What’s On in Cambodia

APAD 317: Big kites

Posted by The Insider on Jul 2, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Cambodia life, Expat Life, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 7 comments

And then they are three…

Two fled kites and one delta, all hand-made.

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APAD 315: Masks

Posted by The Insider on Jun 28, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 10 comments

This big event happened several weeks ago – a gathering of 40 artists from Cambodia and other countries from all kinds of backgrounds – painting, photography, graffiti and sculpture.

The Cambodia Mask Project supports the up and coming talented young artists.

This is a yearly initiative aimed at showcasing the talents and raising support for the young up and coming artists in Cambodia. These young artists are talented and full of unique ideas but could not start a project due to lack of funds.

I missed it this year but, hopefully, I’ll be able to catch it next year.

APAD 314: HTC

Posted by The Insider on Jun 27, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, What's On in Cambodia | 1 comment

High Tech Cambodia. Ahem.

Metfone Cambodia’s ADSL connection to my house. Of course, we terminated our subscription right away!

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APAD 311: The essence of kangaroo

Posted by The Insider on May 31, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, What's On in Cambodia | 7 comments

My husband and I were at the pharmacy near the FCC two days ago to replenish our multi-vitamins supply. He was busy looking at another brand and comparing the nutritional values while I wandered around from shelf to shelf reading funny or weird brand names of medicines and came to this shelf selling products that contain strange stuff such as propolis, sheep placenta, and so on… Do you  have these in your local shops, too?

I wonder how many kangaroos were harmed to produce this, errrm, essence?

Seriously?

I have never heard of an “essence of kangaroo” before. The label says it is a natural food supplement. The wheels in my head started turning since I laid my eyes on this product so I was compelled to consult MisterGoogle about this product. To my utter surprise and amusement, I found out that there are other different brands of essence of kangaroo and most are, in fact, sex products. Hmmm… wondering how many people out there are desperate to use something like this? The main ingredient or component  is cultivated from the male kangaroos testes. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I just hope there are scientific studies that support their, errrm, health claims. *coughs*

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APAD 310: My husband’s kite

Posted by The Insider on May 30, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

A drogue tail, a camera, and a kite. My husband's kite.

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APAD 308: Ice cream!

Posted by The Insider on May 28, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, food, What's On in Cambodia | 6 comments

Heat-buster! I had a scoop each of mango and coffee flavours.

I love ice cream! When the summer heat gets too unbearable, there are ice cream shops around the city to beat the heat and just, well chill.

Chill Ice Cream and Coffee Lounge is one of them and they’re easily spotted along the riverside. They have a good selection of ice cream flavours, however, not much to rave about. The ice cream was just alright. They also offer ice cream cakes, coffee and pastries.