APAD 282: My own private gym
Just a wishful thinking but, hey, it’s cool to have this building in our neightbourhood. You gotta love the name of this recreation centre. For sure you will have a good time there!
Text on the sign:
Good Time Health and Fitness
Opening Soon
It is nearly finished and, according to the sign, it will house a gym, swimming pool, and courts for tennis, badminton, squash, and pingpong, sauna and beauty parlour. Also, a mini-mart and coffee shop will be in the same building.
Oh, did I also say that it’s just across, a stone’s throw from, my apartment. Now how good is that?
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APAD 277: Thai Huot
This is one of the grocery stores that I love going to. They just opened a new branch in Tuol Kork district, near my place.
Thai Huot is a small grocery store but it is stocked with French and other European products. My husband also loves the cheese section as well as the pantry products. Their spices section is also well-worth a look.
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APAD 268: Children as tourist attractions
In Cambodia, there is an on-going campaign to end what is dubbed as “orphanage tourism”.
The poster below is produced by Friends International (FI) whch spearheaded this campaign calling out to tourists to help end orphanage tourism.
This sign was hanging at the coffee stall inside the Russian Market where a lot of tourists visit.
But just what is “orphanage tourism”? According to the FI’s Think Child Safe Project:
When traveling to Cambodia, it has become a norm for tourists to be approached by children, requesting that they make a visit to their orphanage before leaving town. Generally, a visit would include a short performance or dance routine by the children, accompanied with a request for small donation to assist with orphanage running costs. An entire industry has grown out of thousands of tourist visits. It is known as orphanage tourism.
It just breaks my heart every time I hear stories of abuse and/or exploitation of children. To know more about this issue and what you can do to help, please visit the campaign website: Think Child Safe.
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APAD 265: Sky-high
Current prices of gasoline and diesel in Phnom Penh.
Currency exchange rate: US$1 = KhR4,000 (Khmer riels)
APAD 257: Meak Bochea
One week ago today, Cambodia celebrated the Buddhist holy day called Meak Bochea. This is a little known Buddhist holiday, but for the devout Buddhists, it is a key holiday in the Buddhist calendar.
Falling approximately three months before the widely celebrated Visaka Bochea, informally known as Buddha’s Birthday, Meak Bochea commemorates they day that the spiritual leader Gautam Buddha announced his future; the death and accompanying nirvana into which he would enter. (Source)
Meak Bochea is a public holiday in Cambodia and all government offices and even schools are closed to allow people to go to their wats (temples) and offer food to the monks and pray.
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