4:30
shit....TOO early..... the usual waves of Angst ......Phap, skin cancer, PR card, etc etc
a glass of wine soothes the panic
nap
6:30
I'm a bit tipsy by 7:00, so I go upstairs for hotel breakfast ....
It's packed.....and the Westerners are behaving like pigs .... (what do you expect?)
A couple loaded their plates with everything, leaves half the food on the plates, (no stacking of plates obviously) and then moves to the window with their coffee cups.....and leaves them there too .... I feel so sorry for the Khmer employees.....such disrespect from those FAT stupid RICH white assholes....
8:00
should I try Eda again?
I do .....bad mistake....she has lost it..... asks me whether Phap is in Cambodia with me ....has she been listening to anything I've been saying for the last 6 months ?!??
That leaves me a little depressed .....
9:45
Head out through the amazing wet market to the Smile store...... 2 more bottles of Rose ... and some cookies ;-)
10:45
nap ...sleep off the buzz
11:30
sink laundry and shower.....
12:15
The Harmony receptionist remembers my first name again when I buy the gym ticket.....
12:18
No Pong Li in sight....
2 women servers....but none of them brings me a menu ....and I'm CRAVING a chicken Caesar ......
13:00
a 2nd gym round..... and I ask the waitresses.... it's Pong Li's day off ......whew....
13:30
a 3rd gym round
Toan asks for a gift from Cambodia..... oh fuck off ....
There is this unbelievably FAT COW floating in the swimming pool....taking up the swimming lane .... what is WRONG with people....
Who cares... I go for a swim (not a FLOAT).....
13:45
Walk back to my hotel.....another TukTuk driver asks me whether I need a ride (I think he knows me by now) I point at the Ohana stairs and ask "how much?" he motions as if he wants to carry me and says 1 Dollar....we both laugh happily ;-)
pressure relief
a nice message from Phap .... he likes to be hugged by me..... soon ;-)
16:00
Walk to the store again .... I give a dollar to an OLD man who is too shy too beg..... 2 minutes later, I see a maybe 40 year old guy who got both his hands blown off..... all he has left are two stumps..... no, I don't give him any money but I curse the injustice of existence.....especially after I see all those FANCY cars parked in front of the two hotels..... and I realize I should have taken a cheaper hotel room and given the $100 difference to him..... wouldn't have made a big difference to me, after all ..... SHIT..... I STILL have SO MUCH to learn .....
16:45
18:00
The rooftop.....the Salad Nicoise is actually really good.....
20:00
exhausted.....need to sleep....
sleep
5:00
A nasty Grandma dream..... reoccurring themes..... she bitches at everything....and leaves me to deal with the problems....
5:30
might as well get up.....
6:30
HORNY and pressure relief
nap
7:30
8:15
breakfast (a small one)
depressed doze and drink ....
9:15
Eda doesn't answer the phone ....
10:00
2 hours until check-out....
I finally do my crunches.....
10:15
The Hong Hai receptionist finally accepted the Zalo friend request .... 2 weeks too late, but better late than never.
Harmony emails.....they will try to accommodate my early check-in request....
12:00
I KNEW that checking in would be a pain..... even though all the suites were empty..... at least the receptionist clandestinely offers me a 13:00 check in ...... up to the 11th floor..... order wine and Chicken Caesar
a bit of Gym...and right away the receptionist asks me for my gym coupon..... annoying...
Boring Chicken Caesar..... not as good as the Salad Nicoise across the street..... might have to have that later......
12:50
And there is Pong Li with his smiling eyes..... this time he only asks whether he can remove the empty plate.....
13:00
The receptionist did not lie..... I get my room key 707 ..... comfy....much more so than Ohana.....but was it worth the money ?
14:15
Joanna video calls in a swim suit from a beach in the Phlips......
14:40
Buy wine & cookies & jam....
15:00
comfy room, indeed ...... too easy to be too lazy here ....
15:15
nap
16:00
let's do the bank machine.....
take out US$600 ....easier than in VietNam !
16:20
WHAT THE FUCK?!?
This is the time when the monks start chanting..... the same as the church bells in SaiGon... and I have NEVER EVER been able to figure out WHY it is 4:20 am and 4:20 pm.......
I call Bobby..... doesn't sound like he will leave my money with Lisa tomorrow....
17:00
Another quick burst of activity in the gym upstairs.
After buying masks and hand disinfectant I walk over to Little Hanoi Restaurant......it doesn't exist..... Google Maps is WRONG again.... I'm used to that by now.....
On the way back I decide to check out The Hideaway....... I find The address....I ask the people in the Mexican restaurant on the ground floor......oh....different place....take the elevator to floor 3 and enter through door 310.....WHAT?.....anyhoo, I take the elevator to floor 3....and I kid you not.... the small space outside the elevator is surrounded by 6 doors with numbers on them....none of them ajar but one has a symbol on it....I pull and I see stairs leading up.....this must be the one....
two restaurant floors and no customers.... I wouldn't be here, if I hadn't spotted this place from the roof of Ohana !
I head to the second floor.....AMAZING view..... Caesar salad & G&T...... shaved cheese instead of mozzarella..... freshly cooked TENDER chicken.... a 30-something waiter that keeps hovering close by.... too bad no one can find this place.....
short naps..... comfy bed.... sweating on the pillows again.....wtf?!?
sleep
6:15
New waves of Angst (about Canada) makes me get up...... it is WINDY outside .... not ideal for my already old watery eyes ...
