Archive for the 'Cambodia & Beyond' Category


Siem Reap word of the month!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Untold Scandals, Cambodia & Beyond | 28 Wonderful Comments »

La’eark
What the hell does it mean?
[hint 1] it’s a verb used to tell things in a way we do not like

Whenever I speak this word, people think I’m an alien and ask “where are you from?”. Then again, maybe I am indeed an alien. No wait, I’m not exactly an alien. I’m just from Siem […]

Khmer New Year is coming!

Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Forbidden Thoughts, Cambodia & Beyond | 12 Wonderful Comments »

New Year is coming….new year is coming fast! What concerns you the most?
1. the Khmer girl I like is gonna get married soon after that,
2. the fear of stepping on someone’s foot while dancing,
3. new year is coming….but my exams are coming as well,
4. my knees may not be able to sustain all the knocks,
5. […]

2007 predictions - part II !

Friday, January 26th, 2007
Forbidden Thoughts, Cambodia & Beyond | 11 Wonderful Comments »

Belated predictions…but better late than never. Not a mistake that it’s late, but a feature! Here we go:
1. Cambodia to introduce a new law aiming to curb with increasing practices of wedding-parties-cum-thousand-dollar-businesses. The wedding business in which the organizer often invite as many as thousand known and unknown guests just to collect gifts and money […]

Lost in translation in Siem Reap

Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Cambodia & Beyond | 9 Wonderful Comments »

About 6 months ago, a TV reporter came to Banteay Srey, Siem Reap after learning that there were land grabbing activities from villagers in the district. Guess what welcomed them when they interviewed the villagers:

Anyone not understands? Banteay Srey district is home to the famous Banteay Srey temple and is also home to villagers with […]

Snake Dream, a Khmer myth!!

Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Forbidden Thoughts, Cambodia & Beyond | 8 Wonderful Comments »

Snake, snake, what could an encounter with this deadly creature possibly bring any good luck? Well in Cambodia, impossible is nothing, at least in a dream. When a girl is getting chased by a snake in a dream, according to a popular Khmer belief or rather a myth, the time has come for the girl […]