2013 February | Inside Cambodia

APAD 097: Mother and child

Posted by The Insider on Feb 27, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cycle 2, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

This statue can be found inside the huge Prasat Vihear Sour complex.

APAD 096: This is my Phnom Penh!

Posted by The Insider on Feb 26, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 4 comments

This is Phnom Penh, the city I call home for more than a decade now. It is a city that has changed a lot since the first time I set foot here in 2000.

Photo taken from top of the Mekong Tower View in Chroy Changvar peninsula.

It’s landscape has changed a lot. Skyscrapers are starting to populate Phnom Penh’s skyline, the number of vehicles increased how many folds and there are now a lot of shopping malls, ATM machines, coffee shops high-end hotels and high-rise serviced apartments, just to name a few. In a few years time, it will be just like any other city in Southeast Asia.

While the city might have changed it still has the same chaotic feel that I, and lots of other expat-residents and travelers who’ve come and gone, love about Phnom Penh. It gets too crowded at times, dusty, gritty, but it is a good place to live. The locals are helpful, polite, and friendly. The city has everything we want as expats and there are definitely a lot more to discover and explore.

APAD 095: Funeral hearse

Posted by The Insider on Feb 25, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 4 comments

This is a funeral hearse commonly used in Cambodia.
The decors look Chinese and look how fancy and elaborate the details are – hues of gold, red and blue carvings of sbach pattern and amazing dragons on both sides of the vehicle.

The vehicle overtook us at national road number five at a very fast speed. It was empty (no coffin, I mean) but only some people who are probably in-charge of the hearse. I reckon it’s probably running late for its appointment.

APAD 094: Isang Bagsak

Posted by The Insider on Feb 21, 2013 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cycle 2, sights, Signs of Times, That's My World, travel | 4 comments

This was one of the interesting and enriching projects my (former) team and I joined several years ago. It gathered government workers, NGO staff, community members, other communication practitioners, and members of the academe in selected Southeast Asian countries for a collaborative project of building capacities for participatory development communication relating to natural resources management. On the wall sign, it shows the different activities undertaken by the participating countries, namely, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

apad 094 participatory development communication southeast asia

Isang Bagsak! Southeast Asia

The project was dubbed the Isang Bagsak Southeast Asia Project. Isang Bagsak is a Filipino phrase coined to describe a unity cry accompanied by one single and loud clap and stomp of feet to signify unity, agreement, and appreciation, among others. “Isa”, means one; “bagsak” means fall. I hope my explanation makes sense 😉 A similar project was also done in Africa.