Vann Molyvann Conference, French Cultural Centre, Sept 04
You may not speak Khmer. You may not know much about architecture, or urban planning.
But this is a rare chance to see a living legend talk about the past, present and future of Phnom Penh. It’s not just for Phnompenhois , the larger issues affect the whole country. There were so many questions and interest last time, we’re lucky to have an encore, in colloquial Khmer this time.
Look, just go, OK? You’ll be glad you did.
/ Monday the 4th of Septembre at CCF
conférence
Vann Molyvann,
Conférence en khmer.
> En Cambodgien / Speaking khmer
Suite au succès de la conférence du vendredi 7 juillet, et compte tenu du grand nombre de demandes, S.E Vann Molyvann présentera à nouveau son œuvre et l’esquisse du Grand Phnom Penh à l’horizon 2010 lors d’une nouvelle conférence, en Khmer, cette fois-ci.
S.E Vann Molyvann répondra aux questions sur ses réalisations mais aussi sur l’évolution de Phnom Penh ces dernières années.
“Following the success of the conference of Friday July 7, and taking into account the great number of questions, H.E. Vann Molyvann will again present his ouvre and a draft of Phnom Penh in 2010 at a new conference, in Khmer, this time. H.E. Vann Molyvann will answer the questions about his achievements and also about the evolution of Phnom Penh these last years.” (courtesy translation robot)
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Waterspout
This picture could be yours – for 1000 riel, down at the waterfront in Phnom Penh.
Some are saying this cloud resembles a seated Buddha.
One Khmer friend took a look at the above and dismissed it as ‘photoshop’.
Wish I could have seen it.
A foreign friend who’s a Buddhist scholar said he was interested in getting opinions on the event. He was sure people would ascribe some significance to it, and wanted to know what kind.
“Because it’s Cambodia, right?” I replied.
“No, you’ll get that in pretty much any country.”
Postscript November 30: Someone seems to have captured it on video!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/309292/white_tornado_at_a_lake_in_phnom_penh_cambodia/
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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 poll whether she should be ‘burnt at the stake’.
http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?t=3884&sid=c6d53f218b61e839a740d89f018d4e50
Forum administrator and former VSO volunteer Darren Conquest/’Lord Playboy’ has yet to make a public statement regarding his site’s legal culpability for sexual harassment, plagiarism and identity theft.
Additional information:
http://jinja.apsara.org/2006/08/plagiarism/
http://blog.myspace.com/angiemanzano
http://del.icio.us/slugdog/harassment
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Postscript, August 29 2006: “Cambodia Uncovered”, or covered up?
In lieu of defending their actions, Khmer440.com has instead quietly deleted the “Burnt at the Stake” poll, and is also now modifying prior forum posts. (If anyone from the news media wants an archived copy, just email me.)
They likely have requested Google delete it (yes, it can be done), and opted for the Internet Archive not to archive their site’s recent listings.
There is still plenty of threatening language and misrepresentation at
http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/search.php?search_author=Litotes
But if you want to see, you’d better hurry. It’s all disappearing fast. Like the site’s credibility.
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Ouch
Anyone see the movie ‘Brazil‘? Is this cosmetic surgery? Oh wait, it’s a facial wrap.
Love those street signs.
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