Saturday, October 20, 2007

King-Father's funny story: The era of the white-skin Khmer women

Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Funny Story
“They peel their skins” (sic!) to become “white women”
By N. Sihanouk

Every day, I watch TVK. And the “thing” that intrigues me the most is the “spectacle” of young Khmer women who all became “super-white,” i.e., each one of them has a face, hands, shoulders, legs whiter that those of the white race French, Europeans, Americans!

While regretting that out Khmer Race “practically” no longer has any more young ladies with tanned skin, I did not fail to ask the ladies in waiting of my Wife (they are serving her with an exemplary devotion) how all these young women did, to arrive to this “staggering” result: to become whiter than the white women and to be endowed with an ultra-milky skin.

These ladies in waiting “explained” to me that the ultra-white young women “peeled off their skin” –sic!–, i.e., they have their “not white enough” skin peeled off and they daubed their respective bodies with a new beauty product, “whitening” to the extreme the head, the shoulders, the hands, the legs and the “rest” of the body.

o O o

Now, to have oneself’s skin peeled is for sure extremely, superhumanly painful. Then, “to get rid” the body of one’s skin is “to uncover” oneself with bleeding flesh, worthy of a horror film from the 30s-40s with the “monsters” Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi! Under these horrible conditions, how could one daubs the bleeding flesh with a Devil (or Godsend, if wants to put it that way) product “capable” of transforming a woman into an ultra-white “goddess”, whiter and more “milky” than the milk from a mother, a “nursemaid,” or a cow?

o O o

To “simplify” “things,” I believe that, simply, one has found (where from?) a “chemical” formula “capable” of transforming even a tanned … or black skin into an ultra-white skin.

It is to believe that our “Rich” and “Powerful” are now crazy about “ultra-white” Khmer women, and they disdain Khmer women with tanned, brown, dark … or black skin.

(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk

35 comments:

Anonymous said...

That start from you dude Shihanouk , beacause you left all you brown wives for 1/2 white girld wife (Monik= Monineith) you remember?

And the way you suck Hun Xen and Hanoi right now one day all Khmer will coward like you!

Happy after life, Father of national traitor!!!

Anonymous said...

If you are going to sit in your palace and don't care about CAMBODIA, just shut up. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. Cambodians gave you and your family a place to live in Cambodia, say something nice about them

Anonymous said...

I agree with you, your highness (Somdach Euv), but this problem is confined only in Phnom Penh, where there are excessive white media that brainwashed people. In the rural, people are not that crazy about being white. I hope that will pleased you to know.

Long live and enjoy; don't let anything get to you.

Anonymous said...

I think Sihanuk has mentally illness.

Anonymous said...

Don't mind Sihanouk because he has been drugged up and programmed to be a robot by the Viet/Yuon...

Anonymous said...

Cambodia leader such yourself who unfailingly belittles own Khmer starting from what you wrote and had for breakfast daily.

Disassociating with your insecured self is much of a reminder of your own imagination then.it is a sickness,if you asked a Buddhist person.

When was the last time you did say you never loved French everything included Monique's?Is her tanned like Khmer,that made left all of your related suitors?

Look at her legs hairs in the morning,you will see she is whiter than yours.

Stop embarassing yourself with your non-sense comic.

You are too not funny.Simply it is individual choice according to your foolish constitution.

Anonymous said...

This play boy old man is alway looking for thing maung with young girls. Where on earth, he wants to live in Buddhism style. He has sinked with Cambodian history for his leadership with Khmer Rouge.

Anonymous said...

We all formed white or even whiter of assimilation in Kambodia, because we against any form of brown or yellow of an ancient domination.

Oh, and don't mistake the strong Khmer instinct for self defense or racial hatred.

HSM

Anonymous said...

He's jealous because he's too old to have them. hahahahaha. Dam dirty old man.

Anonymous said...

This mother Fucker is getting crazy now. That's why I called lobster brain king (Samdech Idiot), Everyday, think nothing about his people, but wrote a stupid love MONICA bla bla bla.. and sing and now think about girls white, tain, dark, brown..whatever.

Why dont'you mother fucker shut the hell up in Hell, ASAP, so at least no one think about your stupidity nonesense.

Anonymous said...

