Kampuchea will be always in my heart....

This beautiful dress

2009-11-30T15:01:00.000-08:00

I wear this beautiful dress to
work,
school,
play,
cook
shower,
bed with my lover.

They asked me where I got the dress?
I told them my dear mother gave to me.
They asked where did your mother get the dress?
I said my dear mother got from her mother,
And her mother got from her mother,
And her mother mother mother got from her beautiful mother.

I am sorry I can't give this beautiful dress to you. A treasure from my ancestor has to be kept and valued.

The brand name is Cambodia.

Missing you...

2009-03-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

Missing my love,
Cambodia.

And I Love Her

2009-02-24T13:59:00.000-08:00

Beautiful and cool music from John Lenon.
By Beattles: "And I Love Her from A Hard Day's Night movie."

Churning of The Milk Sea (Kampuchea)

2007-12-27T23:16:00.000-08:00

This is a traditional dance from my country. Cambodia has very beautiful culture and tradtion. One of the ancient country in southeast asia. This is why I cannot forget her, she so rich, so beautiful. Perhaps this explain why one cannot pass her beauty. She's amazing! So envious. Too much see and learn. I love Kampuchea. This is how I'd like to remember my motherland.
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Before I die...

2007-12-22T17:46:00.000-08:00

I hope to see Cambodia come back to life
I hope to see Cambodia smile
and before I die, I wish for two things;
a book and a movie for my Khmer sisters and brothers to remember Cambodia.

Tsugaru kaikyou fuyugeshiki

2007-12-16T21:42:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite song from Ishikawa Sayuri
Tsugaru kaikyou fuyugeshiki- winter scenery at Tsugaru strait.

Is there morality in animal kingdom?

2007-12-08T20:59:00.000-08:00

I've been down. So down... Wandering around clueless, puzzling.. What to do? Should I take my last will? Should I grab my backpack and say goodbye to the people I love and leave to the bloodhound world? No, I do not want to be outrageous. Can someone out there help my people? My country is in chaos. My people are dying more and more everyday. This is torturing me. My country is taken over by evil-minded men. They are everywhere, committing the grossest deeds. The Vietnamese government are killing my people.... Genocide #2 has just begun, the "land grabbing's revolution."

Khmer rouge trial is the last dream to bring justice for Cambodian but having learned that the trial have been handled by the Khmer rouge (the CPP), there's no hope, there will be no justice. It so sick...it's useless... helpless. What is the trial for if the killers are holding the case. They are controlling the mass media, they are holding the documents. They are ready to stand at the court to prove that they are right. War, greeds, power monger, corruption, the bloodhounds best friend. When will they stop? Is there morality in animal kingdom?

Can somebody understand Cambodian?

2007-11-27T22:22:00.001-08:00

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mohandas Gandhi

Dear unfaithful neighbors

2007-11-22T15:27:00.000-08:00

How many war do you want to wage?
How much more land do you want from us?
How many more Cambodian do you want to kill?
How much more Cambodian blood do you want to shed?
NO? It's not enough yet?

Your hands are so filthy that they smell miles away,
Your hearts are so wicked that everybody recognizes you.
Your minds are so cruel that you can't control yourself.
Your mouths look funny, when you tell lies, they are crooked up and down,left and right. Right to left and left to right. Down and up and up to down. Wobbly...weeblob!

Our suffering is your happiness
Your desirous of fame is at the cost of our victims.
You came, you got what you want, now your countries are rich you should go home! NO? You want more? Angkor wat, preah Vihear, land, oil, tree....are still in your mind? If you can move them inside your house, we'll let you have them. You sure are funny people. Do you realize that everybody is watching you? Fool...!

"You can run but you can't hide"

2007-11-21T20:35:00.000-08:00

After decades of war, very little is known about Cambodia. Our food, culture and history have been abandoned by the invaders. Our books were rewritten according to their desire. Our history were taught in such a way that is NOT Cambodian, nothing but genocide. As they glorify their history, Cambodia’s beauty became darkest of the darkest of all. They teach their children about their pride and we were told from their books to hate ourselves. It seems that our richness, our luxury, our golden land have been their sources of evil, endless invasion still continue. Genocide is still going on in Cambodia, not a loud bombing, but this time a silent and deadly one. Land grabbing from the local people is a trend in ‘new era Cambodia” and land encroachment still going on from east and west. Such tragic in our blood. They have gone very far annihilating Cambodia. Enjoy to your fullest, have her(Cambodia) as the way you want, draw all your mighty greeds, but don’t forget that you must pay great price in the end. If not now, children of Cambodia and good friends of Cambodia will stand and fight for her right, if not today, it will be tomorrow. “You can run but you can’t hide.”

My wish

2007-11-18T21:21:00.000-08:00

To all Cambodian children and friends of Cambodia. We must not let history repeat the tragic past. Please do not forget how we suffer. Help remember our Khmer Krom, Khmer surin and all Khmer sisters and brothers. Helpf us fight justice. And to the enemies, we hope that you will understand the meaning of peace. Allow us to quench the thirst that we've been longing for and that is FREEDOM. I ask nothing but freedom, and freedom is every Cambodian dream. Free from oppression and the end of annihilation for my people. I hope friends of Cambodia will help bring us out of the darkness. To the enemies, I hope you will be our truthful friends tomorrow.

"South Vietnam"

2007-11-18T20:03:00.000-08:00

OUR LOST TERRITORY TO "SOUTH VIETNAM:"

Kampuchea Krom land (southern Cambodia) now known as "South Vietnam." On June 04 1949, just before their complete withdrawal from Indochina which included Cambodia, Lao and Vietnam for more than a hundred years; the French government illegally gave the lower part of Cambodia’s land (Kampuchea Krom) to Vietnam.

Shortly thereafter the Vietnamese government took over all Kampuchea Krom land including our homes. They renamed our land to Vietnamese names. All the streets and anything that had a Khmer name were changed to Vietnamese.

They forced all Khmer in Kampuchea Krom to change or convert their Khmer name to Vietnamese. If we can’t convert our Khmer name to Vietnamese then we must choose one of these Vietnamese last names assigned for us, and it didn’t matter if we were blood relatives or not. For example, Khmer Krom from Khleang (Soc Trang),Trapeang ( Tra Vinh), Pov Lieu (Bac Lieu) and Tirk Khmao ( Ca Mau) provinces had their last names changed to either Son,Thach or Kim. Khmer Krom from Karmourn Sor (Kien Giang), Prek Reussey (Can Tho), Long Ho (Vinh Long) and Mott Chrouk (Chau Doc) last names were changed to Danh, Chau or Ly. The same was ordered for Khmer Krom from other provinces. Those Vietnamese last names were for them to easily identify Khmer Krom, and which province we came from.

