KI Media: “Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Greatest Soccer Player” plus 20 more |
- Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Greatest Soccer Player
- Arisman calls for changes
- Football game is not real life
- Surapong praises Cambodian relations
- Red shirts' bus crashes on way home
- Cambodia’s Overcrowded Prisons
- It wasn't really a Cambodian victory in the soccer match ... Hun Xen was allowed to score 5 points by himself
- Exodus from Phnom Penh during Pchum Ben celebration
- TEDx - Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity
- Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy's visit to Austria on 09 Sept 2011
- Philadelphia's Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” this Monday (tomorrow)
- I learn by reading your body
- Brain Food
- UN Convention Against Corruption
- Brain Food
- Celebration of Pchum Ben festival at Wat Khemara Rangsey, San Jose, California- ពិធីបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ នៅវត្តខេមររង្សី ក្រុងសាន់ហូស្សេ
- Nom Benh slo-mos reveal very stylish soccer
- Cambodia finding a way
- At the ball game - By Anonymous
- China donates office supplies to Cambodia for 2012's ASEAN host
- TEDx - What we learned from 5 million books
| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Greatest Soccer Player Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:15 PM PDT
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Red shirt leader urges end to anti-monarchy rhetoric 26/09/2011 Aekarach Sattaburuth Bangkok Post More than a year after fleeing Thailand in the wake of the deadly May 19 crackdown on anti-government protesters, Arisman Pongruangrong showed up at a Phnom Penh hotel and called for an end to anti-monarchist allegations against red shirts. Mr Arisman spoke to reporters at a post-match party that followed a friendly football game between red-shirt leaders, Pheu Thai Party members and Cambodian authorities on Saturday. At the Lucky Star Hotel in Phnom Penh, Mr Arisman complained of accusations that he was not loyal to the royal institution. "Claims that red shirts are seeking to topple the monarchy must stop," he said. "We should not involve the higher institution in politics." It hurt to be accused of disloyalty to the monarchy, Mr Arisman said, adding that he only wanted democracy, justice, fair elections and public participation in the judiciary. He said Thais had been deceived for decades and had not had power at all. See also: Surapong praises Cambodian relations Related: Red shirts' bus crashes on way home Mr Arisman said he had talked with deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and they agreed that they had to embolden the public so that they could change national systems. "Today it is necessary for people to take part in each of the three powers - the legislature, the executive and the judiciary," he said. "I would like members of the public to participate in the judiciary instead of having only appointed people in it." He and Thaksin are fugitives. While Thaksin left Thailand in 2008 following a corruption conviction, Mr Arisman has been charged with terrorism after outbreaks of violence and arson during last year's red-shirt protests, of which he was a leader, seeking to overthrow the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration. Mr Arisman said the Abhisit-led coalition, which was chosen in a parliamentary vote in 2008, had done nothing for the people and the July 3 general election, which Pheu Thai won in a landslide, clearly showed that people backed democratic politics. Although Pheu Thai now leads the government, Mr Arisman said he had no plans to return to Thailand in the near future. He said he is uncertain about his safety in the country and will wait for proposals from the Truth for Reconciliation Commission, which has been tasked with ascertaining the facts of the past political crisis, before deciding on his next move. "If political cases are finalised and a committee is formed to investigate both sides, then I will return to Thailand to live the life of Mr Arisman, driving a sports car, touring on a motorcycle sometimes, and staying with the family," he said. Mr Arisman appeared much slimmer than when he was last seen in public in Thailand. He said he has lost 16 kilogrammes since the moment he evaded arrest by soldiers in the May 19 crackdown. On that day, he recalled, before walking from the protest headquarters at Ratchaprasong intersection, he sat in front of the Erawan shrine for a long while. A garment vendor gave him a pair of sandals. He put them on, changed into ragged clothes and started to walk. Soldiers ran past him. He then stopped to buy some candy and cigarettes. He smoked and walked as more soldiers ran past him. He said he saw a dozen Humvees, some 100,000 rounds of ammunition and hundreds of snipers on buildings and heard endless gunfire and shouts. In Pratunam, he took a motorcycle taxi through the Makkasan area and then changed cars several times as he left Bangkok through Pathum Thani and Suphan Buri provinces and headed for the Northeast. Mr Arisman said he had passed a number of soldiers' checkpoints en route. He exited Thailand through Nong Khai province, where he boarded a boat to travel by river from Laos to Cambodia. Once safely clear of his homeland, Mr Arisman said he spent his exile travelling around Africa and Europe before returning to Cambodia. He said he had even made occasionally fleeting visits to Thailand and some soldiers and policemen had recognised him but none arrested him. "Many people love me. They know it is of no use to arrest me and cause trouble," Mr Arisman said. It is not known where he has made his base since leaving Thailand. At the party in Phnom Penh on Saturday, he urged his fellow red shirts to note the favour that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian nation as a whole had done for him, for Thaksin and for the red shirts. Mr Arisman said they should return the favour when appropriate.