"Death is a black cat and a pet dog
uncharitable omens of a culling
spectral noises from VTE, PNH, KUL.
Fraudulent, like two bogus NBA tickets
novel, like guerilla rides and Windows 25
tarty, like airport merlots and a cab sav."
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And so it was that defiance was sheperded at 245 Mao Tse Tung Avenue where the MCPs converge on JET to nullify arbitrary fiscal restraints that ushered the onboarding of Dili, Phnom Penh's presumed concurrence, and the rescheduling of Yangon --- reassurances of social protection and a reiteration of responsible finance as reimagined from the smog that repositioned a PMU to be able to seize the day with the aid of a Dutch-compliant computer.
The Point Community Mall meetings were celebrated with elaborately prepared traditional Khmer royal cuisine --- a huge fried freshwater fish on Day 1, everyday vegetable soups and salads, and ancient and delicate amok rei in Day 3 --- the daily fare of the Houses of Sisowath and Norodom until they were deposed by the Khmer Republic who was deposed by the Khmer Rouge who was deposed in the Christmas Day invasion of Vietnam in 1978 who withdrew in 1989 but left the pho bo to nurture Day 2 of the 2025 meetings that concluded with a disappointing Bassac Lane version of pork served charcuterie style.
We worked and ate.
We walked and drank.
The long late afternoon strolls along the adjacent parks of the Independence Monument led us to a streetside grilled carabao jerky and cans of Dragon premium dark beer, a restaurant version of beef barbecue and bottles of Cambodia lager, a box of Anchor ligt lager beer to commemorate the reunion of the middle and younger brothers, and a night cap of amazing rice porridge and cold Angkor lager --- Cambodia's national and most popular beer.
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"Touchdown to a brunch in Baloc
to a vigil and padaya dinner in Sto. Rosario
fused like cheese, fish crackers, and an embutido."
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