Vietnam also shut down all Khmer public schools. Any Khmer Krom wanting an education must go to a Vietnamese school. It was difficult adjusting to sudden language changes for the majority of Khmer Krom students who spoke only Khmer. At first, there were large groups Khmer Krom students enrolled in Vietnamese schools, but only a handful hung on, the majority being bi-lingual. The reasons many Khmer Krom students dropped out was because their parents were too poor to buy school supplies and school uniforms, didn't speak Vietnamese, also because they were not able to cope with the unfair treatment, mental and physical abuse from Vietnamese teachers and Vietnamese students. Instead of helping our students over come language barriers, and treating all students equally, many Vietnamese teachers made the situation worse and unbearable for our students to continue their studies. It did not matter how well Khmer Krom students studied it was never good enough. They often insulted the students “ tu.i ba^y ngu ho*n bo`” (you people are dumber than a cow.)

Struggling to preserve our Khmer language on our land, most Khmer Krom parents would send the children, mostly boys, to local temples for study Khmer language from Buddhist monks. The boys usually stayed at the local temple for several months up to years.

June 1949, after the Vietnamese government shut down Khmer schools, they drove Khmer Krom out of homes and businesses from big cities (such as Prey Norko (now know as Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City), to undeveloped land in the countryside. Once our Khmer Krom people moved out the cities, Vietnamese people moved in. Vietnamese took over our homes; our businesses, while our people struggled to survive, starting all over, with only clothes on back and empty hands. During that time, a large group of Khmer Krom villagers fled to Cambodia, hoping for peaceful life on the upper part of our land.

Meanwhile South Vietnamese drafted young Khmer Krom men into military services to fight the North Vietnamese. American’s requested many Khmer Krom soldiers to transfer in their Special Force because not only were Khmer Krom men much taller and stronger than Vietnamese men, Khmer Krom men were also known for being brave warriors, trustworthy and honest. Many Khmer Krom men fought for the American and South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Many Khmer Krom lives were lost on our land. Many unsung heroes died silent in Kampuchea Krom. Till today, no sympathy, no monument, no special treatment, and no word ever mention from either American or South Vietnamese that many Khmer Krom soldiers has fought and died for our land in Vietnam War.

On April 1975, in Kampuchea Krom the North Vietnamese took over South Vietnam. Vietnamese communists did the same to Khmer Krom; they forced Khmer Krom to “relocated”, abandon homes and businesses, again. “Move or die!” They ordered. Again, our people packed up, again we left our homes, again we abandoned our businesses so the Vietnamese communists officials and their families could move in, took over our properties, our land that we work so hard over pass twenty years to rebuilt. Many Khmer Krom who used to work with South Vietnamese were captured and imprisoned. Some Khmer Krom were lucky to be alive, free to walk out prison after many years in re-education camp, but many Khmer Krom died in prison from torture, illness and hunger. Some Khmer Krom are still missing since captured by Vietnamese communists back in 1975.

Ironically, on April 1975, in Cambodia, our Khmer Krom people life turned from bad to worst when Khmer Rouge show up. Khmer Rouge also evicted everyone out of the cities, just like Vietnamese government did to Khmer Krom on our land. When Khmer Rouge murdered millions of innocents people, amongst the deaths were mostly Khmer and Khmer Krom.

When Vietnam shut down all Khmer public schools on June 1949 they destroyed all Khmer textbooks in Kampuchea Krom.
When Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia on April 1975, before murders millions Khmer/Khmer Krom, they also destroyed all Khmer textbooks. As result our real Khmer history has been deliberately erased. Not only that the Vietnamese don’t like to tell the world, especially the younger Khmer/Khmer Krom generations, that South Vietnam was Kampuchea Krom, but most newer Khmer history books also failed to mention how Cambodia lost our Kampuchea Krom land to Vietnam on 6-4-1949.

1978, when Vietnamese invaded Cambodia, still fear of Khmer Rouge, many Khmer Krom villagers tried to return to Kampuchea Krom, but were shot by Vietnamese communist soldiers. Thousands of innocent Khmer Krom children and women died on our land. Vietnamese communists denied murdering these innocent Khmer Krom villagers and they blamed it on the Khmer Rouge.

Seeing that return to Kampuchea Krom was too risky, some Khmer Krom have no other choice but trying to build another new life on our upper land, Cambodia. Until, recently some top Cambodian officials decided that Khmer Krom do not have the right to be in Cambodia but real Vietnamese do. They welcome millions Vietnamese come and live freely on our upper land but not Khmer Krom. They said Khmer Krom belong to Kampuchea Krom and all Khmer people in Kampuchea Krom should be considered as Vietnamese, and deported back to South Vietnam. Those sent back went straight to prison and some were never heard from, or seen again.

No word could describe the Khmer Krom pain when seeing people from other countries could get permission to build private schools, homes or businesses on our land, but the rightful landowners, Khmer Krom, we couldn’t even get permission to build a single Khmer public school on our land. More than fifty years went by, still, there is no Khmer public school on Kampuchea Krom since 1949 when Vietnam shut down all Khmer schools.

However, if you go to Cambodia, you will see many Vietnamese businesses, schools and even Vietnamese hospital in Cambodia for millions of Vietnamese who came and stay, since Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978. You will see many Khmer children couldn’t afford to go to school, many poor Khmer children begging on the streets or scavengers on dump sites struggling to survive. Along the rivers there are so many Khmer people living on boats, dreaming for a piece of our land to call home.

For millions Khmer people in Kampuchea Krom daily life is struggling for survive. Many Khmer Krom live under plastic tents with no windows, doors, running water or electric, many poor Khmer Krom families wonder when the Vietnamese government is going to order them to move again. Wondering when the oppression and hardship will end, a good life seems only to come in dreams; a dream that some day, the Khmer Krom people will be free to live peacefully on our land.

Today, the world is getting to know more about us. Buddha said, “Nothing could be hidden from the truth.” So it is up to you, my Khmer/ Khmer Krom brothers and sisters to learn more of our real history and tell the world the truth that these were our land.

source:http://www.khmerkromrecipes.com

Kim Trang (Ieng Sary) arrested for KR Trial

2007-11-15T16:02:00.000-08:00

Kim Trang aka Ieng Sary, one of the Vietnamese behind the killing field.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Ieng Sary, the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister taken into custody yesterday by Cambodia's genocide tribunal, was part of the communist group's inner circle, rising to power alongside its notorious leader Pol Pot.
But in the 1990s, when the Khmer Rouge was no longer in power, he defected with a large coterie of followers, effectively setting the stage for the group's collapse by the end of the decade.

