A never-ending source of ideas is the only way to keep blogs running. I too have one…never-ending source of ideas, that always keeps coming. Sometimes, it’s diluted, sometimes, it’s more solid… ! bit by bit my blog kinda keeps going, well sort of. Here it is!

Ideas lie deep, think dig harder, they’ll come out!

*Warning: Do not try this with your blog!

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 Kbal Thnol causing minor injuries and major jam”
• “Fake rape story causes national outcry”
• “Superstitious witch craft blamed for latest series of traffic accidents”

2. Welcome to “See Ot Ot” TV, Cambodia’s biggest Television network. Today’s show is:

3. Welcome to “Hear Ot Ot” radio, Cambodia’s most popular radio show. The first song of the day titled “Crying girls and heart-broken guys”, requested by the Man Who Lacks Heart, is going out to:

Ms. Ni (thomthom), Ms. Na (bigbig), Ms. Né (phone star in poipet) , Mr. Nonaké, Mr. Eyké, Mr. Sondouy, Mr. Hearbroken (fellow man who lacks heart), Mr. Keke (fish vendor at Tonlé sap), Mr. Ko (hunter in Ratankiri) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………. 10 minutes later ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. bang nis, bang nus, bang nak, bang nok, bang nao, bang nong, à jak, à jem, à jok, à jom, à lom, à la, and all listeners to this program as well as all 14 million fellow khmers at home and abroad”

This song is coming right up, but first let’s meet our sponsor:

[..after the break...] Due to time constraint, we’re able to play only 30 seconds of the song. Let’s welcome our next program “Phone-in Karaoke”.

4. Welcome to “Roeung Ké Té”, Cambodia’s most subscribed magazine. Biggest story of this issue is:

Mr. Z, a rich man, is married to Mrs. Y. A well-known actress is rumored to be having something on with Mr. Z. Guess what will happen next? Fantastic prizes to be won!

5. Welcome to “Proleung” cinema, Cambodia’s most popular theater and cineplex. Today’s program is:

• 16:00 – 18:00 : An affair with her spirit! (a horror movie based on true story)
• 18:00 – 20:00 : Spirit awaken! (a horror story based on true movie)
• 20:00 – 22:00 : Mirror girl! (a true movie based on horror story)

6. Welcome to “Ha ha ha”, Cambodia’s most popular comedy show. Today’s show is:

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*Content could not be displayed due to extreme uses of profanity, drugs and mature references.

You read an internet article one day; it said blueberries could help “activate an area in the brain that trigger learning and reverse memory loss”. Wah, that’s the best thing since bowl of   rice. Wasting no time, you decided it’s worth an experiment. You got hold of some fresh blueberries, $3 for 150g, holy crab, that’s expensive. Wait, aren’t we on recession? No worry, there’re always bail-outs.

Next up, you googled for the recommended daily intake for blueberry. 1/2 cup size serving a day, it said. But how much crap is there in a cup, it never said. Lame recommendation. So you had to googled again for the size of a standard tea cup…. and found, around 230ml per cup.

Now, time for learning activation. Of course, for something so awesome like this, you’d need an activation process that is at least as awesome. You know those Power Rangers transformation thingy. They need to make some awesome gestures and shout “transform”. You probably need to do the same but just instead of “transform”, you shout “activate”. One of my juniors is still watching Power Rangers in case you need help.

That’s it. Now you need not worry about studying. Your brain will learn by itself. How cool could it be! As for reversing memory thing, it should be something similar to how they recover files from dead hard drive. Awesome!

*image courtesy of copied from BBC.

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 sums up the music scene nicely. To spice things up a bit, add some half-Khmer-half-English to the mix. If there is one thing original about it, it must be that almost all of the songs are either about “crying girls” or “heart-broken guys“.  Didn’t know that the youth generation were this kinda sad.

2. Movies: people are scared of ghosts, but people love scary movies. Ghost movies are in every cinemas at almost every slots, ghost stories are everywhere, ghosts are behind you while you’re reading this, by the way.

3. Arts: When was the last time you befriended with someone so inspirational or just have some tastes in arts? Don’t remember anyone though…

4. Social life: Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Blogger. Oh wait, they don’t call Blogger, they call Cloggers. C stands for Cool, Calm and Collected Cambodia, I guess. Whatever…

5. Football: people with a good taste in football are rare these days, the rest either call themselves ManU fans or are simply clueless about football.

6. Public behavior: 3 guys meet up in public. One guy pulls out something black resembling a brick. No! it’s his new Nokia N series. Not to be outcooled, the other guy starts showing off his new crying-girl and heart-broken-guy songs in his latest iThis, iThat, iWhatever-whatever. The third guy cannot hear a thing. How can he? when his music headset is bigger than his a**.

7. Names: his name is James. Right, his name is James. Back in his hometown, they call him “Ah Sampoch”. James, my a**.

8. Hobbies: “Let’s have a party! Can someone bring the cards?”. What the hell, can’t we even have a party for once without the petty gambling? No we can’t. I’m sure without playing cards, someone might go crazy of gambling starvation.

Thankfully though the world is created so that everyone has a place (to hide). The things I see as lame may be the coolest things to those on the other side of the spectrum. Wait, I should be careful of giving opinions these days, who know such thing could cause oil price to hit record high. Don’t blame me if tomorrow headline reads “Oil Price Hits Record High after someone from somewhere making some random remarks”.

Oh well, whatever…back to something more entertaining.

Last year’s general public warning!