Sunday, February 04, 2007

Learning how to blend in

A woman helps Peace Corps volunteers Molly Sheffield (L) from Louisiana and Erica Herrmann (C) from Massachusetts to wear a sarong (wraparound skirt) during a cross-cultural life skills session at a guest house in Kandal province, east of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2007. A group of 30 Peace Corps volunteers is in Cambodia to teach English to students and support teachers in provinces and districts to improve their English language and teaching skills. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A woman helps Peace Corps volunteer Lindsey Baron (R) from New Hampshire to wear a sarong (wraparound skirt) during a cross-cultural life skills session at a guest house in Kandal province, east of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2007. A group of 30 Peace Corps volunteers are in Cambodia to teach English to students and support teachers in provinces and districts to improve their English language and teaching skills. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Peace Corps volunteers tie the kroma, a traditional Cambodian red and white chequered cotton cloth, around their waists during a cross-cultural life skills session at a guest house in Kandal province, east of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2007. A group of 30 Peace Corps volunteers are in Cambodia to teach English to students and support teachers in provinces and districts to improve their English language and teaching skills. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:55 PM

    MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST PROTECT ALL THOSE 30 AMERICAN PEACE CORPS FROM HARM AND DAVGER ALL THE TIMES FOE WHAT EVER THEY DO AND FOR WHAT EVER THEY GO.

    MAY LORD HELP THESE AMERICANS PEACE CORP TO IMPROVE LIFE OF THE POOR INNOCENT 8 MILLION TRUE KHMER PEOPLE WHO WERE SUFFERING UNDER THE OCCUPATION OF YUON COMMUNIST VIETCONGS AND VIETMINH/CPP HUN SEN DICTATOR, DRUG RUNNER, SMUGGLER SYNDICATE AND THE KHMER ROYAL CROOK FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 28 YEAS.

    MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND CAMBODIA.

    DOWN TO HELL ALL CPP, HUN SEN AND ALL THE ROYAL CROOKS.

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  2. Anonymous5:55 PM

    MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST PROTECT ALL THOSE 30 AMERICAN PEACE CORPS FROM HARM AND DAVGER ALL THE TIMES FOE WHAT EVER THEY DO AND FOR WHAT EVER THEY GO.

    MAY LORD HELP THESE AMERICANS PEACE CORP TO IMPROVE LIFE OF THE POOR INNOCENT 8 MILLION TRUE KHMER PEOPLE WHO WERE SUFFERING UNDER THE OCCUPATION OF YUON COMMUNIST VIETCONGS AND VIETMINH/CPP HUN SEN DICTATOR, DRUG RUNNER, SMUGGLER SYNDICATE AND THE KHMER ROYAL CROOK FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 28 YEAS.

    MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND CAMBODIA.

    DOWN TO HELL ALL CPP, HUN SEN AND ALL THE ROYAL CROOKS.

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  3. Anonymous7:25 PM

    Yeah and to all Khmers,

    Listen up, hide all your children
    who aged is less than 16 years old
    now. You may be invaded by some
    possible pedophiles.

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  4. Anonymous7:54 PM

    7:25PM,

    It's a xenophobia in all of us. But, you've to realize that someone people giving up their necessities in America to help the children. Who's to say that Americans are paedophiles? Statistically speaking, it's true that the Caucasian afflicted with higher rate of mentally ill. But, there are so many decent people here in America and bountiful organizations to help the needies.

    In Cambodia, the Psychological disorders are on the rise. The governments & Khmer men are abusing & exploiting their own women. We are not a saint! And how many organization -- do you know that helping the youngs, the olds,the cripples/disabilities, the poors, and the uneducated Khmers?

    We (Khmers) are the Outcast people in our Khmer Society. Any help from any other people around the World is a step for many Khmers.

    Kone Khmer

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  5. Anonymous1:54 AM

    It's also time for our oversee khmer people to realize that they need to sacrify some of their time to help our people as well. The best way to change the morality and behavior of these current leaders is to go and work with our small people, help educate our poor people to know development of other developed countries so that they know better what to do for their lives in the future. We should not only appreciate these peace corp volunteers but also start contribution by ourselves as cambodian people. The more we can come to work with our small poor people, the more difficult this Hun Sen regime is to confuse them.

    So please Khmer over the world, come back to help our people and country.

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  6. Anonymous5:00 AM

    No, no, no, don't do that because
    we don't want cambodia to be like
    Long Beach, CA that is packed with
    criminals. We have enough of you
    looneys here already.

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  7. Anonymous5:06 AM

    Post7:54, Cambodia Psychological
    disorders on the rise are directly
    caused by both poverty and you
    looneys people such as UN peaces
    keepers and long staying
    westerners visitors who claimed
    to want to help but turned out
    to be Pedophiles and perverts who
    set evil examples for Khmers
    people.

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  8. Anonymous5:14 AM

    Evidentially, this Viet suicidal commando @7:25 PM and 5:06AM must have been given too much of that stinky Phu Quoc Nuoc Mam (Koah Trol fish sauce) thus getting too drunk and failing miserably to carry out his mission to Vietnamize KI-Media.

    Vietcong Go Home!

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  9. Anonymous12:44 PM

    To 5:14am

    Please ignore those strange people or 7:25am & 5:06am and spend our precious time to welcome our good friends from United States.

    We think, they look so cool in those sarongs and kramas. It's very hard to tell, if you are American or Khmers. The reason, we say that, it's because we have our own people that are also have white
    skin. Lovely ladies! and gentlemen, you might have to spend a little bit more time under the sun. We promise that you will look like our own dawn Khmer men in no time. Please spend your time well and enjoy your cross cultural training.

    We remember well a phrase that says " THE LAST THING A FISH WILL NOTICE IS WATER UNTIL IT'S GONE". THEN, IT'S A CULTURE SHOCK.

    American are smart and their hearts are big with love.

    WELCOME TO CAMBODIA!!!!!!

    Ordinary Khmers

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  10. Anonymous1:03 PM

    Right, and you will only find the
    US love when you have oil.

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  11. Anonymous1:03 PM

    Hmm ... I wonder what happened to
    all the anti-CPP? Looks like
    in are losing the battle on their
    own Evil home land. Mua ha ha
    ha ...

    This place started to look a bit
    like a ghost's town, now. Mua ha ha
    ha ...

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  12. Anonymous1:05 PM

    Hmm ... I wonder what happened to
    all the anti-CPP? Looks like
    They are losing the battle on their
    own Evil home land. Mua ha ha
    ha ...

    This place started to look a bit
    like a ghost's town, now. Mua ha ha
    ha ...

    ReplyDelete