Mike's Thoughts
Mike's Thoughts
Michael Perry
Welcome to Mikes Thoughts. Mostly day to day ramblings on life in Cambodia or other places in Asia and beyond. I write on coffee, thoughts, ideas, whatever I decide. Hope you enjoy the stay.
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Here it is Sunday in this kingdom of wonder. Woke up with this little beer headache. The result of the evening beering last night. So I chose to do this longer walk to the coffee place I chose. This time to get a taste of Sunday. To feel...
Sometimes I just feel this desire for less. My mind says to slow down. Not try to do a thing. Let’s overthink it all. So I sit for the morning coffee. The green tea comes a little first usually and then the barista brings the iced...
Sitting for coffee mornings is my moment. My time to find the pace of life in Siem Reap. It’s a mix. Sometimes very slow and personal. Other times it seems frenetic. The Khmer coffee places seem sometimes a mix of both. Lalatte is this...
This morning I actually slept later by just a bit. I appreciate any little changes to the 2am wake up thing which seems to have plagued me for days. So today with the morning coffee at the house and some chill music playlists on Spotify...
One of my morning things along with the coffee is the writing. My journal grows every day and since it’s merely a markdown file that is edited in iA Writer, it’s easy to manage the spiral of words. I get a new chance at it every morning...
Last night beer out was enlightening. Not so much at viva but what I see when I get back. Sometimes I feel I see this worst side of people. Or maybe really it’s their frail human side. Being one step removed lets me see a little more...
I dunno why. I just knew after an hour or so with the dentist and after some good Khmer food my wife did. It felt like I should just do this thing. Sitting downtown now is different. Less tourists. More expats. There are always a large...
Today was my last visit to the dentist. He outfitted me with a new tooth. All done. Hopefully for a long time. I don’t like dentists. So decided I needed a reward for all that drilling and cleaning and replacing. So off to Noi coffee and...
It’s fun listening to people show and tell their reason for doing the work. What I don’t see as often is telling those same people that they should find their way. What way is it that works. How to reach the golden mean if it keeps...
We are steadily moving to our months long rainy season. The days cool off a bit and mornings particularly are beautiful now. Sometimes the sun only briefly makes a show and lingering clouds will welcome evening showers. I think there are...
Saturday always comes in slowly for me. Maybe our neighborhood takes an additional breath and the kids are not out so early. Most Khmer work 6 or 7 days a week so it’s not that. Feels like a moment of more quiet and less of the usual...
Today out walking as an escape from the ordinary to a little side street, I found something else seeking that same escape. escaping from within Lately I have been wanting to write more on the blog about the day things. It feels like a...
Some time ago I met the coffee shop day manager here when I came. She has wonderful English skills from her time working in Oman. Now we just chat about life here, how much we both enjoy Siem Reap, what the day to day brings. I also just...
Been thinking a bit about this friend in Vietnam lately. He has lived there about 8 years now. He’s married to a wonderful Vietnamese woman that used to worry about me during the pandemic. Did I have food? Water? Was I safe? She would...
I guess in a week and change we will be going to the big city. Phnom Penh is some hours away and I want to visit Aeon Mall there for both walking shoes and their wonderful food court. It’s to walk as well. Phnom Penh I’ll take you all...