Posted in Photo Wednesday on Jul 23rd, 2008
The government may have banned 'happy pizza', but one can still 'drink to healthy joints'. Spotted on Sihanouk Boulevard, shot by camera phone.
Tags: cambodia,photo wednesday
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Posted in animation, cinema, visual art on Jul 18th, 2008
This week's Phnom Penh Post gives us the latest on award-winning animator Puy Chhunly's work at Phare Art School.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php?option=com_jcs&view=jcs&layout=form&Itemid=554
Interview at 2007 Cambofest Awards:
http://www.expat-advisory.com/articles/asia/southeast-asia/cambodia/local-showcase-winner-puy-chhunly?quicktabs_1=2
See the clip (subtitled): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxpby7fffk
Tags:video,cinema,cambodia,khmer,animation
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Posted in business, current events, more stuff on Jul 17th, 2008
If you can't bring people to the silk farm, you bring the farm to town.
And give them cocktails.
An evening out at the 'Silkworm Social' highlighted Cambodia's specialized variety of naturally colored gold threads. About 5 tons are produced each year, and it could be much more.
Above, we have some silkworms ...
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(Above: KFC on Monivong Boulevard)
It came as a small surprise when I read in the paper that fast food restaurants existed on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Somehow the idea of interrogators stepping out of a prison waterboarding session for a latte seemed... incongruous. (The idea of them rewarding prisoners with ...
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David Eberhardt talks about returnees making a difference at KORSANG preview & fundraiser this evening to a packed crowd at 'Talking To A Stranger'.
Trailer online at www.korsangfilm.com , more background courtesy Phnom Penh Post.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/200806126692/Post-Life/Rappers-beat-path-to-Mexico-City.html
(Story of above: Tired. Take a peek at email. Note from Katy down in Melbourne: hip hop ...
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