After all Cambodian people start seeing the sickness idiot none senses parasite Sihaknuk and his families,from day to day he has nothing to do beside criticize the ladies and it citizen ,any body in the room think that Viet and French people are brown yellow or black? So what the point that this former king try to say about? Cambodian ladies living abroad,Cambodian ladies with the westerner lives stiles that is so dumb that words it should not come out from former king 's mouth that very low manner insecure person pick on the Cambodian girls,why he has to put the hates to his own people while he has to sleep with Viet french wife everyday don't he ever imagine about his wife? This is typical Sihaknuk ,he always right and perfect the others has never better than him,even the killing field that caused more than two million and more live got kill,and he said he doesn't know about that, and put the blame to others ,what a coward person like him,who still believe with this king ,wait and see this former king will finish a whole Cambodia to Viet before he die to make his Youn wife happy.

Anonymous said...

Well at least Cambodian today are whiter than the darkest era of Sihanouk.

At least Samdach Hun Sen make khmer free from Sihanouk oppression.

You look at farmers now they are at least owned 1 Moto better than your Sangkum reah niyum.

Samdach Hun Sen build roads, schools, villas, everywhere 2000 times more than you.

Anonymous said...

you're all brainwashed with load of shit. I have never really seen this intense feelings of anti-sihanouknism with so much bitter before the millenium.

Most of you got nothing better to say or do or any intelligent opinion of your own so you become a sounding board for people who wish to destroy the already old and fragile Sihanouk.

You don't even have the complete truth but it makes you feel good to assume every answer lies in blaming Sihanouk because the truth is the fuzziness and confusion of not knowing who to blame, and really what exactly happen in Cambodia makes you go crazy.

You are raised and pitied to fight against your own people. Being raised to believe what foreigners want to believe.

You think just can only be served and reconciliation can only take place when Sihanouk is dead. Get real. If you have pyschological problem, can't having trouble with people dominating you, being frustrated at losing in your life, you better take your therapy else where and be more productive rather then attacking an already half-gone old person.

It sad to see Khmer pitied against Khmer and they are blind to continue on this cycle.

So sad, that Khmer people have seen to lost what the word dignity, humility and respect means.

Anonymous said...

10:33 AM
You're completely wrong for this. Cambodia is one the most respect nation. Especially for creating the institutions.
I agree with those people who has saided that the old king love the white... Loke at the mother king, She's a lots whitier than others cambodians. The problem when you ECORCHE yourself, in the future, those women will face cancer. But do They really care, if They can only think in the short term. Stomach's problem!
First for motos, did you know that at sangkum reast moto, we have the production of motos at the country? Don't you know? Now all the motos are imported! Well, now, some cambodians has build around 10 cars to sell..(ex. the Angkor Car)... Mostly, don't you know how many of them that have motos have phone to their relatives from Canada, USA, Australia, France, etc. to ask for me! I have witness a monastry from Tacoma who has give a young man a moto (around 800 us) ...DON'T LET THE HATRED BLIND YOURSELF!
FUNCINPEC HAS DONE MANY GOOD THINGS. CPP KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO THE COALITION. FUNCINPEC IS BETTER BEGGER THAN THEM FROM THE DONOR COUNTRY. CPP use the money from the donor's country to feed their members. Don't you know that?
How old are you? You declared that Xun Sen don't suppress people. Hun Sen real name is Nal. And this Nal has fuck so many girls in the foreign's ministry. Don't you know that Cambodians have tough time with this Nal in the 80s. Ask your parents or someone else if your too young.
In the actual time, Government give false informations to sell their salads... Don't be silly! Of course, The king has done a lots of wrong things .. (especially in the 70s.). But for my point, with the khmer's resistance he has created with the others fighters, we could pardon his false move in the 70s. We have take out the viets army officially. Unofficially, we still have so many. Hok Lundy is the first one who stay in Cambodia. This man has done everything. Even giving everygirls to xun sen.
Now roads.. provincial roads.. come from the debts...
Villas came from the bribery (most of them)... How can a person win 200 us a month can build a villa ???? Which mean he has grab some lands and sell it.
Schools.. forget about it... You can have a 1 000 000 of schools open, and if the teachers don't get paided... This will lead to ignorant. The okna get a lots the school's buildings. They build one school, and they have no duty on unlimited things. DON'T YOU THAT? THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM THE MOUTH'S OF CPP MEMBERS.

