Mikes Thoughts

Out to do things

Today I am fortunate to be able to go see my daughter for coffee out. We’ve put it off a few times since last week but I love going to see her socially and she’s wanted to try Summer Coffee since I shared photos of the place with her. We talk a lot about life and her adventures going places. Lately it’s been more of Vietnam which I am jealous of. After some time seeing her and some nice coffee together spent mostly talking about little life things, I think will go to see my barber here. He’s downtown and I enjoy the time spent seeing him. We talk also about life during the hour or so spent there. I’ll likely get a PassApp there from the coffee shop and spend time after walking downtown and then maybe will treat myself to some new walking shoes. I seem to go through them in six months or so. There’s a store here in Siem Reap that sells better quality shoes so I go spend $35 on myself today.

Maybe I will take my kindle today. I have not read in so long. I am not sure why. I love reading on it. Been mostly downloading older books and sending them in email to my kindle. Have not bought a new book in a long time. No reason to buy a book if I am not reading.

before I go out to do the things there is...

Coffee here and some renegade thoughts in the journal. I like starting the mornings like I had written in journal to blog about my journeys from a thing to another thing. I don’t do the local community thing here ever. Don’t really care for that whole experience in the mornings. Leave all that to my wife. I guess it’s my overriding dislike of the house that comes out when I have to be more involved with any stuff involving it and the local stuff here. Coffee in the mornings also means music. Spotify here is cheaper and officially supported so I just do that. Have some nice morning playlists I enjoy with the coffee and the journal.

Mostly it’s about the waiting I have to admit. I cannot wait to leave here most days. My mornings walks give me this time to just go somewhere here. I never really know the place until I get going and it’s not too hard to change to a different walk as I go. I enjoy Wat Bo a lot which is a nice walk from here but I really enjoy walking downtown because of the main streets with nice sidewalks and the smaller alleys and side streets that always make me glad to spend my moments wandering them. I hear dogs barking and people laughing. Some wave and say hello in Khmer. There is the Siem Reap river wandering along which I sometimes find some steps to see. I love the riverwalk areas here and all the bridges. It’s really a beautiful city and just big enough to walk downtown and see new things. Or maybe things I don’t remember seeing before.

Of course I dwell on all the things. Classic barang overthinking posture. Music going with Jim Croce this morning. He was walking back to Georgia this morning and his voice is so haunting and sensuous. After 7am now. Today still have a few hours to dawdle away doing the morning things here.

I’ll just take you along with me on the places. I’ll likely end up for a coffee out somewhere or perhaps today a mango shake downtown. See you when the words and worlds combine.

Now I am out doing things for real

Well what I wrote earlier about seeing my daughter won’t happen today. So plan b or whatever. PassApp to downtown to Noi Cafe. Will walk downtown again.

I like reading why people blog. What I’ve come up with is why do you need a reason. Instead just go. Don’t worry about what or when. Find a thing. The words always come. Perhaps when you try the least.

That is the story I think of writing. Just do it. For me it’s just the everyday story. Life in this place or another. I think I am more about rendering an imperfect life in unfinished words.

I’ll practice more. Meanwhile you get this.