** updated: added photos..

Here’s another one of my ‘living in Phnom Penh‘ blurbs. Were now in the middle of September and I’m feeling a blue. For a lot of reasons! And since this is my blog, I’m just about to bore you with details of my boredom which I know,  you don’t really want to know.. Lol! So what!  I just really wanna get on, write my feelings, then later I’ll take a long bath, cut my toenails, make a momentous decision to keep or not to keep my toe nail cuticles, and perhaps I’ll pack on some msm cream or maybe get a face mask, and I know I’ll feel so much better.

So why so blue? One reason is all about Hi-ace. I wrote about it already a few posts ago, so just click here, here and here to see what I mean.  What’s making this thing doubly sad is that we’ll be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary next week and he’s not here. He’ll be with me in thoughts, he says. Anyway,  I was a bit mollified when two days ago, he sent me something. I know from the date on the package say it was sent August 30th (so wohoo I know he’s been thinking ahead) plus it has a little note that says: “For My Beautiful Wife. On our anniversary and always, I love you and cherish the life we share. ” Now, who wouldn’t melt with that?!  I just wish he’s here even if for a day..

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During the weekend, Chinks had Global Art classes, it was for two hours so Ouwie and I went to have a little coffee and pastries in Gloria Jeans then we took a leisurely walk along Norodom Blvd. before picking up Chinks. Then we went on to bring Chinks to a hairstylist so she could get a haircut.

I have photos of this I’ll update this post soon as I can transfer it from my phone. Anyway, this made me want to do my hair too, but maybe some other time. I wanna have it cut and then I”ll have it perma straightened again but that’ll cost a bit so I’m holding out for awhile.

** Here are the snapshots of Chinks getting her haircut. And this is how she really is everytime she’s in front of the mirror: she likes making faces.. I didn’t get to take a photo of her new haircut coz she refused =) she said ‘next time Mommy”.. But she now resembles a siopao but a very cute one!

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The week started with me so lazy and unmotivated to work on my blogs and other web projects. I have a lot to finish, deadlines I set for myself to run after but I just don’t feel like doing it. I wanna stash myself away in the room, just reading a book or watching cringe worthy, super soppy movies.

But Ouwie wanted to go explore and do a bit of shopping last Monday so I dragged myself up and accompanied her to Central Market. Wow! Renovation is almost done and we did a bit of bargaining and haggling for nice clothes for Ouwie and I also got a really nice dish rack with cover. I’ve been looking at the same thing in Pencil Supermarket and it cost $22 and good thing I didn’t buy it coz the one I found in Central Market was just $10!!

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And my other reason for being melancholic? Well, moving about the city and knowing that were on ‘ber’ months already, but no signs of Christmas makes me sad and miss home a lot. In the Philippines, starting September there’s already that frenzied air of the upcoming holidays, Christmas carols are being played on radio’s already, you can see stores and some homes already decorated for the holidays, and if were there at this time, I sure would have a gift list already and would probably be starting to do my bit of Christmas shopping.

But we don’t have that here in Phnom Penh.  Hmm, for somebody who is so used to celebrating Christmas in a grand, noisy, family-filled way, its one of the big adjustments one has to make when living in Phnom Penh. So it’ll be a lonely Christmas again, but then again, we’ll all be together, me, Hi-ace and Chinks and that’s more than enough for me. We’ll probably go somewhere right before New Year’s but let’s wait and see..