Justin Parke
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โฐ๏ธ Phnom 1500 ๐ฃ๏ธConquering Cambodian Mountains With SuperCubs ๐ต My oldest daughter is getting more and more confident on her 50cc SuperCub, and we now take road trips together for shopping and other things.
๐งโโ๏ธ My Meditation Coach ๐ ChairWoman Meow ๐โโฌ I never would've imagined one of my greatest teachers in life would be a feral communist cat, but ChairWoman Meow has taught me how to accept the things I cannot change.
๐๏ธ Surprise Rainstorm = ๐ข๏ธ Oil Change ๐โโฌ Hive's Cat Curator & A Failed US Visa Interview ๐ On a recent market trip 45 minutes from home, a rainstorm sent my wife and I looking for shelter, so we gave Srey-Yuu's SuperCub an oil change.
๐๏ธ ChairWoman Meow Faces Her River Fears ๐โโฌ ChairWoman Meow recently faced her river fears by joining me on a boulder hopping trip near the rapids at our home here in the Cardamom Mountains.
๐๏ธ I Found A 2-Stroke ๐จ An Old Friend Visits Cambodia ๐ค Chairwoman Meow ๐โโฌ & Other Life Outtakes ๐ฌ During my blog hiatus I acquired a 1996 Yamaha Alfa motorbike, an old two-stroke motorcycle from Thailand that is no longer produced.
๐งโโ๏ธ It's Time To Break My Hive Dry Spell ๐ช It is hard to believe I haven't made a single blog post since March 30th despite it being one of my goals each day, but life has been a rollercoaster for several months.
Weird Vibes At The Photo Shop ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Smoke ๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธ & A Cat ๐โโฌ Recently my wife and I took a trip to the photo shop 45km away in Pramaoy, the last outpost town with modern amenities like 12th grade, print shops, donuts, and things like that.
๐ฏ Roti Wrap Or Soft Taco? ๐ฎ Srey-Yuu Decides ๐ง๐ฝ I recently had a craving for soft tacos, but as I am not an expert tortilla maker, I decided to just go with my already proven rotis.
๐ฐ ASEAN Hive Update ๐๏ธ Time For Me To Start Taking A Salary ๐ฆ The day has finally come where I feel I need to start taking a monthly income from my ASEAN Hive Community work, so I hope you ASEAN Hivers are understanding and supportive of this move.
๐ญ Great Hornbill Sighting ๐ฆค Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia ๐ I can finally confirm a kind of bird I've been seeing the last few years is not a rare species of vulture, but actually a great hornbill.
โฏ๏ธ My Little Zen-Master ChairWoman Meow ๐โโฌ Connoisseur Of Grilled Corn ๐ฝ I am almost certain that most hoo-mans think their cat is the cutest and smartest, but in my case it's different because this is actually true.
๐ต Trail-Riding Buddies ๐จโ๐ง 140cc Of Family Combustion ๐ฅ Trail-riding is the latest activity Srey-Yuu has been doing to hone her motorcycle skills, and we do it all on motorcycles most Khmers consider too underpowered or old-fashioned.
๐ต The SuperCub 90 Gets Off-Road Tires ๐ & Srey-Yuu Begins Trail-Riding โฐ๏ธ While we were in Phnom Penh I picked up some off-road tires for my SuperCub 90 because the roads here are full of sand, gravel, and potholes.
๐ง Srey-Yuu's New SuperCub 50 ๐ต 135 km/l Looks Pretty Good โฝ We're back home from Phnom Penh with Srey-Yuu's SuperCub, so now it's time to begin the motorbike training and get back to daily life.
๐๏ธ Last Day In Phnom Penh ๐บ A Little Tuk-Tuk Maintenance ๐จโ๐ง On our last day in Phnom Penh we decided to head to the Piaggio dealer for some sparts and an oil change before heading back home with Srey-Yuu's moto.
๐บ Phnom Penh Family Trip ๐ต New Moto For Srey-Yuu ๐ง We recently returned from a trip to Phnom Penh in our tuk-tuk to purchase a motorbike for Srey-Yuu and do a few other things.
๐ฃ Fishing Lessons ๐บ & More Cambodian Adventures With Our German Guests ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ On the last day of our guests stay here in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, we decided to go out for a day of fishing and swimming.
โบ German Visitors Come For A Camping Trip ๐ฃ Cardamom Mountains Are Kid Friendly ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ A few weeks ago a German friend of mine that lives here in Cambodia brought a friend and her kids to visit our place while on holiday.
๐๏ธ Preparation For Our Ceiling Slab ๐ท & Cat Chess โ๏ธ We have finally begun the process of pouring the second floor slab, so now it's only a matter of time before we have a place to receive guests.
๐ Battery Backup Is A Cat's Best Friend ๐ป & Another Camper Visits โบ ChairWoman Meow is basically a feline heat-seeking missile, and any kind of heat will do, sun, human, and even battery heat is fair game.
๐ Sweet Potato Countryside Traffic Jam ๐ Only In Cambodia ๐คฆโโ๏ธ On a recent trip to Pramaoy for some vegetable and fruit shopping, my wife and I were stopped on the highway by a sweet potato accident.
๐บ Thailand Border Fail ๐ Bye Family โ๏ธ The border with Thailand about 15km from my house recently opened for one day, so I shuttled my wife, kids, and in-laws to Thmor Da for a crossing.
๐ฉโ๐ณ Sushi Chef Srey-Yuu Strikes Again ๐ฑ Srey-Yuu is quickly becoming a formidable sushi chef in addition to becoming the owner of her very own motorcycle in the next few weeks.
๐บ Thailand Road Trip | Part 3 ๐ฃ๏ธ Back To Phsar Prum, Cambodia ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ The last part of this Thailand road trip series picks up again back on the Cambodian side of the border, now with a new visa in-hand.
๐บ Thailand Road Trip | Part 2 ๐ฃ๏ธ 7-Eleven & Other Curiosities ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Part 2 of this road trip picks up on the Thai side of the Ban Pakkad Border Checkpoint in Khlong Yai, Thailand, where 7-Eleven was the most notable thing of interest.
๐บ Thailand Road Trip | Part 1 ๐ฃ๏ธ (aka Mandatory Visa Run) ๐ The family and I recently joined me for a several hundred kilometer roundtrip visa run through the Thai border in Phsar Prum, Cambodia.
๐ธ Meow-Minton | A Sport To Replace Badminton ๐โโฌ Badminton is a bit of a boring sport without a net, but add one attack kitty to the situation and you have a whole new even better game.
๐ชค Tom & Jerry, Pad Thai, Iron Gates & Khmer Letters ๐ My wife got a little nostalgic when she saw a Tom & Jerry phone case, and since it happened to be the only thick rubber case in the shop, we snagged it.
๐โโฌ Cats, Spiders & Other Creatures From The Cardamom Mountains ๐๏ธ Here in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia, native species outnumber ChairWoman Meow greatly, but she still finds ways to relax each day.
๐๏ธ Honda SuperCub Road Trip ๐ฃ๏ธ Steung Kach To Pramaoy ๐ฌ My wife and I recently rode our trusty old SuperCub 90 to Pramaoy to stock up on vegetables, fruit, and other random dry goods, and donuts too.
๐ฃ๏ธ From Battambang To Steung Kach ๐๏ธ Cardamom Mountain Campers Arrive ๐๏ธ Recently some campers came to stay with at our place while my wife and kids were out of town for wedding parties and other family events.
๐ง Srey-Yuu ๐ซ Professional Cambodian Water Mister ๐ชป My wife and youngest daughter headed to Phnom Penh for a formal party, so Srey-Yuu and I stayed at home and misted the Mothership's orchids.
๐ Big Rig Nearly Goes Over The Cliff โฐ๏ธ & Other Cambodian Things ๐โโฌ On the way to Thmor Da recently I noticed that a big rig had crashed into the guard rail and nearly fallen over the edge of a cliff.
๐โโฌ ChairWoman Meow ๐พ Destroyer Of Orchids ๐บ ChairWoman Meow, my communist kitty, recently decided that my wife's orchid hobby is too bourgeois, so she decided to conduct a non-violent protest directly on top of an orchid.
๐ฌ Amazon Treasures Arrive From The USA ๐ฆ After nearly two months of waiting, our Amazon purchases have arrived in Cambodia after passing through a series of freight forwarding agents.
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โโ๏ธ Construction Paused By The Government ๐๏ธ & Meow Boycotts Her Water Bowl ๐ซ A random government hotshot recently stopped by our place and paused our construction project until further notice, so now we are fighting bureaucracy instead of mountain weather.
๐คทโโ๏ธ Only In Cambodia ๐ฉโโ๏ธ Streetside Pimple Popping Shop ๐คบ While parked outside the 2,500แ store in Pramaoy I looked to my left and saw a myriad of pimple popping photos on a signboard next to the street.
๐ท Concrete Mixing & Pouring Footers For Our Cambodian Dream Home ๐๏ธ Our new house project is still moving along, and now we are mixing concrete for pouring the footers and columns that will be the first floor.
๐ฆ Cambodian Mountain Lion Watches Valley Below For Prey ๐ฆ Our mini mountain lion, the one and only ChairWoman Meow, has communist ideals that drive her to hunt for prey in the valley below.
๐จโ๐ญ Brother-In-Law Welds Gate ๐ & Wealthy Trespassers Use Our Land For Pooping ๐ฝ We are still making forward progress on our new home despite having nearly depleted all non-Hive financial assets, and rich Phnom Penh folk continue to use our land for pee stops with or without consent.
๐ทโโ๏ธ Srey-Yuu ๐ง My Teenage Construction Laborer ๐ฆบ Srey-Yuu has recently shown some interest in construction, and in record time she has already become a master rebar tier and brick hauler.
โต Trial Run For Potential Hive Boat Racing Begins ๐ถ Far too long ago I mentioned the idea of having some kind of Hive boat races in the river behind my house here in Cambodia.
๐ป Rock Delivery ๐๏ธ House Footers Begin ๐ท & Double Mechanical Trouble ๐ง It isn't easy getting construction supplies delivered in the middle of Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, but with enough persistence we sometimes succeed.
๐ฅท Srey-Yuu ๐ช Cambodian Sugarcane Peeler Extraordinaire ๐คฏ We recently came into possession of some sugarcane, but @sophea and @sakana aren't strong enough to make quick work of peeling it.
๐ด Monkey-B's Incredible DIY Palm Wings ๐ชฝ Monkey-B recently created herself a set of palm wings for a test flight, and from start to finish she was hilariously entertained.
๐ผ Pensive ChairWoman Meow ๐ท & Construction Begins On Our New Home ๐งโ๐ญ ChairWoman Meow is still unsure about the construction of our new home and all the new people temporarily living at our place.
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๐ Cambodian Cabin Renovation Project [Act II] ๐ฌ Litter & Baby Catcher Complete ๐ฏ Two of the cabin renovation projects are now complete, the trash heap blocking wall and a baby/litter barrier, all made from wood to keep with the theme.
๐๏ธ Super Cub Repairs ๐ก Monkey-B's Imagination ๐ก & Dream House Construction Begins The SuperCub has been long overdue for a new chain and sprockets, Monkey-B's imagination is limitless, and we finally tear down our serial killer shack.
๐ด Hammock Buddies ๐ง Srey-Yuu & ChairWoman Meow ๐โโฌ Recently Srey-Yuu introduced ChairWoman Meow to the luxurious comfort of laying in a hammock, something kitties don't usually choose to do on their own.
โฐ๏ธ The Cardamom Mountains' Newest Sushi Chef ๐ฑ @Srey-Yuu ๐ฉโ๐ณ The northern Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia has a new sushi chef, the one and only @srey-yuu, rolling like she was born in Okinawa.
๐ Cambodian Cabin Renovation Project ๐ช The Trash Heap Blocker ๐ฏ The rainy season is tapering off and 4 of my Cambodian in-laws are staying with us while helping with various construction projects.
๐ค Cat Nap Photography Session ๐ธ With Cambodia's Most Underpaid Feline Model ๐ป ChairWoman Meow, ChairMan Mao's feline sister and proletariat kitty, doesn't believe in modeling because she feels it is reserved for bourgeois kitties.
๐ฅ Birthday Brushcetta For Monkey-B ๐จโ๐ง I always make Monkey-B her favorite foods on her birthday, and this year she wanted bruschetta with fusilli allโarrabbiata
๐ชฐ Fly Love, Mountain Moonrises, & ChairWoman Meow ๐ผ I wasn't purposefully trying to find houseflies having sex for this Hive post, but I stumbled upon the act with my phone in hand, so it's Hive content now.
ASEAN Hive Challenge #83 ๐ก Finding Yellow Everywhere ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Helmets, Hoodies, Bananas, & More ๐ I didn't realize how many yellow things were in my house until I created the latest ASEAN Hive challenge, so I decided I would submit an entry.
๐ Landslides, Kitty Cats, & Nothing Else ๐โโฌ Landslides near our cabin have kept me away from Hive lately, but I have a kitty friend that helps me when I do have time for Hive.
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โโ๏ธ This Is Not Another Kitty Blog Post ๐ซ๐ฟ Or Is It? ๐คทโโ๏ธ ChairWoman Meow is a benevolent communist kitty, but she's taking over my camera roll and blog without respect for my basic human rights.
๐ฆ We Need To Talk About Wall Meat ๐ฆ The Food Your Cat May Not Be Getting Enough Of ๐ผ A balanced cat diet should consist of at least 80% living souls, 10% seaweed, and 10% nutritional yeast, well, at least that's my unprofessional opinion.
๐บ ChairWoman Meow ๐ฉโโ๏ธFeral Nurse To Humans ๐งโโ๏ธ & Cicada Grim Reaper This isn't the first nor the last time I will shamelessly dump a load of Chairwoman Meow photos into a blog post, she's just too cute.
๐คฏ Cambodia's Most Vulgar Seaweed Chips ๐คซ Perhaps you've heard of King Midas from ancient Greek mythology, but have you heard of his vulgar brother from another mother?
๐ค Scary-aoke, Besting Srey-Yuu, & Kitty Ridiculousness ๐ธ I've never been a fan of karaoke in any form, but I did buy my wife a karaoke speaker so she could enjoy herself from time to time.
๐ง๐ฝ Monkey-B & ChairWoman Meow's Marble Chase ๐ข Monkey-B's marble rollercoaster toy is now beloved my Chairwoman Meow because it has all the things to grab a cat's attention.
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โโ๏ธ No Cat Food = ๐งโโ๏ธ Serial Killer Kitty I still don't understand why ChairWoman Meow uses our house as her primary basecamp despite us not having any fish or cat food to offer her.
๐ซ My Unplanned Hive Hiatus ๐คทโโ๏ธ Is It Over? ๐คทโโ๏ธ It's been around 2 months since I've been able to make a blog post, and I neither saw it coming or knew how long it would last.
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Cat Medicine At 25 -150 Hz ๐ป Purr Therapy For A Sick Srey-Yuu โ๏ธ Today Srey-Yuu returned home from school with a sore throat and immediately fell asleep on the bed, and Dr. Meow immediately got to work.
๐ช Disappearing Durian, Fried Rice, & ChairWoman Meow's Seaweed Obsession ๐ผ Durian fruit doesn't last long in our household, disappearing about as fast as ChairWoman Meow devours a bowl of seaweed.
๐คณ Dad-Daughter Selfies, Kitty Nests, Toilet Water & Landscapes ๐ฝ With the evening approaching, I found myself without photos for a Hive post, so I grabbed my daughter and forced her to take a selfie with me.
๐ฝ Hive Assistant Sleeps On The Job ๐ค & Cambodia's Mickey Mouse ๐ญ ChairWoman Meow is hardly a good Hive assistant, but she is furry, friendly, and keeps me company into the wee hours of the morning.
โ๏ธ Study Time With Nutsara ๐ถ& ChairWoman Meow Achieves New Heights ๐ผ Nutsara developed her own version of the Khmer alphabet after her grandma gave her a pen, and she also inked herself in the process.
๐จโ๐พ Dirt Hauling In The Village ๐บ Employment Meets Volunteering ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Our friend Stephen requested some assistance acquiring and planting bananas, but seemed reluctant to hire my wife or I, so we found a villager also in need of employment.
๐งผ Inappropriate Soap, Scenic Selfies & Kitty Lasers ๐ซ The non-perishable goods store I visit once a week has placed the Thai Virgin bar soap dangerously close to the Khmer Real Man bar soap.
๐ฑ Kitty Fashion & Other Random Life Outtakes ๐ฌ Srey-Yuu has discovered that wearing her hoody backwards results in a very fashionable ChairWoman Meow carrying sling.
๐ธ Srey-Yuu's Ukulele Struggles ๐คทโโ๏ธTo Be Or Not To Be? ๐ค Lately Srey-Yuu has been pondering whether or not the ukulele world is right for her, and perhaps even the stringed instrument universe.
๐ Cuteness Overload With ChairWoman Meow ๐ผ I really ought to find something else to post about other than Ms. ChairWoman Meow, but she is just too darn cute and cuddly.
๐ก Every House Needs A Window Cat ๐ผChairWoman Meow Strikes Back ๐พ My questionably communist kitty ChairWoman lives a proletariat feline life void of cat food, but she is adept at claiming the souls of insects, reptiles and rodents.
๐พ My Little Godless Killing Machine ๐ Vegan Cat Dad Teaches Mini Lion How To Hunt ๐จโ๐ซ I've struck a deal with Chairwoman Meow, I will continue to teach her how to hunt at night while the family is sleeping, and she will teach me how to take pleasure in the simple things of life.
๐ค Black Mirror ๐ช The First Popular Show I've Liked In Years ๐ฌ It seems like the last tv series I followed and enjoyed was "The Office (USA)," but finally I have found a show on Netflix worth my time.
โฐ๏ธ Our Home In The Clouds ๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธ It's A Long, Slow Crawl Into The Sky ๐ช During the return from a recent off-mountain trip, I was reminded of the beauty of our home in the clouds when I saw Phnom 1500 from a distance.
๐ฉโ๐ณ Srey-Yuu Is Now A Fully Licensed Roti Technician ๐ซ For many years I've asked Srey-Yuu if she is ready to become a licensed roti technician, and on this day she decided to learn the craft.
๐ฟ Chairwoman Meow Struggles With Academics ๐ It's not every day that a kitty takes on the responsibilities of a human student, but Chairwoman Meow gave it her best feline shot.
๐ฆ Japanese Hidden Camera Pranks Are My Happy Place On YouTube ๐คฃ Every now and then I go to YouTube for a brief comedic escape from my daily routine, and Japanese public pranks are among my favorite rabbit hole to go down.
