My house is quite pink, both outside and in. It is super-convenient for helping people (including myself) find it. It's long and skinny on the outside and part of a long line of long, skinny houses. (Phnom Penh has this kind of house, fancy villas, shacks, and is starting to get some Western-style apartment buildings. There is almost no variation within each type of house.) I live here with Sarah, another new Logos teacher. Our landlord and landlady live just below us (pictured above); their kids and grandkids live either with them or above us. Look at the bottom of the door: I'm always afraid their three tiny dogs will fall out, either one foot down to the nearest stair, or a whole story to the ground level.
My bathroom is typical in that I have my own, it has 2 doors leading to different rooms (my room and the kitchen), and water from the shower falls directly on the floor. At first I thought the wet floor would bother me, but although we're in the rainy season, it's dry and dusty here, and the floor dries in under 90 minutes.
Sarah and I are in a new apartment within the house. You can tell that the house was just remodeled, partly because of things like this: the banister that shows where there used to be more stairs. There is now some thin plywood tacked over the area; we can hear almost everything in the apartment below us. (Mostly Khmer pop music.) Sarah's room and the "spare room" are both upstairs; the rest is all on one level.
Our kitchen was well-stocked when we arrived with a fridge and washing machine (we dry clothes out on the balcony), gas for the stove, and some basic groceries and utensils. The pastel letters on the fridge were not included. (They'll be for Sarah's first-grade class.) We were also given several of the woven mat in the corner, which is apparently ubiquitous and quite cheap.
We love our airy living/dining room, which still needs some furniture. A huge 5-gallon container of water, like the one on the left, apparently costs about $1 if you sign up for the delivery service. Not bad, since not even locals drink the Phnom Penh water! You can see hints of the two-toned pink paint, accented by a lovely periwinkle and teal. (We've heard Cambodians don't pay attention to shades and hues: pink is pink is pink.) Sarah's room is on top; my room is below; both have green-tinted windows into this room for ventilation. (But only mine has jail cell bars.)
The living/dining room is long and skinny. We're looking for a wicker couch that will use those maroon cushions. The tile floor stays wonderfully cool, even though we're on the second floor.
Sarah (pictured above) and I love the balcony, where we eat, read, and chat. We can see all the goings-on below, and it's typically the coolest and breeziest part of the house.
My house is quite pink, both outside and in. It is super-convenient for helping people (including myself) find it. It's long and skinny on the outside and part of a long line of long, skinny houses. (Phnom Penh has this kind of house, fancy villas, shacks, and is starting to get some Western-style apartment buildings. There is almost no variation within each type of house.) I live here with Sarah, another new Logos teacher. Our landlord and landlady live just below us (pictured above); their kids and grandkids live either with them or above us. Look at the bottom of the door: I'm always afraid their three tiny dogs will fall out, either one foot down to the nearest stair, or a whole story to the ground level. 
My bathroom is typical in that I have my own, it has 2 doors leading to different rooms (my room and the kitchen), and water from the shower falls directly on the floor. At first I thought the wet floor would bother me, but although we're in the rainy season, it's dry and dusty here, and the floor dries in under 90 minutes.
Sarah and I are in a new apartment within the house. You can tell that the house was just remodeled, partly because of things like this: the banister that shows where there used to be more stairs. There is now some thin plywood tacked over the area; we can hear almost everything in the apartment below us. (Mostly Khmer pop music.) Sarah's room and the "spare room" are both upstairs; the rest is all on one level.
Our kitchen was well-stocked when we arrived with a fridge and washing machine (we dry clothes out on the balcony), gas for the stove, and some basic groceries and utensils. The pastel letters on the fridge were not included. (They'll be for Sarah's first-grade class.) We were also given several of the woven mat in the corner, which is apparently ubiquitous and quite cheap.
We love our airy living/dining room, which still needs some furniture. A huge 5-gallon container of water, like the one on the left, apparently costs about $1 if you sign up for the delivery service. Not bad, since not even locals drink the Phnom Penh water! You can see hints of the two-toned pink paint, accented by a lovely periwinkle and teal. (We've heard Cambodians don't pay attention to shades and hues: pink is pink is pink.) Sarah's room is on top; my room is below; both have green-tinted windows into this room for ventilation. (But only mine has jail cell bars.)
The living/dining room is long and skinny. We're looking for a wicker couch that will use those maroon cushions. The tile floor stays wonderfully cool, even though we're on the second floor.
Sarah (pictured above) and I love the balcony, where we eat, read, and chat. We can see all the goings-on below, and it's typically the coolest and breeziest part of the house.
2 comments:
my dear! thank you so much for posting these beautiful pictures of your candyland-colored house! it's so fun to see where you'll be living, and good to know that though you have to live behind jail cell bars, your tile floor will remain cool as a cucumber. :) I can't wait to hear more about how things go!
i love your balcony too!!!
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