Posted in comics, literature on Jun 12th, 2007
Cambodia kind of skipped the punk rock era due to armed conflict going on at the time. There are punk songs about Cambodia, but authentic Khmer Punk Rock remains to be seen.
As with hip-hop culture, Punk is more than a musical style, it has its own ethos and values, ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2007
[From'Rotess Ploeung' Exhibition writeup]
Phnom Penh, Saturday morning, six hours, the railway station wakes up.
On the quays the salesmen are not numerous. A rice soup saleswoman, a saleswoman of cakes, cigarettes and drinks. The train fills gently, very gently. One is far from the multitude of the Nineties which filled of ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2007
Thursday was fun and unexpected; in the course of my workaday life, I ran into some surprise guests. The morning saw me at a meeting on Serious Issues and ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2007
Establishments adjacent to a palace are usually gentrified - but in Cambodia you'll find noodle shops and a car wash mixed with more pricey establishments like the one pictured here. (Apparently just opening up.)
I thought the name summed up the 'get rich quick' desire fueling the property boom and growth ...
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