His change of heart earned him a limited amnesty but left open the question of how much responsibility he bore for the atrocities the Khmer Rouge regime committed in the late 1970s, when 1.7 million Cambodians died of starvation, disease, overwork and execution.

As deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ieng Sary was one of a few key decision makers in the central committee.

He has long been accused of personally persuading several diplomats and intellectuals based overseas to return to Cambodia to join the revolution after the Khmer Rouge overthrew a pro- American government in 1975. The returnees were arrested and put in reeducation camps, and most were later executed.

Ieng Sary, born as Kim Trang on January 1, 1930 - the date is sometimes disputed - in a former Cambodian province that is now part of southern Vietnam, received a government scholarship in the 1950s to study in France.

source: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art_id=56729&sid=16258749&con_type=1&d_str=20071113&fc=2

Due to copyright

2007-11-14T11:37:00.000-08:00

My apology to those who visited my website earlier, due to copyrigt, I had deleted all the international song such as X-Japan...etc. Since I couldn't share their songs with you, I would like to share the youtube video from someone who uploaded it. I am a fan of X-Japan,although they look very funky heavy metal, their music is a masterpiece. Very meaningful. Toshi the vocalist, broke up with the group, now I heard that he's reuniting after 10 years. X-Japan-"Forever Love." Enjoy!

Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama– vocals
Tomoaki "Pata" Ishizuka– rhythm guitar
Hiroshi "Heath" Morie– bass (since 1992)
Yoshiki Hayashi– drums and piano
Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto– lead guitar (until 1997)
Taiji Sawada– bass (until 1992)

Songs uploaded

2007-11-12T14:06:00.000-08:00

I uploaded some songs in satreyKhmer.com
When you go there, click on 'Music' content at the top of menu bar and double click on the 'play' button to listen. Enjoy!

Windows Vista

2007-11-09T14:51:00.000-08:00

Got my new laptop, Toshiba. It came with Windows Vista, this software support Khmer fonts. I've been struggling with the Khmer keyboard layout, it's not so easy.

Windows vista software has many function keys. If your press 'windows' key and 'tab' key at the same time, it allows you to list the windows that are open on your desktop on your screen as the picture shown below. Then release the 'tab' key on the page that you want to view.

Human Being

2007-11-07T20:20:00.000-08:00

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

-by Einstein

Khmer Chicken Curry

2007-11-04T19:18:00.000-08:00

Kari Monn, Cambodian chicken curry. Consist of chicken,eggplant, bamboo, potato, carrot, onion, coconut milk, basil, big dried red pepper(none spicy). I use chicken breast, it cooks faster than other parts of the chicken(energy saving).

Quotes

2007-11-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

From generation to generation, our Khmer were taught that jess mok pi rean, mien mok pi rork, knowledge comes from learning, wealth is from working hard. Well, to some group it's not always true.

Quote below applies to this group: jess mok pi rean, mien mok pi pouk ro`luoy knowledge comes from learning, wealth is from corruption. Meaning that, weapon, bribery and thunder tone language is their way to get rich.

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"They came, they took, they force, they torture, they kill, you beg for mercy, they invade and you say thank you....how naive!"
"Khmers are irreplaceble but Chinese & Viets are replaceble, get rid of a few, make another one and tell the new one what an idiot the last one was" - AK-47 Made in China

Quotes from "FF"
http://www.cambodiaforum.com

Khmer Rouge and The Vietnamese Link

2007-11-02T19:57:00.000-07:00

The Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese Communists:
A history of their relations as told in the Soviet archives
by Dmitry Mosyakov

To this day, the real history of relations between the Khmer communists and their Vietnamese colleagues is enclosed in a veil of secrecy. Despite extensive research on this theme in Russia and abroad, there are still no reliable answers to many key questions. The history of relations between Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge is construed in Vietnam in a way which sometimes has nothing to do with the story told in the West. Statements of some Khmer Rouge leaders like Khieu Samphan or Ieng Sari, who have recently defected to the governmental camp in Phnom Penh and say what people want to hear, are not to be trusted either. All this supports the assumption that analysis of relations between Hanoi and the Khmer Rouge is not only a historical problem. There is still a political component, which encumbers its objective study. To read more click here ...

Domain for satrey Khmer

2007-11-01T20:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.satreykhmer.com has now been created. It is currently under construction. The information will be launched shortly. Check for the update soon. Thank you!

You may.....

2007-10-28T11:21:00.000-07:00

You may rob Cambodia but you can't rob my heart away from Cambodia.

Jeat Khmer Min Lgnong Klov

2007-10-26T17:11:00.000-07:00

Jeat Khmer Min Lngong Klov- Khmer race are not "stupid" a song sung by Meas Samon & So Savoeun.

So true, if Khmer are "stupid," we wouldn't be survived for over two thousand years.

Baskets From Cambodia

2007-10-20T22:42:00.000-07:00

I saw Khmer baskets being sold at Japanese market.
These baskets are hand made from Lpeuk, a very tall reed in Cambodia."The reed 'la peuk' is harvested most ideally at a thickness of about 1/4", slightly green to start. After natural drying, the Cambodian 'la peuk' turns a light, clean yellowish hue- brighter than the baskets of neighboring countries, giving them a much cleaner appearance."

Is Pol Pot Khmer?

2007-10-15T22:20:00.000-07:00

Mobil of Pol Pot
Khmers Rouge = Vietnamese
Pol Pot is an abbreviation of the English word "Political Potential"; such is the political nickname of ex-Saloth Sar that Hanoi and China allotted to him. He was a personal selected by Hanoi and China to replace Soeung Ngok Minh and Tout Sa Mut, which had just disappeared under a mysterious condition. From the origin point of view, Pol Pot was nothing Vietnamese, but for the point of view of policy and profile, Pol Pot served incontestably, the interest of Vietnamese.

Born in Prek Sbauv (Kompong Thom) in May 19, 1928, he descended from a comfort farming family. He was the eighth child of a sino-khmer family (half-caste Chinese).
Click here to read more...

Dear Cambodia

2007-10-03T17:54:00.000-07:00

Dear Cambodia,
How have you been? Do you feel alright?
Many awaken nights tears in my eyes, I think of you and missing you. Everyday, I wonder if you are ok. Whenever I see you in pain, my heart breaks into uncountable pieces. When I see you bleed, my heart bleeds. I feel desperate my arms yearning to reach you. At night, I dream of your angel face, the heavenly woman.

Cambodia, you’re a beautiful woman who got raped and infected by deadly mysterious virus. You’re like a drum skin that has been beaten to numb. Cambodia, your gentle heart is killing you. Your kind nature is being raped. You are heavily wounded. My heart is wounded. You’ve been sick. I pray to buddha, alas, almighty god to rescue you that one day you will be back on your feet again.

