the phnom pen

Just for you Gav….

Mum’s house…….Saturday.

And yes….by the time I had finished ripping the roofing guys a new arsehole……I was sweating.

I bought a few boxes of these foam ear plugs from my sister before she left because you just cannot get the good ones here in Cambodia which is weird because Cambodia must rate as one of the noisiest cities in the world. The noises aren’t particularly loud as such. More-so annoying and they always seem to come at the wrong time. Imagine my surprise when I get back home after taking Sarah to the Airport and there at our front door is a wedding tent ! Talk about timing ! This means tonight there will be loud wedding music blaring out from a loudspeaker all night. HOWEVER………last night I gave the ear plugs a test run and I can report I slept like a dead man. There is something very soothing about listening to the sound of your own breathing and the sleep was of a very different quality to normal. Deep, uninterrupted and I definitely did not do my nightly crocodile rolls. My new best friends !

PS : And Sarah – I can report they do NOT come out of your ears as you sleep

After more than a year on the market the house in Australia has finally been sold. Despite a few shitty experiences in Forster I was fundamentally very happy in the house and it is just a shame i never go to live there with family. I am quite happy with the result in terms of price achieved but it really has been a very stressful decision to let it go and one that I feel I wasn’t fully at ease with but that had to happen for various reasons. It frees up a bit of capital ( the bank is taking a large slice ) but leaves us without a home anywhere which is strange. I also feel like I have kind of cut ties with Australia and may never get back in to property there but sometimes in life we have to make tough calls. Now i just have to figure out how to wisely invest. Anybody ?