My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
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My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
... the noise ! Staying at a friend's place, after 2 hours sleep, I discovered that the panelbeating place through the wall started up at 7am, with a bit of serious beating and some powertools - even on Xmas morning. Bad surprise. This led to me drinking a beer for breakfast. And it was all downhill from there obviously.
Thread for fond memories of Cambodian Xmases past - particularly when it was all new and surprising. If you can remember...
Thread for fond memories of Cambodian Xmases past - particularly when it was all new and surprising. If you can remember...
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Re: My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
You realize Christmas isn't even a holiday here, right? Why the hell wouldn't powertools be used and regular life go on as with any other day?
As for stories: I've honestly forgotten or didn't notice that it was Christmas half the years I've been here. I usually don't notice until the actual day itself or the 24th. I'm mainly reminded by emails from family back home or more commonly now, Facebook posts.
As for stories: I've honestly forgotten or didn't notice that it was Christmas half the years I've been here. I usually don't notice until the actual day itself or the 24th. I'm mainly reminded by emails from family back home or more commonly now, Facebook posts.
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Re: My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
they are pumping grinders and jack hammers as we speak.
no sleep this Christmas, Is cambodia just designed exhaust humans?
no sleep this Christmas, Is cambodia just designed exhaust humans?
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Re: My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
Last time I checked , Christmas Day is just another normal day. I suspect that people are to busy making a living?
Pineapple, I thought you were fucking off to your 100K job?
Pineapple, I thought you were fucking off to your 100K job?
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Yeah, that was the point. It was for lolz on the newbie that I was. And having no-Xmas was a bonus. It still is actually.hanno wrote:Last time I checked , Christmas Day is just another normal day. I suspect that people are to busy making a living?
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This is my first Christmas here. I was awoken - as always - by the noodle bar downstairs setting up at 3.30am, but I didn't expect any different.
The thing that has surprised me is all the tinsel, Christmas trees, Santas, Christmas songs and crap everywhere.
The thing that has surprised me is all the tinsel, Christmas trees, Santas, Christmas songs and crap everywhere.
You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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Currently in Vietnam and Cambodia has a long way to go to catch up on all the kitsch and crappy music.timmydownawell wrote:This is my first Christmas here. I was awoken - as always - by the noodle bar downstairs setting up at 3.30am, but I didn't expect any different.
The thing that has surprised me is all the tinsel, Christmas trees, Santas, Christmas songs and crap everywhere.
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Not my first Christmas, but anyway . . .
A Christmas Story.
For many years here in Cambodia, I had an American brother-in-law married to my wife's younger sister. One Christmas, his parents came over for a visit, and, his Mom was going to cook a traditional western style Xmas Dinner with all the trimmings. We were invited of course, and it all sounded great.
Also invited were the in-laws, Granny, Jed, Ellie-May, Jethro, etc. What could possibly go wrong?
As anyone with a Khmer family knows, when it comes to preparing meals, all the women folk would pitch in to help. Even though they know nothing about what a traditional Xmas dinner was, they just began preparing things in the way that they were used to, which didn't represent anything Christmassy at all.
Things didn't quite go as Mom had planned. Despite there being a table set up for everyone to sit down for dinner, the food started coming out with a plate of sliced turkey, then a plate of vege, then something else, etc.
We ended up eating smorgasbord style with everyone standing around holding their plates. The visiting Dad said, "Not quite what I had in mind, but it'll have to do".
I won't go into details of what happened next, but it resulted in Mom in tears, and both Mom and Dad heading out the front gate vowing never to return.
A Christmas Story.
For many years here in Cambodia, I had an American brother-in-law married to my wife's younger sister. One Christmas, his parents came over for a visit, and, his Mom was going to cook a traditional western style Xmas Dinner with all the trimmings. We were invited of course, and it all sounded great.
Also invited were the in-laws, Granny, Jed, Ellie-May, Jethro, etc. What could possibly go wrong?
As anyone with a Khmer family knows, when it comes to preparing meals, all the women folk would pitch in to help. Even though they know nothing about what a traditional Xmas dinner was, they just began preparing things in the way that they were used to, which didn't represent anything Christmassy at all.
Things didn't quite go as Mom had planned. Despite there being a table set up for everyone to sit down for dinner, the food started coming out with a plate of sliced turkey, then a plate of vege, then something else, etc.
We ended up eating smorgasbord style with everyone standing around holding their plates. The visiting Dad said, "Not quite what I had in mind, but it'll have to do".
I won't go into details of what happened next, but it resulted in Mom in tears, and both Mom and Dad heading out the front gate vowing never to return.
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Re: My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
"I won't go into details of what happened next, but it resulted in Mom in tears, and both Mom and Dad heading out the front gate vowing never to return."
Ah c'mon. I need a laugh.
Ah c'mon. I need a laugh.
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Re: My first Xmas in Cambodia, I was surprised by...
Yep definitely sounds like a good one
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