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Football game is not real life Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:49 PM PDT 26/09/2011 Bangkok Post EDITORIAL Football diplomacy moves Thai-Cambodian relations forward. It does not settle any of the outstanding bilateral disagreements. Authorities in both countries may be able to use the sports encounter to make progress at more important meetings. Sports diplomacy is always a good tension breaker. The weekend football match in Phnom Penh was no exception. It was so diplomatic, in fact, that Cambodians joined the Thai team and Thais joined the Cambodian team. With a crowd estimated at 50,000 looking on, everything came up roses, with the team headed by the top dignitary, Prime Minister Hun Sen, coming out on top, with smiles all around. Hands were shaken. Smiles were contagious. A good mood was undeniable. But no problems were solved, and there are important and urgent disagreements between our two countries. The idea of football diplomacy instigated by some Pheu Thai members of parliament is a good one. For sure there were political motives behind Saturday's game at the Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium. Fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had already left Cambodia for Hong Kong, but the match was about him, and about the new government led by his sister, Ms Yingluck. Hun Sen has made, and continues to make quite a big deal out of the Pheu Thai election victory. On Saturday, he repeated his statement that the bad old days - "the nightmare era - was over. By that, as everyone knows, he meant that the Democrat Party was defeated at the polls. Hun Sen has a continuing and troubling disrespect and personal dislike of ex-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and of former foreign minister Kasit Piromya. (To be fair, Mr Kasit's attacks on Hun Sen during the 2008 yellow shirt period were equally, unfairly personal.) It is encouraging to see Thai and Cambodian representatives smiling and establishing personal relations. It is quite another, however, for the leader of Cambodia to continuously use such visits by Thais to boost his own agenda. The Thai government has changed, but Hun Sen's policies have not. Visits by Ms Yingluck, Thaksin and the Pheu Thai football-playing MPs have not changed the determination of the Cambodian leader to claim the disputed land at Preah Vihear temple. A football match has not altered in any manner Hun Sen's claim on the probably carbon-rich waters off Trat province. The coming of the new government should not lull Hun Sen into thinking he can divide Thais. Football diplomacy is an ice-breaker, no more. It can never lead to a new policy on important, national issues. It must be remembered that it was unprofessional of Hun Sen to push the former, Democrat-led government into deadly combat along the border. The new, friendlier diplomacy between the two countries is immensely welcome. Last week's joint decision to pull troops back from the Preah Vihear area, for example, lessens the chance of accidental war. The agreements and disagreements between two neighbours have not fundamentally changed. Hun Sen still has an influential, nationalist group which expects him to best Thai diplomats and officers. So does Ms Yingluck. Mr Kasit was the first to tell the media that Cambodia must "never think that you will get at our natural resources and territory" via football diplomacy. As usual, Mr Kasit ruined it by adding that he suspects Pheu Thai will "give away national assets to Cambodia". They will not, any more than the Democrats gave away Thai territory or dignity during their times in office, no matter what Pheu Thai propaganda said. Football diplomacy moves Thai-Cambodian relations forward. It does not settle any of the outstanding bilateral disagreements. Authorities in both countries may be able to use the sports encounter to make progress at more important meetings.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Surapong praises Cambodian relations Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:41 PM PDT 26/09/2011 Thanida Tansubhapol Bangkok Post NEW YORK : Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has assured United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that relations between Thailand and Cambodia will improve under the new Thai government. Mr Surapong said he had told Mr Ban that relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh were returning to normal after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's official visit to Phnom Penh on Sept 15. Ms Yingluck received a warm welcome from her Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen, he said. Mr Surapong yesterday met Mr Ban at the Thai-UN bilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Ties between Thailand and Cambodia soured after the Democrats took the helm of the government nearly three years ago. And earlier this year, Thai-Cambodian border skirmishes took place and claimed several soldiers' lives from both sides. Phnom Penh eventually called for the UN to act as a mediator