I love you with all my heart. Longing to see your beautiful face. When will you be back? Your unconsciousness kills me. Come back to your sense, you know I love you. Allow me to see your lovely smile, your happy face before I die. Yesterday, today, tomorrow once again. You will be always in heart. I love you dearly.

^_^ satreykhmer

Robam Kehn

2007-10-03T11:21:00.000-07:00

The sound of my birth country.
Long live Cambodia. May you recover soon.
Knhom som pra`tna kert mok jea Khmer mdong thiet.

'Big Lie' lives in Vietnam

2007-09-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

Communist Vietnam's "President" Nguyen Minh Triet's viscid propaganda op-ed piece, "Vietnam and America common interests and values" (The Washington Times, Page A-17, June 25) showed a lack of creativity: It is almost word-for-word his full-page ad on Page A-19 of the June 21 edition of The Washington Post, "A Letter from President Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam."

Thomas Jefferson would roll over in his grave knowing Ho Chi Minh used his immortal words from the Declaration of Independence of the United States — "All men are created equal; they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" — as the opening for the Vietnamese communist's Declaration of Independence. This is the same Vietnamese communist regime responsible for the murder of more than 1 million Vietnamese.

Although Jefferson's immortal words may be in Vietnam's Declaration of Independence, there they are but hollow words. Vietnam tolerates no challenges to its communist one-party rule. Extrajudicial killings continue, and in a recent spate of repression, "the worst in 20 years," the regime locked up and sent to prison more than 20 religious freedom, democracy and human-rights activists, while tightening its grip on the media and enforcing strict Internet restrictions.

Religious leaders and followers across the spectrum, Buddhists, Christians and believers of other faiths are continually harassed and arrested. More than 350 Christian Montagnard political prisoners remain incarcerated.

To Jefferson, being a president meant becoming so through free and fair elections by the populace, not by appointment as one by the Communist Party comprised of only 4 percent of Vietnam's population as Mr. Triet was. One U.S. congressman said, "Since Triet was not elected in a free election, he shouldn't be called president. ... Rather he is more comparable to a godfather ... of a repressive and deadly regime."

In his article, Mr. Triet wrote, "Bilateral ties are built on the two countries' common interests and concerns: commerce, culture, science and technology, education, regional peace and stability, the fight against terrorism." However, the Vietnamese communist regime's terrorism against its own people is not in the United States' "common interests," and it has done little to stop the trafficking in women and children for prostitution.

At their White House meeting on June 22, President Bush told Mr. Triet, "In order for relations to grow deeper, it's important for our friends to have a strong commitment to human rights and freedom and democracy." Mr. Triet rebuked Mr. Bush afterward in an AP interview saying his country does not need to improve its human-rights record. "It's not a question of improving or not. ... Vietnam has its own legal framework, and those who violate the law will be handled." Mr. Triet's so-called lawbreakers include, but are not limited to, religious leaders and adherents of all faiths, human rights and democracy advocates, labor lawyers, and ethnic minorities.

Rather than to Jeffersonian principles, Mr. Triet adheres to Joseph Goebbels' "Big Lie" postulate — people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it often enough people will sooner or later believe it

The Vietnamese regime's creator was not God as Jefferson wrote, but Ho Chi Minh. Far from being Jeffersonian, Mr. Triet and his repressive band do not practice what they preach in their Declaration of Independence.

Rather than "all men are created equal, Triet's regime is closer to George Orwell's satirical allegories of communism in "Animal Farm" where some are more equal than others.
_________________________________________________
MIKE BENGE, An advocate for human rights and religious freedom in South East Asia.

simply Khmer

2007-09-26T10:56:00.000-07:00

A foreigner AIMed and asked me:

(guy) Hello
(me) Hello sir
(guy) Where are you from?
(me) Kampuchea
(guy) Cambodia?
(me) yes
(guy) Are you Khmer rouge?
(me) No sir, I am Khmer
(guy) Not rouge?
(me) Simply KHMER. Rouge is not Khmer, it's a foreign word.
(guy) My apology.

Khmer jouy Khmer

2007-09-24T11:37:00.000-07:00

Khmer jouy Khmer
Khmer srolanh Khmer
Khmer kann pro pei ni Khmer
Khmer ler, Khmer Kondahl, Khmer Krom...
Khmer throv thier jouy Khmer jea`nich!

source:http://sacrava.blogspot.com/

Khmer Rouge Trial

2007-09-21T23:15:00.000-07:00

Cambodians await Khmer Rouge trials
Police in Cambodia have arrested the most senior surviving member of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime, who will be tried by a UN-backed tribunal.
The 82-year-old Nuon Chea was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot.

Cambodian people talk about the significance of this arrest and whether the trials will bring justice for the victims of the regime.
source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7002764.stm
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KR Trial cannot be completed without arresting the current set up government, the cpp(Communist people party?). KR trial will be just a joke and a great insult to victims of holocuast. Justice will never ever going to be prevailed if the CPP in charge of the case.
Just to name a few vietcong:
-Hok Lundy, a Vietcong spy who brought in prostitution, drug, corruption.
-All the Sokimex family(the Nguyen), who held great responsible for selling Cambodia
-the One-eye clans
-And above all, the Chinese and Vietnamese government who have been the back bone of the killing fields. The American, Russia, Germany(selling weapon to cambodia)...etc.

Irresponsible leaders

2007-09-21T15:34:00.000-07:00

When there's conflict between leaders,
why are we their victims? Why do they kill us, the innocents.
Why don't they negotiate and deal with their issue? Problem should be dealt in professional manner. Using violence is coward. The coward who don't think.Those cowards are uneducated, greedy and heartless.

Cambodia

2007-09-20T12:05:00.000-07:00

"A new MTV called Cambodia by Jimi Lundy. Song which will be featured in The Red Sense movie." The song is very touching, I broke down into endless tears. I feel lonely when I think of Cambodia. Cambodia is like a beautiful woman who got raped and badly infected by mysterious virus. She is being torn and ripped in every way. The Vietnamese are selling her to big corperation. I feel so lonely when I can't help her. It is a pain that I cannot describe. Cambodia when will you be back?

Khmer students in 1916

2007-09-18T23:11:00.000-07:00

Cambodian exchange students to France.

khor mreah

2007-09-13T21:23:00.001-07:00

Cambodian stuffed bitter melon in caramel sauce. How to caramelized the sauce: heat the pot with oil, add in chopped garlic, then sugar. After the sugar turn dark brown, add some salt, black pepper and chicken bouillon powder. Stir the ingredient for a few minutes then add boiled water into the pot.DO NOT put too much salt, sugar or sauces at the beginning, it gets very salty as you boil longer. Adjust the flavor near the end.

