Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2006
Mixed Media Exhibition
The Art House
Upstairs at the Warehouse
Old Market- Siem Reap - Cambodia
Contemporary Art
Mixed Media Exhibition
By Graduates of the Royal University of Fine Arts
August 4 - November 2, 2006
www.thearthousesiemreap.com
[from What's On]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2006
Masterpieces of the National Museum,
a new book published with support of Friends of Khmer Culture, will be launched at the National Museum (naturally) this July 27 at 5:30.
[from What's On]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2006
Unveiling Ouk - Khmer Chess
Khmer Institute has a breakdown of the rules to this often perplexing game.
http://www.khmerinstitute.org/culture/ok.html
Now you can play it online, thanks some innovative Javascript code work by developers "asreng", "samauch", and "yasakani". Way to go!
http://ouk.sourceforge.net/kchess.php
[info courtesy Mungkol,cheers to DAS for the tipoff.]
Meanwhile, the always-provocative 'Sacrava' provides ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2006
Best Asian Food Blog?
I'm voting
www.phnomenon.com at http://www.asiapundit.com
"vote early, vote often"! (Quote by?)
Postscript 29/07/2006: Phnomenon cite for PP Food Map @
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2006/07/cambodias-first-google-maps-mashup.html
High tech GIS photo mapping meets low cost street food. Love it.
Gridskipper calls it "gastrocambogooglocartography".
http://www.gridskipper.com/travel/phnom-penh/phnom-penh-gastrocambogooglocartography-190763.php
Tags: Cambodia
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 21st, 2006
BookWatch:
Hmm, coming soon from Amitav Ghosh:
Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma. (Fiction and nonfiction)
Also, in Phnom Penh, K.S. Maniam's Faced Out is now available at Monument Books.
Tags: Cambodia
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