๐คทโโ๏ธWell, I Guess This Is Now A Cat Blog ๐ฑ In the past few weeks it's become clear that Chairwoman Meow now dominates the majority of my content on Hive, and I can only hope my readers don't get bored of constant kitty-cat content.
โญ Chairwoman Meow Is Too Full Of Love ๐ป Distributed Evenly Among Human Comrades ๐ฒ Chairwoman Meow was kind enough to adopt 4 humans and share her irresistible cuteness 100% evenly and fairly among them, in true communist fashion.
๐บ Ape DX Gets A Tire Rotation ๐ง& The Rain Stops For A Few Minutes ๐ฅ๏ธ Our trusty Piaggio Ape Auto DX is a beast, and even with a meager 9 HP it can handle a payload of 600kg and the abuse of Cambodian roads.
๐พ Chairwoman Meow Gets Rough Handled ๐ถ & Refuses To Attack Baby ๐
โโ๏ธ Our neighbor's daughter Nutsara is pretty rough with Chairwoman Meow, but most of the time predator can gracefully avoid becoming prey.
๐ฆ Hive Rubber Ducky Racing ๐ Coming Soon..... (๐ซต Feedback/Suggestions Wanted ๐) I have been working on my rubber ducky racing idea the last few weeks, and finally some solid ideas are beginning to take shape.
๐ Chairwoman Meow Is Ridiculous, Pensive, & Cute ๐ฑ Although Chairwoman Meow is not technically our kitty, she has almost completely abandoned her cat mom and home next door in order to spend more time with us.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Cambodian Family Road Trip ๐บ Pursat & Battambang ๐ฃ๏ธ Part 2 For the last leg of our family road trip we traveled from Pursat to Battambang where we spent one night before heading back home via backroads.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Cambodian Family Road Trip ๐บ Pursat & Battambang ๐ฃ๏ธ July 23rd was the date scheduled for Cambodian national elections, and with the kids out of school for this occasion, my wife asked for a family road trip.
๐ A HIVE Idea Is Brewing ๐ฆ Rubber Ducky Whitewater Races ๐With HBD Prizes ๐ต For far too long I've been thinking about a fun competition/challenge that would bring fellow Hivers together in fun, friendly rivalry, and also have some crypto prizes.
๐โโฌ The Many Faces Of ChairWoman Meow ๐ Maximum Cuteness ๐ธ Our new furry friend sure brings a lot of joy to our household, and best of all is that "ChairWoman Meow" adopted us instead of us adopting her.
๐ฝ Largest Walking Stick Ever Takes Massive Fall ๐ง New Life With A Liquid Brain ๐ง Puu-Mab found a massive walking stick down by the river after it took a fall from a massive tree, and although it was still alive, it now had a liquid brain and a missing leg.
๐จโ๐พ Pramaoy People ๐ฉโ๐ญ Cambodian Photography From A Parked Tuk-Tuk ๐บ While waiting in the tuk-tuk for my wife to exit from the market in Pramaoy I decided to hold the camera steady and take pictures of the action passing by.
๐ Happy 14th B-Day Srey-Yuu ๐จโ๐ง A Hot-Pot For You & More ๐ฒ July 12th was Srey-Yuu's 14th birthday, and I decided to give my daughter my time, the most precious resource of all.
๐บ Commuting In The Cardamoms โฐ๏ธ Blue Skies During The Rainy Season ๐ค๏ธ Usually this time of the year it's nothing but rainy days here in the Cardamom Mountains, but today's commute to school was filled with blue skies.
๐ผ Kitty Finally Gets A Name & Gives Veganism A Try ๐๏ธ ChairWoman "Meow" โญ Dear fellow comrades, proletariats, laborers, patriots, and kitty lovers, I would like to introduce to you "ChairWoman Meow."
๐ชจ Our Latest Construction Project ๐ช River Rock Staircase From Cliff To Water's Edge ๐๏ธ After finishing our riverside deck project, I wanted to pair it with a river rock staircase from the top of the cliff to the deck and down to the river's edge.
๐บ Daily Life In Steung Kach, Cambodia ๐คทโโ๏ธ & I Think I've Been Adopted ๐ฑ It's been a typical day, driving the tuk-tuk to pick up 400kg of cement sacks for our latest project, and also taking Monkey-B back from school.
๐จโ๐ป I Got A New Feline Friend ๐ฑ At Least For An Afternoon ๐คทโโ๏ธ While doing some curation work today I was joined by a new feline friend from the village who apparently chose me as friend for the day.
๐ฏ 30 Guest Aftermath ๐คธ The Unwanted Depart ๐ค Despite the guarantees of the 30 folks from Phnom Penh that forcefully made themselves our guests, they left the cabin a mess and didn't even pay in full.
๐ 30 Guests Won't Take No For An Answer ๐คฆโโ๏ธ & A PS2 Emulator For Srey-Yuu's Laptop ๐ฎ 30 random guests arrived today without warning and wouldn't allow me to refuse them accommodation designed for only 4 to 6 people.
My First Ladder ๐ช & Mattar Tofu For Srey-Yuu ๐ For the first time in my life I am the proud owner of an aluminum ladder, and thanks to Monkey-B for helping to transport it home.
๐ง Moto Makeover For The SuperCub 90 ๐จโ๐งNew Piston & Valves ๐๏ธ I recently noticed a change in the performance of our SuperCub 90 that indicated we needed some new piston rings and valve seals.
๐ฉโ๐ณ I Have Many Sous Chefs ๐ฅ Family Momo Time & Srey-Yuu's Best Surprise From The USA ๐ I feel pretty fortunate to have up to three sous chefs at my beck and call, but only when the culinary task is a playful one.
๐จโ๐ค Buck Rogers Clark @ The Vincennes Brewing Company ๐ป Not long after I had been invited to a band rehearsal at my friend's house, the band had a show at a local bar that I attended.
๐ช Buck Rogers Clark ๐จโ๐ค A Band Practice Session ๐ท I met a former restaurant employer of mine while in the USA, and was surprised to discover she's now married to a band leader/hospital chaplain.
๐ฅ "Spirit Of Vincennes Rendezvous" 2023 โบ Part 3 (With A Slo-Mo GIF) This is my last post about the Rendezvous festival in Vincennes, Indiana, celebrating a little George Rogers Clark history and other 18th century Americana.
๐ฅ "Spirit Of Vincennes Rendezvous" 2023 โบ Part 2 In this Part 2 about the the "Spirit Of Vincennes Rendezvous," I captured some battlefield re-enactment shots and explored more vendor booths.
๐ฅ "Spirit Of Vincennes Rendezvous" 2023 โบ Part 1 The "Spirit Of Vincennes Rendezvous" has been taking place annually for 46 years, and contains 18th century battle re-enactments, a trade fair, and more.
๐ช Sgt. Pepper's Fireworks ๐ My Step-Uncle's Shop In Indiana ๐งจ From Elvis Presley to Taco Tuesday and zombies, my step-uncle Eric's fireworks shop has just about any firework you can imagine in any theme.
๐ฌ A Quick Visit To Kentuckiana Before My Return To Cambodia ๐จโ๐พ & My 40th Birthday Too ๐ Before heading back to Cambodia, I flew from Florida to Kentucky to see family and friends, as well as gather some documents for visa/immigration purposes.
๐ณ Banyan Trees & Orchids ๐บ A Little Bit Of Cambodia In Florida ๐จโ๐พ My mom's neighbor in Florida is quite a fan of orchids, and he was keen to show me his gardening style similar to how orchids grow in the forest here in Cambodia.
๐โโ๏ธ Swimming In The Gulf Of Mexico ๐ชธ Boca Grande Beach ๐๏ธ I wasn't going to leave Florida without swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, so my mom took me swimming during the last days of my stay there.
๐๏ธ Boca Grande, Florida ๐ฅ๏ธ I Finally Get To See The Sea ๐ My mom and part-time unpaid tour guide took me on another trip to Boca Grande, a famous beach destination on Gasparilla Island, Florida.
๐ Gasparilla Island, Florida ๐๏ธ Road Trip With The Mothership ๐ธ My mom recently took me on a trip to Gasparilla Island, a beautiful place on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, complete with a lighthouse.
๐ดโโ ๏ธ Shopping Trip With My Mom โ Pirate's Dream In Englewood, Florida ๐ฆ My mom recently took me to see a very interesting and bizarre gift shop named "Pirate's Dream" near her home in Placida, Florida.
๐๏ธ I Am Florida Man ๐๏ธ Hivin' From 'Merica ๐ฉด I've arrived safely in Florida from Cambodia after short layovers in Singapore, San Fransisco and Chicago on the way to Sarasota.
๐บ My Last Days In Cambodia ๐ซ Off To The USA To Visit Family & Solve Immigration Problems ๐ I spent my last days in Phnom Penh just vegging in the hotel room, spending quality time with the family, and looking for a place to store the tuk-tuk.
๐ Dosa Eating & Krama Shopping In Phnom Penh ๐งฃ During my last few days in Cambodia the family and I have been eating lots of delicious food and also doing a bit of shopping.
๐บ Roadside Pee Stop Leads To Whirlybird Play ๐ฑ On the way to Phnom Penh in our tuk-tuk we made a pee stop and found the most massive whirlybirds ever, a perfect opportunity for slo-mo footage.
๐งฝ Washing The Tuk-Tuk ๐บ & A Surprise Visit From Nutsara ๐ถ We're headed to the capital soon so I can catch my flight to the USA, so I decided to give the tuk-tuk a wash before hit the road.
๐ Pants From A Truck Yo' ๐ & Pasta For The Girls ๐ฏโโ๏ธ We recently picked up a random bundle of women's clothing from the bus station, and for dinner I made the girls' favorite pasta dish.
๐ค Buying Land (For A Friend) ๐ฉโ๐ผ My Wife Is Now A Cambodian Real Estate Mogul ๐๏ธ Today we finalized the deal on purchasing the plot of land next to ours, but in name only, the land will actually be occupied by a friend of ours.
๐จโ๐ณ Roti Wraps With Srey-Yuu ๐ฅ & Another New Nickname Is Born ๐ Today I made roti wraps for the family, starting with tomato chutney, then shredding cabbage and carrots, making rotis, then finishing with peanut vadas.
๐ง Monkey-B Is A Secret Pyromaniac ๐ฉโ๐ While trying to locate Monkey-B today, I began wandering around the house, then looked outside and found her making a small fire in the middle of the old road.
๐ถ Hanging With Nutsara ๐ฆ & Other Life Outtakes ๐ฌ Baby Nutsara, the neighbors' daughter, is quite fond of my family and I, and on most days she comes to visit us, but on this day I visited her.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Mandatory Family Swimming Day ๐โโ๏ธ Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia ๐๏ธ We have a new favorite swimming spot near our house, and today I became a dictator and imposed a mandatory family swim day, no refusals accepted.
๐ฅ Nepali Momos For Srey-Yuu ๐ง๐ฝ By Special Request ๐ซก Momos, the Tibetan/Nepali version of dumplings, is one my oldest daughter's favorite foods, and today I made them for her because she has been asking for a long time.
๐ถ Baby Nutsara Loves To Dance ๐ Parathas ๐ซ & Khmer New Year On The Way ๐ While jamming some music today Nutsara decided to show off her dancing skills, and she's got better moves than many adults I know.
๐ฅ Family Gnocchi Time ๐
& A Little AI Chatbot Play For ASEAN Hive Challenge #52 ๐ค When we run out of dried pasta it is either drive 4 hours to get some, shop online and collect at a distant shipping agent, or make gnocchi from scratch.
๐๏ธ 2023 ASEAN Games Cause An Early School Break ๐
& I Go Inside The Water Tank ๐ข๏ธ Algae is building up inside the water tank, Khmer New Year is coming, and Cambodia is hosting the 2023 ASEAN Games, which has led to an early school break.
๐ฅค Public School Sugarcane Juice, ๐คณ Selfies With Srey-Yuu & ๐โโ๏ธ A New Swimming Hole Today we had an oversized sugarcane juice hanging in the back of tuk-tuk for Monkey-B to sip on after she got out of school.
๐ถ Ruff & Tuff ๐ช Survival Of The Fittest In The Cardamom Mountains Of Cambodia โฐ๏ธ You have to be tough to survive in the Cardamom Mountains, especially if you are a dog or a car, and this dog is the undisputed heavyweight canine champion.
โ๏ธ The Rainy Season Has Arrived In The Cardamoms ๐ Thai Border Opening Soon With A Highway Upgrade ๐ฃ๏ธ The rainy season, aka muddy season, arrived here in the Cardamom Mountains National Park without warning, and so did a new wave of road improvements.
Thai Ganja Marketing Gimmicks ๐ฎโ๐จ, Pramaoy Protests ๐ญ, & Eye Candy For The Ladies ๐ช The Thai border opens in a few days, and already the local Cambodian stores are flooded with Thai products full of ganja gimmickry.
๐จโ๐ณ I Can't Stop Making Lime Pickle ๐ Monkey-B's Secret Spot ๐คซ & Other Things Lately I can't seem to go without lime pickle, and Monkey-B can't play without having a few secret hiding spots for her dolls.
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ We Have A Friend In The Village Looking For Land To Buy โฐ๏ธ "Stressful" Is The Key Word ๐คฆโโ๏ธ We still have a friend in our village looking for land to buy, and after several days of hunting we have found some options for him.
๐ฉโ๐พ Slo-Mo Gardening & ๐ A Brief Illegal Entry Into Thailand I've been quite busy this week, but I managed to snap a few pics, smash them together, and call it a post for your possible enjoyment.
๐ฅ Samosas, ๐ฎ Banana Pudding, ๐ชต The Deck Is Done(ish), ๐จโ๐ณ & Domestic Daily Life Yo' I've been meaning to post for a couple of days but cooking, cleaning, and fathering have left me with little time outside my ASEAN Hive duties.
๐คช Family Goofiness ๐ฅฑ & A Little Palak Tofu ๐ When I find myself without photos for a Hive post I often ask Monkey-B to do something silly and create some instant fresh content.
๐จโ๐ป Do You Live In A Country Not Supported By Chat GPT? ๐ซ Try The Equally Fascinating ChatSonic ๐ค I've been wanting to experiment with Chat GPT for a long time, but from Cambodia it's quite difficult, so luckily I found ChatSonic.
๐Our Main Electric Wire Exploded ๐ฅ $500 USD For More Amps โก There was a major power surge recently and our main electric house wire took the brunt of the hit apparently, the extra electricity seemingly having burst its way out of our wire.
Puu-Mab Planing Wood In Slo-Mo ๐ทโโ๏ธ Deck Project Progress ๐ & Package #3 Arrives ๐ฆ Our deck project is nearly finished, we received the missing package from the USA, and I even managed to catch Puu-Mab working in slo-mo.
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Our Christmas Packages From The USA Arrived A Little Late ๐ฆ After nearly three months our packages have arrived from the USA, only two months and two weeks later than the freight forwarding shipper guaranteed.
๐ช Tree Trimming To Prevent Future Camper Injuries ๐๏ธ & A Brief Run For Our Lives ๐โโ๏ธ As our deck project nears completion, I had a realization that the trees nearby had many branches capable of falling and injuring potential guests/campers.
๐ท A Deck Project To Keep Us Busy During The Wildfires ๐ฅ The wildfires all around us have slowed down our fence project, so we've been using spare wood from the former hammock huts to create something new.
๐ฅพ Trekking "God's Back Mountain" | Part 3 โฐ๏ธ Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains National Park, Cambodia ๐ We hung around the first campsite for around 30 minutes after having lunch and began our slow descent back to civilization.
๐ฅพ Trekking "God's Back Mountain" | Part 2 โฐ๏ธ Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains National Park, Cambodia ๐ We reached the first campsite on God's Back Mountain within a couple of hours, and decided to use the opportunity as a picnic stop.
๐ฅพ Trekking "God's Back Mountain" | Part 1 โฐ๏ธ Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains National Park, Cambodia ๐ Beyond our backyard is a famous trail that leads to the summit of God's Back Mountain, and finally I got a chance to explore a portion of it.
๐ฌ Cigarette Butts + ๐ชClearcutting + ๐ฅ Dry Season = โ ๏ธ Neverending Wildfires ๐ฅ The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary here in Cambodia is a dangerous place to be a tree or an animal, but that
๐บ Sleepy Tuk-Tuk Passengers ๐ด & Muskmelon Surprises ๐ Today's journey home from school was a sleepy one for two of my passengers because a half day of learning used up too much brain power.
๐ฅ Samosa Day Is A Family Affair ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง & Goofiness Maintains Family Morale ๐คช A few days ago it was Nepali momos, and for lunch and dinner on this day it was cabbage samosas with tomato chutney, a treat the whole family loves.
๐คซ Nothing Quite Like A Good Old-Fashioned Scare ๐ฑ Sometimes you have to strike playful terror into the heart of your teenage daughter to remind her you are at the top of the food chain.
๐ค The A.I. Me Has Free Time To Lay In Hammocks, Laugh At Passports, Star In "Spaceballs", & More ๐ I found myself with very little free time today, and therefore no pictures for a post, but luckily A.I. can help with problems like these.
๐ฅฅ Thengai Paal Sadam {Coconut Milk Rice} ๐ Guaranteed To Knock Your Socks Off ๐ฅ๐จโ๐ณ๐ฅ Thengai paal sadam is a south Indian flavored rice very similar to pulao, but this one is very special because the rice is cooked in coconut milk.
๐ฅข Vegetable Momos ๐ฅ Tibetan/Nepali Dumplings The Whole Family Can Take Part In ๐จโ๐ณ We aren't Nepali or Tibetan, but I'd like to think we love to eat momos just as much as anyone from that part of the world.
๐ A Penne For Your Thoughts ๐ฝ๏ธ Spicy Arrabbiata Makes Marinara Boring ๐ถ๏ธ Arrabbiata sauce is with pasta is one of Srey-Yuu's favorite dishes, so today I made a massive batch while she was away at school.
๐บ Back Home To Steung Kach, Lime Rice, & Chef Srey-Yuu ๐ฉโ๐ณ We are finally done with Phnom Penh and back home in Steung Kach, cooking delicious dishes and continuing construction efforts.
๐ New Restaurants & Tuk-Tuk Repairs ๐บ Misadventures In Phnom Penh ๐คทโโ๏ธ While getting a few small repairs done to the tuk-tuk, we decided to see if there were any restaurants nearby with some tempting vegan options.
๐ Pizza Time In Phnom Penh ๐ & And How We Got Scammed By The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs ๐ In times like these it's best to focus on the positive moments to distract myself from the disaster that has happened during our Phnom Penh trip.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Steung Kach To Kampong Chhnang ๐บ Part 1 Of Another Phnom Penh Road Trip ๐จ The whole family is headed to Phnom Penh to obtain a heap of documents that will be exchanged for one document, and then we will go home.