6:45
I get an email from Booking.com .... Harmony reported me a No-Show .....WTF !?!???
8:15
Let's check out the breakfast on the 12th floor...... it's NOT a buffet .... I get a cup of LOUSY drip coffee and an American breakfast with 1 (ONE) slice of toast for $8.80...... NEVER again !
9:00
I tell the poor reception girl to fix the no-show affair..... I should have been nicer.....but then maybe they will learn not to do it again to someone else....
9:30
call Eda....
nap
11:15
OK.....time to go shopping.....
12:00
Already noon..... I just got back with 2 bottles of Sauv Blanc, a carton of smokes, etc etc.....
screw it..... time to head to the gym.....
Chicken Caesar.....
12:50
And there is Pong Li.....looking cuter every single time......
13:30
2 gym rounds....one swim....tipsy....time to go....even though Pong Li asks me whether I want another wine......oh no....I'd be making comments about his hands again.....but maybe I should ;-)
nap
14:45
time to go to Smile store #3 to buy more Rose..... On the way I discover Smile store #4 .....no Rose....
and Karma strikes again...... on the way to Smile #3, I see a store....'Big C'.....wine bottles inside....Cinsault Grenache.....that same desert reddish colour..... and this one says on the label 'Vin Gris du Maroc'..... I fucking knew it...... I had this stuff before.....years ago in Morocco....and I loved it..... I thought that I'd never have it again unless I return to Morocco...... now I find it in friggin Cambodia ...LOL..
I buy 3 bottles...... they are ONLY $5 per bottle
I try them at home....divine..... I call Julian to tell him the story.....he loves it....
nap
17:30
oh....might as well....I walk back to the store to buy the remaining 3 bottles ;-)
19:00
Let's have another Salad Nicoise..... not as good this time.....it's missing Tuna..... but for $9.80 for a big salad and a glass of wine.... no complaints
20:00
Back in my room.... a bit down because nothing from Phap.....
nap
20:30
Joanna is flipping out at her sister because of the vaping.....
sleep
5:00
a little more Angst (Canada) makes me get up...... half a bottle of Vin Gris fixes it .....
nap
8:00
FUCKING Canadians..... BC Hydro sent an email stating that they'll replace a power pole in front of my house..... and they say that the power will be out from Feb 22 to Feb 6....... IMBECILES...
8:10
call Eda..... she's mumbling again and I can barely hear her.....frustrating....
10:00
tipsy and tired
11:15
time to get my ass in motion.....
teeth, crunches, ....I submit a 'customer request' on the BC Hydro web page......response time 7 to 8 business days ..... laughable ......
12:30
Showered and dressed I enter the 11th floor.....
Pad Thai.....not very good..... I'm losing confidence in their food here !
13:30
I've sent $300 to Jessica .... as thank you and also I need someone to check the mail in the coming weeks/months
I'm tired and worn out.....but starting to plan the tax season.... and the red envelope to J was the first step of that..... I need someone to look at the mail..... and right now Eda is too busy for that :-(
swim
14:15
time to go..... Pong Li is busy sweeping....
15:00
nap
16:00
The phone rings..... Do you want your room made up? I get snippy.... No....that's why I have a sign on my door that says Do NOT disturb..... Do you want new towels? ....If I wanted new towels I would take the sign away.....
I go downstairs to pick up my Viet visa printout....... THEY tell me that this hotel has a RULE that the room has to be cleaned every 2 days....... I appease my favourite receptionist by telling her that I will take fresh towels today.....
I come back up and there are THREE people looking into my room....the young 'middle management' woman actually tells me my bed does not look good....
I get my garbage emptied and new towels..... and I will NEVER EVER stay here again ;-)
Joanna in the Philippines can't even believe it when I tell her.....
17:00
18:45
I feel like I could use some FOOD..... How about Velkommen Guest House..... I order a G&T and a chicken burger..... I get a can of Tonic Water and a beef burger..... ah well....it's been a while since I had red meat....maybe about time again...... I make sure to chew well.....
19:15
The fuckers CANCELLED my booking at Harmony..... I was SO looking forward to leaving a REVIEW....but now I can't..... ah well....
19:30
I pay my bill...... a good cheese burger with fries AND a Bombay Sapphire G&T....$9.50 ....can NOT complain !
Nothing from Phap or The Monkey ....
Sleep with neck pain again.....probably because of Gym....
sleep
5:30
coffee makes the neck pain go away.....
more naps
8:30
Holy shit.....I must have needed sleep !
Another one of those Phap messages..."Soon meet again. I'm looking forward to meeting you again."
better than nothing but WTF?!?
nap nap nap
12:00
WTF?
Joanna calls.....issues with her sister....
shower
12:30
up on the 11th floor....
mini gym
chicken caesar
13:00
there is Pong again....
13:15
I ask Pong Li if he wants to give me his email address.... and ask him for another glass of wine.....still have to do gym and swim..... by now I have learned..... life passes by the timid.....
mini gym...
I am tired.....and my eyes are really watery old today..... wtf....welcome to old age.....
13:30
swim
pay the bill..... talk to Pong a tiny bit....he works until 11 pm...
Smile Store.....an extra bottle of wine.....cookies, chicken cold cut, yogurt, cookies...
17:00
talk to Julian for an hour (FUN)
18:45
Drunk and full..... talk to The Monkey for a bit
19:00
NOT hungry enough to go out and eat.....
I think I'll just pass out in my room today....
21:00
pass out drunk
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