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- Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: AEON Mall Phnom Penh Opening 20 June
- Replies: 110
- Views: 27310
Re: AEON Mall Phnom Penh Opening 20 June
It's Jacob and the General's great excitement about this that I didn't really get - all these !!! (You're both so keen that you almost sound like you're advertising for the mall... so much enthusiasm for a shopping mall is yet another wonder from the kingdom.) But each to his own... Hope it lives up...
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: AEON Mall Phnom Penh Opening 20 June
- Replies: 110
- Views: 27310
Re: AEON Mall Phnom Penh Opening 20 June
WTF - I came here to get away from all that shit. Seriously, what is a "real" shopping mall going to add to your life here? And Starbucks, are you kidding? Why not McDonalds while you're at it? To me, this seems like the classic expat syndrome where you want all the conveniences of "h...
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:30 am
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7804
Re: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
And that pink wax in your dreadlocks reveals itself to be a bar of hotel soap that you lost 3 months ago (that you pinched out of the shared bathroom while staying in the $2 dorm)... I remember you now.
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7804
Re: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
Sorry kiwi - 1) scream abuse when some little old lady tries to make 100 riel profit off you. 2)walk everywhere, even when its pissing with rain and the sewers are overflowing - with no shoes of course 3)carry a water bottle with you and fill it up for free in the toilets of the closest bar/restaura...
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7804
Re: How do you pretend to be Poor ?
OP, pretending to be poor doesn't level the playing-field.
Just treat people as individuals, avoid stereotyping and don't be a dick.
Just treat people as individuals, avoid stereotyping and don't be a dick.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:51 pm
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Books about Cambodia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4901
Re: Books about Cambodia
Thanks Hugh - did a search on Becker and came up with this: http://books.google.fr/books?id=mg9QLPuOZvgC&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=bophana+becker&source=bl&ots=pv7irBft1O&sig=J1CRAtir0apkYwDw13Q4dOLl-3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pm2QU4u7N4SI0AXN74DoBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&am...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:45 am
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Easy Laos border crossing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4233
Re: Easy Laos border crossing?
Last time we went through - Jan/Feb - it was $1 for "health check". Got told we were very bad people who are responsable for the spread of malaria (lol), when we declined their offer. More to the point,we were already being hit on for $2 "stamp fee" by the officials on both sides...
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:10 pm
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Books about Cambodia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4901
Books about Cambodia
Hi This is just to get the ball rolling - what are good/essential reads about Cambodia? http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/19/top-10-books-about-cambodia-pol-pot-peter-froberg-idling I'd add French authors Bizot ( The Gate ) and Patrick Deville ( Kampuchea ) - and I really liked Alex Hinton's...