"They only pulled me over because I'm a foreigner!"
Yes, that was the only reason. Not that you were riding a moto without a tax sticker down the wrong way on a one-way lane whilst neither wearing a helmet, nor having a driver's licence.

Let's be real here for a second. The Khmer have a tendency to be kinda racist. That's a given. But there are these people who propose, that anything bad that happens to any white foreigner in this country ever is caused by the Khmer's racism against white folk.
It's not like the dude who tried to overcharge you for a pair of trousers isn't trying to overcharge EVERYBODY on his trousers. That's his job for fuck's sake! The guy buys as low as possible and sells as high as possible, he's a merchant god damnit, what do you expect? When you're in Cambodia, you'll be ripped off, or stolen from, or maybe even abused, but it doesn't happen to you because you're a barang, it happens to you because you're in Cambodia and that is what happened to a houndred other people in this country aswell that day and trust me, not all of them are white foreigners. So you've chosen to live in a third world country and something bad happened to you? Best just to ignore the 14 million Cambodians who have to deal with this nonsense whether they want to or not and make it all about yourself, the "poor" foreigner who can just leave the country and go home whenever he likes.

And while I'm at it, let's do away with the whole notion of "barang prices". Because people who keep banging on about "barang prices" never talk about "barang salaries" or barang "I'm getting long term unemployment benefit from my government and spend it in Cambodia even though I'm not supposed to" money. We make 5 to 10 times what a cambodian makes a month (on an average) and we complain that they might want to charge us a thousand Riel more on a kilo of potatoes than some girl that's making bugger all from working at the factory for a month. For real? Give me a fucking break. Some foreigner's here are just crybabies.

Jacket wrote:"They only pulled me over because I'm a foreigner!"
Yes, that was the only reason. Not that you were riding a moto without a tax sticker down the wrong way on a one-way lane whilst neither wearing a helmet, nor having a driver's licence.

Let's be real here for a second. The Khmer have a tendency to be kinda racist. That's a given. But there are these people who propose, that anything bad that happens to any white foreigner in this country ever is caused by the Khmer's racism against white folk.
It's not like the dude who tried to overcharge you for a pair of trousers isn't trying to overcharge EVERYBODY on his trousers. That's his job for fuck's sake! The guy buys as low as possible and sells as high as possible, he's a merchant god damnit, what do you expect? When you're in Cambodia, you'll be ripped off, or stolen from, or maybe even abused, but it doesn't happen to you because you're a barang, it happens to you because you're in Cambodia and that is what happened to a houndred other people in this country aswell that day and trust me, not all of them are white foreigners. So you've chosen to live in a third world country and something bad happened to you? Best just to ignore the 14 million Cambodians who have to deal with this nonsense whether they want to or not and make it all about yourself, the "poor" foreigner who can just leave the country and go home whenever he likes.

And while I'm at it, let's do away with the whole notion of "barang prices". Because people who keep banging on about "barang prices" never talk about "barang salaries" or barang "I'm getting long term unemployment benefit from my government and spend it in Cambodia even though I'm not supposed to" money. We make 5 to 10 times what a cambodian makes a month (on an average) and we complain that they might want to charge us a thousand Riel more on a kilo of potatoes than some girl that's making bugger all from working at the factory for a month. For real? Give me a fucking break. Some foreigner's here are just crybabies.

How original. Go on.

i got pulled over in sv and showed my DL application receipt.
young bloke SALUTED me and arkun Bong!

so, the more i live locally, the more convinced i am that it is a pretty well self regulated society.

noise finish 10 PM promptly here.
even weddings.

prices? hmmmph, don't someone do yer shoppin for you?
a good woman is a mighty asset.

frank lee bent wrote: prices? hmmmph, don't someone do yer shoppin for you?
a good woman is a mighty asset.

that is true. usually my wife does the shopping for me. not because I don't know how to barter, I just don't feel like having to do it five or six times for every major visit at the market. still though, with rare exceptions, when I come home from the market with some groceries 8 times out of 10 when I tell her how much it was, she'll be like "that sounds about right"

100% with you on this jacket, a good Khmer friend with one's interest at heart is quite an advantage.

So... mr money bags....what do you pay your khmer slave ??

SAY_WAT? wrote:So... mr money bags....what do you pay your khmer slave ??

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Jacket wrote:And while I'm at it, let's do away with the whole notion of "barang prices". Because people who keep banging on about "barang prices" never talk about "barang salaries" or barang "I'm getting long term unemployment benefit from my government and spend it in Cambodia even though I'm not supposed to" money. We make 5 to 10 times what a cambodian makes a month (on an average) and we complain that they might want to charge us a thousand Riel more on a kilo of potatoes than some girl that's making bugger all from working at the factory for a month. For real? Give me a fucking break. Some foreigner's here are just crybabies.

Personally, we're not getting a cent from anybody, and we're paying the wages of three Khmer from our own savings - and barang prices vs. local prices shit me.

Not me. I enjoy paying more than others. It makes me feel morally superior.

Soi Dog wrote:Not me. I enjoy paying more than others. It makes me feel morally superior.

I always just assumed that you are.