to end the conflict. Eventually,, the UN assigned Indonesia, this year's chair of Asean, to mediate the problem. In April, Cambodia asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on the interpretation of the 1962 judgement concerning Preah Vihear temple and a 4.6 -square-kilometre vicinity around the area. In July, the ICJ issued provisional measures ordering both countries to withdraw their military personnel from a proposed demilitarised zone around Preah Vihear and refrain from any armed activities directed at that zone. Mr Surapong said he also told Mr Ban the two countries would adhere to the ICJ' s future rulings on map interpretation and would abide by the ICJ's order on the provisional measure issued in late July. He said he was optimistic that Thai-Cambodian relations would not deteriorate after the ICJ's ruling, which is expected next year. Mr Surapong said he had invited Mr Ban to visit Thailand before the Asean Summit meeting in Bali in the middle of November. In other news, Mr Surapong said Ms Yingluck was preparing to visit Beijing late next month where she was expected to sign the Joint Action Plan 2012-2016 to review China's and Thailand's joint economic development goals. Thailand was also ready to hold a second informal joint cabinet meeting with Hanoi, an event that has not been held for seven years, he said. Thailand was also ready to host the tripartite meeting of the Director-General of Legal and Treaties Affairs between Bangkok, Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur about the overlapping zone in the Gulf of Thailand, he said.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red shirts' bus crashes on way home Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:37 PM PDT 26/09/2011 Prasit Saengrungruang Bangkok Post SIEM REAP : A coach carrying red shirts from Phom Penh yesterday was in collision with a taxi while on its way home from Saturday's Thai-Cambodian football match, killing the cab driver and wounding seven on the bus. The taxi was sent skidding until it finally flipped upside down. Seven red-shirt supporters were rushed to a hospital in Siem Reap, while the taxi driver reportedly succumbed to severe wounds. Thousands of red-shirts left Thailand for Cambodia on Friday to see United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship leaders and Pheu Thai MPs, as well as former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, play the friendly football match with Cambodia's team, which was led by Premier Hun Sen and manned with his deputies at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on Saturday. The football match was designed to showcase the two countries' improving ties, which had been strained during the Abhisit Vejjajiva government's term due to overlapping territorial claims. Since the Pheu Thai Party rose to power in July, Hun Sen has expressed interest in a prisoner exchange programme between the two countries. Among Thai inmates jailed in Cambodia are Veera Somkwamkid, co-leader of anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy, and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon, who are serving eight and six-year terms, respectively, on espionage charges from December. Justice Ministry spokesman Thirachai Wutthitham said yesterday Veera and Ratree could return to Thailand under the agreement to serve more time here.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia’s Overcrowded Prisons Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT
By Mong Palatino The Diplomat According to human rights group Licadho, prison occupancy in Cambodia is alarmingly close to 180 percent, making the country's prison system among the 25 most overcrowded in the world. The group warned that if reforms aren't immediately implemented to curb the prison population boom, Cambodia's prison system could end up being the most overcrowded in the world as soon as 2019. Licadho said that as of April this year, Cambodia's total prison population stood at 15,001, which was a 12.6 percent increase compared with last year. The records of Cambodia's General Department of Prisons showed that they processed 6,836 new admissions last year, which represented almost half the prison population. Seven years ago, Licadho notified authorities that the 18 prisons monitored by the group were already filled to capacity and called for drastic judicial reforms to reduce the number of inmates in dilapidated prison cells. But it seems their petition went unheeded because the number of prisoners has continued to rise, despite the absence of programmes to expand and improve the country's prison facilities. Based on Licadho's documentation, there are three factors that contributed to the prison overcrowding in Cambodia: The practice of detaining those who can't pay criminal fines, a pilot programme in which pre-trial inmates were transferred to a community drug detention centre, and the use of prison sentences that aren't commensurate with the crimes committed. Human rights advocates have raised concerns that people convicted of minor crimes are handed excessively long prison sentences. For example, a juvenile in Sihanoukville was sentenced to six months imprisonment for breaking a window. In Svay Rieng, an 18-year-old man was arrested last year for stealing a chicken and was sentenced to a year in prison. In Kampong Cham, a man was arrested and charged with stealing a bottle of cooking oil and was later convicted and sentenced to seven months in jail for theft. As a preliminary reform measure, Licadho proposed that a