Wash the bitter melon well then cut into half, remove all the seed and ready to stuff the meat in.*Note* after stuffing the ground pork in the bitter melon, fry the surface so that the meat won't come off while boiling in the sauce. Put the fried bitter melon into the caramelized sauce and let it cook for about 50 minutes or less in medium high heat. Check it occasionally while boiling, the sauce gets thick and burn the bottom of the pot. Gently stir it as needed. Right before turning off the heat(last boil) toss in a table spoon of fish sauce and oyster sauce(optional).

pong`thea jien dak mreah

2007-09-10T17:51:00.000-07:00

From left to right in circle:
Cherry tomatoes, boiled spinach, sliced pear, grilled cod and pickled cucumber. On the plate is pong`thea jien dak mreah, an omelette with bitter melon(mress),green onion, boiled spinach, salt,sugar,chicken bouillion powder and ground black pepper. All served with rice. *point*stir fry the bitter melon first, then pour the beaten mixed egg onto the cooked bitter melon. Cook them together and stir it as many times so that the egg won't get too hard and big chunk.

Vietcong Mafias in Cambodia

2007-09-02T12:46:00.000-07:00

REPORT FORM INDIA :

NEW DELHI: Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen arrived here on Sunday on a three-day state visit that is expected to see economic, energy and cultural ties between the two countries intensify. Foreign MInister Hor Namhong, Defence Minister Tea Banh and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh are accompanying Hun Sen in his firt trip to India in seven years. Building upon their historical and cultural ties, India and Cambodia, a member of ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations), are expected to sign a clutch of agreements in areas of energy, defence and culture.

*INDIA FORGETS SHE IS SUPPORTING VIETNAM 'S OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA AGAINST THE UN CHARTER from 1979-2007
*This Hun Sen trip to India is entertwined with SOKIMEX /VIETNAM
/PETROLIMEX.SOKIMEX IS THE CPP. SOKIMEX is behind Cambodian PM Hun Sen in India.
-A warning to India. Cambodia remains occupied by Vietnam supported by India since 1979-2007 against 10 Un resolutions.

(1)VIETNAM HAS ARRANGED ALL THIS FOR HER NATIONAL INTERESTS AGAINST THE UN CHARTER.

THE FACTS:
a. PETROLIMEX Industry: Petrolimex Ranked Top Vietnam Petroleum Provider May 2006. Vietnam Targets at $7.4Bln from Crude Oil Export in 2006 2 May 2006 . PETROLIMEX Top Vietnam Petroleum Provider in Vietnam.

b. her sister in Cambodia , SOKIMEX : Top Vietnamese Petroleum Provider in Cambodia

c. PETROLIMEX is a Vietnamese firm operating in Vietnam. SOKIMEX is a Vietnamese firm operating in Cambodia.

d. SOKIMEX, a Vietnamese firm from Vietnam, employ over 90 % Vietnamese staff operating as a STATE WITHIN THE STATE OF CAMBODIA.

Within 10 years it turned into a STATE WITHIN A STATE with Sok Kong(a Vietnamese) in disguised as “Cambodian” a de facto Head of State who runs his business over these group:
-SOKIMEX MULTI-DIVISIONS
-PETROLEUM DIVISION
-LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) DIVISION•
-JET A1 DIVISION•
-PETROLEUM PRODUCT
-INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION•
-OIL EXPLORATION•
-TRANSPORT DIVISION•
-POWER GENERATION DIVISION•
-HOTELS AND RESORTS DIVISION•
-ANKOR WAT FINANCIAL DIVISION•
-FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS DIVISION•
-PHARMACEUTICAL DIVISION•
-INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION•
-HIGH SPEED CARGO-CONTAINER
-PORT OPERATION DIVISION•
-MARINE DIVISION•
-AGRO-INDUSTRY DIVISION•
-RUBBER PLANTATION DIVISION•
-INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND FINANCE DIVISION•
-CAPITAL MARKET AND FINACIAL INSTITUTE DIVISION
-TURN KEY PROJECT

-SOKIMEX, was set up to provide fuel for air planes,tanks,vehicles of the Vietnamese forces of invasion & occupation of Cambodia since 1979.

THE CDC with Hun Sen/Sok An /Cham Prasidh/Keat Chhon, Sok Kong himself as members have signed contracts with SOKIMEX since the beginning in order to allow this firm to hold the MONOPOLY on everything in Cambodia.
(1)THE CLAN SOK KONG/HUN SEN/BUN RANY/SOK AN /HOK LUNDY is becoming a powerful forces through their children marriage.

THE OPIUM CONNECTIONS.
LE FIGARO reports :"A COUNTRY ROTTEN BY GENERALIZED CORRUPTION" By François Hauter (from Phnom Penh).

And Heng Pov's affairs have exposed this
-Hun Sen family and Chinese / Vietnamese firms/ EARN Illicit incomes(casinos, drug, prostitution, and traffic of rare woods) are sponsored by
-powerful ministers.
-around Mrs. Bun Rany , the wife of the Prime Minister Hun Sen
-Sok An, "Minister of the Council of Ministers" who protects Sino-Khmer businessmen.
-Hok Lundy – the police chief who publicly boasts about earning $350,000 per month
-a mafia family is being organized.

This clan, well connected through marriages of their children, controls a swarm of oil and land companies :(Sokimex, Tela, Pheapimex, Vanvimex, Whuzistan, Canadia Bank, etc ...) which exploit the economy of the country as their own private concessions. Together with the collusion of other Ministers and Generals, they are now selling state properties (hospital, jails, army barracks, the Polytechnic School in Phnom Penh, 300,000 hectares of wooded lands, etc ...) to their accomplice-developers. This monopolization of the economy by a small number of people (using the army to chase away farmers from the lands they are interested in,therefore exploding the number of farmers without land) pushes the World Bank to decrease this year its loans to Cambodia by 25%, Germany also cuts theirs down by 30%, while the United States, Australia and Great Britain control theirs very strictly.

TO INDIA , CAMBODIA REMAINS OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM SUPPORTED BY INDIA AGAINST
THE UN CHARTER
(1) Cambodia needs genuine honest Khmer leaders to run the country, totally INDEPENDENT FROM VIETNAM Victim of Vietnam invasion & occupation of Cambodia 1978-2007
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(1)VIETNAM INVASION & OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA :
Nearly 30 years, under Vietnam rule of Cambodia, Cambodian youth are denied minimum of education and jobs that result in suicide, robbery,CRIMES ACROSS CAMBODIA EVERYDAY , due to hunger,injustice, and unemployement.

10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY ARE NOT RESPECTED.

