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 one.
It was already late in the afternoon…I did not know what’s awaiting me…with a little bit of huffing and puffing, I managed to find Rinn’s shop. I stopped by and looked on! A middle-age lady and a young boy, presumably Rinn’s mother and her younger brother, were there manning the shop. Rinn wasn’t there…..‘it just isn’t my day’ I guessed. I went in nonetheless, bought some banana fritters and asked them if Rinn was there.
‘She’s at the riverside.’ the lady said.
‘Uncle, you’re buying banana fritters to feed the monkey?’ little boy said.
‘Don’t mind my little boy! He’s always like that’ the lady interrupted.
‘What’s Rinn doing at riverside? Would you mind?’ I asked.
‘She’s probably just stay there stoning!’ responded the lady.
‘No! Mum! B. Rinn would climb a tree and jump into the river! 
’
‘Would you mind if I meet her there?’ I asked Rinn’s mother.
‘As you wish!’
‘I shall make a move then. Thanks a lot!’
A belated addition to the Operation Heart Hunter drama series. Hope some of you are still with me. Episode 5 starts off after Vireak agreed to give a short tuition class to Vonn and Pat as preparation for their scholarship entrance exams in return for a small sum of bucks. There it goes:
We were having a class for the first time….my so-called apprentices? Vonn and Pat. Not surprisingly, they both were extremely smart. But there was clearly a certain difference in their style of studies. While Vonn tended to shower with questions, Pat preferred to stop and think as if he wanted to keep questions till the end. Indeed, just like I thought. At the end of the class, Pat said:
‘Vireak, can we have a discussion after this over a drink?’
‘What you wanna discuss about? Can I join?’ Vonn interrupted.
‘No, Vonn! It’s just between us!’ Pat tried to be polite but still sounded really mean.
‘Sure, no problem!’ I responded but I was puzzled by Pat’s words “It’s just between us”.
So I went off for a drink with Pat….‘What was you wanted to discuss about, Pat?’ I somewhat suspected that it wouldn’t be about studies.
‘I heard all about you from Rinn’
‘About what?’ it’s Rinn afterall so I guessed she spilled out everything.
‘Are you really attracted by Vonn?’
‘What if it’s true?’
‘Well, you have competition’
‘You mean to say?’