nationwide survey of the country's prisons be conducted by the government and preferably assisted by an international partner in order to determine the system's true capacity. Next, the government should 'compile a reliable and accurate profile of the prison population to help inform criminal justice policy decisions.' The evaluation of the prison population should include details such as sentence length and the age of offenders. Licadho also reminded the government that the practice of detaining individuals who can't afford to pay fines costs the state more money because of the expense of incarceration. Instead of automatic imprisonment for every offense committed, they suggested the use of non-custodial sentences as a possible response to petty crimes. Licadho believes that alternative sentencing measures could the reduce prison population by half. They added that 'judicious use of prosecutions' can be easily accomplished if government is ready to provide adequate resources to the courts, police and other institutions of the judiciary. This is necessary so that 'clear processes and procedures for monitoring adherence to non-custodial sentences' can be established. The government should seriously consider the recommendations submitted by Licadho, especially the development of a probation department and the use of alternative sentencing, if it wants to improve the country's prison system. Otherwise, it will end up having to keep converting abandoned buildings into makeshift prison cells as it has had to in Pailin City.  | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Exodus from Phnom Penh during Pchum Ben celebration Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:12 PM PDT
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| TEDx - Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:57 PM PDT Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy's visit to Austria on 09 Sept 2011 Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:50 PM PDT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT Philadelphia: Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" this Monday, September 26 at 5:30 pm. Producer Rich Garella will be there for a short Q&A after the show. Click on link for screenings schedules: http://blog.whokilledcheavichea.com/search/label/screenings Note: This is a screening of the Khmer-language version of the film. Public welcome - Free admission   | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 25 Sep 2011 06:44 AM PDT I learn by reading your body by Nizar Qabbani When I was expelled from the tribe For leaving a poem and a rose At the door of your tent, The age of decay began, An age familiar with grammar and syntax But ignorant of feminity, An age guilty of Erasing women's names From the nation's memory. Oh, my love What kind of a nation is this? Dealing with love like a policeman Considering the rose A conspiracy against the system Considering the poem A secretive leaflet. What kind of a nation is this? Taking the shape of a yellow locust Crawling on its belly From the ocean to the Gulf From the Gulf to the ocean, Speaking like a saint in the daytime Getting drunk over a woman's navel at night. What kind of a nation is this? Deleting love from its curriculum, The art of poetry, The mystery in women's eyes. What kind of a nation is this? Battling each rain cloud, Opening a secret file for each breast, Filing a police report for every rose. You amaze me Like a child's toy I feel civilised because I love you Before you, time did not exist After you, it split into pieces Do not ask why I'm with you I want to be rid of my backwardness Escape my Bedouin ways, I want to sit beneath a tree, Bathe in spring water, Learn the names of the flowers. I want you to teach me the first knowledge Of reading and writing on your body. Whoever does not read The notebooks of your body Will remain illiterate All his life.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 25 Sep 2011 06:00 AM PDT The current Hun Sen-led political regime lacks a credible nationalist pedigree, and Cambodia now seems to be passing - some would say disappearing - into an era of Asianization within globalization, having never passed through a period of viable nationalist rule. Instead, after a series of at best weak and at worst catastrophically self-destructive regimes since the nineteenth century - late classical, colonial, royalist, republican, communist, and liberal democratic - Cambodia still lacks an effective modern state and a self-sustaining national identity. - Steve Heder  | ||||||||||||||||||
| UN Convention Against Corruption Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:56 AM PDT United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) In accordance with article 68 (1) of resolution 58/4, the United Nations Convention against Corruption entered into force on 14 December 2005. A Conference of the States Parties is established to review implementation and facilitate activities required by the Convention. Cambodia acceded to the UNCAC on 5 September 2007 Chapter III Criminalization and law enforcement Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of this Convention, each State Party shall consider adopting such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as a criminal offence, when committed intentionally after the commission of any of the offences established in accordance with this Convention without having participated in such offences, the concealment or continued retention of property when the person involved knows that such property is the result of any of the offences established in accordance with this Convention.  