SUCH AS THESE :
Nov. 14, 1979 The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution A/RES/34/22 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. The vote is 91-21 with 29 abstentions. Nov. 5, 1985 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/40/7, by vote of 114-21 with 16 abstentions, calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Cambodia. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. Oct. 14, 1987 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/42/3 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. Nov. 3, 1988 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/43/19 reiterating its call for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia.

America calls Vietnam to restore Cambodia Independence .
President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...."

As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988.
Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders.
Source:http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc

Cambodia - Land Evictions

2007-08-29T11:38:00.000-07:00

What is happenintg to my people? Why is the Vietnamese installed goverment evicting these innocents from their homes. They are poor and barely survive, no money no education, no land to grow food...and now they are forced to live in the slump hell.
What have these innocents done? Their hearts are being ripped to the last blood. Can you see my people going insane. Can you see these people are crying? Is there any heart out there? What happen to my people? ....

Tum Teav

2007-08-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

Khmer literature
...tales (stories of the former lives of the Buddha, found widely in Southeast Asian literature), while others draw on local folktales and legends. One of the best-known is Tum Teav, a tragic love story believed to be based on real events that occurred during the 17th century. The story was passed down orally and then eventually recorded in the 19th century by... http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-1082430/Tum-Teav

"Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions. This monograph contains the author’s translation of the Venerable Botumthera Som’s version. It also examines the controversy over the poem’s authorship and its interpretation by literary scholars and performers in terms of Buddhism and traditional codes of conduct, abuse of power, and notions of justice."
Tum Teav: A Translation and Analysis of a Cambodian Literary Classic.
Front book cover:

Visoth's painting

2007-08-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

Beautiful painting done by my friend, Visoth Khmer. His art work are amazing, most of his paintings are displayed in Minnesota Art Museum.

Khmer Krom Prepares for Global Protest

2007-08-14T10:40:00.000-07:00

Khmer Krom(lower land Cambodia) will be having demonstration around the globe to demand a return of abbot, Tim Sakhorn who was disappeared early this year 2007 from midland Cambodia. The Vietnamese secret agent in Cambodia deprived the Khmer Krom monk from contacting other monks and accused him of being an instigator which in fact the Vietnamese secret agent are the worst instigators and cause terrible crime against humanity. A monk returning to his homeland to see his family is not a criminal act nor an illegal immigrant. Khmer Krom(incorrectly changed to south vietnam) is an ancestrial land for all Khmer not a home for illegal aliens, Vietnamese.

"In response to the appeal by Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach, President of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Khmer Krom around the world are gathering in force to once again protest for the release of Venerable Tim Sakhorn after Vietnamese officials claim that he was entering Vietnam illegally.

Known for changing their stories at will, the Vietnamese government official is now accusing Venerable Tim Sakhorn for undermining the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The protests will be held this week August 17,2007 in Cambodia, Canada, USA and Australia to name a few countries. Join us to make the Khmer Krom voices be heard!"

Source:www.KhmerKrom.net

Reviving Khmer Comics

2007-08-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

I remembered a time when I was little girl, there was a Khmer cartoon story called "Jey Jul Monn," Jey and his rooster. That was the ONLY cartoon book which somehow got it's way to the refugees camp(books and any form of documents had to be burned). I was very fascinated with the story. The book was ripped and missing pages. I had to imagine the missing lines. We shared the torn apart book passing around from kids to kids. Now, I can't quite recall the story, I think it's about Jey being the number one cock fighter.

After years of devastation, Cambodian artists are gathering to revive the Khmer comics. Below are some cartoon and novels comics drawn by various artists.

Keng Mok Oun

2007-08-08T20:58:00.000-07:00

Bought a new CD of Khmer Oldies. Lots of great songs. My favorite one is "Keng Mok Oun" meaning "Darling, please sleep" by Sinn Sisamuth.

<--- CLICK HERE to play the song. Close your eyes and let Mr.Sinn Sisamuth take you to pre-war Cambodia and his romantic world. Enjoy!

Cheayo Kampuchea

2007-08-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

Cheayo Kampuchea is sung by PouKlaing. Like many Cambodian, puKlaing grew up seeing Cambodia suffers, abused, looted and invaded. Cambodian race have shed the worst endless blood in her history. The song is sung to wake all Khmer and help each other. Wake up Cambodian, time is crucial, do something before your country being swallowed by land and power mongers. Cheayo Kampuchea, Khmer jouy Khmer. Khmer srolanh Khmer!

Pou Klaing, you did a wonderful job. Good message. We love you. Please keep up!

Haet ey bahn jea pro'thes japon luut los la'aw?

2007-07-26T13:16:00.000-07:00

Khmer yerng kuo thier yoak domrab thaam pro'thess jeoun'leoun(advance). Haet ey bahn jea pro'thes japon luut'los(successful)la'aw nas?
mok pi thoh su rean, chbab theung, samaki komnit.
Heuy bontime thiet keu jes luoch domress pi ke:

Shu-
komnit rir ah'vey ah'vey dael mean heuy yerng yoak veah mok REAN thol thier jess ouy yul mane thane.* sas japon jol chet luoch komnit mok pi amerik heuy neng ahrup(europe).*

*Ha,
yerng rean komnit pi ke ruoch heuy, yerng yoak mok bonjoal neng domress pi kluan dael tlob rean pi mun.

Ri,
komnit pi ke boak neng komnit pi kluan dak jol kneah ruoch heuy yoak mok pholit ouy bahn la'aw lers pi derm.

Please read this article:

“Shu-Ha-Ri”

Mr. Daisuke SUGIYAMA (Japanese, 26 years old)
(the original text is Japanese)

Compared to fifty years ago, Japan has become more closely linked to other countries as Japanese corporations have entered overseas markets. To live together in a borderless international community, the people of each country must have a sense of belonging to their own nation and have a clear sense of national identity. The concept that “culture = brand” at the national level differentiates one country from the other nations in the global community and strengthens that country’s competitive spirit. A brand’s uniqueness is amorphous. This means that the value of a brand is created through the image people have of that brand in their minds.
In the case of Japan, I think that the “image people have of a brand in their minds” is an aspect of the Japanese philosophy of “Shu-Ha-Ri” which I came to know from kendo, I started during my thirteen-year stay in New York. In brief, “Shu-Ha-Ri” stands for the three stages of skill mastery: the Chinese character Shu , Ha , and Ri . In “Shu,” you follow the examples given and master them completely. At the “Ha” level, you add your own creative touch to what you have learned and make the techniques and skills your own. At the stage of “Ri,” you take what you have learned even further. In Japan, “Shu” is the heart of knowledge transmission, which is the basis for the creation of culture, in other words, the origin of education. Through “Shu” that has been passed down over the generations through intentional effort, the basics have been valued and the traditional mindset and atmosphere of Japan have been valued. “Brand Japan” which is Japan’s pride and glory is precisely this “Shu” from “Shu-Ha-Ri.”

