A lot of talk about print media lately. The Phnom Penh Post has gone daily. The Advisor is 'not dead, just resting', and The Mekong Times has come to a halt. Some of my friends were complaining about the lack of English language reading matter.
But hey, there are ...
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Posted in business, current events, more stuff on Jul 17th, 2008
If you can't bring people to the silk farm, you bring the farm to town.
And give them cocktails.
An evening out at the 'Silkworm Social' highlighted Cambodia's specialized variety of naturally colored gold threads. About 5 tons are produced each year, and it could be much more.
Above, we have some silkworms ...
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(Above: KFC on Monivong Boulevard)
It came as a small surprise when I read in the paper that fast food restaurants existed on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Somehow the idea of interrogators stepping out of a prison waterboarding session for a latte seemed... incongruous. (The idea of them rewarding prisoners with ...
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Posted in business, current events, information technology, literature, news, Other Goodies, photography, visual art, weblogs, Yet More Blogs on May 31st, 2008
That 'Fugitive Denim' is hard to track, but it will be making an appearance at Monument Books:
BOOK LAUNCH
7 – 8pm Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monument Books/Java TeaRoom
No. 111 Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Resident author Rachel Louise Snyder will read an excerpt from her first book and be available for ...
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