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:52 AM PDT Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. - St. Augustine (354-430)  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:04 AM PDT ពិធីបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ នៅវត្តខេមររង្សី ក្រុងសាន់ហូស្សេ ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ថ្ងៃទី២៤ កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១១ នេះជា រូបថត សកម្មភាព បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ នៅវត្តខេមររង្សី ក្រុងសាន់ហូស្សេ និងបទស្មូត កញ្ញា ភឿន ស្រីពៅ ចំនួន៥បទ។ The following photos show the celebration of Pchum Ben festival at Wat Khemara Rangsey, San Jose, California, on Saturday 24 September 2011. Following the photos are 5 Khmer Smotr chantings performed by Ms. Phoeun Sreypov. Please click on each control to listen to each chanting or right click on the MP3 link to download each song to your computer. ទី១- កុមារពិលាភ Phoeun Sreypov - Komar Pileap ទី២- អដ្ឋមហាឋាន Phoeun Sreypov - Athak-Mohathan ទី៣-ទុក្ខាទីពីរ Phoeun Sreypov - Tukha Ti Pi ទី៤-បណ្តាំនាងសិរីមហាមាយា Phoeun Sreypov - Bandam Neang Serey Maha Meayea ទី៥- បណ្តាំឳពុកម្តាយ Phoeun Sreypov - Bondam Euvpuk M'day  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nom Benh slo-mos reveal very stylish soccer Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT
Note: Slo-mo stands for Slow Motion KI-Media Note: Any resemblance to any know politician is purely fortuitous. According to the Chinese culture, "9" is considered a good number because it sounds the same as the word "longlasting" (as in longlasting dictator).  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:58 PM PDT Saturday, September 24th, 2011 By: Rina Jimenez-David Philippine Daily Inquirer Also ongoing earlier this week in Phnom Penh was the 32nd General Assembly of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), with a Philippine delegation of congressional representatives, led by Speaker Sonny Belmonte, in attendance. Cambodia holds the presidency of the AIPA, and that is the reason it is hosting this year's gathering. The secretary general of AIPA, by the way, is Rep. Antonio Cuenco of Cebu. The current president of Cambodia's National Assembly is Heng Samrin, a former head of state, and president of AIPA. Indeed, in attendance at the opening plenary was a virtual roll-call of Cambodia's most important and historic figures of the past 30 years: Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vice Premier Sok An, Senate President Chea Sim, and King Norodom Sihamoni, son of "King Father" Norodom Sihanouk, who took over the throne upon his father's abdication and the retirement from public life of his half-brother Prince Norodom Ranariddh. In his remarks at the afternoon plenary, former Speaker Jose de Venecia, who was speaking in his capacity as a former president of AIPA and founding chairman of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI), noted the distinct accomplishments of the event's hosts. With the United Nations, he said, Cambodian leaders have sought "to bring to justice those responsible for the genocidal crimes perpetrated on the Cambodian people, for reconciliation cannot be achieved without truth and without justice." These leaders, he added, "have restored Cambodia's stability in a way no other conflict-state has been able to do. Under Premier Hun Sen's leadership, they have done almost the impossible: they brought together Cambodia's four warring armies and integrated them…in a united Cambodian government." * * * Indeed, I thought to myself, if any country or people had reason to pursue with rancor and recrimination the criminals and human rights abusers of the past; that would be Cambodia and the Cambodians. And indeed, the government has set up a tribunal, with the cooperation of civil society groups, to identify and try perpetrators of killings, massacres, torture and other human rights abuses in the troubled decades of Cambodia's struggle for political stability. But along with this pursuit of justice and reconciliation, has been a single-minded drive to pursue economic prosperity, as the many new buildings along Phnom Penh's streets, and the numerous luxury SUVs one encounters on drives, prove. So, too has Cambodia shown its capacity for hosting huge international gatherings with their handling of the AIPA. The opening ceremonies were held at the "Peace Palace," a huge, gleaming building that is the presidential residence and office, quite a contrast to our own aging, dark and dim Malacañang, which cannot accommodate even a fourth of the AIPA crowd. Cambodian staff were quick on their feet, anticipating every need, and – I'm embarrassed to say – streets were blocked off to make way for official entourages. * * * A most welcome and memorable break from the official and protocol-laden events was a dinner held at the home of a member of the Cambodian royal family. He had served as an ambassador to the Philippines and had promised the De Venecias that when they came over for a visit, he would prepare dinner for them. This was apparently to reciprocate the former speaker who had cooked dinner personally for the former ambassador in Manila. So there we were gathered at his classy home: the former Speaker De Venecia and his wife Gina, herself a congresswoman (and president of the lady legislators); former Pakistani senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed and his wife and son; former Ilocos Norte congressman Roque Ablan and