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Happy New Year (3 of 3)

Posted in cambodge, cambodia, current events, khmer on Apr 14th, 2010

Wishing you and yours a happy (Khmer) New Year.  Three for three! The rainy season is starting and it's nice to beat the heat.

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The Hurried Monk

Posted in buddhism, cambodge, cambodia on Nov 11th, 2007

Phnom Penh: I'm having an early afternoon bowl of noodle soup when a monk walks into the restaurant, plops this plastic 'amulet' on my table and tries to sign me up on his donations list. Apparently for the building of a temple. He doesn't respond to any Khmer language inquiries. Naturally ...

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Rat in Me Kitchen

Posted in cambodge, cambodia, more stuff on Apr 29th, 2007

Rat in Me Kitchen Perusing one of the larger supermarkets in Phnom Penh I found a new variation on a classic product. I was first introduced to this by fellow expat Karen in the year 2000, who practially dragged me to the aisle to show me. She pointed out a metal tin ...

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Weblogger leaves Cambodia due to death threats, sexual harassment

Posted in cambodge, cambodia, current events, intellectual property, news, weblogs on Aug 28th, 2006

Writer, weblogger, and former VSO volunteer Angie Manzano has left Cambodia, following a persistent series of explicit posts and threats featured on website Khmer440.com. A series of message board postings copied prior writings and attributed false statements to ‘Cambochica’ and ‘Angie Manzano’ over a series of several months. They culminated in a ...

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Expat Life or Sexpat Guide?

Posted in cambodge, cambodia, current events, information technology on Jan 28th, 2006

Last year I commented on Khmer440's defense of former English teacher (CamEd) and accused pedophile Clinton Betteridge. http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/04/khmer440/ Consequently I got some very weird site trackbacks from pro-pedophile sites in the UK. Ugh. http://wmmbs.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1118044351 Lately Khmer440's featured a slew of articles about taxi girls interspersed with some fine articles on travel and culture. Not ...

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