New Members, Introduce yourself.
I’m Vichira (Victoria/Vicky). I’m wanting to make contact with Mongoose. Mongoose I’d like to hear from you, I know you’ve been banned but here is my email addy...’[email protected]’ please get in contact with me, I’d really appreciate to hear from you.
Hi my name is Dumbinic, I am a moving to Cambodia in about March/April. I hope to find work as an English teacher. I worked as an English Teacher in Saigon for three years but that all came to an abrupt and violent end when I was in a serious motorbike accident. I had to return home for medical treatment.
I have a nerve injury to my right shoulder/arm/hand called Neuropraxia and I have spent the last year or so in unbearable, constant, indescribable, relentless and life changing agony. I am still not fully fit and I am still in severe pain but nothing to how bad it was 6 months ago.
I am heading to Laos on Feb 17th and will stay for a month or two. I might do some voluntary work.
I am then moving to Cambodia where I hope to stay long term and find some teaching work. I have a CELTA and a reasonably interesting CV - I am a published author in Vietnam and a not particularly successful playwright/screenwriter in my home country. I do have a degree but I am unable to get it notarised. Ahem. I am white and in my mid 40s.
I spent some time in PP in 2008 and loved it - for all the wrong reasons. I liked Saigon (mostly for the wrong reasons) but it tired me after a year or so; the traffic, the continuous noise, the traffic, the work permit hassles, the traffic, the visa situation. Oh and the traffic.
What is the situation with work permits/business visas/visas etc in PP?
I have numerous other issues but they are of a personal nature. Needless to say it wasn't my intent to end up as a broke partially crippled 45 year old English Teacher drifting through life lost and lonely and boo hoo hoo. I am attempting to leave behind a huge amount of carnage and bizarre events - most of which are entirely down to my own stupidity and some of which have left me with some on going mental trauma - and actually settle the fuck down once and for all and live like a grown up human being.
As I have been out of action for a year in ridiculous pain and along with the 'carnage and bizarre events' I allude to but won't explain here my self confidence is at an all time absolute zero of utter lowness. I am feeling pretty anxious to be honest but I gotta get back on the horse as my life is slowly and painfully heading in the direction of a poor version of 'Grey Gardens' (obscure 1970s documentary reference) and if I don't get my shit together I am in danger of ending up as a recluse which has been my biggest fear since my teens. Isolation has stalked me my whole life and at the moment I am caught in the trap. But not for much longer I hope....
Any advice on English schools, job hunting, places to stay, visa situation etc would be much appreciated. Also advice on medical facilities in PP as I am on medication (gabapentin) for my injury and guess I still will be in a couple of months so I will possibly need to see a doctor or at least hit up a pharmacy.
Thank you for any advice you might be able to offer me.
Your humble servant,
Dumbinic
I have a nerve injury to my right shoulder/arm/hand called Neuropraxia and I have spent the last year or so in unbearable, constant, indescribable, relentless and life changing agony. I am still not fully fit and I am still in severe pain but nothing to how bad it was 6 months ago.
I am heading to Laos on Feb 17th and will stay for a month or two. I might do some voluntary work.
I am then moving to Cambodia where I hope to stay long term and find some teaching work. I have a CELTA and a reasonably interesting CV - I am a published author in Vietnam and a not particularly successful playwright/screenwriter in my home country. I do have a degree but I am unable to get it notarised. Ahem. I am white and in my mid 40s.
I spent some time in PP in 2008 and loved it - for all the wrong reasons. I liked Saigon (mostly for the wrong reasons) but it tired me after a year or so; the traffic, the continuous noise, the traffic, the work permit hassles, the traffic, the visa situation. Oh and the traffic.
What is the situation with work permits/business visas/visas etc in PP?
I have numerous other issues but they are of a personal nature. Needless to say it wasn't my intent to end up as a broke partially crippled 45 year old English Teacher drifting through life lost and lonely and boo hoo hoo. I am attempting to leave behind a huge amount of carnage and bizarre events - most of which are entirely down to my own stupidity and some of which have left me with some on going mental trauma - and actually settle the fuck down once and for all and live like a grown up human being.
As I have been out of action for a year in ridiculous pain and along with the 'carnage and bizarre events' I allude to but won't explain here my self confidence is at an all time absolute zero of utter lowness. I am feeling pretty anxious to be honest but I gotta get back on the horse as my life is slowly and painfully heading in the direction of a poor version of 'Grey Gardens' (obscure 1970s documentary reference) and if I don't get my shit together I am in danger of ending up as a recluse which has been my biggest fear since my teens. Isolation has stalked me my whole life and at the moment I am caught in the trap. But not for much longer I hope....
Any advice on English schools, job hunting, places to stay, visa situation etc would be much appreciated. Also advice on medical facilities in PP as I am on medication (gabapentin) for my injury and guess I still will be in a couple of months so I will possibly need to see a doctor or at least hit up a pharmacy.
