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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The daily things continue these days here. I love writing them I think. I find the little things I want to carry over to morning coffee. This sometimes senseless life here with no focus. No sense of a thing getting done because they need...
This weekend has seemed odd. Or maybe different. Oddly different. Something like that. I went out for beer last night and chatted with the Khmer people that work at viva. They are a fun crew and all speak very good English so joking and...
I met Jason in Merida Mexico in 2021. He was staying at the same Airbnb as I. This strange place where a cast of characters fleeing some things and arriving for others landed. He escaped for a vacation from years driving big rig trucks....
Today I pretty much knew I would not sit at the house. I reach a point where I cannot. It’s like the gradually closing in walls of the room. I will need change. So I change. First is Noi Cafe. I love it here. Noi cafe Here I will sit...
There’s some reason why this internal clock of mine decides the wake up alarm must be pulled at 4. Maybe it’s my contrary and cranky internal mechanism that wants to ensure I get to spend more time in a place I don’t enjoy. Last night my...
Lately been watching YouTube videos on journaling. I don’t have some particular correct or incorrect way to do it. In fact, there is no right or wrong way. There’s my way and your way. Just because you can write a blog post or do a video...
There it was. And me too. One time in 2020. Soon to leave for Vietnam and end up living there for almost two years. After an Amtrak train trip dream and back to visit family. Then borders closed and I lived in Vietnam 2 years. An...
I think the blog needs a breather. Going to just be posting some photos each day with running commentary. I’ll bet the photo has nothing to do with the words. You know how this blog works, right? See you in the photos. Like this one....
This time of the year here is rainy season so our early start is rainy evenings and beautiful mornings. Often warm reaching more than warm. I’ve lived here four years so most of tue temperature variations seem ok. Until we get to April...
Starting this in bed. It’s 530 or so in the morning. This is the quiet time. It never lasts so I take advantage of some writing time without unneeded or unwanted prompts. Sometimes feel the journal writing in the morning is my best time....
It’s been an interesting set of days. They does not make them good. Or even worthy of repetition. Now I find myself at this favorite little coffee shop on a Monday. Fresh from a short walk and wanting a longer. The feeling and freedom of...
I started writing on different things lately. I felt this need to go explore. To find words for things that held me here or that I took on walks. There is this tapestry of things to just find words for in Siem Reap. I wrote on it I...
Today the heat wave broke in some noticeable ways. First the evening brought wonderful rain showers. Then this morning it was some degrees cooler with cloudy skies and this wonderful cool breeze. Most of the year is the usual Southeast...
Some days sitting in the house and looking at the four walls. I did yoga. Before a nice walk. I knew then I would have to go. There was no way around it. I had this feeling that I must go. It reminds me once of being in Manila in 2019. I...
For some reason these days decent sleep is elusive. I guess some random thoughts then come to ensure I stay awake. Also listen now to the quiet the neighborhood has before 5am. This is the best time for me to write in the journal I...