Like Sigmund Freud has said, the first fundamental needs of human : FOODS !
So don't fool us!
The old king could make a bla bla bla. That is his freedom of speach... But don't fools us with false informations. And don't say that in 2007, Cambodia has computer's too. Go back to schools to learn the principle of Human!

Anonymous said...

Sorry
Not ask for me ! For money of course

Mostly, don't you know how many of them that have motos have phone to their relatives in Canada, USA, Australia, France, etc. to ask for me! I have witness a monastry from Tacoma who has give a young man a moto (around 800 us) ...DON'T LET THE HATRED BLIND YOURSELF!

Anonymous said...

I try to understand King Sihanouk state of mind and I think I know where he is coming from.

Cambodia people need to understand something very fundamental here! When King Sihanouk came to power or chose to be King of Cambodia by French in 1941 and many of white European and especially American society still live in a very segregated society between white and color people. There are separated drinking fountains and dining for white and color people. There are separated restrooms for white and color people!

I have no doubt when King Sihanouk came to power in 1941 he also bear the brunt of racial discrimination as well by the European and White American leaders who would look at him as color people or as something inferior than them and not as a real Cambodian leader and without a doubt King Sihanuok is well aware of the racial prejudice issue at the time and there was incident when the head of states of every countries were going to United Nation meeting in New York and King Sihanouk was never treated as a head of state by white American leaders because no security guards were offered to him and an insult like this will shape his political outlook for many years to come! King Sihanouk felt that if he is a leader than treated him like a leader! The questions are always asked why King Sihanouk always allied himself with the communist. Such as China, Soviet Union, North Korea, North Vietname...Now you know why because these fucken communists treated him so well like a leader even though they screw him over and they even gave him a palace to live in such as North Korea! Would any of you do the same? I would do the same as King Sihanouk but as long don’t screw me over!

Regarding Cambodian women who want to have white skin are untrue because Cambodian women always want to have beautiful looking skin and I see nothing wrong with that! I believe the real beautiful looking skin is "tanned in color" and it such a common sense because million of white people worship the sun just to have a nice looking tanned skin color. But for those Cambodian women who really want a total white skin like Michael Jackson are being too extreme because the skin no longer has pigmentation to protect itself from the sun and so skin become very sensitive to the sun like albino people and soon cancerous condition will develop on the skin! How is it that Cambodian women want to be so beautiful and yet willing to kill themselves in the process? This is what I don't understand!
For King Sihanouk to be deceived by the all the commercials on TVK is just ridiculous! I mean how many dirt poor Cambodian women can afford to pamper themselves with this kind of luxury? I say a very few rich Cambodian women can of course maybe their husband is a general or businessman? I have been to Cambodia and check all their cosmetic brands and cleansing products and so and so and I found out that they are very expensive and out of reach for most Cambodian people and most are generic brand or fake brand! By the way please don’t mess with hydroquinone family of skin lightening product because it will turn the skin dark when skin expose to the sun!


I know that Cambodian women come in all shape, size and color! Now consider that Cambodia is situated along the equator and the environment is very hot and humid and the sun light can be very intense and can reach over 100 degree most of the years! So to have white skin can be very deadly and that is why most Cambodian people have very tanned color looking skin or even dark brown and not black! Even the darkest Cambodian can't even compare to the African people because it is still somewhat lighter! Most shirtless dirt poor Cambodian farmers exposed to the sun all time and so their skin color tend to be darker than the rest of the general population! And of course there are some interbreeding between the Chinese and the Asian Indian which gave Cambodian people certain skin color as well!

Finally it is normal for King Sihanouk to discuss such issue as skin color because he is a victim of the white European and American racial discrimination too in the 1940! Oh well! If King Sihanouk can't afford to have a total white skin like the white European and American but at least he can afford to be half-white by marry interracial half-European wife!

Anonymous said...

