What's the most important lesson Cambodia taught you?

ItWasntMe · Post by **ItWasntMe** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:59 am

CaliforniaGuy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:10 pm
ItWasntMe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:17 pm
CaliforniaGuy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:24 pm A good question, and I started writing up a reply. But when it got to two pages, and was still missing all of the nuance, I decided better to give it up. I will just say, It's complicated.
Come on don't be a tease, I'm sincerely interested in those two pages
Yeah, but then you would realize, hey what a moron... Some things should stay hidden,for the greater good, at least for a while. But in all seriousness, it is the nuance that I have not yet been able to articulate, and that is everything, otherwise it is insipid, preachy, stupid. I mean most of it is not what important lessons I have learned about Cambodia, but what important lessons I have learned about myself from Cambodia, and that I think is what everyone has to find out for himself. You see what I mean when I said preachy?

The question is just that, what's the most important lesson you learnt from Cambodia, not about Cambodia, that's a different thread.

And yes I agree it's individual and that's why your reply no matter how many pages is as good as any

bossho · Post by **bossho** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:25 pm

I learned the importance of keeping the mouth shut, regardless of any perceived or gross injustice. Things have a way of working out smoothly and in that time I have been able to learn more. Had I made a peep thngs would not have worked out as well as they did when I have kept quiet and also kept cool and not shown emotion.

This applies to any situation with any and all local people but might also apply to foreign people living here

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:17 pm

Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:07 pm Cambodia taught me that '' Kama '' really does exist.

FTFY

Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:07 pm Cambodia taught me that '' Karma '' "Khema" and "krama" really do exist.

cabron · Post by **cabron** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:23 pm

bossho wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:25 pm I learned the importance of keeping the mouth shut, regardless of any perceived or gross injustice. Things have a way of working out smoothly and in that time I have been able to learn more. Had I made a peep thngs would not have worked out as well as they did when I have kept quiet and also kept cool and not shown emotion.

This applies to any situation with any and all local people but might also apply to foreign people living here

truffledog · Post by **truffledog** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:19 pm

bossho wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:25 pm I learned the importance of keeping the mouth shut, regardless of any perceived or gross injustice. Things have a way of working out smoothly and in that time I have been able to learn more. Had I made a peep thngs would not have worked out as well as they did when I have kept quiet and also kept cool and not shown emotion.

This applies to any situation with any and all local people but might also apply to foreign people living here

Thinking back there were a few occasions I regret not having acted no matter me beeig a tourist only. There is a red line where we all should act/oppose/intervene, but for many reasons we dont.

Chuck Borris · Post by **Chuck Borris** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 6:39 pm

Never overtake on the right side. Many French people are assholes. Dont use phone on the street (seen 2 successful phone snatching from the motorbike). Dont say to Khmer girl you stay here long time (you know to much) and Im not talking about the bar girls. Khmer girls dont like and they are afraid of the sex toys ("Will make me crazy)"

Time is relative for Khmers.

Singapore Slinger · Post by **Singapore Slinger** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:00 am

Pseudonomdeplume wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:39 am
Singapore Slinger wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:05 pm
Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:55 pm 1. On those self-loathing days, there's always another westerner to make you feel better about your own shitty expat existence.

2. Too often kindness is misconstrued as weakness.
I don't think I ever had a self-loathing day in South-East Asia?
I learnt to put myself in others position first. It's not all about me.

I don't think that you are understanding the term self-loathing in that case are you?

ofparadise · Post by **ofparadise** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:40 am

Took some time to learn...

☑ - to enjoy slowing down and to get my mind out of work mode after 5pm.
☑ - there are no fixed timings, just suggestions
☑ - the value of public libraries and how it shapes society.
☑ - private hospitals do not mean better medical care.
☑ - 4 times table

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:44 am

Singapore Slinger wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:00 am
Pseudonomdeplume wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:39 am
Singapore Slinger wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:05 pm
Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:55 pm 1. On those self-loathing days, there's always another westerner to make you feel better about your own shitty expat existence.

2. Too often kindness is misconstrued as weakness.
I don't think I ever had a self-loathing day in South-East Asia?
I learnt to put myself in others position first. It's not all about me.
I don't think that you are understanding the term self-loathing in that case are you?

Is that how you talk to people. Like they're 12? It's your self-centred self that lacks faculty.

If someone opens, saying they have bad days, it is bad skills to reply, "I never have bad days."

It's not all about you.

bossho · Post by **bossho** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:51 pm

It dumbfounded me for a long time that my words and tonality could be such an offense especially in light of the direct actions against me or my property done by others. But, I have found thru my experience, that talkng badly with strong tonality is maybe the absolute worse thing to do and there will be backlash. Better to keep cool and keep it inside and process that stuff later if at all, taking it on the chin and moving gets noted, your dues are paid and you can protect better going forward and soksabei with no problems.

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