Archive for July, 2011

Some people think that because I do a lot of various activities in my life, that I must be a very busy bee. That’s not really true, as I try to do only one fun thing at a time. However I have decided to make one big change in this current life.

I am going to move.

I currently live in this palace style free-standing villa with three floors, four bedrooms with four bathrooms, a giant living room, a big western styled kitchen, a garage, a balcony and a rooftop which includes a bamboo hut and an open air shower (which is a piece of heaven, by the way). And it costs me $550 per month. On my own.

But I also took over The Flicks Community Movie House in April, which is running pretty great. There I am paying rent for the building too and my idea was to create and renovate a total of three bedrooms which could be rented out. Including a shared bathroom and kitchen. Since these construction works came to an end last week and my own housekeeper made everything shine again, I realized: I love this space!

Why am I keeping on to a palace, while I am at the movie house about 85% of my time anyway? It doesn’t enable me to fully use and enjoy the palace, right?

And by deciding to give up the palace, I’ll be moving in into The Flicks building pretty soon. There I can continue to give my massage therapy sessions in one of the downstairs rooms, without always having to commute home every day. And it’s not really that I will be living at my work place, I can easily close up shop at the movie house and walk downstairs to my own apartment.

And by moving in down the movie house, I can be there more, as I am slowly transforming it from a movie house to a community house. I hope to add morning hour yoga classes to the schedule too, as there is a high demand for affordable yoga classes (with air conditioning!) (Therefore wanted: yoga teacher(s)). I also would like to facilitate the movie room for conversational Khmer language classes for expats in the afternoons.

The open area of The Flicks front ‘yard’ will become my ‘root top’ area that I will still need on a daily basis and the community house will get its own side entrance to its first floor.

It’s better to spend a few hundred dollars a month on making The Flicks place a really cool place, than to spend rent on both places without really being able to enjoy one of them, right?

Today I noticed my landlord (of the palace) about this. He wanted me to keep paying rent for the remaining three months of my lease, however I had to explain him that my 3-months deposit actually covers my last three months. “No that is not true.” Well, that’s what the contract says, hehe. Oops for him. Great for me.

Instead of decoration the ground floor apartment of the movie house as a guest house apartment, I can now slowly take my time to move stuff from the enormous palace and make that apartment totally my apartment. I am already loving it.

If you possibly know people that would love to live in my current palace, feel free to contact me. It’s up for rent!

And yes, The Flicks apartment will get an outside open air shower. I just can’t live without a piece of heaven.