his wife Vicky; members of De Venecia's staff, and me. Also gracing the occasion was Princess Marie, estranged wife of Prince Ranariddh, who served as her brother-in-law's co-host that evening because her sister-in-law is Cambodia's current ambassador to Malaysia. The dinner started with a salad of pomelo flakes mixed with dried shrimp (hibe) and bits of chicken, and bathed in a dressing of fish sauce and sugar. This was followed by steamed fish mousse in banana leaf cups, then river lobster cooked two ways: in tasty tomato sauce and steamed plain, with a tangy fish sauce and chili dip. Dessert was familiar to the Filipino guests: ginataan but with sweet longan, and banana fritters. * * * Amid pleasantries and shared memories, most notably that of Princess Marie helping host dinner at her home on the banks of the Mekong River and a breakfast reception held on the grounds of Angkor Wat, just as the sun was rising, things turned personal and sentimental. Apparently long a ritual, we guests then serenaded Princess Marie with that long-ago Doris Day hit tune: "Que Sera, Sera," and as its refrain tells us: "What will be, will be." The ditty held touching messages not just for the princess or even for the De Venecia couple who lost their daughter KC some years back in a fire, but for everyone around the dinner table. It told us not to plan too much, and to accept with grace and dignity whatever outcomes fate has in store for us. It seemed a fitting end to a very brief visit to Cambodia. Bringing a reminder that no matter what life throws at us – and for most Cambodians life has certainly thrown singular challenges their way – "what will be, will be." And with resolve and grace, as long as one has the will to carry on, fate not only presents a way of coping, but of rising above even the most painful losses.  | ||||||||||||||||||
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| China donates office supplies to Cambodia for 2012's ASEAN host Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The government of China on Friday agreed to provide office supplies and equipment worth 2.7 million yuan (about 423,000 U.S. dollars) to Cambodia for hosting ASEAN summit in 2012. The grant was signed between Cambodian Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Long Visalo and the Ambassador of China to Cambodia Pan Guangxue at the Ministry. Speaking after the signing ceremony, Long Visalo said the donation would include projectors, projectors' screens, fax machines, computers, photocopiers, printers, scanners, and other office stationeries. He added that the supplies and equipment will be used for the work of ASEAN meetings that Cambodia will chair in 2012. "On behalf of the government of Cambodia and Cambodian people, I'd like to express my sincere thanks to the government and the people of China for their constantly supporting Cambodia in all circumstances," he said. "China's help to Cambodia including grants, loans and investment is very important for Cambodia to boost economic development and poverty reduction." Meanwhile, Pan Guangxue said that China and Cambodia have maintained friendly and close ties since the old age and the assistance is to relieve Cambodia's burden in hosting the ASEAN summit next year. "Every Chinese donation to Cambodia comes from the heartfelt generosity of the people and the government of China," he said. " We hope that our assistance will help Cambodia to host the ASEAN summit next year successfully."  | ||||||||||||||||||
| TEDx - What we learned from 5 million books Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:57 PM PDT AWESOME !!!! AWESOME !!!! Now envision this in the Cambodian language... as the language is now, and as the language could be IF/WHEN thoughtfully cared for and developed!! Why you should listen to him:Jean-Baptiste Michel holds joint academic appointments at Harvard (FQEB Fellow) and Google (Visiting Faculty). His research focusses on using large volumes of data as tools that help better understand the world around us -- from the way diseases progress in patients over years, to the way cultures change in human societies over centuries. With his colleague Erez Lieberman Aiden, Jean-Baptiste is a Founding Director of Harvard's Cultural Observatory, where their research team pioneers the use of quantitative methods for the study of human culture, language and history. His research was featured on the covers of Science and Nature, on the front pages of the New York Times and the Boston Globe, in The Economist, Wired and many other venues. The online tool he helped create -- ngrams.googlelabs.com -- was used millions of times to browse cultural trends. Jean-Baptiste is an Engineer from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), and holds an MS in Applied Mathematics and a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard. Erez Lieberman Aiden is a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and Visiting Faculty at Google. His research spans many disciplines and has won numerous awards, including recognition for one of the top 20 "Biotech Breakthroughs that will Change Medicine", by Popular Mechanics; the Lemelson-MIT prize for the best student inventor at MIT; the American Physical Society's Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Biological Physics; and membership in Technology Review's 2009 TR35, recognizing the top 35 innovators under 35. His last three papers -- two with JB Michel -- have all appeared on the cover of Nature and Science.  |
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