Currently Listening to: Stop and Stare ~ OneRepublic
Recently, i was away to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, for some work
commitment of course.
Its good to be away from the normal work routine.
Breathing a new kind of air, looking at the different kind of people, the trip
was relaxing as well.
But the best part is, the feeling of grateful to Allah. Comparing M'sia and Cambodia, too much different. Cambodia was like us in the 60s-70s. Although, i was'nt even born yet, but i can imagine it, plus Pok Him also said the same thing.
They live a very simple life and yet they look so happy. Another country where i could'nt bare the traffic jammed. It's worst than KL, except that i think they are more civilized on the road rather than M'sian drivers.
I was amazed to see that apart of Tuk-tuk (some kind of Cab/taxi there) as the public transportation, they also have motorbike as a taxi, where they carried 3 passengers at a time (which means 4 people on a motorbike!) It seems that the seat were a bit longer than usual. I find it interesting and amusing....hehe...
Majority of them speaks English really well that i dont think we have any prob especially when doing SOME shopping and bargaining at the Central Market. Quite an interesting place to find souvenirs and also clothes (and also women accessories ie jewelleries with all the batu2 kaler2 yg lawa sgt!! ) I can stay there forever admiring
all those things.
I also found out that their teenagers are so into studies so much. They are highly spirited and very ambitious. When asked what would they do if they become the Prime Minister, most of them said that they want to develop their country to be at par with other developed country neighbours which includes ours. They went for English classes, trying out for every kind of scholarship..... they are so bersemangat! and very mature for their age. Their views are also different from our youngsters here.
Overall, i really enjoyed the trip so much. Unfortunately, due to limited time to go for sight seeing, i only managed to snap pictures from inside the car. And i have to forget about getting into the pictures as i am now are in so very serious skin damage. I dun wanna talk about it much. So most of the pictures are landscapes and buildings. They do have a very nice architecture of building especially the French's design from years ago. To see bigger and clearer pictures, go and see my flickrs.
One historical place where we were able to visit was the TOUL SLENG Museum of
Genocidal Crime. It was actually a school but was used during the Khmer Rouge
regime as a torture facility. The place is a bit scary and full of pictures of
the victims. If i have spare time, I'll put up some pics from there....
All i can say here is that.... I really enjoy it.... very much!
So, where to for the next trip? :p
