The good thing about leaving school is that you can pretend  to care a little bit about the well-beings of your ex-school mates and friends by doing something useful such as forming an alumni club. I too pretend to care of beloved friends… how are they doing? have they found a job? or worse are they [...]

Back in 2004, during an official ceremony, the organizer politely requested me to do a public translation of the guest of honor’s speech to then foreign guests joining the event. I politely refused. The foreign guests were left in the cold and bemused as to what the hell the guest of honors were talking about. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Went back home recently, and one of the things I got back from Cambodia was the confirmation of the theory on how out of place and out of touch I was with the so-called youth generation. 1. Music: music are hard to appreciate these days let alone listen to. CCNP (copy, cut n paste) perhaps [...]