๐ฉโ๐ณ Srey-Yuu The Dishwasher & Chef ๐จโ๐ง & An AI Generated Image Of Us Together ๐ค Time is an elusive thing lately, but I still intend to keep documenting a bit of daily life along with the help of AI generated images.
๐ฅค Sugarcane Juice At Public School & Tofu Burgers ๐ Today was a busy one, but I managed to snap a few pics of an afterschool sugarcane juice and some tofu burgers I made for the family.
๐ Bananas + ๐ค Karaoke + ๐๏ธ River + ๐ Mountains = Life In Steung Kach, Cambodia ๐ Here in the Cardamom Mountains it's tough to get things growing in rock and clay, but our bananas are looking pretty healthy despite the circumstances.
๐ฑ Public School Sushi Delivery ๐๏ธ & Aloo Matar For Dinner ๐ Today involved a vegan sushi delivery to Srey-Yuu at public school followed by aloo matar for dinner, one of Monkey-B's favorite dishes.
๐จโ๐ผ A Clean Desk = Productivity ๐จโ๐ป & Guess Which Family Member Uses Chopsticks For Bookmarks? ๐๐ฅข Today I got tired of looking at the messy desk that Srey-Yuu and I share, so I decided to clean it and find other Hive content nearby.
๐๏ธ Slo-Mo Nature ๐ฆ๏ธ A Little Rain & The River Is Running Again ๐๏ธ & Some Visa Hopes ๐ Perhaps the dry season has come to an end here in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary because the rains have returned to the mountains.
Uncle Mab & Monkey-B ๐ทโโ๏ธ Our Young Construction Worker In Training ๐ง Monkey-B and her Uncle Mab are work buddies, and her natural curiosity always has her interested in things like construction, cooking, moto maintenance, and more.
Cardamom Mountain Sunsets ๐ & A Forced Family Separation Coming Soon ๐คฆโโ๏ธ The sunsets here in the Cardamom Mountains are always a pleasant distraction the from the stress of daily life, and this evening I happen to be outside with my phone in hand.
๐ทโโ๏ธ Our Fence Project Enters Extreme Terrain ๐ง& Random Life Outtakes ๐ฌ Some of the last fence posts are going in the ground, and soon we will be putting up rails and pickets, but not without some challenges along the way.
๐บ The Piaggio Bamboo Hauler ๐ Surprise Wheelies Anytime, Anywhere ๐ฎ Our fence project is moving along steadily, and now we've secured a source of Chinese bamboo about 18km away near where our kids attend school.
๐ช Our Fence Is Finally Coming To Fruition ๐งฑ Privacy Is On The Horizon ๐ต๏ธ It's been in the works for a long time, but finally our fence project is beginning to take shape, and posts are going in the ground.
๐ฝ๏ธ Hai Phฦฐแปฃng (aka Furie) Movie Review ๐ฌ Vietnamese Action Martial Arts Blockbuster ๐ฟ 2x Thumbs Up ๐๐ Hai Phฦฐแปฃng (aka Furie) is an action-packed 2019 Vietnamese fight-revenge movie available to watch on Netflix and other online sources.
๐๏ธ Moto Trip To The Village Chief's House-Warming Party ๐ฉ I didn't know we had a village chief until a stranger invited us to a house-warming party and informed us he was our village chief despite not living in our village.
๐ Goodbye Joe ๐บ Our Visitor Heads To The Islands ๐๏ธ The time has come for our visitor to head to Koh Rong, so we said goodbye to Joe in Kampot before heading back home to Steung Kach.
โจ๏ธ Nibi Spa ๐งโโ๏ธ Best Place To Visit In Kampot, Cambodia ๐โโ๏ธ Nibi Spa is the best place to visit in Kampot, Cambodia, nestled along a scenic tidal river, and a must-visit for massage therapy, saunas, and steam rooms.
๐ฌ A Visitor From The USA Arrives ๐บ Trip To The Thai Border in Thmor Da ๐ Recently a visitor from the USA came to visit us, so we've been busy entertaining him and doing things like going to the border gate with Thailand.
Little Nutsara ๐ถ No Hair Yet, But Ready To Brush ๐ Nutsara doesn't have hair yet, but she certainly knows what a hairbrush is, and even how to mimic the use of a hairbrush as her fellow haired humans do.
๐ Rat Liberation Day ๐ชค & Hanging Laundry With Monkey-B ๐ I trapped a baby rat last night, so today I rode up the mountain to set it free far away from houses, humans, and their hungry cats.
๐ Fried Rice, Watermelon Rinds, & Herbs ๐ฟ Today I had a craving for some fried rice, so I decided to make a very special one by roasting by dry roasting some of the ingredients first.
๐งบ Laundry Sucks, & So Does Homework & Washing Dishes ๐ Folding clothes is not something my youngest daughter is fond of, and she is usually unable to hide her disdain for this chore.
๐ชจ Rock Harvesting, LEGO Fun. Vegan Imports, Awkward Selfies, & Magic Potions โ๏ธ It's just another day here in beautiful Steung Kach, and I've been busy heaving rocks at the river and entertaining the family.
๐ Noodle Time & Other Extraordinary Events ๐คฏ Steung Kach, Cambodia I hope to never run out of ways to make an ordinary mundane day into moderately interesting Hive content, after all, Hive pays the bills these days.
๐ชจ Can Piling Rocks Save The Hammock Hut? ๐ Erosion Is The Enemy ๐๏ธ The dry season is here and now is the chance to harvest rocks from the river and relocate The dry season is here and now is the chance to harvest rocks from the river and relocate them to the upstream edge of the hammock hut to prevent erosion.to the upstream edge of t
๐ฌ Life Outtakes With Mostly Random Goofiness ๐คช I have little time away from work these days, so any Hive content I can drum up is just the occasional goofiness I use to break up the day.
๐ถโโ๏ธ Fun With Monkey-B ๐ต๏ธ Looking For Our Missing Hand Axe & Showcasing Magic Potions โ๏ธ On this day Monkey-B and I decided to explore our property a bit after noticing our favorite hand axe was missing, likely stolen.
๐จโ๐ง Honda Cub Repairs & Relocating Rats ๐ Steung Kach, Cambodia ๐๏ธ We're back home in Steung Kach now, and I've been busy repairing the Honda Cub and trapping rats for relocation and a new chance at life elsewhere.
๐ฅฃJC Vegetarian Restaurant & Tuk-Tuk Service ๐บ Phnom Penh, Cambodia ๐ On our last full day in Phnom Penh we went to a new (to us) vegetarian restaurant and stopped by Piaggio RMA for a small tuk-tuk repair and service.
๐A Day Of Thai Food & Discount Thai Appliances ๐ช Phnom Penh, Cambodia ๐ We are still in Phnom Penh on our week-long road trip, and this day was spent eating at our favorite Thai restaurant and searching for a new stove.
๐๏ธ Tuol Tom Poung Market & Other Adventures ๐๏ธ Phnom Penh, Cambodia ๐บ Psaa Tuol Tom Poung, aka Russian Market, is a popular destination in Phnom Penh for counterfeit clothing, motorcycle parts, tourist items, and many other things.
Srey-Yuu Is A Young Adult ๐ต My Wife Got A New Mouth ๐ & Monkey-B Is A Clown ๐คก Phnom Penh, Cambodia ๐ We are in Phnom Penh and trying to make the most of this trip, going to bookstores, dentists, and trying to find affordable accommodation that isn't disgusting.
๐บ We Have Arrived In Phnom Penh ๐ Delicious Indonesian Food, Questionable Dentistry, & Sketchy Hotels ๐ฉ We have survived the journey to Phnom Penh in our tuk-tuk, and the first order of business was to eat at our second favorite restaurant, Sumatra.
๐บ Road Trip - Steung Kach To Kompong Chhnang ๐ฃ๏ธ Leaving To Phnom Penh Today ๐ We are on our way to the capital of Cambodia, with plans for shopping, dentistry, and hopefully a little fun too, but not without documenting the trip for Hive to help alleviate travel expenses.
๐ถ Cambodian Puppy Surprise ๐บ Random Pups Left In My Tuk-Tuk During Public School Registration Day ๐ซ While in Thmor Da registering our girls for the 2023 school year, somebody abandoned 2 puppies in the back of my tuk-tuk.
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Monkey-B Earns Her Fire ๐ฅ & We Catch Butterflies Emerging From Their Cocoons ๐ฆ The weather is still chilly here, but a brief window of warm-ish weather allowed Monkey-B to shuttle some firewood to the new firepit.
๐ก๏ธ Cambodian Cold Snap ๐ฅถ 15ยฐC Nighttime Temps Here In Steung Kach ๐ง We are experiencing a cold snap in Cambodia at the moment, and of course being up in the mountains where we are makes this situation more extreme.
๐ฟ Pre-Roadtrip Bath For The Tuk-Tuk ๐บ A Trip To Phnom Penh Is Coming ๐ The new schoolyear begins in a few days, but we'll be taking a trip to Phnom Penh shortly after registration to meet some ex-in-laws of my wife that now call California home.
๐ฅ Fire Buddies ๐ฏ A Day Of Labor Rewarded With Some Toasty Dad-Daughter Bonding ๐จโ๐ง Today's work was a mix of Hive, wheelbarrow trips, hoeing, raking, and digging, ending with a little firepit action for Monkey-B and I.
๐ง Child Labor โ๏ธ Monkey-B Experiments With The Wheelbarrow ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ Today was a day of manual labor, mostly involving lots of wheelbarrows full of dirt and a bit of grass cutting, and a little Monkey-B too.
๐ฅ Samosas & Chai โ & Other Goofy Things From The Day ๐คช The weather has been cold the last few days, so we've been drinking plenty of masala chai and also eating lots of hot spicy food.
๐ Snake Battle ๐ฅท Dad Vs. Aggressive Repeating Reptile Offender ๐คฆโโ๏ธ For at least a couple months a particular snake has been giving my family a bit of trouble, and unsure if it was venomous or not, I decided today was the day I had to kill it.
๐ Pajamas By Bus ๐ The Last Christmas Surprise For Mey-Yii ๐ Today we received a pajama suit set by bus for Mey-Yii and a few extra pieces for our daughters and neighbor boy Ah Boom.
๐จโ๐ง Monkey-B & I Are Always The Last Ones At The Table ๐ On most occasions my youngest daughter and I always find ourselves still eating after the other half of the family has already left the table.
๐ฅตโ Hot Masala Chai โ Cold River ๐๏ธ๐ฅถ = Dad & Daughter Memories ๐จโ๐ง Today I decided to combine some homemade masala chai with a swimming adventure, and sure enough Monkey-B was more than game to join.
๐ Christmas Comes Early To Mey-Yii ๐ Thanks To Two Generous Hivers ๐
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Mey-Yii, our neighbor girl and once frequent visitor, was blessed this year by two selfless Hivers who went above and beyond.
๐คซ I Lied A Little For A Free VIP Tour At A Nearby Resort ๐จ A nearby mega resort recently opened, and even though we can't afford a night there, I managed to get my wife and I a VIP tour of the property.
๐งน Broom Harvesting With Monkey-B & Bong Teeun ๐จโ๐พ Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia โฐ๏ธ My brother-in-law Bong Teeun took Monkey-B on a mission to harvest grass stalks typically used to make natural brooms, and I documented a bit of it for Hive.
๐ Trespasser Chicken Is An Unwelcome Domesticated Dinosaur ๐ฆ Ever since our neighbor built a chicken coop, one of his chickens refused the new accommodation and took up illegal residence in our garage.
Cellular Tower Outage ๐ถ Dad & Daughter Road Trip For 4G Hive Work ๐บ Our cellular tower's data service crashed recently, so Monkey-B I took a road trip to the nearest working tower to do some ASEAN Hive curation work.
๐จโ๐ณ Lahpet (Burmese Pickled Tea) ๐ต Did You Know You Can Eat Tea Leaves? ๐ฟ Did you know you can eat your discarded tea leaves? Lahpet, a Burmese pickled tea, provides a culinary high-kick whenever you need it.
๐ชจ Wheelbarrow + Man + Rocks + River = โฐ๏ธ Cardamom Mountains Hive Content ๐๏ธ There is a major erosion problem on one side of our land, and the fence project can't go forward without solving the problem by making our side at least as high as the opposite side.
Playing Uno With The Family ๐ด Pasta With Arrabbiata Sauce ๐ & A Bamboo Discovery ๐ The Cambodian school year is over and my daughters are officially on vacation, and we've started things off with card games and spicy pasta.
Harvesting Illegal Logging Scraps With My Brother-In-Law ๐ชต Our Budding Ukulele Star ๐ธ & Monkey-B's Latest Fort ๐ฐ Now that my brother-in-law is staying with us to help build the fence, the two of us have been able to harvest some rather large illegal logging scraps from the river.
Road Trip To Pramaoy, Cambodia ๐บ This Village Is Like A Big City For Us Mountainfolk ๐จโ๐พ Today the family was bored and craving a road trip, and considering we were nearly out of food, it seemed like a market would be a nice place to go.
๐ฅ Garlic Bread, Crispy Seaweed ๐จโ๐ณ & Other Ways To Win Your Family Over With Culinary Corruption ๐ฅฌ Garlic bread makes practically any meal better, and when my family sees me slicing bread and garlic, the excitement begins to build.
๐ฌ Life Outtakes From The Cardamom Mountains ๐ฆ Butterflies, Ukuleles, & Bad Humor ๐คฆ It's not easy creating Hive content day after day when you don't travel and the scenery never changes, but I do my best to keep myself, you all, and my family entertained.
Screentime Or Else!! ๐ & A 3:00 A.M. Delivery Surprise ๐ There is always a certain look on Srey-Yuu's face when she's hunting me down for a screentime request, and today I managed to document it.
My Vegan Masala Chai Recipe โ Because Plain Tea Is Just Boring ๐คทโโ๏ธ My daughters have been begging me to make masala chai for them to take to school in the morning, so I decided to prepare it the night before.
Steung Kach's Youngest Bicycle Mechanic ๐ฉโ๐ง Podcast Forts ๐ฐ & Cambodian Lawnmowing ๐ฅท Monkey-B didn't believe I could pop a wheelie, so I showed her how it's done and reminded her to keep tires inflated to prevent rim damage.
๐๏ธ Harvesting Illegal Logging Scraps ๐ชต Swimming With Monkey-B ๐โโ๏ธ & Other Things From Life In The Cardamom Mountains The Honda Cub is a trusty steed when it comes to hauling the illegal logging scraps out of the river behind our house.
๐๏ธ Search & Destroy With Nutsara ๐ถ Tapioca, & Other Non-Related Things ๐ฎ When little Nutsara comes to visit our house, her favorite thing to do is destroy my Jenga block towers, so I try and see how tall I can get them before she topples them and giggles.
๐ฉ Tiny Wife Starts Tiny Fire In The Window ๐ฅ & Work Begins On Our Fence ๐๏ธ While preparing dinner I looked up and saw @sreypov lighting the fire, perfectly framed by the security bars in the window.
๐จโ๐ณ My Lime Pickle Recipe ๐ Flavor Explosions For The Culinarily Daring ๐งจ This super duper lime pickle is sour, salty, savory, with s little bit of spicy and bitter, and compliments many dishes and snacks very well.
๐ธ The Ukulele That HIVE Bought ๐ฐ Srey-Yuu Finally Spends Some Of Her Crypto Earnings ๐ง My oldest daughter decided to reward herself with a ukulele after withdrawing a little of her HIVE, so my wife and I decided to go to the shipping station and pick it up.
โ Chai Masala In The Cardamom Mountains โฐ๏ธ & Monkey-B Massages ๐โโ๏ธ We live in the Cardamom Mountains, and because cardamom is a key ingredient in Chai Masala, so I might as well drink cardamom and look at the Cardamoms.
๐คณ Captive Subjects Make For Great Photos ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง & Trespassers Don't Make Good Campers โบ In the past two days I've managed to get some good shots of my two daughters, and the technique of simply grabbing them with one hand and snapping the results seemed to work quite well.
๐ฅญ Mango Salad, Peek-A-Boo With Nutsara, Lunar Eclipses, & Fire ๐ Monkey-B made quick work of a mango salad with a little help from big sister, we got a surprise visitor, and did our best to see the lunar eclipse.
๐ Kitchen Shenanigans With Cambodia's Youngest Sous-Chef ๐ฉโ๐ณ Monkey-B can be pretty helpful in the kitchen, but she also needs a bit of humor to keep her entertained and motivated during food prep.
๐ถ Baby Nutsara Eats Monkey-B's Smoothie ๐ฅค I Get Hand-Puppetized โ๏ธ Our next-door neighbor baby Nutsara is growing up fast, and today Monkey-B introduced her to the magic of partially frozen fruit shakes.
๐ The Rainy Season Is Over โ
Time To Work On The (Future) Airbnb Cabin ๐ The weather is finally cooperative to allow work to continue on our cabin renovation project. and now we're mostly focusing on landscaping.
๐ทโโ๏ธ Steung Kach's Youngest Tile Breaker Strikes Again ๐จ Monkey-B and I both find pleasure in crushing broken floor and roof tiles, but it also allows us to repurpose them for backfill.
Happy 9th Birthday Monkey-B ๐ Your Wish Is My Command ๐งโโ๏ธ Yesterday was Monkey-B's 9th birthday, and I had previously promised her all of my freetime and agreed to say "yes" to every request.
Monkey-B Learns To Make Momos ๐ฅ & We Go To The River As Usual ๐๏ธ Srey-Yuu has been begging for dumplings for a few weeks, so I decided to introduce her to momos, the Tibetan/Nepalese style of dumplings, and now she prefers them over Chinese style dumplings.
๐ Family Dinner ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Oops! Forgot The Pasta & Had To Get Creative ๐จโ๐ณ **First, A Podcast Nap ๐**. **Soya Chunks ๐ฅ**. **DIY Atta Pasta ๐**. **Satisfying Results ๐**
๐ Washing Veggies, Eating Carbon, & Missing The Lost Hammock Hut ๐ Today was a typical one involving activities such as washing veggies, eating extremely burnt food, and remembering the hammock hut.
๐ซ Parathas & Other Totally Unrelated Events Of The Day ๐ Today's post consists of several unrelated photos of the day, but I will do my best to make it a cohesive read for you all.
๐งผ River Showers With Monkey-B, & Veggie Burgers Too ๐ Today was super hot, and after nearly 7 hours inside the tuk-tuk driving, working and waiting, I needed a trip to the river.
