Jamie_Lambo wrote:

Anchor Moy wrote:No matter how long you live in Sihanoukville, most foreigners are just seen as another foreigner. You can't know everyone.

i dunno... i'm quite well known in sihanoukville amongst the khmers, even random tuk tuk drivers know my name lol i find it a rather small place tbh, but thats why i like it, but yeah knowing some khmer does help you break those barriers, and stop the hasslers.

There are places that I go to regularly and people know me, but there are whole areas in Sihanoukville that I don't go to often, where I feel completely anonymous and it's almost like visiting another town.

I like Sihanoukvillle because it's quite big for Cambodia ; big enough to breathe in, without being a real city. I come from a small town where everyone knows everyone and I left as soon as I could walk.

And LOL that you get recognized Jamie - a khmer-speaking kick-boxer with a Geordie accent - not so many of those among the Kompong Som expat community

vladimir wrote:I think Cambodia and Thailand, more than any other countries I have lived in, have made me aware of the fact that a smile does not mean happiness.

It's possible to smile while sharpening a knife.

Vladimir ! Have you been the one who voted for "Euphoria Stage"

No, I'm just a bit quicker than some in seeing things for what they are.

Put it down to cynicism, but without our money, I doubt (city-dwelling Khmers at least) would be so welcoming.

That and the inbuilt aversion to anything remotely resembling conflict, which is completely understandable, given the history.

vladimir wrote:I think Cambodia and Thailand, more than any other countries I have lived in, have made me aware of the fact that a smile does not mean happiness.
It's possible to smile while sharpening a knife.

If someone hates your guts, would you prefer that they smile at you anyway, or punch you in the head/spit at you and scowl ?
I am also conflict adverse, so I'd rather solve problems through negociation than force. (Cambodia is rubbing off on me.)

I would also rather that we all smiled while we sharpen the knives. More convivial IMO

vladimir wrote:That and the inbuilt aversion to anything remotely resembling conflict, which is completely understandable, given the history.

Yeah, I also like these videos where a whole pack of them attacks a single man from behind, when they kill each other with knives, swords, meat choppers and crossbows. When they burn down their houses to the ground. When a mob of motodops attacks tourists for not paying $ 5 for that 100 meters around the block. When they serve Khmers first in little stalls even though they are just buying for a thousand Riels and you have a basket full of goods waiting already for 15 minutes to pay. When they spit deliberately in your path, when they call you “ah joy may” just for being on the street.

YES indeed, they really have an inbuilt aversion to conflict. Your turn, again.

A typical aversion to conflict:

Own up, you were the other one who voted for euphoria, right AD ?

Anchor Moy wrote:Own up, you were the other one who voted for euphoria, right AD ?

He only voted for that because there was no 'orgasmic' option.

Anchor Moy wrote: There are places that I go to regularly and people know me, but there are whole areas in Sihanoukville that I don't go to often, where I feel completely anonymous and it's almost like visiting another town.

I like Sihanoukvillle because it's quite big for Cambodia ; big enough to breathe in, without being a real city. I come from a small town where everyone knows everyone and I left as soon as I could walk.

And LOL that you get recognized Jamie - a khmer-speaking kick-boxer with a Geordie accent - not so many of those among the Kompong Som expat community

where are these areas that you go that you dont go often?
do you live in sihanoukville? (genuine questions btw )
yeah i'm actually from a city called Lincoln, which is a small city, places like Phnom Penh are too big for me, thats why i liked Hua Hin in Thailand when i lived there as its a similar size to SHV
haha a lot of people are surprised about how many people i know, but what i find, especially with the cambodians is that my circle of friends expands like a family tree, ill make friends with some people, then ill get introduced to their friends, maybe we will all go out drinking one night, then i may bump into them again on a night another night out/or they would have found me on facebook and go out with them and get introduced to more people and so on, who then soon become good friends, apparently i make friends easy because i apparently dont come across like 'normal barrang', and impressed that i 'understand cambodia' and its people,
haha (btw my accents more yorkshire, my mums from leeds) but yeah i think the tattoos alone make me stand out and easily recognizable,
im just a friendly guy and love meeting new people and making new firends

Anchor Moy wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:

Anchor Moy wrote:No matter how long you live in Sihanoukville, most foreigners are just seen as another foreigner. You can't know everyone.

i dunno... i'm quite well known in sihanoukville amongst the khmers, even random tuk tuk drivers know my name lol i find it a rather small place tbh, but thats why i like it, but yeah knowing some khmer does help you break those barriers, and stop the hasslers.

There are places that I go to regularly and people know me, but there are whole areas in Sihanoukville that I don't go to often, where I feel completely anonymous and it's almost like visiting another town.

I like Sihanoukvillle because it's quite big for Cambodia ; big enough to breathe in, without being a real city. I come from a small town where everyone knows everyone and I left as soon as I could walk.

And LOL that you get recognized Jamie - a khmer-speaking kick-boxer with a Geordie accent - not so many of those among the Kompong Som expat community

i am originally from Sihanoukville and i don't know him in RL. I do like sihanoukville, but i won't go back to live there. I might be moving there in the future, not sure yet. So far i am in love with Phnom Penh.

Samouth wrote:

Anchor Moy wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:

Anchor Moy wrote:No matter how long you live in Sihanoukville, most foreigners are just seen as another foreigner. You can't know everyone.

i dunno... i'm quite well known in sihanoukville amongst the khmers, even random tuk tuk drivers know my name lol i find it a rather small place tbh, but thats why i like it, but yeah knowing some khmer does help you break those barriers, and stop the hasslers.

There are places that I go to regularly and people know me, but there are whole areas in Sihanoukville that I don't go to often, where I feel completely anonymous and it's almost like visiting another town.

I like Sihanoukvillle because it's quite big for Cambodia ; big enough to breathe in, without being a real city. I come from a small town where everyone knows everyone and I left as soon as I could walk.

And LOL that you get recognized Jamie - a khmer-speaking kick-boxer with a Geordie accent - not so many of those among the Kompong Som expat community

i am originally from Sihanoukville and i don't know him in RL. I do like sihanoukville, but i won't go back to live there. I might be moving there in the future, not sure yet. So far i am in love with Phnom Penh.

haha but if you was to return to SHV and you saw me you would recognise me haha
i think you may have lived in PP for most of the time ive lived in SHV, i moved there beginning of last year, i had been to SHV the year before but only for a few weeks holiday when i used to live in Siem Reap (with my ex GF)