Heights

Sep 25th, 2006 by

Heights

Heights Big

Just had to take a picture.

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Karaoke Update

Sep 24th, 2006 by

Karaoke Update

Pich Sophea covers Bryan Adams‘ “Everything I Do”.

Doubtless the Canadian Embassy is scrambling its public affairs team.
http://pichsophea.com/?p=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xRZVsWT7mk&eurl=

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American Bombing of Cambodia – revisited

Sep 23rd, 2006 by

American Bombing of Cambodia – revisited

As the public and press revisit the Khmer Rouge era, Ben Kiernan and Taylor Owen take a look at a less popular topic.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/u/register/?ref=history-bombs-over-cambodia

If you have no email address, you can see another copy here.
http://tinyurl.com/lc7a5

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BETTY FORD AND THE GT FALCONS

Sep 22nd, 2006 by

Betty Ford and the GT Falcons

Betty Ford and the GT Falcons

Talking to a Stranger Saturday Sept 30, 2006
Foriegn Correspondents Club rooftop terrace Saturday Oct 7 2006

Admission free! Drinks? They’re at barang prices.

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Pchum Ben 2006

Sep 21st, 2006 by

Feeding the Ghosts

I’ll be seeing nicely dressed families going to the pagodas for the next few days.
Like just about every culture, Cambodians have a holiday to pay respects to the departed: Pchum Ben. Most offices are giving their staff Tuesday through Monday off; the actual time of observance is about two weeks.

Gifts are given to wats (pagodas) and food is offered to the poor. And just in case the deceased have not reincarnated into a better life, rice is scattered for the praet – hungry ghosts, who are free to roam the earth during this time. (There are so many varieties of ghosts in Khmer culture, I chanced across an index of them from the 60s-70s era, written in Khmer, Chinese and Vietnamese – picture below.)

Most people would like to believe their relatives are doing well in the afterlife, but it’s best not to take chances. For the very religious, Pchum Ben is a busy time, requiring numerous visits to a number of pagodas and grave sites. Even those who rarely enter a wat take some time out for this holiday.

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