Swimming Buddies For Life ๐โโ๏ธ Monkey-B & I Never Neglect The River ๐๏ธ Monkey-B & I never pass up an opportunity to escape to the river, even if only there's only time for a short swim or shower, we always go when possible.
๐ธ Badminton, Funky Feet, & Srey-Yuu Smiles For The Camera ๐ฆถ While Srey-Yuu was busy perfecting her badminton skills, us spectators got bored, so I began placing sticks in between Monkey-B's toes.
๐ฅ Late Night House Fire in Our Village, Total Loss ๐ Steung Kach, Cambodia Three weeks ago my neighbor's shack caught fire in the middle of the night and the whole village came to watch it burn during a rainstorm.
I've Reluctantly Taken A Break From Hive ๐คทโโ๏ธ There Just Isn't Enough Time In A Day Lately ๐ I've had no other than job than Hive for several years now, and I've put great efforts into this platform to finally reach the post payouts I feel I deserve.
๐ฆธ๐ฟโโ๏ธ Don Cheadle As Captain Planet ๐ Best Politically Incorrect Parody Ever ๐ I grew up watching the Captain Planet cartoon series as a young boy in the USA, and when I discovered Don Cheadle's Captain Planet parody several years ago, I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen on screen.
Monkey-B Finds A Hair In The Back Of Her Throat ๐ & A Little Gardening Update Too ๐จโ๐พ While washing dishes, Monkey-B noticed a hair stuck in the back of her throat, and as soon as she had some clean hands she fished the hair out of her mouth.
"Pay It Forward" - ASEAN Hive Community Challenge ๐ธ | Give Thanks To The Top Delegators ๐ Without delegators there would be a lot less activity in ASEAN Hive, so for the "Pay It Forward" community challenge I'd like to reward the top ASEAN Hive delegators.
Collecting Money From Trespassers ๐ต & Cleaning Up Their Mess Too ๐ฏ Cambodians and littering go hand-in-hand, so today when I found 15 trespassers enjoying our hammock hut, instead of asking
๐ฝ Alien Insects ๐ฆ Everything Is Bigger In The Cardamom Mountains โฐ๏ธ While hanging some laundry today I spotted this Giant False Leaf Katydid hanging out on top of an unused ceiling fan near the tuk-tuk.
๐๏ธ My Staycation Begins ๐๏ธ 8 Hours Of Sleep Is Bliss ๐ค My staycation has partially begun, but the ladies left me we with a few days worth of housework to catch up on before I can relax to the max.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Last Dinner Before The Ladies Go On Pchum Ben Holiday ๐ฅฃ The girls are out of school again on a 5-day holiday for Pchum Ben, so my wife is taking them to Pursat to visit family and attend the pagoda there.
๐ถ Nutsara Stops By, Ditch Digging, & Homemade Stairs โ๏ธ Our youngest neighbor Nutsara stopped by today for a short visit, and I also spent some time digging a ditch for erosion control.
๐ The Mobile Minivan Market Strikes Back ๐ฝWe Are Quickly Becoming VIP Customers ๐ค The Battambang minivan mobile market is back again, and this time we spent almost $25 stocking up vegetables, fruit, and tofu.
๐ฃ Trash Fishin' In Front Of Public School ๐ฏ & Other Unrelated Events ๐บ While waiting for the girls to get out of school today, I noticed a little boy using his toy truck for bait in the trash-filled ditch.
๐ฌ Hang On For Dear Life! ๐ข Srey-Yuu & Pov Get Burned, Then Mey-Yii Falls From A Boulder ๐ฉน "When it rains, it pours," as the old saying goes, and yesterday's series of events were a real rollercoaster ride., with only Monkey-B and I escaping harm.
Tinkering With The Adobe Photoshop Camera iOS App ๐ฟ & A Little Fever-Grass Tea ๐ต Today I felt well enough to start taking the kids to school again, but not without first drinking copious amounts of fever-grass tea for the last several days.
Cincinnati Chili For The Family ๐ & A Few Proverbs For This Week's ASEAN Hive Community Challenge ๐ง I made some Cincinnati Chili for the family last night, one of the few American foods that we all enjoy, and I also thought of some proverbs to share for the current ASEAN Hive Community challenge.
Twirlin' Umbrellas โ๏ธ Ghostly Daughters ๐ป & We Bought Something From A Random Person On The Highway ๐ฃ๏ธ When you don't know what will become Hive content for the day, twirl an umbrella and buy some goods from strangers on the highway.
๐จโโ๏ธ Hydrotherapy Day With The Girls ๐โโ๏ธ Or Maybe It Was Just Swimming In The River Sunday is the only day of no school, and therefore the only day I have partially off, and always a swim day if the weather permits.
Life Outtakes ๐ฌ Mey-Yii Moves In Temporarily & We Eat Cardamom Shoots For The First Time ๐ Mey-Yii's Grandma is on a gambling binge, so for the last several days she has been left in our care and sleeping at our place.
๐ฉ๐ Sesame Donuts, Sweet Potato Fries, & Story Problems ๐ ๐งฎ When you live in such a remote location like my family, there is plenty of time to spend in the kitchen snacking and cooking.
๐จโ๐ป๐ค Let's Make An A.I.-Assisted Communist Chocolate Product Advertisement Together โญ๐ซ I've gone deep into the rabbit-hole of AI text and text-prompted image creation, but it is the most fun I've had online in a very long time.
๐ค๐ฅ๏ธ Text-Prompted AI Images Are Disturbing ๐จโ๐จ๐ผ๏ธ Free Fun For Hours, Let Me Show You How โจ๏ธ๐คฃ I recently watched an episode about text-prompted AI images on a favorite YouTube channel, and a huge rabbit hole opened.
Tomato Chutney ๐จโ๐ณ๐
The Perfect Partner For Samosas ๐ฅ๐ค For far too long I've been meaning to share my tomato chutney recipe with Hive, and there is no time like the present despite my kitchen not being photo-friendly.
๐ช Harry Potter E-Books & Audiobooks For The @KidSisters ๐ง This afternoon I've been busy figuring out various ways to download free Harry Potter audiobooks and e-books for the @kidsisters.
๐ Monkey-B's Khmer Literacy Is Improving ๐ & The @KidSisters Gear Up For Their Hive Re-Introductions ๐ฉโ๐จ Monkey-B is having a major breakthrough with her Khmer literacy, now able to read a bit and attempt to pronounce new words.
๐ฏโโ๏ธ The @KidSisters Hive Journey Is Coming To An End ๐ Stay Tuned For @Sakana & @Srey-Yuu ๐ฉโ๐ป The @kidsisters are finally ready to go on separate Hive journeys, so stay tuned for blog posts from @sakana and @srey-yuu.
๐คบ Monkey-B Pokes A Stick In Mud ๐ฉโ๐ผ & I Receive A Surprise Visitor At My Mobile Hive Office ๐บ It brings me great joy to know that in 2022, some kids of the world still find it fun to poke a stick into some good old mud.
๐๏ธ The SuperCub Becomes A Cub-inet ๐๏ธPiaggio Ape Is Home ๐บ The SuperCub can't transport 7 students and myself, so it has become a cub-inet, home to hats, rugs, and anything thrown on or in it.
๐ชฐ Giant Cicadas, Regular-Sized Guavas, & A Cassava Living Fence Project ๐ทโโ๏ธ A giant cicada has been flying circles around our light bulb for about five days, and has smashed its head thousands of time in the process.
๐ The Battambang Minivan Mobile Market Is A LifeSaver ๐๐ง
๐ฅ There are no proper markets in the Cardamom Mountains of western Cambodia, so the Battambang minivan mobile market comes to the rescue.
A Family Of Squatters ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง ASEAN Hive Community Challenge ๐ช๐ซ Where Do You Squat? I couldn't help it, I had to join this challenge just for fun, and of course the host won't be declaring himself the winner ๐.
๐ฆข Gooseberry Picklin', Cabbage Samosas, & Pov's New Sewing Machine ๐ชก I've been busy making lots of pickles lately, samosas too, and my wife has been experimenting with her new mini sewing machine.
We Just Scored A Curry Tree ๐ชด & Other Random Life Outtakes ๐จโ๐ป The wife and kids are back home from their holiday tour of Cambodia, and I was surprised with a curry sapling, provider of much needed curry leaves.
๐จโ๐ณ How To Make Perfect Fried Tofu Every Time ๐ข & Other Things You Didn't Need To Know ๐ค Through the years several friends, customers, and even restaurant owners have asked how I make such incredible fried tofu
๐ Cleaning, Pickling, & Other Random Things I've Been Doing While The Ladies Are On Vacation ๐งน My wife @sreypov and daughters the @kidsisters are still touring Cambodia with her ex-husband's family, and I am staying busy with lots of pickling and cleaning.
๐ The Wife & Kids Go On Holiday While I Man The Fort ๐ฐ The @kidsisters and @sreypov are on a one-week holiday with her ex-in-laws, and I am at home living the bachelor life and giving the house a deep clean.
๐ Moonrises, Strong Ladies, & How To Prank Your 'Merican Friends With Junkmail โ๏ธ Uploading photos to Hive usually takes me quite a while, and during that time I often annoy my former American friends with junkmail.
๐บ New Mobile Hive Office Alleviates 50% Of Monthly Diesel Costs ๐จโ๐ป Monkey-B Becomes Head Dishwasher ๐งฝ & Watch Srey-Yuu In Terror ๐จ I no longer make the roundtrip journey to school twice a day, and instead I now set up a mobile office in my tuk-tuk on some abandoned land.
๐คณ Mountaintop Selfies With Pov & The Kid Commuters ๐บ The slowest climb up the mountain pass is when Pov rides back to Steung Kach from Thmor Da with the kid commuters, so I broke up the journey with a mountain pass summit photo session.
โ๏ธ Mey-Yii Tries Okra For The First Time ๐ Instant Veggie Respect ๐ Mey-Yii survives at home on a diet of white rice and grilled meats mostly because these are the easiest foods her grandma can prepare.
๐ Project Airbnb Cabin ๐๏ธ Hunting For Nature Pics With @Sreypov ๐ธ Steung Kach, Cambodia ๐๏ธ We are getting closer and closer to finishing our Airbnb cabin, even though it will be furniture-less minus the bed in the early stages.
๐บ๐จ Well, I Guess This Is Now A Three-Wheeled School Bus Driver Blog ๐ธ๐จโโ๏ธ I now have a seven-strong tuk-tuk crew even though I only ever intended to take Mey-Yii to school along with the @kidsisters.
๐จโโ๏ธ Looks Like I Just Became Steung Kach's Unpaid School Bus Driver ๐บ๐ธ After one day of taking Mey-Yii to school, the people in the village decided to make make 4 more kids' education my responsibility.
๐ค We Enrolled Mey-Yii In Public School ๐งโ๐ซ & I Snuck Into Monkey-B's Classroom ๐ซ With each passing day Mey-Yii is becoming more and more of a fixture in our house, and we are glad to finally enroll her in public school.
๐๏ธ Landscaping With The Super Cub ๐ชจ 90cc's & A Bucket๐ Today I began collecting river rocks to use in a walkway project for the rental cabin we are nearly finished remodeling.
๐๏ธ The Great Rat Ride ๐ Bamboo Projects ๐ & Other Randomness There has been a few rats lately that have taken a liking to the contents of our toilet and bar soap, so I've been trapping and relocating these poop-crazed rodents one-by-one.
๐บ Road Trip To Pramaoy With Mey-Yii & The Family ๐ง๐ฝ We took a road trip to Pramaoy today for some shopping, and I invited Mey-Yii to join us because I know she rarely leaves the village.
๐ Sad & Dangerous Hut Disassembly Begins ๐ช & Khmer Sushi Chefery ๐ฑ The hammock hut is precariously perched river's edge, and I've begun the dangerous work of disassembling with a goal of not having it crush me in the process.
๐บ 3 Wheels, 3 Sleepy Passengers, & The Rat Hideout Uncovered ๐ The wife needed to run some errands today in Thmor Da, so I drove the tuk-tuk and took her along with me to get the kids.
๐ฅ Aloo Jeera With The Family ๐ซ & My Warranty Replacement Mini PC Arrives From The USA ๐ฆ I've been waiting for my warranty replacement mini PC for a few months, and to celebrate it's arrival I made some aloo jeera and chapatis for lunch.
Shampooing In The Rain ๐ฟ, The @KidSisters Hivin' Side-By-Side ๐ฉโ๐ป, & The Hammock Hut's Sad Death ๐ชฆ While making a Hive post, I looked out the window and saw Mey-Yii shampooing her hair in the rain, then my daughters joined in.
๐ฒ Bike Washin' At The Old Bridge With The @KidSisters ๐งผ Today I asked the @kidsisters to wash their bicycles, but I decided to make it social and fun by sending them to the old bridge crossing.
๐ช A Small Axe For Big Trees, #Engrish Sightings, & Other Cambodia News ๐จโ๐พ While parked behind a parent in Thmor Da at the public school, I noticed a very bizarre fashion patch on her denim jacket.
๐จโ๐ณ Chili-Tamarind Pickle ๐ถ๏ธ You Can Breathe Fire If You Try ๐ฅ๐ฒ My wife isn't a fan of super spicy things, but I found a nice middle ground by modifying my chili pickle recipe a bit so that she can enjoy it too.
Puri-Time With Monkey-B ๐ซ Rajma Chawal For All ๐ & Fart Jokes Too ๐๐จ As I was frying the last couple puris, Monkey-B came by and smelled the pressure cooker steam, then exclaimed "My favorite!"
๐ฝ Cambodian Olympic High Jumping & Bamboo Planting ๐ While I was preventing further erosion with bamboo planting, the future Cambodian High Jumping Team was busy practicing and honing their skills.
๐ The Flood Has Provided Treasures ๐ช Collecting Wood For Hรผgelkultur ๐ชต The monsoon is beginning to subside and the river is calming down, so I've been busy collecting the fruits of illegal logging.
๐ฉโ๐ณ Chef Monkey-B, A Bath For The Super Cub, Badminton Bloopers, & A Tour Of The Cabin ๐ช Monkey-B's aspiring chef dreams are still on hold because she can't lift the wok yet, but she can climb the ladder to our new loft.
๐ Impromptu Curry Party Leads To Spicy Smiles ๐ & I Try To Stay Manly While Surrounded By Ladies ๐ช With a lot of hungry kids hanging around the house today, I knew today's lunch would have to be a big one to satisfy everyone.
Outside Looks Fun ๐ธ No Time For Being An Active Father, Cooking, & Homeschooling Anymore ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Even though I spend practically every minute awake either on Hive or behind handlebars, I still haven't come close to my goal of posting 7 days a week.
๐ The Biblical Flood Just Got More Biblical โ ๏ธ Damage & Dangers Everywhere ๐ชจ Thunder, lightning, rains, downed power lines, falling rocks, potholes the size of motorcycles, welcome to Steung Kach, Cambodia.
๐ฅณ Happy 13th Birthday Srey-Yuu (100% Post Beneficiary) ๐๐ช Veggie Burgers, Harry Potter, & Flooding Continue ๐ Yesterday was Srey-Yuu's birthday, and even though it was a school day, I tried to make it a special day for this teenager.
๐ฅ Aloo Gobi With Parathas, Shadow Puppetry, & Other Life Outtakes ๐ฌ Parathas, aloo gobi, and shadow puppetry were on the menu today, and apparently caused Monkey-B to fall asleep while reading.
๐จโ๐งโ๐ง Dad-Daughter Bonding, Cloudy Commutes, & The Clean-Room Fraudsters ๐งน Tonight I played table games with my daughters for some much-needed dad-daughter bonding time, and it was a nice break from a a never-ending workload.
๐ Slapping Ferns & Making Instant Tattoos ๐ฟ Steung Kach, Cambodia Monkey-B was a little bored today, so she found a fern that makes temporary tattoos on your skin if you slap it with great force.
๐ฉโ๐ณ Poppadums, Selfie Trespassers, & Inspecting The Flood Damage ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Today was filled with a mix of tasty treats, bizarre sightings, and groans and moans as I inspected the erosion caused by an epic flood.
The @KidSisters Cleaned Their Room ๐งน & Monkey-B Begins Hivin' Solo ๐ฉโ๐ป Yesterday I inspected my daughters' room only to find that it would need to be cleaned, possibly their biggest pet peeve.
Record Flooding In Steung Kach ๐ Do We Still Have Any Hammock Huts Left? ๐ Epic flooding caused everybody in Steung Kach to lose a little land today, well at least those with river adjacent land.
๐ Monkey-B Got Stuck In The Loft ๐ While I Was Making Curry Leaf Podi ๐จโ๐ณ While I was making some curry leaf podi, the youngest member of the construction crew got herself stranded in the ladder-less loft.
Pre-Fab Cambodian Homes On The Mountain Pass ๐ Rat Trapping ๐ & Litter Bugs ๐ฏ On the way to get the kids from school, I noticed a gang of lorries hauling pre-fab homes parked on the mountain pass.
Sreypov In Action ๐โโ๏ธ & More Steung Kach Creeksploring Adventures ๐๏ธ Our family guests departed today, but we had a lot of fun in the few days they were here, with most of the time being spent in the river and creeks.
Our First Family Visitors To Steung Kach ๐โโ๏ธ Creeksploring A Main Priority ๐งญ Our first family visitors to Steung Kach are enjoying their stay so far, and creeksploring was one of the first things we did.
We Got Enough Noni For Juicing ๐ & Our New Low-Tech Home Water Filter ๐ฐ We finally scored enough noni fruits to make it worth my time to juice them, and the sweet smell of stink has filled our house.
Steung Kach Is Raging ๐ Calling All Whitewater Boaters ๐ฃโโ๏ธ It's been raining heavily in the mountains for several days, and the river is now a raging torrent ready for whitewater sports.
What Is Sawtooth Coriander? ๐ช & Other Answers To Questions You Didn't Know You Had ๐ We recently scored a haul of plants, fruits, veggies, and herbs when my Cambodian in-laws returned to finish renovating the cabin.
My First Honda Super Cub 90 ๐ต A Modern Classic ๐จโ๐จ I've had many different motos in my life, but I recently purchased the first Honda Super Cub I've ever owned, and so far it's a great bike.
๐๏ธ Same Family, New Motorcycle, New Washing Machine ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง & All Of Them Stuffed In The Tuk-Tuk ๐บ We removed the passenger seats before heading to Phnom Penh, knowing we'd be returning with a moto, washing machine, and more.
โบ From Campsite To Capital, The Road Trip Continues ๐บ Phnom Kravanh to Phnom Penh We have finally arrived in Phnom Penh, but not after a night of rough sleeping and far too many hours behind the handlebars of the Ape.
