Back to posting! It just feels weird for me not to update this blog even for just a couple of days. In any case, I’m not abandoning the blog. I’m simply on a ‘vacation’. How I wish this is one of those leisurely vacations, where I could just count
challenge coins, eat a lot, have a massage and just walk about a new and exciting place.

My father is sick and I simply cannot stay and wait for news. So my husband and I have decided I’ll fly home and stay in the Philippines for a few weeks at least to help my mom and also I’d like to be given the chance to take care of my father. I know its a tough task but I could only remember how he has sacrificed a lot for us and at the very least I want to show my endless gratitude by being there when he is in pain.

I think everyone goes through something as painful as seeing a parent sick and almost coming to an end. I don’t want life to end for anyone but who am I to say life cannot end. In the end, we have to accept things. I can only wish that he won’t suffer too much pain because seeing it just breaks me. It’s also tough seeing my mom deal with it so I have to be here at least to lend some support. There’s still a tough road ahead, so please pray for my dad and also for my mom.

I hate being melancholic when I post something, but this is exactly how I feel right now. I’m sad, but grateful too because now I realize that really there are people who are there to support us.

One of the landmark buildings here in Phnom Penh. The Chaktomuk Theatre. Located along Sisowath Quay. Originally opened in 1961 as La Salle de Conférence Chaktomuk. It is mainly used now for performances as well as business conferences.

It’s small and not as huge as other complexes in Cambodia but its very distinctive and eye-catching. Reminds me so much of plantation shutters, villas etc. This is one Phnom Penh’s architectural landmarks and well worth the visit.

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I’m really itching to go on a lovely, relaxing holiday. While I’m usually the type to travel the backpacker way, sometimes I also crave some luxurious, pampered travel. Perhaps this is a pipe dream, but I choose to think otherwise. Who knows? I work hard, hubby works hard so to be truthful we could make it happen…Have a dream vacation, in an awesome, remote, beautiful location and have villa holidays. That would be heavenly.

Where do I want to have this opulent holiday? My easy answer would be Europe, particularly Spain. I am a Filipino and for some reason I feel a unique affinity with all things Spanish and I want to see and travel this place. The Philippines is an old Spanish colony so some of our language, habits, cuisine share a lot of similar characteristics with the Spanish. In our region we even count in Spanish! And if those aren’t enough reasons, well another reason I wanna visit Spain is that I’m a huge Rafael Nadal fan, in fact I am a fan of the who Spanish armada {tennis players}! So who knows next year I might be searching for villas in Spain and taking off?

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This is my first time to run a giveaway. Just a little thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog for the last three years. If things go according to my plan then I’ll be regularly running giveaways. Of course, since the blog is about living in Cambodia, I want to showcase Khmer products. Plus of course some stuff I find as we go along..

I’m kinda tickled pink too coz the giveaway is coinciding with Khmer New Year, which will be next week. So I guess, I could also call this my Khmer New Year blog giveaway?  :D

So what’s in the goodie bag for this April? Your chance to win Cambodian gift items without actually traveling

• Cambodian silk (2.5 metres) dark red with embroidery.  You can have this tailored to make a dress or long skirt or anything you fancy doing with them.
• 2 Silk scarves in deep purple and dark red.

UPDATE:

I’ve been flooded with entries so I’m adding 2 consolation prizes. Apparently, you folks love scarves so I’ll be adding two more scarves {in a different design and fabric}. I’ll be posting the photos as soon as I have it.

I’m talking about the hubby. He’s ever supportive about my blogging activities, but he’s not really much into it. Although I know he reads my posts regularly hahaha. Lately though, he’s been bugging me to teach him how to blog. And he has a very specific niche in mind. Lol! And this ‘blogging student’ is very meticulous, he makes me squirm.

Anyway, he already has his own domain which he uses only for his email and as place for his files/lessons for his students to download. We haven’t really developed it coz I thought he didn’t have any interest nor the time to maintain it. But now I guess he’s been seeing the merits and the passive income that blogging brings. He says, its cool even if I stop blogging for a week, a month I’m still earning passively. Also, he says its one way for him to polish his English writing.  So now he wants to get into it.

So what does he want to write about? His field is education and I can’t imagine him blogging about stuff like hydroxycut reviews, so I assumed he wanted to talk about studies, study abroad, scholarships. He was interested in this niche initially but renege at the last minute coz it’ll take too much time in research and writing. So I suggested something a little more personal, why not write about your travels and the insights he gains from them. He travels frequently because of work and he also has tons of photos from various places he has been to so they’ll make a great blogging material.

For now, his blog is up but still empty, I also did the header and I’m envious, I wish its my blog lol! It’s running on wordpress and I picked out the Misty Look theme. I’d be helping him out with the technical end and also some post editing. You can check it out here.

Sometimes things really don’t go as planned. And it feels like this week things aren’t going my way. But I’m not complaining, I could just sigh and move on. There are times too I’m in the mood to be surprised. Like I was supposed to go to Olympic Market to buy stocks on wholesale, but it seemed to be always pushed off. Last Tuesday I was already dressed to go but something else came up. Then I was planning to go on a day out with my friends when the night before one of hubby’s older relatives passed away and we were supposed to go to the wake. Having someone pass away is not a welcome news but that’s how life is..

And not just that, a lot of small must-do’s and things I plan on doing seems to be getting side tracked. Like I was planning to have my other laptop reconditioned and the VGA card replaced, but I can’t seem to make it to the shop. Hahaha! I know, that can be frustrating specially when I looked and asked already about prices of reconditioned laptops because I’m planning to just sell it coz I rarely use it. Oh well. At least, I have something to do next week.

Now on to work…