Thank you for any advice you might be able to offer me.
Your humble servant,
Dumbinic
Hello,
Nice to be here with all of you.
I am from Cambodia, 25y, living in Phnom Penh. If you guys have a new business idea, I could be your partner.
Regards,
Serey
Nice to be here with all of you.
I am from Cambodia, 25y, living in Phnom Penh. If you guys have a new business idea, I could be your partner.
Regards,
Serey
- Chloe9
- 440 newbie - handle with care
- Reactions: 0
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:56 am
- Location: California
I'm new. I just found this place accidently. From Orange County California, born and raised in The Valley. Half Khmer half Mexican. I like to read and write, about philosophy, the occult, etc. Looking to meet cool new friends.
Hi Chloe ~~ Welcome to K440 ~~ do you speak Khmer?Chloe9 wrote:I'm new. I just found this place accidently. From Orange County California, born and raised in The Valley. Half Khmer half Mexican. I like to read and write, about philosophy, the occult, etc. Looking to meet cool new friends.
There is, indeed a certain thread you can talk about philosophy, the occult and other weird stuff.You goota post 5 times to access this place .The Reverend speaks your're lauguage.
Last edited by Jep on Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
- Playboy
- 20,000 Posts; I need professional help !
- Reactions: 288
- Posts: 24827
- Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:30 pm
- Location: Hotel K: Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
- Contact:
As I understand it, the OC has a reasonably strong Khmer expat population there, along with some reasonable Khmer (ish) restaurants - such as Golden Lake Eatery and the Phnom Penh Noodle shop - although most in the area take on more of a South East Asian menu approach and include Viet and Thai food as well.
Meanwhile, back to the poster, have you ever visited modern day Cambodia Chloe ?
Meanwhile, back to the poster, have you ever visited modern day Cambodia Chloe ?
"We, the sons of John Company, have arrived"
- Hairy-nosed Otter
- Expat in exile
- Reactions: 5
- Posts: 224
- Joined: Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:04 am
Hairy-nosed Otter here, from Koh Kong. Most of you will probably not like me and likewise from this end. I am a fiece greenie who prefers the company of wild animals to almost any white males in Cambodia. I have a special contempt for know-it-all alcoholic sleaze-bags who cannot spell or use proper grammar.
So please, somebody provoke me - and let the game begin...
So please, somebody provoke me - and let the game begin...
...then he smiled again, and slipped away, further on up the stream
Hello, I am a new registered member. I am the standard American expat getting kicked out of Thailand because I do not have enough money. My VISA is still good until October. I have been trying to find a nice Khmer lady who can help me as a guide and friend. Sex is optional since I am an old guy. Where should I post and look? Thanks for any advice.
Hi, just want to introduce myself, I know nobody probably cares, anyway hi all
-
- 440 newbie - handle with care
- Reactions: 0
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:24 pm
It says for new members to use this venue, so I will try even though the most recent post is a couple years old. My name is Russell, and I plan on moving to Phnom Penm at the end of June. I am a 60 year old American, but I have been living and teaching in Asia for the last 5 years. I can't work in China now because of my age. I liked Thailand, but I have read a lot of good things about Cambodia. I wanted to ask a lot of questions, but I am not finding a thread about life there. Any suggestions?
- TheGrimReaper
- I have Cheap Mobile Internet
- Reactions: 3
- Posts: 375
- Joined: Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:30 pm
Not a great user of forums but as someone who will be living in Cambodia soon, I joined what I thought was the only one, CEO. I was a member for several months and asked a few questions about life in general.
I seem to have been caught up in a war between members on the forum and along with many others have been banned. It appears that the owner Gonk has had a hissy fit over something and banned most of the posters on some of the threads. A bit of a carpet bomb approach.
My friends told me about this forum so here I am and will try to stay out of any contentious threads.
I seem to have been caught up in a war between members on the forum and along with many others have been banned. It appears that the owner Gonk has had a hissy fit over something and banned most of the posters on some of the threads. A bit of a carpet bomb approach.
My friends told me about this forum so here I am and will try to stay out of any contentious threads.
Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.
- vladimir
- Feminist Watch List
- Reactions: 4
- Posts: 34235
- Joined: Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:43 am
- Location: mod edit
Can you narrow it down a bit from 'life' to some aspect of it?crurussell wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:25 pmI wanted to ask a lot of questions, but I am not finding a thread about life there. Any suggestions?
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
-
Do all K440 Members read ToF as well?
by Guets9999 » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:06 pm » in Cambodia Speakeasy - 70 Replies
- 16708 Views
-
Last post by kinard
Fri May 07, 2021 3:53 am
-
-
-
Did Rebels MC Members Smash Up Sundance?
by Bong Burgundy » Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:47 am » in Cambodia Speakeasy - 33 Replies
- 15259 Views
-
Last post by Calcetin
Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:09 am
-