Posted in Other Goodies, academia, buddhism, history, music, retroblogging, stuff, weblogs on Feb 21st, 2010
I raise these hands up to you, Teacher, guru, of this song,
This melody, sung so long / Ago, before the Bo tree.
In your kind home you taught me / To chant Pali reverently,
Treat books with care, so gently, And to daily humbly pray
To the Three Jewels, our teachers / And all creatures, ’til the day
You [...]
Posted in academia, agriculture, animism, buddhism, history, weblogs on Jan 15th, 2010
This brightened up my day:
Scholar and blogger Erik Davis (formerly of blog DeathPower) is back with
“Imagining the Real World.” Hooray!
http://erikwdavis.wordpress.com
Off to click through the many tidbits on offer, digesting a rather exhaustive examination of Chomsky Cambodia chronology.
Postscript: more drama on that last bit from Details Are Sketchy!
http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/scorned-in-cambodia/
Posted in academia, architecture, current events, urbanization on Dec 4th, 2009
This looks intriguing; From Helsinki to Phnom Penh:
W E L C O M E !
Presentation series of Urban planning projects of students from Helsinki
University
of Technology. After our field work period in Phnom Penh in the spring
2009, we came
up with various sustainable strategies for the growth of the Cambodian
capital Phnom
Penh. Be warmly welcome to attend our [...]