๐บ Road Trip To The Capital ๐๏ธ Steung Kach to Phnom Penh ๐ We've left Steung Kach for the capital Phnom Penh, but brought our camping gear along to cut out potential guesthouse expenses.
๐ Fungi & The Natural Beauty Of Steung Kach, Cambodia ๐๏ธ There is always something interesting to snap down by the river's edge here in Steung Kach, whether fungi, plants, or creatures.
๐โโ๏ธ Technical Ketchup Difficulties, Swimming, & Flawless Aloo Dum ๐ My wife's ketchup ejection technique worked a little too well, and she found herself with half a bottle's worth in her noodles.
๐ฅท Ninja Kicks & Other Inappropriate Fatherly Humor ๐
โโ๏ธ There is nothing better than fatherly new boot ninja kicks to break up the monotonous task of dishwashing on a rainy day.
โ๏ธ Rain, Rain, & A Little More Rain โฐ๏ธ Steung Kach, Cambodia Every now and then we get a reprieve from the constant rains, but that is the microclimate here in the Cardamom Mountains.
๐ฟ New Friends, Terracing, Popcorn Skepticism, & Cambodian Thor ๐ฆธโโ๏ธ It's another day here in Steung Kach, Cambodia, and most notably my wife summoned the mystical powers of Thor for some hoe work.
๐บ Trip To Pursat To Visit The In-Laws ๐ฆ (Part 2) ๐ฑ There was so much content from our recent trip to Pursat that I had to break into two parts to digest it all for you Hivers.
๐บ Trip To Pursat To Visit The In-Laws ๐ฎ (Part 1) ๐ We recently took a trip to from Steung Kach to Pursat to visit my niece-in-law in the hospital, do some shopping, and visit other family members.
Oops! ๐ท Did This Dumptruck Tip Over On Our Land? ๐ป A dumptruck found itself stuck on the edge of a cliff while backfilling our land, and some pretty tense moments followed.
The Great Day Of Dirt ๐ท An Inconvenient Opportune Time For Backfill ๐ I woke up this morning to the sound of dumptrucks and an excavator across the street, and we knew this was our chance to get discount dirt.
My 39th Birthday ๐Spring Rolls & Monkey-B Makes A New Friend ๐ฏ I'm another year closer to 40 now, and I celebrated it sleeping in, spring rolls, and watching Monkey-B make a new friend.
๐ชจ Peeing On A Rock = Butterfly Feast ๐ฆ Today I took a break from working and decided to pee on a rock to provide one of nature's most disgusting insects a buffet.
Slo-Mo Time ๐ฅ Monkey-B, Motos, Delicious Eats, & More!! ๐๏ธ There is nothing I love more than filming slo-mo and making GIFs, so combining the two is about as much fun as I can have creating a post.
๐ Dead PC โ Dead Tuk-Tuk โ Crypto Crash โ Construction Project ๐ซ = ๐ซ BREATHE ๐งโโ๏ธ "When it rains it pours" is a well-known expression, and lately it has been literally and metaphorically pouring, and today my tuk-tuk joined my PC in the universe of disrepair.
๐คณ Downtown Shots From Pramaoy's "Main Street" ๐ ๐๏ธ @sreypov and I recently took a trip to Pramaoy to drop off a steel door for modification, withdraw some money from the ATM machine, and a few other errands.
โ ๏ธ Beware Of Landmines๐ฅ& Be Aware In Life ๐บ Family Roadtrip To Thmor Da Filled With Danger โ Whether it be spitting cobras or landmines, there are plenty of dangers here in Steung Kach, but that's no reason to not go on adventures.
Picking The @KidSisters Up From School ๐บ & Some Signs The Sun Still Exists ๐ฆ๏ธ I took a few pictures of my trip to pick up the @kidsisters from school today, as well as a few shots of the beautiful river.
A Morning Mirror Mantis ๐ช & Other Cambodian Randomness ๐ทโโ๏ธ This morning we had a mantis loitering on our front porch, but luckily it was a welcome photo opportunity while Srey-Yuu was doing her hair.
โบ Indoor Camping, Raging Rivers, The Feared Black Screen Of Death, & Other News ๐๏ธ The last few days have been hectic, filled with indoor camping, green moths, a raging river, and the death of my Intel NUC mini PC.
Tiger Belly v. Brendan Schaub Podcast Drama ๐ I Feel Sorry For Bobby Lee โน๏ธ One of my favorite podcasters is Bobby Lee, former star on MADtv back in the 1990s, and probably the funniest and most genuine guy I listen to while I'm busy Hivin'.
Heave-Ho!! ๐ชจ Rock Tossing, Roadside Landmines, & Scenic Views โ ๏ธ I picked the @kidsisters up from school and then we made our usual trip back home passing all the roadside landmines along the way.
๐ The Happiest Dishwasher In Cambodia ๐งผ & Other Inter-Household News ๐ป Nobody loathes doing housework more than Srey-Yuu, especially washing the dishes, as you can see by her facial expression.
It's A Roof ๐ & An Injury-Free Construction Site ๐ทโโ๏ธ The framing of the veranda roof is going up, and so far this barefoot cliffside construction site has remained 100% injury-free.
๐คฃ Shenanigans At The Wing Kiosk & Veranda Progress ๐ช Monkey-B wanted to solve some math problems while we were waiting for a Hive-Binance P2P-ABA-WING payout at the nearest kiosk.
Trust The Pylons ๐๏ธ Project Veranda Moves Forward ๐ง Even though there couldn't be a worse time to build a HIVE-crypto funded veranda and other renovations, we are still moving forward and trying to use only stablecoin and passive daily earnings.
๐ช Renovation, Roasted Peanuts, & Running Water ๐ฅ๐ The weather is still allowing brief periods of forward progress on the cabin, I made peanut podi, and the river has been raging lately.
Strike While The Iron Is Hot ๐ค๏ธ i.e. Renovate When The Clouds Allow ๐ช It has been raining almost nonstop lately, but a few breaks in the weather have allowed some forward progress to continue on the cabin.
๐ An Improvised Kitchen & ๐ป Other News From Steung Kach ๐๏ธ The remodeling of the cabin is still going on, and we decied it was time for an improvised kitchen in the shack by the highway.
๐ Sand & Rocks ๐ชจ Our HBD-Funded Veranda Is In Progress ๐๏ธ A dump truck from Thmor Da full of roof tiles, sand, rocks, cement mix, and rebar arrived the other day, and now the veranda project is underway.
The Show Must Go On ๐ฌ Torrential Downpours Hamper Construction โ It has been raining nonstop for days here in Steung Kach, not exactly the best conditions for woodworking or concrete pouring.
Public School At The Thai Border ๐ซ & Remodeling Begins On Our Cabin ๐ The @KidSisters are back in school on the Thai border and my in-laws are staying with us to help remodel the previous owner's poorly built cabin.
๐๐ฅพ The Cambodian Porters Head Up The Mountain โฐ๏ธ We hosted a few backpackers and their mountain guide recently, but this was the first time we've encountered porters in Cambodia.
I Believe I Can Fly ๐งThe @KidSisters Attempt Aeronautics ๐ A body of water is a fairly safe place for young Cambodians to attempt flight, especially if they're almost certain to fail.
๐ข Srey-Yuu & Monkey-B Got Rain Boots โ On a recent trip back to Pramaoy my wife decided to buy some rain boots for herself and Monkey-B, not knowing her boots would soon become Srey-Yuu's.
Forceful Photos With Srey-Yuu ๐ & Butterflies Are Gross ๐ฆ๐ฉ Asking my oldest daughter Srey-Yuu to take pictures together with me is like pulling teeth, as you can see in the above photo.
๐ทโโ๏ธ Erosion Control, My Wife Inside A Pipe, & Other Home Projects ๐ชจ There is more than enough work that needs to be done on our new land, and the main priority now is erosion control.
๐บ Washing Machine Delivery ๐ด & A Special Coconut Species ๐ฅฅ Our very first washing machine arrived by truck in Pramaoy, so we hopped in the Ape and headed down the mountain to get the goods.
๐บ 5 In The Trunk ๐ฅณ & Other Totally Normal Khmer New Year Road-Trip Sights ๐ซ My wife and I recently made a road trip during the height of Khmer New Year celebrations, the perfect opportunity for some A-Grade Hive content.
Porch Life In Steung Kach ๐ Why Be Inside With Views Like This? โฐ๏ธ Awesome views and a dry-weather house are a perfect combo that has kept us mostly outdoors here on our new land in Steung Kach.
The Pramaoy Hillbillies ๐จโ๐พ We Are The Clampetts Of Cambodia ๐บ That is my wife's foot dangling out of the tuk-tuk in the above photo, so don't accuse of not making efficient use of limited space when it comes to transporting our household items.
A Peek Inside The Local Market ๐งโ๐พ Pramaoy, Cambodia Even though we no longer live in Pramaoy, it dawned on me I've never shared the interior of the local market, so I decided to snap a few pics on our most recent visit.
Boredom Is The Enemy ๐ฅฑ & Other Cambodian Household Current Events ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Even after the purchase of paradise in the clouds, the @kidsisters are still bored as can be, not understanding the gravity of this new development.
๐๏ธ Creek Exploring & Land-Mines โ ๏ธ But Definitely Not Exploring Mine Fields ๐
โโ๏ธ We're getting more time to explore Steung Kach and Phnum 1,500, and it's a combination of waterfalls and active minefields.
๐ซ Breakfast Puris, Operation Elephant Roundabout Cleanup, & Paradise Is Officially Ours ๐ Khmer New Year and @sreypov's birthday are both approaching, and I can think of a better gift than some puris and a whitewater creek.
๐ดโโ๏ธ When Riding Goes Wrong ๐ฉน & Our New Natural Swimming Pool? ๐โโ๏ธ I'm not so sure about the expression "as easy as riding a bike," and Monkey-B is beginning to doubt it too after an extreme stunt went awry.
๐ Where Is Monkey-B? ๐ A Dad's Endless Quest To Find His Daughter ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ A good portion of my days are spent searching for my youngest daughter Monkey-B, and even though we live in a one-room studio apartment, she is somehow easy to lose track of.
โบ Tent Camping & Scouting For Land On Phnum 1,500 ๐บ Can Paradise Be Ours? We are just back from another trip to the place we visited last weekend, and we may have a small chance to score some land in paradise.
My New Furry Friend ๐ถ & Other Pramaoy Happenings ๐๐บโบ๏ธ Iโve got a new furry friend in Pramaoy, our new neighborโs neglected puppy, and she is so playful and full of character.
๐ง 12-Year-Old Hiver Withdraws $150 HBD ๐ฆ Nobody Knows What Will Happen Next ๐ค The latest news from Pramaoy, Cambodia, is that Srey-Yuu has withdrawn a total of around 150 HBD from her @kidsisters Hive account.
๐จโ๐ป How To Make A Silly Goose GIF With Shotcut ๐ฌ (Free & Open-Source) Several ASEAN Hivers have asked me on and off through the years, how I make my GIFs, and some recent interest from new ASEAN Hiver @watusiwoman, made me want to share my process with you all.
โฐ๏ธ Tmor Da Toch Waterfall ๐ชMilitary Border Checkpoints ๐ & Possible Top-Secret Future Home Site ๐คซ A picnic stop on our recent family road trip to the Thai border may very well be our future home site, but that's highly classified information for now.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Family Trip From Pramaoy To The Thai Border ๐บ The All GIFs Version ๐๏ธ I learned how to eat a sandwich and so many more things on this GIFs only family trip to the Thai border with Cambodia ๐บ.
โ๏ธ Neighbor Arrives Just In Time ๐๏ธ & Family Hive Outtakes ๐ฌ It's been raining a lot here in Pramaoy lately, and I happen to be testing my camera when my neighbor arrived just in time to escape a sudden downpour.
๐บ Prepping The Tuk-Tuk For A Trip To Osaom ๐งณ & Monkey-B Learns To Cycle ๐ดโโ๏ธ Osaom has always been the final destination, and we finally have a chance to explore this beautiful area in the Cardamom Mountains.
A Day In Family GIFs ๐ธMy Apsara Air Freshener, Mango Fire, Badminton Skills, & More๐ My Apsara air freshener keeps the tuk-tuk fresh with a scientifically proven traditional Cambodian cultural folk dancing scent blend.
๐ Monkey-B Nearly A Cyclist ๐ฒ It's All About Balance & Flair โ๏ธ Monkey-B is now on the cusp of learning how to ride her bicycle, although today I realized we needed to have a talk about brakes.
A Bicycle For Srey-Yuu ๐ฒ Monkey-B Loses Fight With Mosquitoes ๐ฆ & Other Pramaoy Things During our recent family trip to visit my in-laws in Pursat, we took a side-trip to buy a bicycle for Srey-Yuu & Monkey-B.
๐ Okhna Klaeng Meung Shrine ๐บ A Very Cambodian Tourist Attraction ๐ We recently visited a very interesting Cambodian tourist attraction while staying with in-laws here in Pursat province.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Visiting My Cambodian In-Laws ๐บ A Trip To The Pursat Countryside ๐ฉโ๐พ I am recently back from a family trip to the countryside near the capital of Pursat province here in northwestern Cambodia.
๐จโ๐ซ 4+ Hour Long Parent-Teacher Meeting With No Substance๐ฅฑ Welcome To Cambodian Public School ๐ซ A few days ago I had the unfortunate experience of attending a parent-teacher meeting here in Pramaoy, Cambodia, and it was even worse than expected.
๐ Morning Cowbell Greetings, VIP Transport, & Other Pramaoy Curiosities ๐ Most mornings a local herd of cows enters our block of rental rooms to graze at the back of the property where everyone except us burn their trash.
๐งโโ๏ธ White Guy Visits Cambodian English School ๐จโ๐ซ Absolute Chaos Ensues โ ๏ธ๐คณโ ๏ธ Pramaoy, Cambodia, is not a city by any stretch of the imagination, and after 2 months here it's becoming more and more obvious that I'm the first foreigner most people have ever seen or met.
๐งบ Laundry Day & Other Outtakes From Life In Pramaoy, Cambodia ๐ฉโ๐พ Greetings Hivers, signs of normal daily boring life are starting to appear here in Pramaoy, and I must say it's very exciting.
๐ Phnom Penh To Pramaoy ๐๏ธ Back "Home" & Ready To Start Rebuilding Our Lives ๐บ The last few weeks have been hectic and busy, and I've found little time for any Hive-tivities beyond my ASEAN Hive responsibilities.
๐งโโ๏ธ I Am Lord Of The Rings ๐ (i.e. Pov & I Finally Got Wedding Rings) โค๏ธโ๐ฅ This post is long overdue, but @sreypov and I finally have wedding rings, an international cultural custom to pair with our legal certificate of marriage.
๐ข Tonlรฉ Bassac Dredgers & Other Random Things From Planet Cambodia ๐งโ๐ We're still on the road and Hivin' from @ahleap's house in Ta Khmau, which actually rests on the road and the Tonlรฉ Bassac.
๐บ Life On The Road, With The In-Laws, In The Ape, & Other Cambodian News ๐๏ธ After barely getting settled, we are on the road again back to Phnom Penh for immigration documents and visa-related stuff.
Exploring Pramaoy, Cambodia ๐บ Land More Expensive Than We Ever Imagined ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Now that Pramaoy is our basecamp of sorts, we have started to explore the local areas outside the town for affordable land to purchase.
From Ta Khmau To Pramaoy In Our Ape ๐บ Finally We Are Reclaiming Our Former Lifestyle ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง We have finally made our way out of Phnom Penh and landed in Pramaoy, a destination conceived browsing Google Maps streetview while stranded in Suriname for the last 3 years.
Customizing The New Ride ๐จโ๐ง Our Piaggio Ape Auto+ ๐บ 435cc Of 3-Wheeled Diesel Fury ๐จ After being stranded abroad and facing years of lockdowns and curfews in Suriname, we now have more freedom of movement than ever in our new ride.
Phnom Penh's First & Only Ethiopian Restaurant ๐ฒ My Wife & Kids' First Time, Thoughts ๐ค We intended to eat at Cambodia's only Ethiopian restaurant before leaving the country in 2019, but luckily it was still here in Phnom Penh waiting for us.
Meandering With @Sreypov In Phnom Penh, Street Art, & Other Tasty Things Many of you know how incredibly bored we always were in Suriname, and we often joked about how easy generating Hive content from Cambodia would be.
Staying Distracted In Kentuckiana ๐ 8 Days 'Til Cambodia I can't stop thinking about hugging my lovely 3 ladies in Cambodia again, but until then I'm doing my best to stay distracted.
Fighting Boredom, Freezing, & Missing Cambodia ๐ฅถ๐ฅ Partly due to not being in good spirits, and partly due to a very boring day-to-day life here in the USA, I haven't been posting much since arriving in the USA.
Thai Chow Restaurant ๐ฉโ๐ณ Next To The Railroad Tracks & Inside A Tow-Truck Business ๐คซ A Kentuckiana Secret In a hillbilly town in southern Indiana, there lies a Thai restaurant inside a tow-truck business next to some railroad tracks.
The Land of My People ๐ฆ
Harley Davidson At Taco Bell Drive-Thru, Shouting Coaches, & Other Cultural Traditions!! What is radder than grabbin' some highly processed tacos for the love of your life from the seat of your Harley Davidson?
1980s Kentuckiana Time Capsule ๐ฎ Classic Cars, Perms, & More! Greetings Hivers, I want to share with you all a place near my home that is full of interesting things, and it hasn't changed since 1981.
Automatic Car-Wash ๐ The Most 'Merican Thing Ever Earlier today my mom took me on a road-trip to run some errands, and along the way she stopped at an automatic carwash, something that use to terrify me as a child.
First Post From 'Merica ๐ฆ
Kentuckiana ๐ช๏ธ Where The Bible Belt, Rust Belt, & Tornado Alley Collide Greetings ASEAN Hivers, I'm here in the good ole' USA, already missing my Khmer family deeply, but I still want to show you the (depressing) land where I'm from.
Parting With The Family at Paramaribo Airport ๐ซ Future Unknown This post contains the last moments I shared with my wife and kids at the Paramaribo International Airport in Suriname.
Last Moments With The Family In Paramaribo ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Silliness to Stave Off The Sadness Although not currently in Suriname, I still have some moments I want to share before I manage to catch up to real-time with my posts.
Ticking Off The Pre-Flight Checklist โ๏ธ COVID Test In Downtown Paramaribo ๐ท I haven't been posting much lately because my family I have been very busy prepping for our long awaited exoduses from Suriname.
