Posted by The Insider on Aug 19, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, downtown, people, sights, Skywatch Friday, transportation | 0 comments
The sky is as blue as it can be and clouds as puffy as a cotton candy. There is certainly no chance of rain today. Or, is there?
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Posted by The Insider on Aug 17, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, people, Phnom Penh, sights, Wordless Wednesday | 1 comment
Mister Banana-man! He delivers fresh bananas door-to-door. Or, you can find him at a public market nearest you.
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Posted by The Insider on Jun 29, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, faces, people, Phnom Penh, riverside | 0 comments
Young Buddhist monks walk past the Royal Palace as they head towards school early in the morning.
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Posted by The Insider on Jun 21, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, faces, people, Phnom Penh, sights, That's My World, Women | 5 comments
Is she familiar to you?
In Phnom Penh, I see this woman every time I go to Psah Thmey or the New Market, commonly (albeit incorrectly) called as the Central Market by most expats. She is one of the colourful figures there. Everyday she stands at the entrance of Psah Thmey offering hammocks of different colours to tourists and locals alike. Oh, she could be very persistent and annoying sometimes.Every time I see her, her colourful wares draped around her body like a sash, and her wide cheeky smile, I am constantly reminded of one of my favourite biblical characters, Joseph the Dreamer.
Can you see the similarities? 🙂
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Posted by The Insider on Jun 13, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, faces, Mellow Yellow Monday, people, Phnom Penh | 5 comments
Independence Day Parade, November 9, 2008. Cheyor, Cambodia!
Cambodia in celebration of its 55th anniversary of Independence from France.
I do not know which government ministry was this contingent from but judging from the hard-hats worn, they might be from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
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Posted by The Insider on May 25, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, faces, people, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday | 3 comments
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| A ten-year old girl sells boiled eggs at the Neak Loung ferry station. |
Back when I used to work with IDRC’s iREACH Project, I regularly visited one of our project sites in Prey Veng Province. To go there, I took a local taxi – usually an old Toyota camry – and takes about three hours or so. Halfway-point is Neak Loung, separated by only a 15minute ferry ride across the Mekong river to the main land of Prey Veng.
Every day, hundreds of taxis and buses arrive at Neak Loung, and they are always greeted by a swarm of vendors, old and young alike. They sell canned sodas, packed lunches, BBQed pork/chicken, candies, bottled water, boiled eggs, and a host of others.
Most girls (the age of the girl above) are not in school because they are tasked of helping their parents earn additional income for the family. The boys, however, are given priority in education simply due to cultural values, while the girls are kept at home to help in the housework, looking after siblings, or, in this case, earn money for the family. Most parents here think that girls are going to get married and leave home anyway.
Sad, but true. This happens everywhere in the world, especially in third world countries.
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