After three months processing grief, I felt better and accept the fact!

 by Somaly

Namaste wonderful souls and dear readers, 

After three processing grief, I felt better and accept the fact! I still miss and cried every time that I think about my beloved mother. my currently emotion and physical health have been improved. I return to doing normal hobbies such as gardening, traveling, colouring, and creating video contents.

I realise that I have to forgive myself for what happens in the past? and it was somethings that I could not control. I keep praying and remembering the beautiful memories with my mother. I hope she could rest in peace. During Christmas and New Year holiday break, my husband and I had a short trip near by.

A couple picnic at Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha

My husband lost his young sister last November 2024, we decided to have a quiet Christmas celebration together. we had picnic at Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha. It was the best celebration picnic area during the Christmas Day. It was beautiful green and less crowed. there are some people visit there around 9:00 am. We arrived at 7:30 am. we could see turtles, eels, ducks, dragon flies, butterflies, and other wild animals. it was relaxing and peaceful moments. we really enjoyed the day. Brisbane Botanic Gardens has many beautiful areas where we could explored with nature walk and had refresh feelings. our favourite spots are waterlilies pond and home kitchen area( a place where council gardener grown different type vegetables, fruits tree, herbs, flowers, compost, bee hive, and worm farm.)

We live close by to the city, we rarely visit the South Bank and Kangaroo Point Cliffs.

Last Boxing Day, we spend half day walking from the Kangaroo Point Cliffs to the South Bank. Some areas were crowed. families brought their young children played, cycling, and walked their dogs. there are many people enjoyed their holiday break as well. we also enjoyed our walking and sightseeing the beautiful city views. we had fun and enjoyed time. we also could take some Power Nap during our holiday break. the holiday season could bring some new fresh start ideas and let's go for what happens last year? I felt grateful that we could overcome our challenges. we decided to bring more joy and happy moments into our life. Now we relaxed and trust the flow life with universal plans. it was time to let's go the past.

This was in the Coolangatta area. we also love to visit these beaches.

We decided to two day trip on 29/12/24 to 30/12/24. It was our second time that we visited some beaches between New South wales and Queensland border. there are some many magnificent and dazzling beaches and places. we spent time in Coolangatta beach, Kira beach, Rainbow Bay beach, Snapper Rocks, Froggy Beach, Flagstaff beach, Hastings Point, and Hastings Point Lookout. There beaches were crowed and busy. We decided to road trip where we could see small farm, cattle farm, sheep form, local towns, and some countryside area. people live simple and peaceful with nature. there are some areas where we could have internet connecting in our phone. we had exciting and also nervous as well. we managed to find our back home. I post some videos on my YouTube Channels if you are interest... Please checked the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCemx-eEKXmaq2A7oDr07JMg .

last year, my husband and I cleaned and decluttered our place. we felt release and happy with our new environment. we selected and adapted our growing season according to the weather conditions. We are looking for better future , healthy lifestyle, and abundance life.

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My First Experience in Melbourne City!

by: Somaly
Namaste wonderful souls and dear readers, 
This year, my cousin (monk) stayed and practiced his religion at Thomastown, Victoria. We decided to visit my cousin on a long weekend. My husband loves to stay in Melbourne CBD so we flew to Melbourne on Friday and returned to Brisbane on Monday. It was my first time to explore the city.

My cousin stayed Eysanmeanchey Temple for three months then he returned to Cambodia.

When my husband and I arrived at the Grand Hotel, the hotel manager was very helpful, friendly, and warm in welcoming us. We felt very comfortable and safe. We love the hotel building's historic appearance and central location. The manager recommended Cafe and Eatery Grain Store. We went to the cafe for two breakfasts. Their foods was beautiful, well decorated, and super delicious. We would recommend the cafe.

Breakfast Board

Breakfast Board

Our plans explored city, enjoyed foods, visited my cousin, went for a massage, and took a short nap. Our traveling practice might be different from major tourists and travellers. We just know that we can visit the city again in future so there is no rush to see all the popular destinations. We are spontaneous explorers and worked with what our body needs. If we felt tired, we stopped and took short nap. We love to support local restaurants, pubs, taxi, and business. We love to explore Melbourne cuisines.

The Rooftop View

The Night City Views

The Night River Views

For my first experience and travelled in the Melbourne I was amazed with all the high rise buildings, historic buildings, people, lifestyle, culture, foods, public transportations, some small block streets where I could find the restaurants, food courts, street arts, pubs, and river walk. I felt like Melbourne City is bigger, busier, and more modern and in advanced than Brisbane. however I still love to live in the Brisbane suburbs. 

My husband and I had a relaxed time and an amazing experiences in our trip. We cannot wait to explore the beautiful cities and places in the world. We are saving and planning our journey. We have some countries that we would love to experiences and learn from the people lifestyle, culture, language, historic buildings, interesting destinations, and foods.

Our travel expectations are simple and easy going. We understand that we might have bad or good experiences in our trips. We wish that we could have the wonderful time and experiences, meet the beautiful people along the way, have safe trips, gain the knowledge and insights, and be able to share and recommend some good hotels, good restaurants, delicious foods, and interesting destinations.

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