Penny and Fred

Batten down the hatches…

Well reader(s), it looks like Phnom Penh is in for another bout of crazy weather, predicted to begin tomorrow… 

The text-a-thon started late last night, when my friend, who suffered extensive flooding in last weeks down pour, let me know that the search for gumboots and good quality wet weather gear were in the process of being sourced.  Me being the type of person that loves a bit of excitement and adventure, I quickly put myself onto the clean up crew.  Only time will tell if I will need to battle the raging flood waters of Phnom Penh to aid my submerged friends in need.

Fear not for us friends, if the 5 flights of stairs leading us to our penthouse apartment have anything to do with it, we shall be safe from the impending flood waters… 

So, it’s a lazy Sunday in the Penh.  Fred is playing around on the internet and I am doing everything possible to avoid doing work, stave off boredom and avoid sending Fred around the bend with my boredom induced ranting, including having cleaned out the fridge.  For all those that own a fridge as big as a car or the proud new owners of a fridge, that have the luxury of having an unobscured view of their food, a mild feeling of disdain is headed your way.  You know who you are… 

It’s amazing what one can find shoved into the back of a refridgerator.  In my case, a grapefruit, that’s right an entire grapefruit.  I’m still not sure if finding the grapefruit was in fact the biggest surprise or the fact that we worked out that it had taken up residence in our fridge over 6 weeks prior.  I think I am most thankful for the fact that it was still in one, although somewhat shrivelled, piece and had not yet started the process of liquification.  For those that know me well, I don’t do well with rotten and liquifing foods, especially applicable for foods in the fruit and vegetable family.

A few more intersting finds later, most not getting a second glance before being thrown hastily into the bin, and the realisation that we have more Soda Water in our fridge than any other item, we now have a clean and organised fridge…

There was but one exception to the ‘if it doesn’t look quite right, bin it’ rule, a tub of sour cream with an expiration date of 20/10/53, I’m still trying to work out if this was a miss print or have we really had a tub of sour cream in our fridge for the past 57 years??

So, with the fridge now clean and ice trays filled, I am back to trying to finding something that will distract me from the ever encroaching boredom… 

Suggestions are most welcome…

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