Cambodian today not the same in before ,because of killing field they had fled country for lives every where ,what ever they can,some during UNTAC went
to Cambodia because of hard ship they forced them selves to find dollars with the western men,and Cambodian people living abroad they have to have their lives styles like the western so that is nothing wrong with that or we can called fashion,but the topic today for the former king why he has to divide people or criticize khmer ladies that wanted to be white, Sihaknuk him self had already known what went on around 1960 in the United States about discrimination ,hatred and,prejudice why he is taking that kind of hatred and divide those khmer girls that want to be beautiful who care about that ,nothing wrong with that as long as they do not use Cambodia treasury money that will be fine, I believe the girls that want to be white,may be send the money back to her country to help her families,build,the temples,hospital,street and school also if the former king has nothing to say good go to stay in Sao Ling temple in China or North Korean do not just pick on the girls thing,or may be he is not a man with normal functioning brain. Look at Thailand they do not care their King not worry abut put his ass and bitchy a bout women stuffs.
Thai lady married with Arabian,American,Japanese,Chinese,English Adon Yadeth doesn't care as long as Thai and foreigners poor money in to Thailand ,why this old man so disturb about ladies with the foreigners fashion?
Some time the formers king mentalities so mess up
because his hands soak with Cambodian blood and too late to wash off so that sort of his remorse causing him spelt out some nuisances.
Please refrain from criticize the ladies with western personalities ,they might send back a lot money to build their country up ,do not disappoint them.
Thanks you

Anonymous said...

1:51, I don't think Somdach Euv critized those woman. He's just concerned about losing the Khmer Heritage, Culture, and Tradition. Aren't you a bit concerned? I am if the entire country have that mentality, but lucky us, it is only confined to the capital and other city, but 75%+ of the population who live in the rural love their tan skin.

Anonymous said...

2:14
while SH him self speak three languages and his wife viet french what is the point that he bitchy a bout,?did you see what kind of the progress during Khmer rouge time, that the country lead by typical pure khmer ,no civilization, for me personally now the world they go that way ,why he or Cambodia should swim across the river current with one hand and the other hand making shade from the sun?
We have to challenge with the neighboring do not let the gap is too far from them .

Anonymous said...

1252pm,
Wake up,other nations leader least they listen and obey the people legislatures in the name of pluralism.

Sihanouk was worst than Hitler,he was the demi Hanuman god of no pluralism.

People can say,believe ,and condemn whom they have reasons to support their action.Millions have reasons to condemn the monkey king.

Anonymous said...

Most of the people who are so disrespectfulo to king-father tend to be a narrow minded and lack of civility. These group of people tend to look at a problem from a single perspective. And they like to point fingers and blame on everybody else but themselves despite the fact that they are the problem. Their narrow mindedness bar them from seeing the whole truth. Most of them dont realize that Cambodia is a small country with no military might or economic power. Therefor, it doesnt matter how much capability the leader has he or she doesnt has any leverage in negotiation. Cambodia is just a tiny boat tried to ride on a big wave created by a big and powerful country who only care about their own interest.

Anonymous said...

Most of the people who are so disrespectfulo to king-father tend to be a narrow minded and lack of civility.

In majority rule,most is good than fewer.

These group of people tend to look at a problem from a single perspective.

Tha's a plus for them,one vision in both eyes is far better than one eye sees double vision.Clinically is a sign of problem

And they like to point fingers and blame on everybody else but themselves despite the fact that they are the problem.

Logically,human does that when telling direction-pointing finger.

Their narrow mindedness bar them from seeing the whole truth.

THis proved how this writer is lack of focus.Sniper uses one eye to execute target.

Most of them dont realize that Cambodia is a small country with no military might or economic power.

Really,Swiss is three time smaller than Cambodia so is Singapore. Here consider this:614 geberals for RAFK alone excluding Police,PM,and else.Enlisted men are in 130,000 range.Is this army to your multiperspective and double tunnel vision.

Therefor, it doesnt matter how much capability the leader has he or she doesnt has any leverage in negotiation.

Actually it matters,self respect and dignity has alot to do to convey to others.Other end of negotiation knows how to deal with such caliber of your leader.

Cambodia is just a tiny boat tried to ride on a big wave created by a big and powerful country who only care about their own interest.

This I have to agree, Cambodia is getting samller becdause of Sihanouk and his ancestors stupidity.

For your information, that big wave is Sihanouk himself in a big picture.

Anonymous said...

Anon@10:27PM,

That's just a very very weak reasoning on your part. Nobody in the right mind would buy your lame excuses for Sihanouk. As a Cambodian, my opinion about Sihanouk is that he took the wrong path to lead Camdodia and history will judge him deservedly.

Passer-by

Anonymous said...

Well then, could you tell us which path should Sihanouk had taken that is best for the country?