Last Care Package Before Departure ๐ฆ Goofiness Ensues ๐คช It's only matter of a days before my family and I depart from Suriname, and today we received what we hope is our last care package and completed our last Western Union run.
Mini Shiva ๐๏ธ Harry The Lamb ๐ & Other Things Behind The Scenes Of @Sreypov's Insect Posts ๐คณ Today I found some good Hive content shadowing my wife while she took photos to use in one of her nearly daily insect posts.
One-Man Party At The SuriBet Shop ๐๐ 7 Days A Week An almost daily occurrence on my walks to the Chinese mini market is a guy that sleeps on his car while playing music full blast.
Surprise Visa Setback ๐คฆโโ Must Change My Nationality To Taiwanese To See My Family Again Just when I thought the nightmare was over and I might only be separated from my family for a month at the most, now the possibility of reunification is back in question.
Poo Pumpkin Mystery? ๐ Who's Eating The Dumpkins? ๐ต๏ธ Where Are The Septic Squashes? ๐ฉ A while back I made a post about the poo pumpkins growing out of the landlord's septic tank, which have seemingly solving a leaky tank problem the landlord doesn't want to repair.
๐คทโโ๏ธ Just Another Day With Lots Of Rain And No Propane ๐ฅ A lack of cooking gas and dry firewood was what today brought us, but luckily Harry the lamb came by to cheer us up as usual.
We Are Flying Soon โ๏ธ Tickets Booked ๐ซ Goodbye Suriname @sreypov and the @kidsisters finally have their tickets booked for a return to Cambodia, and I have a ticket for the USA.
Osoam, Cambodia ๐ฃ A Wild-West Frontier With Potential For Eco-Tourism โบ & This Family Too My family and I have been virtually exploring potential future basecamps for our return to Cambodia, and Osoam has now grabbed our attention.
๐ Galactic Sheep Selfies ๐ Venomous Snake Bites ๐ & Other Happenings Of The Day ๐ง๏ธ Our time in Suriname is winding down, so we have been spending time with Harry and trying to jettison some of our belongings before our departure.
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Squid Game: Season 1 (์ค์ง์ด ๊ฒ์) ๐ฆ Was The Mainstream Hype Justified? [No Spoiler Inside] **Squid Game ๐ฆ Is Taking Over The World**. **The Plot ๐ โโ๏ธ [No Spoiler]**. **My Thoughts ๐ญ**. **๐ Let's Get Squid Game Silly ๐ธ**. **๐บ Season 2 Teaserโฆ
Monkey-B Turns 8 Years Old ๐ง๐ A Hive Birthday For A Hive Family ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Our options were very limited for birthday fun, so the best we could was let Monkey-B make all the decisions for the day.
A Glimpse Into The Engagement Levels Of ASEAN Hive Community VIPs ๐ฌ What's Your Comment to Post Ratio? ๐โโ๏ธ A couple weeks ago @acidyo released a post titled "What's your comment to post ratio like?," Curious of my own comment/post ratio, I went to HiveBuzz to get the numbers, and discovered that my number is 28.26.
Silly Goose Time ๐ฆข Round 2: Fight ๐ฅ GIFs, Bummer For Harry, & A Tempeh Zombie ๐งโโ๏ธ I've been faced with back-to-back boring days, so I decided to break up the monotony with a GIF and some family photography.
Keep The Silly Goose Times Rolling ๐ GIFs, Checking In With Harry The Lamb, & Other Random Nonsense ๐ It's finally Friday, and it's a silly goose time in this house, so I made some funny GIFs to entertain myself, and hopefully some of you too.
Testing Out Our New Family Games ๐จโ๐ฌ "Qwixx๐ฒ" & "Taco๐ฎCat๐ฑGoat๐Cheese๐งPizza๐" Before I could finish this post, we were hit with a 20-hour power outage which brought an abrupt end to gameplay before a winner was declared.
๐ธ๐ Paratha UFOs, Games, Harry The Lamb, Superhero Jumping, & Other Unrelated Events ๐ฆธ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ง Today was filled with heavy rain, tasty parathas, games, and of course the usual visit from Harry the dog trapped in a lamb's body.
Surprise Delivery From the USA ๐ฆ Monkey-B Gets Stabby! ๐ต๐ช We received a care package from the USA the other day, and it was full of random surprises and things for the @kidsisters.
๐ฉโ๐ป My 12-Year-Old Daughter Now Earns More Than Cambodian Minimum Wage ๐ค Thanks To Hive ๐ While investigating family Hive statistics today, I discovered that my daughters now earn more than Cambodian minimum wage.
The Ole' Poo Pumpkin ๐ & Other Interesting Things Not Far From The Septic Tank ๐ฉ The septic tank behind our apartment is barely functional, so doo-doo loving pumpkins decided to move in and suck up the poop juice.
๐จโ๐ซ Cooking 101 With Monkey-B ๐ฉโ๐ณ Coconut-Potato Soup For Srey-Yuu ๐ฅฅ I had actually intended to teach Srey-Yuu how to make make my coconut potato soup because it's one of her favorite dishes, but today's stand-in sous chef is Monkey-B.
Veal Veng, Cambodia โฐ๏ธ Cheap Land, Natural Beauty, And Our Potential Future Home ๐บ When the family and I reunite in Cambodia, we will be starting a new life from scratch, and our considering Veal Veng as our new home.
Chia Seed Podi ๐ฅ An Ital Recipe ๐ถ๏ธ A Condiment To Make Everything More Better-er **๐ฅ Podi Makes Everything More Better-er ๐**.
๐ Harry The Lamb Playing Football With Monkey-B โฝ & GIFs Too We were sitting on the porch today when Harry the lamb came by to visit and also practice his football skills with Monkey-B.
๐ฉณ My Boxer-Shorts Have Reached The Limits Of Repair ๐
โโ๏ธ & Monkey-B Releases Her First Hive Post Today my wife told me she was too embarrassed to hang my semi-transparent war-torn x-rated boxers on the clothesline, and I can't blame her.
LEGO Day With Monkey-B ๐๏ธ Keeping My Inner Child Alive ๐ท๐ทโโ๏ธ & Some Bad Humor Too Monkey-B approached me today to let me know that nobody ever plays with her anymore, so I told her to go grab the LEGOs and get creative.
Hivin' With Harry ๐ Monkey-B Begins Her Hive Journey (With A Little Help) ๐ฉโ๐ป Today marks the day the youngest member of this family began creating her first Hive draft in PeakD via her iOS Hive Keychain app.
๐จโ๐จโ๏ธ How To Use Your Wife's Toes To Overcome Boredom & More!! ๐
๐ฆถ Running low on sleep and inspiration, and also battling some serious boredom, ingenuity took over and I grabbed my wife's toes and a pen.
๐จโ๐ซ Swamp Football Rescue 101 With Monkey-B โฝ & We Got Running Water Again ๐ฐ Today was full of adventure, from fishing footballs out of the swamp to water deliveries, sheep visits, frisbee tasting, and more!
๐ฟ Popcorn & A Movie With The Family ๐ฝ๏ธ Our Family Stovetop Popcorn Recipe ๐จโ๐ณ Today started out popcorn-less and boring, but with a 90s movie and some nutritional yeast, we made our popcorn much tastier, and our day much better.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Squattin' Round The Ole' Puri Fire ๐ฅ & We Win The Propane Lottery ๐ฐ Still determined not to let the lack of running water and propane deter culinary creativity, I decided to make puris by fire for the family.
A Silly Goose Time In Suriname ๐คช Childish Humor To Survive The Day ๐คก **Hard Times ๐ค Cheap Entertainment**. **Bucket Runs ๐โโ๏ธ**. **Time For A Cheap Laugh ๐ โโ๏ธ**
๐ฅ Fire, Family, & Koftas In Clevia, Suriname ๐ง๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง It's Almost Like Camping โบ The propane shortage continues in Suriname, so we have moved out of the chicken coop kitchen and we're cooking on a three-rock fire.
Love At First Sight ๐๐๏ธ๐ How I Stumbled Upon Cambodia In 2010 I had planned a trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2010, with a job offer to oversee the restoration of vintage Vespa scooters in Vietnam.
Going Primitive ๐ฅ Scarcity In Suriname Is The Norm ๐ As if things couldn't get any worse for in Suriname, now it seems there is no propane on the market and very little produce to purchase for cooking even if there was propane to be had.
Car Crash In Clevia, Suriname ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ Most Exciting Thing To Happen In Ages **โ Before that...**. **Creativity With Limited Means ๐ง **. **๐ The Noni Is Back**. **The Big Boom ๐ฅ**
Each 1 Teach 1 ๐จโ๐ซ Snapshots From My Former Kindergarten In Cambodia ๐ฆ๐ง Each 1 Teach 1 is the name of my former Kindergarten in Kep, Cambodia, where I taught a small class of Khmer and foreign children.
๐ข Step Right Up ๐ Claim Your Custom ASEAN Hive Community Banner ๐จโ๐ป Greetings ASEAN Hivers ๐ If you don't already have your own custom ASEAN Hive Community Banner, here is your chance to get one.
Sreypov's Got A Moto Waiting For Her In The USA ๐ต๐จ I guess it is very optimistic thinking, but in anticipation of our arrival in the USA, I purchased a motorbike for @sreypov.
Harry the Lamb ๐ Friendship Bracelets ๐ฟ & Garbage Fires ๐ฅ๐ฎ Today in Paramaribo, Suriname, our day was filled with crafts, mammal to mammal bonding, and toxic clouds of dioxin gas.
PolyAlpha.Finance Launches Today ๐ Astonishing APRs ๐คฏ PolyAlpha.Finance farming starts today in a few hours with astonishing APRs, so I've staked some SPADE and USDC out of sheer curiosity, already satisfied with my experience in the 1st layer PolygonFarm.Finance.
Surprise Delivery In Paramaribo ๐๐ฆ๐ feat. Monkey-B **On The Road Again ๐ด**. **Mission Partially Complete ๐ต๏ธ**. **A Caiman Sighting ๐**. **Selfie At The Hydration Spot ๐คณ**. **๐๐ฆ SURPRISE ๐ฆ๐**
#WednesdayWalk On Pisangrodjostraat With Monkey-B ๐ Clevia, Suriname ๐ด This week's #WednesdayWalk might better be referred to as a "Wednesday Leap," because that's how Monkey-B and I's mini-adventure kicked off.
๐ There's A Reason Why Cambodia Is Known As "The Land Of Smiles" ๐ I've often heard Cambodia referred to as the "Land of Smiles," but I'm sure it's not the only country which has been given this moniker.
A Hive Day For Family & Friend(s) ๐จโ๐ป & A Major Splinterlands Surprise For Srey-Yuu ๐คฏ **๐จโโ๏ธ First, Some Bird Rescue ๐ฆ**. **๐ด A Quick Splinterlands Break ๐น**. **๐ฅ๐ถ๏ธ Aloo-Chole & Puri Time ๐ง๐จโ๐ณ**. **๐ฉโ๐ป Splinterlands, Hive, & DeFi Tโฆ
๐คทโโ๏ธ Sidecar Or Not? ๐ต Brainstorming Future Family Transport For The USA ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง While brainstorming family transport ideas for our potential arrival in the USA, I remembered there are sidecars available for my classic Vespa.
The @KidSisters Have Grown So Much ๐ง๐ง Reflecting On Better Pre-Stranded Abroad Times Words can't express the contempt I have for the global bureaucracy that has stranded my family abroad for nearly 3 years.
๐ฅฌ Choy Sum & Coconut Stir-Fry ๐ฅฅ South Asian Ital Fusion ๐จโ๐ณ **๐ง A Dish Even The Kids Will Like ๐**.
๐จโ๐ป Bloggin' & Eatin' ๐จโ๐ณ A Hive Family With Refined Tastes ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง **Coconuts ๐ฅฅ**. **๐จโ๐ณ Cincinnati Chili Time ๐ถ๏ธ**. plantbased** interpretation of it. I don't know why she likes this dish so much, but I prepare it by speโฆ
๐ฉโ๐ซ Only In Southeast Asia ๐ Videos Just For Laughs ๐บ Southeast Asians have a very good sense of humor generally speaking, and I hope this selection of videos I've shared below is a good example of that. By all means share any good videos in the comments I may have overlooked.
๐ธ Snapshots From A Typical Day ๐๏ธ Our Life In Suriname feat. Monkey-B ๐ From homeschooling in the hammock to playing with the landlord's new lamb, there is always something going on in this house that is potential Hive content.
๐จโ๐ Let's Take Southeast Asian Hive Content To The Moon ๐ Upping My ASEAN Hive Delegation To 10,000HP ๐ I am not the first person to delegate 10,000HP to the ASEAN Hive Community, but I have been inspired recently by several members to up my delegation in pursuit of the $1.00 upvote dream I have.
Harnessing My Inner Child ๐จโ๐ง A LEGO Afternoon With Monkey-B ๐ทโโ๏ธ๐จโ๐ง I was feeling rather bored today, and Monkey-B asks me far more to play than I ever partake in, so I decided to give playtime with my daughter 100% of my attention today.
๐จโ๐ณ๐ฉโ๐ณ @Sreypov & I Landed An Ital Catering(ish) Gig ๐ **๐ง How Every Meal Starts For Us In Suriname ๐คข**. **๐ฉโ๐ณ The Catering Gig ๐จโ๐ณ** . **๐ถ๏ธ The Culinary Competition In Suriname๐ฅก** . **Culinary Conclusโฆ
Introducing My Daughter Srey-Yuu To DeFi ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ 1,000+ Liquid HIVE To DinoSwap I recently introduced my oldest daughter Srey-Yuu to the world of DeFi and LP staking via DinoSwap, using 1,000 liquid HIVE she had saved over the course of many months blogging.
๐ด Water Lily Foraging Shenanigans ๐ผ๐ Paramaribo, Suriname **๐ฉโ๐ Free Adventure = Cheap Dinner ๐ฅฃ**. (!pinmapple 5.867349 lat -55.122225 long d3scr)
๐๏ธ LEGO Organization Time With Monkey-B ๐ต Today I wanted to play LEGOs with Monkey-B, but when I saw the state of her LEGO box, I had to let her know it was time for some organization.
Maintaining Positive Vibes ๐จโ๐ป A Rainy Day In Paramaribo ๐ง๏ธ **The Show Must Go On ๐ญ**. **๐ฅ๏ธ Where The Magic Happens ๐ฎ**. **๐โโ๏ธ Another Common Sight**
๐จโ๐ณ Aloo Jeera (Indian Comfort Food) ๐ฅ๐ถ๏ธ A Chapati's Best Friend I've been craving some comfort lately, and today I remembered how much I love aloo jeera and how long it's been since I made it for the family.
๐จโ๐ง A Day On The Bicycle With Monkey-B ๐ฒ Creating Cambodian Fun In Suriname ๐ด Anytime I have have errands to run here in Paramaribo, Monkey-B always wants to join along. On this day I had to put in 45km on the bike, and she wasn't gonna let me go on this adventure alone.
My Favorite Television Bloopers ๐บ A Brief Escape With Cheap Laughs ๐ **FABIO MURDERS A GOOSE WITH HIS FACE**. **A FARM/FAINT COMBO**. **LEPRECHAUN VISITS ALABAMA**. **AN ACCIDENTAL SWIM-TERVIEW**. **THE REALEST GUY EVER**. โฆ
๐ด Catastrophic Tire Failure In Suriname ๐ณ๐ My bicycle's inner tube had a catastrophic blowout the other day while toting Monkey-B to the Chinese corner shop in our neighborhood.
I Got My Wife Hooked On PancakeSwap ๐ฅ A Believer Is Born ๐ For about a month, I've been diversifying my crypto holdings, and I've been quite impressed with the results on Cub DeFi and PancakeSwap. My wife @Sreypov had 1,000+ liquid HIVE and some HBD, so I decided to set let her dive into the Binance Smart Chain via the Auto CAKE Syrup Pool.
A Short Walk To Yu Feng Shang Chang ๐ช Clevia, Suriname Yesterday's total lockdown caught us off-guard, so we decided to walk to the neighborhood Chinese store to purchase a few groceries.
The Touch-Me-Not Plant (Mimosa Pudica) ๐ฟ ๐ A Plant So Cool It's Even In A Reggae Video
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) The Joy of a Ball โฝ The Most Basic Toy of All K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) is an acronym I learned in my mountaineering days, and I still apply this mountaineering logic to my daily life, even though I haven't set foot on a mountain in years.
An Adam Curtis Documentary Journey ๐ฝ๏ธ Part 1 ๐ฟ Pandora's Box ๐ฆ Adam Curtis is easily one of the most thought-provoking documentary film makers of our time, and Pandora's Box is his first multi-part deep dive, covering the fallout from political and technocratic rationalism.
Inappropriate Clothing & More ๐ An Entry For ASEAN Hive's #Engrish Challenge ๐ From obscenity-laced shirts to questionable spelling and grammar, I've compiled some #Engrish from the past and present to share with you all.
Suriname Air Freight Surprise โ๏ธ Want To See Our Goodies? ๐ฆ Breaking news from Suriname!! We just received an air freight package from Miami. It was full of various things I ordered online and shipped to my Mom's house in the USA.
Our (Unfinished) US Immigration Story ๐ฆ
It's Hardly 12 Steps ๐คทโโ๏ธ We are only beginning to see a trace of light at the end of tunnel, but after nearly 4 years in pursuit of American passports for my Cambodian family, and stranded abroad in Suriname the last two years, at times we wonder if the hardship we've put ourselves through has been worth it.
Bambo Shoot and Carrot Sambar ๐ฅฃ Sour Soup For A Sour Economy ๐ Yesterday we found ourselves with very few vegetables, and local markets had even less, so I decided to whip up this sambar with what vegetables we had on-hand.
Idiocracy ๐ฝ๏ธ Mike Judge's Masterpiece ๐ฌ The First Ever Pre-Documentary Disguised as a Comedy Idiocracy is one of the few movies that I feel only gets better as it ages. Although intended as a comedy, this movie predicted many future American trends, making it perhaps the first "pre-documentary" ever made.
Alika y Nueva Alianza ๐๏ธ South American Bi-Lingual Conscious Reggae ๐ฅ **Alika's Musical Background**. **Enter Alika y Nueva Alianza**. **En Vivo**
When You Fart And Realize You're Not Alone ๐ฅ๐ฅบ Somebody Please Take My GIF Privileges Away True comedy usually comes from dark circumstances, so I made a GIF to represent the shame I feel when I try to secretly fart in public, only to have my cover blown.
