May, 2009Archive for

I find this AFP article quite funny!!

'Ghost' dollars offered for Pol Pot's shoes: reportPHNOM PENH (AFP) — A Cambodian photographer's attempt to sell the sandals of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has yielded only one bid -- 790,000 fake dollars offered in protest at the sale, a report said.Nhem En, who photographed inmates at the regime's main torture centre and also snapped pictures at official regime ceremonies, announced last month he was selling the footwear along with two cameras.The shoes belonging to Pol Pot, who died in 19...
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One night at the Heart of Phnom Penh

Today I spent the whole night scrounging the heart of Phnom Penh for hours only to find myself completely drained afterwards. It was Thursday’s night when my university-mates and I went to celebrate the farewell party for our friends Geoff and Dahye. At first, we all gathered at KT called Korean Town, located in Tuol Kork district, a kilometer away from our university. What I found surprising about KT was that it was a newly-built apartment which offers 6 dollars per kilometer square. It has ele...
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Royal oxen signal worry for Cambodian rice farmers

Do Cambodian farmers or farmers in other countries have to care about this? Maybe they do in their own world but in the real world, patience pays off.----------------------------PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia's royal oxen performed an ancient ceremony to predict the country's agriculture fortunes -- and raised fears of a low rice harvest by refusing to eat any of the grain.King Norodom Sihamoni presided over the ceremony in a park outside the palace where thousands of people watched royal astrologe...
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2005-written email I sent to one of my best girfriends

Dear Vanneth,How are you today? I think that you are still doubting that I am telling you the truth. In fact, I know you are still doubting. I can't thank you enough for it. It means you care about me. You know, I had been in that situation before and somehow I won't let myself in that situation. Although I may have, I try to control myself because I have learned so far and I don't wanna be crazy and stupid. Everything has got its exception. Love is not everything, but my family is everything fo...
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