To me, as a person of faith, I believe God had guided Sihanouk in the right path to save as many lives as God (not Sihanouk) could have, given the mess that we were in. Without God's guidance, there is no such think as Cambodia nor Khmer today. Would you believe that?

Anonymous said...

Who said Cambodia is very small can't avoid of the big wave of the power countries,that is death wrong we can learn from Israel and stick with the States we'll better off,look at the Israel's neighbors country how witches and hatred against Israel but they better leave Israel alone.What path Sihaknuk should be taken= Sihaknuk can't be every thing like he did to Sinsisamouth almost out of business ,kong Sam Oeun,Or Pho, supreme judge also you know what I mean? and one year king other year head of State and another Kampuchea prochea thibatey leader,so all this kind of bubble head leaders ,did not make up his mind. Cambodian should not has that no no, let all parliaments has their capable to do on their parts,also Hun Sen politic now(one man band) he wants to control all the shows,lights,singing and music so This Cambodia will face with other tremendous disaster if we won't change the leaders. and 1:26AM I do not know what in God that you are believe with but Sihaknuk is not my Euv and he is Idiot he is the killing field's king(he created that) so if you are believe with him you are one of khmer rouge and your hands are soak with 2 million khmer blood,so if you are staying out of the post the better of you had #1 to save your reputation from get involving with the 2 million 's murderer # You have peace on earth and after.
Please open up your mind if the others they are narrow minded.
Thanks you in advance

Anonymous said...

No Anon@1:26 AM, I am an atheist. Again, as far as Sihanouk is concerned, history will judge him accordingly and deservedly if I may add.

Passer-by

Anonymous said...

So is that good or bad? can you elaborate for us.

Anonymous said...

King Sihanouk has small country syndrome and he rather see his country being destroy than to help it like a virgin woman!

Anonymous said...

3:21, the Israeli case is not the same. The Israeli would never dare to Challenge any one of China's proxy if you know what I mean.

Anonymous said...

Nothing it differences Israel came out from the holocaust same exactly like us and surround by Thai and yuon and Israel by Syria and lebanon what I had learned from one of Tuol Svay Prey Professor in 1970,and after all the way they are handle their country now and then we should learn from them. If we can stay together and target the invaders ,but may be you rite Hun Sen are crossbreed us with Vietnamese already. But that only way that we can win &make our nation strong again.

Anonymous said...

On Israel subject,some reasons above are too fast to assume.
One remarkable difference in Israeli issue,that people of Hebrew heritage are well off inall their residential countries.They believe in their traditional religion and help out each other thru their syngogues.
Also Israel is armed to their teeth by both US and Britain.It also has nuclear arms with highly discipline armed forces under the rule of pluralism with over 90 ethnics living in a land is far smaller than Cambdodia probably three times.Size matters but discipline and self determination matter most in world politic today.
Most of Israel leader were well educated in world politic and self presenting.
so what cambodia has besides a monkey king?

Anonymous said...

Monkey, monkey chong vak niss rom sen sabbay, kour oy sday tha hjom min sov chess rom.............

too late...

Anonymous said...

I think the worst in all the history in the 70s, 80s, 90s and now.. It's Hun Sen.. Mr Nal himself. In 1970s, when He was Khmer Rouge, He did kill so many people. And when others people want his life.. He fled to viets border. How could all of us believe Hun Sen when He pretend that 2000 Khmer Rouge followed him when he had fled his hometown?? Sound weird! At the time of Pol Pot, tough for a person oneself to fled without recognition... so strange this Hun Sen ??? 2000 or more soldiers.

Anonymous said...

I remembered, Sihanouk told the reporters at the Peking save Base.

"But you know that Son Sann and his Generals are zero on the battlefied and Pol Pot is No zero"

After Sihanouk spitted out his words from his Peking save base, Heng Samrin and Vietnameses occupied forces rain through ANS, and his coalition forces 2 straighted days.

10 days latter, there were the first time Sihanouk-Nal met each other.

while met with Sihanouk, Nal'd ordered his forces and vietnameses occupied forces to pound his ANS until Sihanouk Quiet(.)

Minreah

Anonymous said...

Sihanouk is very old and is going to die soon. He should use his rmaining days to pray for cleaning the sin he has commidtted to the Cambodians rather than to look at the young ladies.