To Cambodia With Love: excerpts
To Cambodia With Love is a travel guide for the connoisseur by long-time expatriate Andy Brouwer. 11 essays from the book are available here on Thing Asian website: http://www.thingsasian.com/contributor/tocambodiawithlove From wilderness hikes in the Cardamom Mountains to scenic picnics overlooking Angkor Wat, discover the secrets of savvy expatriates, seasoned travelers, and inspired locals. With its...
Live circus and music performance: Phare Ponleu Selpak
Dynamic and exquisite live circus and music performance in Battambang. Please join and compliment our young professional and talented artists! Shows for November: Tuesday 2 Distant Haze Thursday 4 whereabouts sunrise Friday 5 Putho! Saturday 6 whereabouts sunrise Tuesday 9 whereabouts sunrise Thursday 11 whereabouts sunrise Tuesday 16 Putho! Wednesday 17 whereabouts sunrise Thursday 18...
Cambodia’s railways watchdog: Cambodia Trainspotter
Launched in late October this year, Cambodia Trainspotter is a new blog to monitor the rehabilitation of the railways in Cambodia. While there is still little information about the blog, Cambodia Trainspotter is a worth to visit for those interested in the ongoing project, funded by Asian Development Bank and Australian Government Overseas Aid Program...
Rare fish caught in Battambang lake
A fisherman in Battambang province caught a 12 Kg and 1,4 meters-long fish from a lake near the Great Lake (The Tonlé Sap). The catch attracted some hundreds people to see the rare fish. Here’s the full story in Khmer language with picture on Cambodian newspaper Koh Santepheap.
Circus Performances, Live Music and Visual Arts Exhibition
“Arts as a key to empower livelihood” Battambang circus performances in October: Firday, 1: Putho! Saturday, 2: Putho! Thursday, 7: Sunrise Saturday, 9: Sunrise Thursday, 14: Putho! Saturday, 16: Putho! Thursday, 21: Sunrise Thursday, 28: Putho! Please come and compliment our young professional and talented artists. Visual Arts Exhibition & Welcome drink @ 6:00 pm...
Student Sophy Chau raises money for Cambodian children
A student in New Zealands, Sophy Chau is running a charitable organization to help Khmer kids in Battambang province, so that they can have access to basic education. Save Khmer Kids, Sophy’s project, is working together with a local organization in Cambodia, the Association for Knowledge Development (AKD), which operates a small school teaching English...
“Akira” at Japanese animation night
Katsuhiro Otomo’s masterpiece is one of the most influential examples of Japanese animation films (“anime”). The story is set in the post-apocalyptic community of Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo is a fiercely individualistic member of a scroungy motorcycle gang. The despotic authorities, the robot-like police, and even the cycle gang pursue Tetsuo when he’s bombarded with a new,...
Cambodian premiere: Good Luck Every Day
Former Cambodian actress Peng Phan was imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge. She managed to escape from the detention center as hundreds around her, including many children, were massacred. Haunted by her memories of children murdered by the KR, Peng Phan decided to devote her life to Cambodia’s youth and turn her home into an orphanage....
Battambang art exhibit opens at Meta House
“Nine faces” Exhibition opening with new works from 9 Battambang artists A five days experimental workshop run by Arts facilitator Darren Swallow and using techniques borrowed from Art Therapy, Drama, Improvisation, Movement and Poetry took 9 artists from Battambang into a deep exploration of aspects of the self, feelings, memory and place. The inspiration and...
Cambodian Dreams
Stanley Harper (who will be present at the screening) chronicles parallel lives of a Khmer family – half of whom went to one of the refugee camps in Thailand, while the other half stayed in Cambodia. This story is enriched by grandmother Yan Chheing who has an extraordinary grasp of the complex issues involved. 20...
Shortcut: Phnom Penh, Battambang
Khmer language may be hard to learn for many expatriates living and working in Cambodia. This also goes to how to pronounce some names of places or destinations. For instance, even English language newspaper like the Phnom Penh Post is trying to play with the name ‘Phnom Penh’. Rather than putting it in its official...