I Haven't Eaten Fresh Bread In Weeks ๐ฅ Today The Carbs Shall Rain From The Sky ๐ง๏ธ Today I found myself with little freetime after cycling many kilometers and spending many hours standing in line at Western Union. In the end I guess I would call the trip a success because Western Union actually had funds this time, although the standard $200 USD limit still applies.
๐โโ๏ธ I Finally Dove Into Cub DeFi ๐ฆ It's Never To Late To Earn Your First CUB ๐
๐ต Smuggling Cash Into Suriname ๐ฆ๐ดโโ ๏ธ Surviving the Economic Crisis Any Way Possible ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ **The Most Expensive Sambar Powder Ever?**
๐ฅ Cassava Bonda ๐จโ๐ณ An Affordable Snack the Whole Family Will Love ๐ถ๏ธ Cassava Bonda is one of my family's favorite fried snacks, and having recently obtained an armful of free cassava that was going to be destroyed by persistent flooding, I decided it was a perfect time to share my recipe with you all.
๐จโ๐ณ I Purchased Propane On The Black Market ๐ฅ It Felt Like a Drug Deal ๐ Apparently I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy with propane, so after nearly a week without proper hot and fresh meals, we achieved a small victory today.
I Found Some #Engrish On LeoFinance ๐ฆ Let's Fix This Eyesore ๐คฆโโ๏ธ **A MISTAKE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR FAR TOO LONG**. **Engrish Anyone?**. 3
๐ Celebrating English Language Failures**](https://peakd.com/hive-141359/@asean.hiโฆ
George Price vs Ayn Rand ๐ง A Reasoning On Altruism ๐ค These two historical figures came from very different backgrounds and disciplines, and their views couldn't be more opposing when it comes to humankind's ability to be truly altruistic.
We're Going Underground ๐ฅก Can We Sell Black Market Takeaway Fried Rice From Home? **You Don't Know If You Don't Try**. **Facebook Flyer I Made**
โ Taking Time To Be A Dad ๐จโ๐ง & Monkey B's Banana Kick For over a week now I haven't been posting on Hive as much as normal, but I've been using this time to simply be a "Dad,"
Joy In The Simple Things ๐ Sheep Jumpin' With Monkey-B The other day I caught Monkey-B having a little fun with the sheep, and it caused me to grab the camera and snap some pictures of this bliss before the moment was gone and/or Monkey-B realized I was taking photos.
๐ฅฃ Aloo Dum (Spicy Potates) ๐ถ๏ธ๐ฅ Tempeh & Avocado Too ๐จโ๐ณ Straight From the Ital Suriname Kitchen **Shaking Things Up ๐จโ๐ฌ**.
Sudong Mall ๐ฌ It's Not Really A Mall ๐คซ Paramaribo, Suriname @Sreypov and I sat off on a mini-adventure to get some vegetables, snacks, and other dry goods from Sudong Mall here in Paramaribo, Suriname.
๐ฆ Backyard Swamp Tour ๐ด Clevia, Suriname ๐ฆ Bored out of my mind and nearly at the end of a 4th back-to-back government imposed weekend lockdown, I decided to tinker with my Canon SX530HS via a backyard swamp tour.
Soft Tacos ๐ฎ Indian Style ๐ฅ & How To Poof Your Rotis Every Time ๐ Greetings Hivers, @carolynstahl recently made some very appealing edamame falafel tacos, and these delicious fusion tacos made me want to make some Indianized soft tacos of my own.
๐ฆธโโ๏ธ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ SuperFamily Is Here ๐ฆน๐ฆธโโ๏ธ Time To Get Silly ๐ **We Are SuperFamily**. **๐ฆธโโ๏ธ DELIRIOUS DAD ๐คช**. **SUPERPOWERS | FARTING & HIGH KICKS**. **๐ฆน MANIACAL MOM ๐ต**. **SUPERPOWERS | SLICING & HAVING MINI Sโฆ
Monkey-B ๐ต Suriname Sheep Whisperer ๐ Monkey-B and the landlords' sheep have become pretty close friends, especially Hero, the baby goat which is now nearly full-grown. Constant lockdowns, curfews, and a barely functioning public school system here in Suriname have kept us bored and at home.
Cincinnati Chili - Five Way ๐ถ๏ธ Ital Version - A Household Favorite 5**](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@lotusshares/plant-power-cooking-challenge-or-week-5-or-come-join-us), so when I found myself preparing this dish for the famโฆ
๐ฅฏ Ital Jamaican Dumplings ๐ฅฃ South Asian Style ๐ถ๏ธ Greetings Hivers, these Jamaican-ish style dumplings are a hit with my family, and are a product of me accidentally Indianizing any recipe I have in the kitchen for too long.
Rajma Chawal ๐จโ๐ณ Red Beans & Rice ๐ A South Asian Style Ital Recipe **STEP 1**. **STEP 2**. **STEP 3**. **STEP 4**. **STEP 5**. **STEP 6**. **Have you heard about the @LotusShares [**Plant Power Weekly Cooking Challenge**โฆ
Spread The Vibes Challenge | "Love Is Among" by the Wordsmith "Vaughn Benjamin" NaturalMedicine** curator **@HolisticMom** made me aware of this music-based challenge by inviting me via here [**Spread The Vibes Challenge ~ Second Sun**](httโฆ
๐ฉโ๐ณ 5 Hive #PlantBased Chefs You Need To Follow, & Their Delicious Food!! ๐ฒ PlantBased** recipes and related posts. After months of curating the finest vegan fare Hive has to offer, five particular chefs stand out in my culinary mind, aโฆ
Sesame-Ganja Seed Podi ๐จโ๐ณ Don't Throw Away Your Ganja Seeds @sirenahippie/re-justinparke-qo5y2x), and [peanut tamarind podi](https://peakd.com/hive-129017/@justinparke/peanut-and-tamarind-podi-you-ll-never-eat-rice-againโฆ
๐ฝ Bozรซs & Byreka ๐ฅ | Albania Memories & A Possible Return To Social Living & Sanity **๐ New E-Visa, New Path to Shqipรซri ๐ซ** . **๐ถโโ๏ธ The Xhiro ๐ถโโ๏ธ** . **๐ฝ Bozรซ & Byrek ๐ฅ There is Vegan Food**. **๐ The Landscapes โฐ๏ธ**. **๐ฅพ This Faโฆ
Battle of the HP Delegations โ๏ธ My Best ROIs ๐ (A 1-Week Comparison)
Water Hyacinth Foraging With Monkey-B ๐ Purple Power Protein ๐ช **๐ The Only Rule โ ๏ธ Don't Fall In ๐**. **KISS ๐ Keep It Simple Stupid**. **๐ Purple Power With Monkey-B ๐ช**
๐ด The Coco-Pirate of Suriname ๐ดโโ ๏ธ Saving Disrespected Coconuts From Disaster ๐ฅฅ
The Likeness of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie In The Pantocrator at St. Catherine's Monastery โช A Reasoning **๐ Before We Start**. **What is the Pantocrator? ๐คท**. :~:text=The%20oldest%20known%20surviving%20example,787%20and%20814%20to%20842.), and is housed withinโฆ
Reggae Music Videos For Italists | Vegans | Vegetarians plantbased diet, with many choosing to refer to themselves as Italists when it comes to dietary and lifestyle practices.. **Some Tunes For You Vegetarians**. pโฆ
![Multiplicity With Monkey-B ๐๐๐ Cloning My Daughter With GIMP [A Tutorial] thumbnail](/blog/EuqZL6TdKJ-144.webp)
Multiplicity With Monkey-B ๐๐๐ Cloning My Daughter With GIMP [A Tutorial] I was bored today so I decided to make a couple clones of my daughter using a camera, tripod, and GIMP image editing software.
๐ฅฅ Indian-Style Coconut Rice ๐ถ๏ธ๐ An Ital Recipe ๐จโ๐ณ **STEP 1**. **STEP 2**. **STEP 3**. **STEP 4**. **STEP 5**. **STEP 6**
A (Possible Theme) Song For Natural Medicine ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ Blue Lotus by "Wordsmith" Vaughn Benjamin **ARTIST WITHOUT COMPARISON**. **POTENTIAL NATURAL MEDICINE THEME SONG?**. **Midnite | Blue Lotus | Live 94117 (2007)**. **Midnite | Blue Lotus | Northwest โฆ
๐ฅ๐ถ๏ธ Peanut & Tamarind Podi ๐จโ๐ณ You'll Never Eat Rice Again Without It ๐๐
โโ๏ธ An Ital Recipe @sirenahippie/re-justinparke-qo5y2x) recipes, but this peanut podi is perhaps my personal favorite, as well as my family's. It melts on your tongue almost instaโฆ
The Weed-O-Nomics Of Suriname (& Unwrapping Yesterday's Purchase) **First, the Economy**. **Don't Refuse A Good Deal**. **Let's Dive Into Yesterday's Purchase**
Puri Pizza (An Ital Family Favorite) ๐จโ๐ณ Qurator's Hive Top Chef | Pizza ๐
Operation "Obtain Curry Leaves" A Success ๐ Immigrants Helping Migrants In Suriname ๐ **It's Always An Immigrant**
Monkey-B Spooks The Pigeons ๐๏ธ Paramaribo, Suriname **๐โโ๏ธ GO MONKEY, GO!!**
Pimp My City #4 ๐ @ElizaCheng ๐ Xzibit Goes ASEAN ๐ **Congratulations @ElizaCheng ๐**. **@ElizaCheng's Un-Pimped DCity ๐๏ธ**. **The Pre-Pimp Stats ๐**. **UNEMPLOYMENT 7.45% = PENALTY -3 SIM**. **@ElizaChenโฆ
This Hiver Was Briefly #1 On The LeoDex Richlist ๐ค Introducing LOTUSM ๐งโโ๏ธ A Holistic Miner **INTRODUCING LOTUSM โ๏ธ**. 1** on the [**LeoDEX LOTUSM Staked Richlist**](https://leodex.io/richlist/LOTUSM).. 1"** and "**rich**" to describe a situation I'veโฆ
My Daughter Sells More Tokenized Art Than Your Honor Student ๐จโ๐ง A Proud Dad Moment **The [NFT Showroom](https://nftshowroom.com/?r=justinparke)'s Newest Artist ๐ฉโ๐จ**. **Aliens Discover Hive ๐ฝ**. **A Successful Start ๐ค**. **Bright Futurโฆ
Water Hyacinth Pakoras Recipe ๐จโ๐ณ Eat Your Flowers ๐บ From Swamp To Table **Eat Your Flowers Folks ๐ฉโ๐พ**.
Monks At The Sea ๐ฟ Occheuteal Beach ๐๏ธ Sihanoukville, Cambodia **Occheuteal Beach ๐๏ธ**. **What Can We Do, Smoke Joint? ๐ฎโ๐จ**. **Let's Get Zen ๐งโโ๏ธ**
๐ฆถ Several Footers I Created For Hive Tribes & Dapps ๐จโ๐ป Free For All Hivers To Use ๐ How To Make GIFs In GIMP Too **๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Operation New Family Footer Complete ๐**. **The Finished Product? ๐ค**. **GIFs in GIMP Are Easy ๐ผ๏ธ**. **STEP 1**. **STEP 2**. **STEP 3**. โฆ
Presearch.org ๐จโ๐ป Earn Free Crypto For Your Web Searches (I Average $0.57 per day) **[Presearch.org](https://www.presearch.org/signup?rid=2201828) Is Not Too Good To Be True**. **How Presearch Works**. **STEP 1**. **STEP 2**. **STEP 3**. โฆ
DCity Bath Salts Zombie On NFT Showroom ๐ง A Much Needed Citizen Card For A Dystopian Future
Flaxseed Podi ๐ Get Your Spicy Omega 3s ๐ถ๏ธ 100% Ital ๐๐โค๏ธ This fully Ital Omega 3 rich flax seed podi is the right combination of spicy, sour, salty, sweet and healthy, bringing life to any meal.
Pimp My City #3 ๐ @RiverFlows ๐ Xzibit Goes Down Under ๐ฆ **๐ A Holistic Approach For @RiverFlows ๐**. **RiverFlow's Un-Pimped DCity ๐๏ธ**. **The Pre-Pimp Stats ๐**. **NO UNEMPLOYMENT PENALTIES**. **RiverFlow'sโฆ
๐ง Srey-Yuu Gets A Stylus For Her iPad ๐๏ธ 50% Of The Cost To Be Repaid in HBD ๐ฆ **THE FAMILY HIVE ARTIST ๐ฉโ๐จ**. homeschooling** posts.. **๐คฏ A NEW TOOL TO EXPAND HER ARTISTIC CAPABILITIES ๐๏ธ**. **๐ง๐ง HAPPY KIDS = HAPPY DAD ๐ณ**. **๏ฟฝโฆ
Get Through by Midnite ๐ #APART {A Picture And Reggae Tune} ๐ต ReggaeJAHM Community
๐ง Poondu Podi (Garlic Podi) ๐ถ๏ธ Hot Rice's Best Friend ๐ An Ital Veganuary Condiment **Please Pass The Podi!!**.
๐ฅฃ Jackfruit Seed & Garlic Rasam ๐ง An Ital Veganuary Soup To Keep You Lit ๐ฅ **๐ฅฃ RASAM IS JUST SO GOOD ๐**. **๐ โโ๏ธ DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR JACKFRUIT SEEDS, THEY'RE DELICIOUS!!**.
Passing The #HiveTorch Onward ๐ฅ The 214th Holder ๐ค @JoseVas217 With 255 HIVE ๐ HiveTorch**, receiving it from my brethren **@missaj**, a livicated Jamaican living in Japan.. **๐ KEEP IT BLAZIN' ๐ฅ**. 333 is reached, and a poll will be maโฆ
#DashoutSunday ๐โโ๏ธ Vegetable Fried Rice ๐ Suriname Chinese Restaurant Takeaway Food + ๐ต Fun With Monkey-B ๐ด **NOT A TOTAL LETDOWN ๐คทโโ๏ธ**. **๐ EDIBLE, BUT WHERE ARE THE VEGGIES? ๐ฝ**. **๐คธโโ๏ธ MONKEY-B STEALS THE SHOW ๐ต**.
Photography & Blogging Can Be An Important Part Of Any Homeschooling Journey **Don't Rely On The System Too Much ๐ซ**. **Enter @Sreypov | Master Nature Photography Teacher ๐ฉโ๐ซ**. **Experiential Education Is A Must ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ**. **A Litโฆ
Suriname ๐ด "Have You Seen Our Mud?" ๐ฉ **WORLD CLASS COMMEWIJNE MUD ๐**. Many of you already know we are far from world travelers, more akin to migrants longing to be immigrantโฆ
๐ช Nieuwe Grond Markt ๐ฆฅ & A Sloth Rescue ๐ด Wanica District, Suriname **๐ FAMILY ROADTRIP WITH @FAUSTOFRASER ๐จโโ๏ธ**. **๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ EXPLORING THE MARKET ๐ถโโ๏ธ**. **๐ฆฅ SLOTH SURPRISE ๐ฒ**
Pimp My City ๐ @VincentNijman ๐ Xzibit Invokes Christmas Spirit ๐ **๐ Ho Ho Ho ๐ @VincentNijman ๐**. **Vincent's Un-Pimped DCity ๐๏ธ**. **The Pre-Pimp Stats ๐**. **-5 SIM FOR 23 UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS**. **Vincent's Newlโฆ
๐จโ๐ณ Palak Tempeh ๐ฅฅ Ital Indian-esian Cooking In The Caribbean ๐ด **๐จโ๐ณ Indian-esian Fusion**
๐ด Rudy Farts In DCity.io Case ๐จ Forced To Give Away 1x Law Firm โ๏ธ Comment To Win
What's Your Country's Most Worthless Bill Or Coin, And What Can It Buy? **CAMBODIA โธ๏ธ**. **100 Cambodian Riel ($0.025 USD) ๐ต**. **What Can 100 Riel Buy?**. **SURINAME ๐**. **1 Suriname Cent ($0.006 USD) ๐**. **What Can 1 Suโฆ
Waterkant Street Art ๐๏ธ Paramaribo, Suriname ๐จ CCC's Street Art Contest #17
Pimp My City ๐ @FaustoFraser ๐ Xzibit Comes To Your DCity HiveComic** contest, so I've been looking for something new to fill the void and entertain me, so with some inspiration from **@luca-legend** and **Xzibit**, I โฆ
#HiveComic Is Dead โ ๏ธ No Regrets ๐คทโโ๏ธ Thanks To All Supporters And Participants ๐ HiveComic, a contest I've been running since the days of the blockchain that shall not be named.. **A Labor Of Love ๐ฆธ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฆน๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฆธ**. HiveComic**, a contest โฆ
Move Over Andy Warhol ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ DCity Pop Art Is Not For The Masses ๐๏ธ **๐ โโ๏ธ Move Over Andy Warhol ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ**. **๐ผ๏ธ Pop Art Not For The Masses โ๏ธ**. **๐โโ๏ธ If You Want What The Masses Don't Have ๐ค**.
Just Hit 70 Rep On Hive ๐ค Celebrating With Suriname Skunk ๐ฆจ **Reality Check ๐ โโ๏ธ**. **Treat Yourself ๐**. **What I Normally Smoke ๐**. **That 70 Looks Pretty Good Though ๐**
๐ง Monkey-B Extracted Her Own Tooth ๐ฆท (An Accidental Post Save) Monkey-B ๐ต Amateur Dentist. A Job Well-Done ๐
๐จโ๐จ "Disinguished Ripplin' Iguana" ๐ฆ My First NFT Showroom Artwork ๐ผ๏ธ **๐ โโ๏ธ Far From An Artist ๐จ**. **๐ฆ My Iguana Subject ๐ท**. [**NFT Showroom Link - Distinguished Ripplin' Iguana**](https://nftshowroom.com/justinparke/galโฆ
We're Finally Married | A HIVE Wedding In Suriname ๐ฐ๐คต Financial Recovery On The Horizon ๐ญ **WE DID IT!! ๐**. **๐ A HIVE WEDDING ๐**. **๐ต A FINANCIAL BOOST FROM ABROAD ๐**. **OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL FREEDOM ๐ฎ**. (!pinmapple 5.811500 lat -55.21โฆ
๐ฆ Blocktrades Saves The Day ๐ฆธ A Firsthand Customer Service Experience ๐ **๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Where Did My Crypto Go? ๐**. **๐ฆธโโ๏ธ BlockTrades To The Rescue ๐**. **A++ For Blocktrades โ๏ธ**
#AmazingNature ๐ก The Curious Kitchen Lizard ๐ฆ Paramaribo, Suriname
Are My Ital Recipes ๐ฅฌ๐๐ถ๏ธ NFT Showroom Material? I have been wondering if my culinary art would ever be right for the NFT Showroom, as I know it's primarily focused on visual arts.
