Be aware of EGG ATTACK on Your Car – IMPORTANT NOTICE

EGG  ATTACK on Your Car – IMPORTANT NOTICE.

If you are driving at night and were attacked with eggs on your car’s windshield , do not operate your wiper or spray any water. Eggs mixed with water become milky and block your vision up to 92.5 %. You are forced to stop at road side and become victim of robbery. This is new technique used by robbers.

Thanks to Sophary Noy for passing the message.

Seun — The Cham Muslim Tower

 

Seun — The Cham Muslim tower. A seun (tower) dating over one hundred years in a Cham Muslim village in Svay Klaing district, Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. According to local villagers, earlier residents of the village ascended to the top of the seun to announce prayer times and observe the moon to determine the beginning and end of Ramadan. Photo by Terith Chy.

Source: DC-Cam Archives. (from Teacher’s Guidebook: The Teaching of, “A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979), p. 125, published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, 2009)

Jacky Chan in Cambodia for a BRIDGES Program

University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, November 11, 2009

Jackie Chan in Cambodia Phnom Penh, November 12, 2009 University of Cambodia Jackie Chan whom well-known as Chhin Long came to Cambodia and delivered a keynote address on Art and Culture as a Pathway Towards Peace to hundred of university students and guests at the University of Cambodia under a BRIDGES -Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace Programme. The BRIDGES is aimed to facilitate and strengthen dialogue and communication society in Southeast Asia with their multiple cultures and faiths as well as with people in other part of the world to promote understanding and trust. The event aims at building bridge through Nobel Laureates with local universities and institutions in Southeast Asia to establish long term relationship which may result in common research programs and other forms of collaboration. During speak at the University of Cambodia; Chhin Long was conferred of honorary doctorate degree from the University President, Dr. Koa Kim Houn. There were a lot of welcomes to Chhin Long from the university students including myself for his trip to Cambodia at this time due to he has time to speak and talk to them with sincere environment.

 

THE LAST DAY OF THE WATER FESTIVAL –THE MAGICAL OF CAMBODIA’S RIVERS

Mekong River: The last day of the water festival in Cambodia 

For a thousand years, the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap  (Tonle means River) have been converging at Tonle Chatumok (Four Faces River ) in Phnom Penh , Cambodia ’s capital. Every year on the last day of the Water Boat Festival, accompanied by a full moon, the waters from the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap reserve direction flowing into the sea. Indeed, Cambodia’s rivers are magical!

Happy Cambodian Water Festival Day, November 1-3, 2009

Update of the AH1N1 Situation

According to the DAP News reported that by October 14, 2009 another 13 cases of AH1N1 cases are detected which lead the number climb up to 146 cases in Cambodia now. Dr. Sok Touch, the Director of the Communicable Disease Department of the Ministry of Health expressed his concerns over the spread of this disease. He also reported that the ministry of health will take a preventive measure against this spreading disease especially during the coming Water Festival Ceremony which will happened at the end of this month as hundred thousand of people from provinces will flow into Phnom Penh to celebrate this festival.

Does the Thai government (currently as the Chairman of the ASEAN Countries) dares to include the Cambodia-Thai border dispute on Phreah Vihear Temple into the forthcoming ASEAN Summit Meeting agenda?

Friends, I would like to invite you all to make your guessing vote on this interesting subject whether or not the Thai government (currently as the Chairman of the ASEAN Countries) put the Cambodia-Thai border dispute on Phreah Vihear into the agenda to the forthcoming ASEAN Summit meeting in Hua Hin from 23-25 October 2009.

Yesterday you all might hear from the Cambodia National Television and other TVs as well as the newspaper reported that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affair, Mr. Hor Namhong requested to his counterpart, Mr. Kasit Phirumya, the Thai Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affair to include the matter of Cambodia-Thai border dispute on Phreah Vihear into the agenda to the forthcoming ASEAN Summit meeting in response to what Mr. Kasit has been raised in the Bangkok Post that he will request to the ASEAN summit meeting to create a so called as Neutralized Organization to guide and solve this chronic bilateral dispute.

My question is “Does the Thai government (currently as the Chairman of the ASEAN Countries) dares to include the Cambodia-Thai border dispute on Phreah Vihear Temple  into the forthcoming ASEAN Summit Meeting agenda?” You will see the answer soon from the meeting.  To me I voted for NO.

Thank you for your participation. Kim Heang

What is new in Stung Treng Province of Cambodia?

Last week I have been in Stung Treng for a few days. Actually, this was my first trip to this province which I have never been there before. I don’t really know exactly how to describe the changing in term of development of this province because it was my first time. But you might be able to describe about the change if you have ever been to this province before. Stung Treng is a province close to Laos border and connected with a Sekong river and bridge. I have taken several photos of the city views to share with you and hope that you could see the change of this province. Please let me know if thing is not change in this province.

The Khmer House

You will see in this slideshow a series of the traditional Khmer houses in Chloung District of Kratie province. I have an opportunity to capture all these beautiful photos during my mission to Steung Treng province last week by traveling across this district. I found an amazing of the Khmer house build along the road in Chloung district. When seeing the houses, it tells us how this districts that rich of the tree. Each of the houses built higher from the ground to protect from the flood which often happened especially during rainy season. The style of house to me is really represented to the Khmer culture and some of them are in very old style and condition. According to my assumption they might built it since 50 years ago for some of the houses.

Does military group make a coup again to the current Thai government (Abhisit Vejjajiva) during the coming 3rd anniversary (19 September 2009) organize by the RED SHIRT Team?