Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
"Dumb Shit Expats Have Said" would be a fun read.
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
She didn't teach in the enlightening ACE program, did she?General Mackevili wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:06 amThis reminds me of a Canadian English teacher a few years back. A bunch of us were watching a lunar eclipse and she said that the moon looks totally different than it does back home. She thought about it for a second, then said, 'I guess we see the other side of the moon from Cananda.''
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Agreed, it's the foreigners that make me wonder why. Some people come to change everything just to find change in themselves or in the form of financial loss. The mad fun that was being played here has died down and now it's the woke crowd who fools around thinking they're the more mature bunch that will change everything for the better according to their twisted notions of superiority. Must admit, it's gotten a bit boring here of late in that dept. The crazies are gone, and the belief in crosswalks and red lights has returned. But we will survive, I'm sure of that.
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
In all countries you get some great myths/beliefs
Driving through the bush on west australian coast and my British born wife said that it will rain soon. When I said that there are no clouds in the sky she simply stated that I must be blind if I hadnt noticed some cows laydown on the grass. When asked to explain..........
She said they did that so they would have dry grass to eat after the rain stopped.
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Driving through the bush on west australian coast and my British born wife said that it will rain soon. When I said that there are no clouds in the sky she simply stated that I must be blind if I hadnt noticed some cows laydown on the grass. When asked to explain..........
She said they did that so they would have dry grass to eat after the rain stopped.
Highly educated, usually practical but gullible
I know you will say yep she married me
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Yeah, but only during the day!General Mackevili wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:06 amThis reminds me of a Canadian English teacher a few years back. A bunch of us were watching a lunar eclipse and she said that the moon looks totally different than it does back home. She thought about it for a second, then said, 'I guess we see the other side of the moon from Cananda.''
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Tried checking if the door is locked by pushing the door, now that did make my day.
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
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To me that's normal. How do you go about checking if doors are locked or not?
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Everyone is educated in their own way. The villagers know how to survive everything and live on nothing (at least to me).John Bingham wrote:I remember how you went out of your way to meet educated people while you were holidaying here. ACE? That place you spent months complaining about? Great idea, TEFL and IELTS are the way to go...
ACE taught Australian. Football pitches, Beetroot, queuing, stuff that doesn’t exist in the US. However, it did provide a western education along with teaching English. People did land on the moon, for example. The students there had to debate the worldwide obesity epidemic (only seeing morbidly obese westerners in Phnom Penh as reference). As well as practical western customs, like going to the airport and getting on an airplane. This was actually super useful as several Khmer depended on her to lead the way on the flight to the US.
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What bullshit.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:58 amEveryone is educated in their own way. The villagers know how to survive everything and live on nothing (at least to me).John Bingham wrote:I remember how you went out of your way to meet educated people while you were holidaying here. ACE? That place you spent months complaining about? Great idea, TEFL and IELTS are the way to go...
ACE taught Australian. Football pitches, Beetroot, queuing, stuff that doesn’t exist in the US. However, it did provide a western education along with teaching English. People did land on the moon, for example. The students there had to debate the worldwide obesity epidemic (only seeing morbidly obese westerners in Phnom Penh as reference). As well as practical western customs, like going to the airport and getting on an airplane. This was actually super useful as several Khmer depended on her to lead the way on the flight to the US.
And I too remember you quite freely and publicly saying how inferior ACE was, but now you manage to find some positives (albeit lightweight ones considering I have taught at a number of English language schools who offer your positives and more - even including British and USA references rather than what you think is just Australian)
Despite what angsta states, it’s clear from reading through his posts that angsta supports the free FreePalestine movement.
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