๐๐โค๏ธ Ital Coconut Potato Soup (Aloo Ki Kadhi) ๐ฅฅ๐ฅ๐ถ๏ธ Qurator's Hive Top Chef ๐ฅฃ SOUP plantbased recipe, but our new kitchen at our rental only has a hotplate and a rice cooker, something I mentioned in my previous recipe post.
Mi Cyaan Dead โฐ๏ธ Annetta's Hof And The Colorful 11 โฝ Paramaribo, Suriname **โ๏ธ Mek A' Move โ๏ธ**. **๐ถโโ๏ธ Gwaan Dweet Suh ๐ถโโ๏ธ**. **โฝ De Colorful 11 Dem ๐ฅ **. **๐ธ A Lickle Tour ๐ถโโ๏ธ**. **๐ฏ Mi Hungry ๐ถโโ๏ธ**
Off To A Nice Start In DCity.io ๐๏ธ๐ญ๐ซ A Satisfying Investment (ROI ๐) **DCity.io ๐๏ธ Make Hive Great Again!!**. **Desperation Breeds Creativity ๐ฃ**. **What A DCity.io Surprise ๐คฏ**. **More Skin In The Game ๐ฒ**. **๐คทโโ๏ธ Too โฆ
#HiveComic Contest #29 ๐ DANTES - The Fall Of A Trader ๐ 1,000 NEOXAG In Prizes HiveComic 29 is a ๐ช ManCave ๐ฆ LeoFinance mashup, and this comic is a perfect one for both communities. It features Alexandres, a trader caught up in market maโฆ
Almost Married, Last Steps Until Suriname Exodus Complete, What Country Shall We Escape To? Unable to return to Cambodia or immigrate to the USA, and life in Suriname nearly impossible, we are ready to fly soon.
โฑ๏ธ Lose Everything To JAH โฐ๏ธ | #APART {A Picture And Reggae Tune} APART post, @Sreypov, Monkey-B, and I headed over to the nearest open air space we he have access to here in Paramaribo, Suriname. This space just happens to beโฆ
๐ฝ Ital Suriname Corn Masala ๐ Ital Is Vital **๐ Disappointing Corn ๐ฝ**. **Ingredients**
#HiveComic Contest #28 ๐ต๏ธ The Marijuana Mystery โ 1,000 NEOXAG In Prizes HiveComic 28 is a WeedCash.Network comic, as it seems marijuana-related hivecomic contests are a hit, and this comic is quite a ridiculous one.. HiveComic** is โฆ
๐ธ Takin' It To The Streets With Monkey-B ๐ | ๐ถโโ๏ธ #WednesdayWalk ๐ #MakeMeSmile Monkey-B will be seven years old on November 1st, so we went downtown to run some errands and do some birthday shopping.
#HiveComic Contest #27 ๐จ MarijuanaMan by Ziggy Marley ๐ฆธ๐ฟโโ๏ธ 1,000 JAHM In Prizes HiveComic 27 is an Irie one indeed. This comic is a perfect mashup for WeedCash.Network and ReggaeJAHM.com, two of my favorite Hive communities.. HiveComic** isโฆ
๐ช #MarketFriday | ๐ป Zonnebloem Markt | ๐ Aisha's ุญูุงู Delight | Paramaribo, Suriname It's #MarketFriday once again thanks to legend @dswigle, and I had to visit the Zonnebloem Markt for some odds and ends.
The @KidSisters' Initial Thoughts Of Splinterlands **Dad, It's So Hard!!**. **Hard For Dad Too**. **More Skin In The Game**. **More Skin It Is Then**
Preparation For Exodus ๐ฆโก๏ธ Akae Beka - One Foot In Front ๐ฆถ #APART {A Picture And a Reggae Tune} Seems we are finally making some progress on leaving Suriname, although we haven't found a country to take us as of yet.
#HiveComic Contest #26 ๐ The Tremendous Trump ๐ 1,000 NEOXAG In Prizes HiveComic 26 is a very Trump-ian one indeed. Because our Chief Tangerine is in the headlines a lot lately, I thought I would bring him back for a hivecomic one โฆ
๐ Indo-Chinese Fried Rice ๐จโ๐ณ An Easy Ital Recipe My family has never seen me cook non-Indian style fried rice, so I wanted to show them I know some other flavors too. ๐
Is Splinterlands Too Complicated For My Daughter? I recently purchased the Summoner's Spellbook on Splinterlands to check out the game and see if my daughter could get it
๐ฟ Gomawiri Parathas ๐จโ๐ณ An Ital Recipe For Suriname ๐๏ธ I've made the perfect recipe for Suriname, combining Indian cooking with local plants to make these gomawiri parathas.
๐ Hi From Hive ๐จโ๐ป For My Facebook Friends ๐ To my friends on Facebook, I would like to explain why I use another social media outlet more often, the HIVE Blockchain
#HiveComic Contest #25 ๐ฐ BITCOIN - The Hunt For Satoshi Nakamoto ๐ต๏ธ 1,000 Creative Coin In Prizes HiveComic 25 is a very entertaining Bitcoin-themed one, and it is a fictionalized tale of Satoshi Nakamoto, an enigma.. HiveComic** is a fun fill-in-the-blank cโฆ
๐ท Back To School In Suriname ๐ง๐ With Monkey-B The @KidSisters are back to school here in Suriname, although we will still need to supplement with homeschooling. ๐ฉโ๐ซ
๐ง Cabbage Koftas With Tomato Gravy ๐ฅฃ An Ital Recipe ๐จโ๐ณ I decided to prepare one of my daughters' favorite dishes today, a bit of celebration for Srey-Yuu going back to school.
#HiveComic Contest #24 ๐ฆธ Napoleon Dynamite ๐ฆน 1,000 Creative Coin In Prizes This week's #hivecomic is based on a movie surely many of us Hivers know well, "Napoleon Dynamite," a instant classic.
How I Make My Awesome Hive Thumbnails ๐จโ๐ป A GIMP Image Editor Introduction Several of you Hivers have asked me how I create my thumbnails, so I made this tutorial to get you started with GIMP.
10,000HP ๐ช Another Hive Milestone Reached ๐ Celebrating With HiveWhale.com ๐ณ I've reached another Hive milestone I thought previously impossible - 10,000 HP. It's been a long road to get here ๐จโ๐ป
#HiveComic Contest #23 ๐ฆธ The Story of the Federal Reserve System ๐ฆน 1,000 NEOXAG In Prizes hivecomic is a green one, but not like last week's "Bluntman and Chronic". I mean green in the money sense of the word.. hivecomic submission. I've now altered โฆ
Monkey-B's Many Food-Centric Emotions ๐ ๐ฒ๐คฃ @Qurator's Photo Quest - Emotions At our old restaurant in Cambodia, we took a picture of the day's thali paired with Monkey-B's chosen emotion of the day
@TheTerminal ๐ช #HiveComic Contest #22 ๐ฆธ BluntMan And Chronic ๐ฆน 1,000 NEOXAG In Prizes hivecomic is a very weedy one, Jay and Silent Bob to be exact, in Bluntman and Chronic, a classic.. hivecomic** submission. I've now altered the rules so you caโฆ
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๐ฉโ๐ณ Ital Chef Srey-Yuu's Second National TV Appearance ๐ฅ Behind The Scenes Srey-Yuu was on national TV once again, but this time not for her Hive blog, but for her Ital Cambodian cooking. ๐ฉโ๐ณ๐ช
#HiveComic Contest #21 ๐ญ Mickey Mouse - The Quest For The Missing Memories ๐ฐ 1,000 NEOXAG This week's @TheTerminal #hivecomic is made with @brittandjosie in mind, because I know she is a fan of Minnie Mouse. ๐ญ
๐ฅฅ๐ถ๏ธ Ital Wax Pepper Curry ๐จโ๐ณ๐ช ITAL IS VITAL โค๏ธ๐๐ We scored some wax peppers recently, not something too easy to find in Suriname, so I made one of my favorite dishes. ๐ฅ
Woo-Hoo! ๐ I'm A NaturalMedicine.io Curator ๐ Give Thanks plantbased** curation posts. . plantbased** Cambodian food.. naturalmedicine** responsibility.
A #WednesdayWalk #MakeMeSmile Mission For Strawberries With Srey-Yuu ๐ Sponsored By: ๐ฑ @TheKittyGirl @TheKittyGirl gifted Srey-Yuu with 35 HIVE to buy strawberries, so we sat off this morning for a walk to Gao Ming store.
๐ #HivePUD & ๐ต #WesternUnionPUD Day ๐ต With Monkey-B Today was a combination "Hive Power Up Day" and a "Western Union Power Up Day," and Monkey-B joined me for the WU trip.
#HiveComic Contest #20 ๐ฆ Donald Duck ๐ฐ 1,000 NEOXAG This week's @TheTerminal #hivecomic is made with @colpowercoll in mind. I was told he is a very big fan of Donald Duck.
#MarketFriday ๐ช Gao Ming Trading Company ๐ฒ Paramaribo, Suriname It's #MarketFriday again, so @Sreypov and I set off to find a Chinese market with hard-to-find in Suriname items. ๐ถโโ๏ธ
๐ถโโ๏ธ #WednesdayWalk ๐ #MakeMeSmile ๐ท With @Sreypov ๐ช Paramaribo, Suriname @Sreypov and I went for a walk in search of groceries, smiles and laughs, and a picture of the nastiest food ever, mayo.
#HiveComic Contest #19 ๐ด Uncle Scrooge - My First Million ๐ฐ 1,000 NEOXAG hivecomic is all about money, and the title made me think it's a great one for LeoFinance ๐ฆ๐.. HiveComic** is a fun fill-in-the-blank comic strip with BEE tokโฆ
๐ฉโ๐ป Srey-Yuu & The Hive Blockchain's ๐บ Suriname Television Debut ๐ฌ More To Come Soon... "10 Min Jeugdjournaal" stopped by to film Srey-Yuu and learn more about her Hive blog, and it was aired on national TV.
๐ฅ Peanut-Tamarind Chutney ๐ถ๏ธ An Ital Recipe ๐จโ๐ณ Having recently scored some peanuts after a multi-month shortage, I sat out to make a chutney we used to eat very often.
Finding Ways To Give Thanks No Matter The Circumstance I am always finding small ways to give thanks no matter the circumstance, as it seems the only way to weather this storm
Eek-A-Mouse Vs. The Marley Family
Suriname Flowers ๐บ Photography ๐ท & Medicinal Uses โ๏ธ Taking some inspiration from @Sreypov, I've decided to learn a little about the flowers surrounding our apartment. ๐ผ๐บ
๐ I Need Wings ๐ฆ The Tiny Fliers Of Paramaribo, Suriname ๐ฆ The whole family has been a bit down in spirits lately. We miss Cambodia and long to return, but it's just not possible.
My Friend JahBruce ๐บ๐๏ธ Releases His First Music Video ๐ Railway Station I talked with my friend Jah Bruce in Jamaica last week, and he informed me he just released his first music video on YT.
๐ฝ #HiveComic Contest #18 โน๏ธโโ๏ธ Space Jam ๐ ManCave Edition ๐ช1,000 NEOXAG & 10 BROS This week's @TheTerminal #hivecomic is a manly intergalactic ๐ฝ Space Jam ๐ with 1,000 NEOXAG and 10 BROS up for grabs.
๐ Going Full Manual Voting (Sort Of) ๐ณ๏ธ Here's Why ๐โโ๏ธ
#WednesdayWalk ๐ถโโ๏ธ #MakeMeSmile ๐ #Monomad Edition ๐ท Paramaribo, Suriname I went for a walk to take some #Monomad photos but also realized it would be a great #WednesdayWalk #MakeMeSmile too ๐.
Where Hive Magic Happens ๐ฎ Qurator's Monday Missions ๐ต๏ธ Workstations ๐ฅ๏ธ This week's Monday Missions topic is "Workstations," so I will share with you where all the Hive blogging magic happens.
Hari Matar Ki Rasam ๐จโ๐ณ Split Pea Rasam ๐ฅฃ An Ital Recipe ๐๐โค๏ธ
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Learning How To Use My Canon SX530 HS ๐ธ Part 1 | Framing Assist - Lock
๐๐โค๏ธ Rastafari Craft Day ๐จ With The @KidSisters ๐จโ๐จ I sat down with the @KidSisters this morning to help them make their own Rastafari necklaces with Tewahedo pendants. ๐ฟ
#HiveComic Contest #17 ๐ต Get Jiro! (by Anthony Bourdain) ๐ 1,000 FOODIE This week's #hivecomic is in honor of Anthony Bourdain, our #1 Foodie, and his comic "Get Jiro," 1,000 FOODIE in prizes.
Snapshots ๐ท From Life On An ๐จโ๐พ Illegal Mega Ganja Farm ๐
My Hive Project Is Finally Taking Off ๐ The ASEAN Hive Community ๐ neoxian**), **PAL** (**palnet**), **CCC** (**creativecoin**), **LEO** (**leofinance**), **LOTUS** (**naturalmedicine**), **FOODIE** (**foodie**), and **BUILD** โฆ
๐๐ผ The Great Siem Reap Flood ๐ฃโโ๏ธ How It Humbled Me ๐๐๏ธ One of the most beautiful and worst experiences I've had in Cambodia were the truly epic Southeast Asian Floods of 2011.
๐ How To Shame A Multi-National Corporation Into Action ๐
Vita Malt Classic ๐บ #BeerSaturday Challenge ๐ป Week #164 I'm participating in the #BeerSaturday challenge again with a non-alcoholic malted beverage, as I don't drink alcohol ๐บ
๐คฆโโ๏ธ I Accidentally Smuggled Weed To Singapore ๐
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#HiveComic Contest #16 ๐ต Terminal City ๐ 1,000 BILPCOIN I got a comic with an awesome title for this week's #hivecomic - "Terminal City", handpicked especially for @TheTerminal
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Tomato Curry & Fried Okra ๐ An Ital Recipe ๐๐โค๏ธ
Cruiser Crit ๐ด Competitive Costumed Bike Racing ๐น Salida, Colorado Long before I met @Sreypov, I used to be pedicab driver and chef in Salida, Colorado, home to some very eccentric folks.
Making Peace ๐ง With Being Stranded In Suriname ๐ Something has been eating at my soul for nearly a year, and I've found it harder and harder to stay strong for my family
Teuk Chhou ๐ Kampot, Cambodia ๐โโ๏ธ Teuk Chhou, loosely translated as "rushing water" in Cambodian, is an awesome swimming and recreation site near Kampot.
#HiveComic Contest #15 ๐ Trump's Space Force ๐จโ๐ 1,000 NEOXAG This week's #hivecomic is a manly one regardless of hand size. I had The Man Cave Community in mind while creating this.
Khmerican Family Abroad #28 ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Life In Transit ๐ฃโโ๏ธ Part 4 - Water ๐ Continuing from part 3, this post is about water-based transit and the memories we've made via aqua-based movement ๐ฃโโ๏ธ
Khmerican Family Abroad #27 ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Life In Transit ๐ Part 3 - Tuk-Tuks ๐บ Continuing from part 2, this post is about tuk-tuk transit and the memories we've made in this humble transportation. ๐บ
Khmerican Family Abroad #26 ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Life In Transit ๐ฒ Part 2 - Two Wheels ๐๏ธ Continuing from part 1, this post is focused on two-wheeled transport, and the times we have used such transportation ๐ฒ
Khmerican Family Abroad #25 ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Life In Transit ๐งณ Part 1 - By Air โ๏ธ Being bankrupt and stranded in Suriname has caused us to miss economic freedom and personal freedom of movement greatly.
WKRP Scooter Rally ๐ต Cincinnati Once upon a time in Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 2009, vintage scooter heads assembled for a day of scooters and ska. ๐ต๐บ๐บ
@KidSisters ๐ญ Suriname School Update ๐ซ The Good & The Bad ๐๐ At 9:30 am this morning a neighbor honked in front of our gate to let us know we needed to rush to school before 10am ๐จ
@TheTerminal #HiveComic Contest #14 โฐ๏ธ The Flinstones ๐ฆ 1,000 Bilpcoin ๐ฆ This week's #hivecomic is a manly one, so manly it contains cavemen, Fred Flinstone to be exact. I grew up as a young bo
I Found An Old Selfie ๐คณ With This Ganja Celebrity ๐ง๐ฝ Young Hivers may not know what a Polaroid is, or only know them from old movies, but it was the original selfie tool. ๐คณ
Cincinnati Chili ๐ฒ Make America Spicy Again ๐ถ๏ธ An Ital Recipe
๐ Happy Birthday ๐ SreyYuu ๐ฅณ Our daughter SreyYuu (@KidSisters) turned 11 years old today, and she is turning into a beautiful and smart young lady.
๐บ Kampot to Hร Tiรชn ๐ฃ๏ธ With A Future God ๐งโโ๏ธ Part 3 ๐ฌ In part 2 we had just left the Vietnam border and were headed for one more adventure before returning home. I also hope
๐บ Kampot to Hร Tiรชn ๐ฃ๏ธ With A Future God ๐งโโ๏ธ Part 2 ๐ฌ
๐บ Kampot to Hร Tiรชn ๐ฃ๏ธ With A Future God ๐งโโ๏ธ Part 1 ๐ฌ popasquat**, which reminds there is only one day left for the [**ASEAN Hive Community ๐ซ๐ช Pop A Squat Challenge ๐ 25 HIVE In Prizes**](https://peakd.com/hive-โฆ
๐ฅฅ Daily Cambodian Staples ๐ Now A Rare Treat In Suriname ๐
@TheTerminal ๐ช #HiveComic Contest #13 - Sesame Street ๐ฆธ 1,000 NEOXAG ๐จ This week's #hivecomic is Sesame Street themed because my daughter, Monkey-B has fallen in love with Sesame Street. ๐ค๐น
๐ฌ Celebrating Dolphinhood With Fellow Hivers ๐ฅณ Paramaribo, Suriname popasquat** challenge over at [**ASEAN Hive Community**](https://peakd.com/c/hive-141359/created). (!pinmapple 5.906628 lat -55.234466 long d3scr)
๐ฆ My Understanding of the "New Normal" ๐ซ๐ An @Abundance.Tribe Question This is my submission for the question posed by @Abundance.Tribe is - "What is Your "Understanding Of The New Normal?"
๐ I've Been Signing A Friend Up For Junk-Mail For 10 Years ๐ญ Ever since I left the USA more than 10 years ago, I've lost a lot of friends because they don't answer their phones ๐ต๐ด
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