Can't really blame the staff, it's more of a customer problem I'd say. The counter is small and people show up like they own the place. This. You can't expect timid little village girl counter staff to tell customers to butt out, you have to make yourself heard if you feel slighted. If I'm in the m...

The staff probably just panic when they see a barang as they don't expect us to be able to converse in Khmer and probably don't rate their own level of English too highly. The dude that smiled wasn't being rude at all. It's Cambodia, not a 1950s London bus stop. Why should he queue in a Cambodian sh...

One thing I don't do , that loads of Cambodians do, is point with my lips... I found it weird after arriving in Cambodia..Now it makes me laugh.... Ha! I've caught myself doing it. At risk of turning this into a "shit that locals do that we don't" thread, here's one that baffles me. They ...

I use those Vietnamese drip coffee cups, and use the bum gun to clean them out and flush the grounds down the toilet. After a week of doing this, it leaves a dirty brown tide mark in the toilet bowl! Then, on a Monday morning, before the cleaner's weekly visit, I franticly clean every speck of coffe...

an automatic pass of the grade 12 exam? sheesh.

I'm in the best shape of my life, training for a big race in april. But the training has consumed me - i can't tolerate much alcohol these days, I'm always tired, and I'm constantly flirting with exhaustion and overtraining. It‘s a lot of hard work, but a life goal and something i (mostly) enjoy. An...

Nutrition for endurance athletes. Bars, gels, sodium tablets. Recovery powder and powder mix for long endurance training. There are a lot of cyclists around these days, and apart from a very limited supply of Hammer products, clif bars and gatorade , there is little else. There are many gyms, many e...

Did the Brooklyn Pizza guy thread continue on CEO? Because to me, it seems damn near certain that he is the new partner in K440 who does not want to disclose his identity, and the reason the thread was pulled over there. I have no opinion on whether he should be vilified for past crimes or not - I d...

Unrelated question: So both site mods will be modding from abroad?
I've seen a number of folks recently head overseas for short-term contracts, to bank some cash for a return to the Kingdom. An idea I'm considering myself.

I'm not interested in the car, but I want to see this beast!

Not sure about you guys, but on my screen, the top of the khmer text is missing. Just a little, but it has snipped off part of the vowels. Rama, can you transliterate it for me? It looks like: baur via nung doh , mun jambach dam. if it will ? , not necessary plant. I'm just a little confused by the ...