" "Its hot" Its been so hot and sticky lately, well I  guess it mostly is that way here. I...

I thought I was going to be home with just the baby today. Saturdays and Thursdays are days of the week I can be home all day and no else co...

So it feels a bit like its almost summer now (May) as the Americans around me, (esp ones with school kids, or who work at schools ) are get...

1. gecko poo, cockroach, pumpkin 2. alcohol, building materials, hygiene products 3. Khmer, Nth American, Korean 4. roof, plumbing, el...

This afternoon our friends (an expat mum and baby) from down the road walked through our gate, when Baby saw them he made a noise and face l...