Khmer Mystery - Funan (The Lost City) part 9

2007-07-24T10:18:00.000-07:00

Although Thai and Vietnam attempt to anihilate Cambodia history, our heritage sites and Angkor wat proudly stand to represent the Khmers. Long live Cambodia. Long live the ancient culture.

Somloh Ktih Trob

2007-07-13T14:15:00.000-07:00

This is Cambodian eggplants curry. It contains crispy round eggplant, long purple eggplant, fresh squeeze coconut milk, lemon grass, fresh lime leave and ripe tamarind extract. Click on the image and scroll down to see the recipe.

Thai stupidity

2007-06-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Thai has a history of long invasion over Cambodian, territory, culture, language, custom, food, martial art such Muay Thai, and Khmer ancient art. Thai have always wanted to claim many of Cambodian ancestor's ruin as theirs.
Angkorwat, everybody knows that's it's the center of Khmer soul, the heart of Khmer empire. The symbol of Cambodia. It's so shameful to see Thai trying to grab the heart away from Cambodian people. When Thai claim Angkor Wat belong to Thailand, they are only showing the world their stupidity. Thai government determine every way to alter Cambodian history. Thai should stop glorify their history.

See how they label Angkor wat below:

"Black and White Photo Thai Angkor Wat, Cambodia"
http://photos.mongabay.com/en/Photo_Ankor_Wat1001.htm

preah Maha Ghosananda

2007-04-03T19:36:00.000-07:00

preah Maha Ghosananda, a Cambodian buddhist monk who played an important role in rebuilding Buddhism in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge has deceased on March 12, 2007.

From The Economist print edition (www.economist.com)
Preah Maha Ghosananda, "Gandhi of Cambodia"
"ASIA'S great spiritual leaders tend to build shrines round themselves. There they sit, disciples at their feet, handing down instructions for achieving the perfect life."

Memorial Day for Khmer Krom

2006-06-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

June 4th, 1949 was the date when South Cambodia became "south Vietnam." It' was the day when southern Cambodia was illegally transferred to the state of Vietnam. It was the day, when so much blood stain on the ground, it was the day when Cambodian provinces changed to Vietnamese names. See map below. PreyNokor changed to Saigon, Koh Tral changed to Phu Quoc....etc.

To all Khmer children and those who love Cambodia. Never forget June 4th, 1949, THE SLAUGHTERING DAY!

mju kreung thro`kuon puoh ko(Khmer water spinach sour soup)

2006-06-01T12:17:00.000-07:00

Somlor 'mju kreung thro`kuon puoh ko' is made of Khmer water spinach, crispy round eggplant(throb srouy), halapeno, honey-comb cow intestine(puoh ko), and beef. In traditional Khmer meal, this soup is eaten with sun dried fish(trei`ngeat) and along with other dishes.

Recipe for the soup will be posted upon request.

Tirk Trei Pa`em(Cambodian sweet 'n sour sauce)

2006-05-22T13:58:00.000-07:00

Emails from Mrs. Junko and visitors of my web blog requesting for Khmer sweet `n sour sauce. I would like to thank everyone for your interest in Cambodian food. Below, I have listed the ingredients for the sauce, including photos for your convenience. Enjoy!

2006-05-19T11:40:00.000-07:00

Cambodian pumpkin

2006-05-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

Cambodian pumpkin was brought to Japan by a Portuguese in 1500's which leading to the name kabocha. The Japanese named kabocha after Kampuchea(Cambodia).

http://www.azstarnet.com/food/104501
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3

Trying to write in Khmer

2006-04-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

Writing in Khmer is not easy for me, the most difficult part of Khmer language is high frequency or sight words. There are too many silent letters that we don't pronounce but have to write it. It took me quite some times to finish this one paragraph. Perhaps, if I had formal Khmer education, it would be easier. I only had three weeks of learning Khmer alphabets when I was a little girl. Due to war, I was unable to continue my study but with the love of my mother tongue, I've been keeping it up studying off and on at home by myself from Huffman-English-Khmer dictionary. I looked up any english word and tried to read it Khmer translation. Karaoke really helped me reading and sounding out the words. I also tried to read anything in Khmer. It took me 15 years to be able to read up to college level, now it's not a foreign language for me anymore.My next step is to keep on writing.

koun Kampuchea throv kann dai kneah ruom kom`nit kaay
muay chom`hien chean chpuos tov mok douy kdei songkhem
seksah rean`sote mok reej nhor`nhem yerng khom tho`su min naay chet lery
throv khom sloat`bote neng kah seksah tnak tum toch kdei khet khom smaradei vek`vern rean`sote veleah min jam yerng the` kom nov thom`nay throv vi`neas derm bei tngai sa`ek.

BaanChav (Cambodian Crepe)

2006-04-17T19:06:00.000-07:00

I made Cambodian Crepe which is called Baan Chav or Khmer Krom(south Cambodia) call it "num chak menh" in English meaning "Pot-Fried Cake". Baan Chav is made of rice flour. L`miet (turmeric) is added to make the rice flour yellow, it's not egg yolk. It is stuffed with ground chicken or pork, shrimp and bean sprout. Baan chav is eaten with vegetable wrapping and dip with the Khmer sweet and sour sauce. Besides fish and poultry, most Cambodian are vegetable eater close to vegetarian, so this particular dish makes us go crazy with the vegetable. It's the combination of the sauce and all the vegies that harmonize everything. This is a wonderful way to intake fresh vitamin and it contains very little fat.

Parade 2006

2006-04-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

This year is the second year of Khmer New Year parade on Anaheim street. I went to see it this afternoon in Long Beach. It started from 10:30, I got there late, so I missed the best part of the show such as Chayum, classical dance and Angkor wat sculpture. The parking wasn't so bad as I expected. Surprisingly, the road was well paved and clean. Lots of securities and police guarding. Very nice, finally the mayor of the city got to listen to Cambodian community. There were many attemps by Cambodian people requesting for the improvement of the city many years ago but the mayor of Long Beach city paid no mind to these residential health, the roads were cracked and bumpy, dirty, many homeless and trashes were on the road. Cambodian deserve a clean place and they are willing to improve if the government help. This year is a big improvement. I hope the city mayor will continue to help funding.

This is Lmok. Lmok is three wheels bike with paddler in the front and passengers in the back. It can carries up to 5 passengers. Lmok is the first Cambodian bike to be shipped to US for the Khmer parade.

