Posts made in December, 2011

APAD 231: The Cambodian Ministry of Information

Posted by on Dec 29, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 10 comments

I’ve been inside this government compound only once or twice. Although it doesn’t look big, the national television, TVK, is also housed inside this compound.

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APAD 230: Areca nuts

Posted by on Dec 28, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

A bunch of ripe areca nuts from Kampong Speu province.

Chewing  {tobaco, betel leaves and areca nuts} is an age-old tradition in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. When I was younger, growing up in the Philippines, I watched with utmost fascination how my grandfather and grandmother assemble the “ingredients” of their favourite pastime and how their mouths magically turned red as they chewed. Some people, especially the Westerners, find this unhygienic, ugly and unpleasant. But chewing or betel-chewing is very much part of our culture.

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APAD 229: One last look at the bridge

Posted by on Dec 27, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

The Koh Pich (Diamond Island) Bridge (pictured below), the site of last year’s deadly stampede, is now being torn down. Workers have already started the demolition work yesterday.

Here’s another photo of the bridge, taken from a different angle.

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APAD 228: Spiky

Posted by on Dec 26, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life | 5 comments

Here’s a close up of the yellowish-greenish free-loader in my garden. It looks scary, isn’t it?


Although this creepy-crawlie dude looks harmless, still it gives me the hibby-jibbies. And goose-bumps. {shivers}


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APAD 227: A cloud-filled day

Posted by on Dec 23, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

The new bridge to Koh Pich (Diamond Island). We went there to check out the One Province, One Product Exhibit two weeks ago and we weren’t disappointed.

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Even though we went there on a weekend, the traffic was surprisingly not heavy, as you can see from the picture. Add to that, the weather was a cool 25C and even if the aircon wasn’t in full, it was still cool inside the exhibition area.  There were so many interesting things to see. I think the One Province, One Product exhibit is a great way for small and medium Cambodian producers and farmers to showcase their produce to the national and international level.

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