Journey through 10,000 photos (Part IV)

This is the last of the series of my picture project. Each picture brought back so many memories it was just a blessing and pleasure to work on it. I'm working up toward the next 10k pictures.. which is actually coming pretty close. After this, I promise to put up more details from my recent trip.

(Cambodia, Oct 2013) Rice offerings at Pchum Ben festival

(Cambodia, Oct 2014) Monks are no exception to studying very hard at our English school (you'd be surprised how many of them are quite fluent) 

(Cambodia, Nov 2013) The sad thing about development is that as lives get better for people and gain from it, it loses other things too like cultural values and beautiful landscapes like these. Siem Reap has become all commercialized because of tourism but if you step out 20 min out of town, gorgeous bucolic scenes are still in tact.

(San Francisco Jan 2014, popular dim-sum take out stand. I've been coming here for decades!)

(Cambodia, Feb 2014) Chatting with the vendors at the market

(Cambodia, March 2014) Sometimes the best way to start a conversation or communication is through my camera. When I was in a local cafe in Sihanoukville, a bunch of kids were interested in my camera and they started posing. This was is my favorite. It's mischievous and sweet at the same time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Japan, May 2014) It's not so extravagant as high noon tea, but people in the north really like to take their time drinking their tea and chatting over what seems like a meal but really they're all sweet and savory snacks, potluck style. 3 of my aunts live within 300m of each other so this is a daily ordeal. Wish I could understand them a bit better since they all talk in think Tohoku accent

(Cambodia, April 2014) Purification Ceremony of the new sewing school project building

(Phnom Penh, March 2014) This is one of my favorite pictures. It's a juxtaposition of the new and old generations.

(Cambodia, March 2014) Cambodian wedding of one of my coworkers. Little did we know that we had to do an insane amount of dancing after this...

(Cambodia, March 2014) Religious rite ceremony. It's humbling to see people praying in the midst of the candle lights at dusk.