The flag with blue,yellow and red color represents Cambodia below or Southern Cambodia aka Khmer Krom or Kampuchea Krom. These are true blood Cambodian people whose ancestors were the great Angkorwat builders but sadly their land was confiscated by Vietcong. South Cambodia (Khmer Krom) was stolen by the French and illegally transferred toVietnam and became South Vietnam on June 1949. There about 10 million Cambodian living in "south Vietnam today" under the Vietnamese authority. Their culture, language and religious practice were forbidden after Vietnamese took over south Cambodia. Recently, Khmer Krom long long chronic abusive pain is starting to be heard by the world after numerous report to UN. Now, they are a member of UNPO.Under the UNPO, they are working very hard to regain their human right and ancestrial land. Best wish to Khmer Krom. May the truth and your suffering be heard louder! www.Khmerkrom.net

Cyclo is a three wheels bike with paddler
in the back. Cyclo carries only one passenger. This is also the
first time to import Cambodian Cyclo to the United States.

New Year Celebration

2006-04-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.cambodiannewyearparade.com/Index.html

Happy Cambodian New Year!

2006-04-05T14:48:00.000-07:00

Best wish to all Khmer around the globe!
May this year be the best year of all.
Let us fill with happiness and prosperity.
Good luck and good health to everyone.
Peace for Cambodia!

Land of Cambodia

2006-03-31T10:56:00.000-08:00

Cambodia used to be the jewel and was once known as Khmer Empire of Southeast Asia before Thailand, Laos and Vietnam invasion. Thai were Chinese from Nanchoa province which is known as Tai. They invaded west part of Cambodia and became a country in 1350(-3?). Since then,Thais adopted Khmer tradition, food, and language from the 13th century. Laos and Vietnamese people were ethnic minorities of southern China. Vietnam aka Annam gradually pushed downward and illegally took Cambodian ancestrial territory(Khmer Krom) in June 1949 and became what is known as South Vietnam today.

Yellow highlight indicates Cambodia's ancestrial land.

This is Cambodia in 1400 A.D.
Our ancestrial land size reduced after
being sacked by Chinese of
southern China; Tai(Thai-Siam)
Laos(Lan Xang or Lan Chang) and Annam(Vietnam).
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Cambodia in 1946
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Having been heavily bombed and persistently invaded,
this is what Cambodia is today.
On the VERGE OF ANNIHILATION.

Revenge of Khmer King

2006-03-22T12:04:00.000-08:00

"Mess with ancient Khmer Kings, and you're history" Thaksin is warned

Bayon bas-relief showing Cambodian army marching to the battle field. Khmer temples are filled with stone carving such as the one shown above. Khmer temples have been ransacked by successive invading Thai armies, some of these temples are currently located in Thailand, on lands once owned by Cambodia. (Photo: www.angkor-ruins.com)

Revenge of the Khmer Kings

The Associated Press
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, facing the worst political crisis of his career, is now employing magic to ward off bad luck that a critic said was being caused by ancient Cambodian kings.

Thaksin received a gift on Tuesday in Thailand's Surin province: a magical elephant prod to help him ward off bad luck.

"I will use this prod, along with spells and talismans, to control the fierce opponents who are trying to oust me," Thaksin said.

Danai Anantayo, vice president of Law Society of Thailand, told a large anti-Thaksin rally in Bangkok Tuesday that Thaksin had been cursed for holding a Cabinet meeting at a sacred Khmer temple in Surin.

The ancient Cambodian kings whose spirits guard the temple had put the curse on the prime minister, he said.

Asked about the alleged curse of the Cambodian kings, Cambodian government spokesman and Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith laughed. "You know the Thais have long thought of Cambodians as skilled magicians," he said.

(Additional reporting by Erik Wasson, The Cambodia Daily)

Bai Srak (sach koh jien)

2006-03-20T11:10:00.000-08:00

Back: gyoza and rice
Front: yam noodle stir fry, cucumber, beef stir fry and papaya salad.

Cambodian pumpkin and pork meat balls soup

2006-03-17T11:11:00.000-08:00

Cambodian pumpkin pudding

2006-03-17T11:07:00.000-08:00

Bai Srak

2006-03-17T10:02:00.000-08:00

I turned my left over from previous days into today's lunch box.
Back box: fried patted potato(croquette), mi`cha, mixed salad
Front box: jruok(papaya, white raddish,carrot), and chicken.
I only had to fry chicken to add in fresh menu.

Japanese Sandwich

2006-03-16T10:52:00.000-08:00

Besides Cambodian food, I also love trying out international food. For my lunch today, I made Japanese sandwich. Japanese sandwich uses almost the same material as western sandwich; tomato, lettuce, and ham. To distinguish the flavor from western, Japanese uses cucumber and Kewpie mayonnaise which has more nutty taste and somewhat similar to dijon but not sour. The bread texture is amazingly good. It is soft and thick, it's so good that you can just eat many pieces without putting any butter.

Ka Teav Tirk (Cambodian noodle soup)

2006-03-15T14:57:00.000-08:00

It is very cold today, all I could think of is something warm. So, I decided to make soup. I ate so much already, three bowls for lunch and perhaps I am going to have a few more bowls for dinner. See the thing with ka teav tirk is that it doesn't stay in the stomach so long. I get hungry easily.

Picture above is Cambodian noodle soup. It is called Ka Teav Tirk. The white noodle is made of rice. We serve with many topping as you can see in the foto.
Herbs:
-ji van suy(celantro)
-ji pala (Khmer mint)
-ji krohom (Khmer red basil)

Meat topping:
-thinly sliced beef
-shrimp
-beef and pork ball

Sauce for meat dipping:
-hot chilli
-hoisin sauce
To bring the soup even tastier, we toss in some fried shallots, pepper, lemon and bean sprout.

Khmer Sandwich (nom pang sach)

2006-03-14T19:15:00.000-08:00

Making Khmer sandwich can be simple and very nutritious. There are different kinds of stuffing:
-BBQ chicken
-BBQ beef
-BBQ pork
-Ham
*Point* marinade whichever meat you prefer for your sandwich for about five minutes.Preheat the frying pan with oil on medium-high heat. Then FRY it with the COVER ON until brown. Grilling gives better taste on the meat but it consumes time and extra wash, so don't bother. Keep it simple.
To make each of these sandwiches you need celantro, green onion, vegetable salad(carrot,papaya, white raddish), mayonaise and BAGUETTE. When finish stuffing the bread, toss in a few drops of hot chilli on top of the sandwich. Go easy on chilli! Picture below is the ingredient for BBQ chicken which I made today for lunch.

Bai Srak(Lunch Box)

2006-03-13T20:59:00.000-08:00

Bai Srak is lunch box for work. I made Kho Sach Jrook Bei Jonn(caramel three layer pork) with thro`piang, tohu jean and Cha Sondaek(stir fry Khmer bean sprout).

I also made Nhom Sdao for dinner. It is so good. I love sdao!