Posted in khmer rouge, news, weblogs on Jan 31st, 2008
Everyone's a pundit, but 'Buddhist Adjunkt' sums it up better than most with an on-the-spot running commentary: "Cambodia As Pawn: The Dream for Darfur Ceremony".
You may not agree with every opinion the writer has, but I'm impressed by the 'you are here' quality of the writing.
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Tags: cambodia,skateboarding,extreme sports,phnom penh
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Posted in comics, stuff, visual art on Jan 29th, 2008
Exhibition "Drawing Room"
Opening- 6pm, 1 February 2008, Rubies Wine Bar
Corner of Streets 19 and 240, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Artists: Panca Evenblij, Sopheap Pich, Piteak, Ali Sanderson,
Kong Vollak and John Weeks.
Drawings may be representational, depicting objects, living beings, or scenes which the artist views, remembers, or imagines. They may be realistic to ...
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Posted in information technology, news, stuff on Jan 25th, 2008
For some reason, numerous businesses in Cambodia seem to think that it's OK to send out random emails to as wide a mailing list as possible. This is generically termed spam. I'm thinking of starting a list of spammers, for submission to local Chambers of Commerce. The only problem ...
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Posted in food, more stuff on Jan 24th, 2008
A Western-style fast food restaurant caves in, and offers a new crowd-pleaser that had previously been lacking on the menu.
It's almost unthinkable to have a meal without rice in Cambodia. The name for 'kitchen' is literally 'rice house'.
Hmm... maybe I could start a franchise...
Tags: cambodia,rice,cuisine,food
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