where cider meets condensed milk: I'd Like to Extend to You an Invitation to the Pants Party

where cider meets condensed milk

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

I'd Like to Extend to You an Invitation to the Pants Party

The Pants Party on the Mekong River for Tim's birthday coincided with my last night in Cambodia, Michael's 3rd, and Jonathan's 1st. Wear some fancy pants, funny pants, shiny pants, dragon pants, zebra pants, lady pants, any pants at all, or not at all. Found my $3 zebra trousers at a random little market near the house, which made me look somewhat like a Florida woman headed for a buffet dinner at a casino. It started drizzling while I was buying them, which quickly turned into a good rain, which became a downpour, which turned into a legitimate river running through the aisles as people scrambled to cover their wares from the leaks in the tin and tarp ceiling and the floodwaters below. When I finally biked home, there was so much water on the road that your foot goes fully under with each pedal, and little kids were fully submerged, swimming in the mucky water. Given that Phnom Penh has sketchy sewage systems in place, I hope those kiddies have immune systems of steel.

Met some other foreigners on the boat who lived in my same dorm at Northwestern, 2 years later, so was able to utter the infamous line, "Yeah, I lived in Bobb." Oh Bobb-McCulloch and the almost-fond memories. It was a very late night, followed by sunny and very early morning tuktuk ride to the airport. Hopped over into Bangkok in another rainstorm. Sayonara Cambodia!

posted by Raychaa @ 10:06 PM

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