Archive for the 'Cambodia & Beyond' Category


Khmer are patient. not?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Cambodia & Beyond, Forbidden Thoughts | 6 Wonderful Comments »

They say Khmer are generally quiet quite patient, in a way that we tend to accept whatever given or forced on us. But the common wisdom is that if you’re good at something, you’re bad at something else, or in this case, if you gain something, you miss on something else.
Khmer are patient, good thing [...]

An idiot guide to Cambodian Media & Entertainment

Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Cambodia & Beyond, Forbidden Thoughts | 12 Wonderful Comments »

Ever wonder why the media & entertainment are the two most popular pastimes in Cambodia rather than…say sports or gaming? This guide will show you the awesomeness of media & entertainment in Cambodian popular culture, a handy guide for everyone.
1. Welcome to “Koh Aksontesok” daily news, Cambodia’s most read newspaper. Today’s headlines are:

“Traffic accident at [...]

Siem Reap Naturalization!

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Cambodia & Beyond, Untold Scandals | 12 Wonderful Comments »

Siem Reap Naturalization refers to the process that converts you from having a not-so-cool-way-of-khmer-speaking accent to a kinda siem-reap-oh-so-cool-way-of-khmer-speaking one.
How? Easy as 123!
Step 123!
Try to understand what this mean! Once you do, use it! 100% oh-so-cool guaranteed!

Not sure how to spell it correctly. But the siem-reap-oh-so-cool-way-khmer-speaking accent is all about oh-so-cool spoken Khmer…not oh-not-so-cool written [...]

Another gift from Siem Reap!

Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Cambodia & Beyond | 18 Wonderful Comments »

Hint: it’s an adjective used to describe human…:-p
To learn more about Siem Reap goodies, go here, here and here!

Who is who in Cambodia’s Internet Scene!

Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Cambodia & Beyond | 6 Wonderful Comments »

Ever wonder how Cambodia connects to the internet? well, you probably don’t really care, as long as you are able to search, browse, read, watch, surf, chat, talk, blog all those world wide web craps. Even if you care, you would only point out to the usual suspects namely Online, CityLink, TeleSurf, AngkorNet or MekongNet.
If [...]