I was tired. I was hungry. I had lots of other things to do.
But wild horses couldn’t have kept me away from this year’s FilmCamp.
Like the label says: it’s a meeting of film enthusiasts. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
I’d first encountered the organizers ‘Kon Khmer Koun Khmer’ at their amazing ‘Golden ...
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Some very brief tidbits from Cambodia's first TechCamp!
http://techcampphnompenh.wordpress.com
So pleased to see the Open Development Cambodia team 'walk their talk'! That's my team!
Above: US Ambassador Todd asked us to 'like' his Facebook page. (Not what I would ordinarily expect in a diplomatic intro. :D )
Yrs truly w/host (and blogger) Soma Norodom. ...
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It's a very small world. It seems that where ever I go, Marin seems to turn up sooner or later.
I first met him during a brief stint grant-writing at United Cambodian Community in Long Beach. Years later, after I moved to Cambodia, we both ended up working in Siem Reap. ...
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Foreigners are generally NOT keen on Cambodian pop.
Maybe they should pay more attention, as this savvy article spells out.
http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/song-and-dance-hun-sens-other-power-play/
This music forms a constant background soundtrack to life in Cambodia, where the majority party oversees the vast majority of the media as well.
Of course, community advocates engaging with the powers that ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog on Nov 20th, 2012
(Siem Ream opens its arms to you!)
Friday, November 01:
I hop a bus at noon from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. In earlier days I'd be taking a speedboat. These days it's a 4-5 hour jaunt via bus. One of the small but deeply important changes in Cambodian life since ...
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