Guy on Street 51
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Guy on Street 51
So the past few times I've been on 51, across from Howie's, I've seen this guy sitting by the burger/hotdog stand across the road, always in the same outfit. One night, I drunkenly stumbled over there to grab a hot dog and he starts talking to me, telling me this rather far fetched story about his child being sold into slavery by his former nanny and how he loaned his 25k life-savings to a friend even though he didn't know why the friend needed it, peppered with a bunch of strange claims that he used to pay his maid $1000p/m...
He's not Khmer, but he appeared to speak it quite well. He said he was Malaysian. Given his accent, it sounded reasonable, but I was drunk, so who knows? The strangest part was that at the end of this story of homelessness and despair, he never asked me for money. Maybe I was giving him the look that said, "don't bother" but maybe I flatter myself for thinking that'll stop anyone from giving it the old college try.
Anyway, my curiousity was piqued. Anyone know this guy or heard a similar story around 51 recently?
He's not Khmer, but he appeared to speak it quite well. He said he was Malaysian. Given his accent, it sounded reasonable, but I was drunk, so who knows? The strangest part was that at the end of this story of homelessness and despair, he never asked me for money. Maybe I was giving him the look that said, "don't bother" but maybe I flatter myself for thinking that'll stop anyone from giving it the old college try.
Anyway, my curiousity was piqued. Anyone know this guy or heard a similar story around 51 recently?
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All manner of human flotsam and jetsam washes up in that part of town after midnight. Did you ever meet the Russian (or possibly Israeli) fortune teller? He was another international man of mystery.
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True! I love it.keeping_it_riel wrote:All manner of human flotsam and jetsam washes up in that part of town after midnight.
One night my friend ran into an extremely fucked up French magician who had performed for the King earlier that day and had decided to cash in his chips at L'Absinthe. Next night he was on our monthly boat trip performing tricks (bit of an awkward fella).
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This video was posted here some time ago.keeping_it_riel wrote:All manner of human flotsam and jetsam washes up in that part of town after midnight. Did you ever meet the Russian (or possibly Israeli) fortune teller? He was another international man of mystery.
That's like, your opinion, man.
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Great stuff Walter, I'd missed that the first time around and I'd now say he's most definitely Israeli rather than Russian. And wow, that short film does provide a strong whiff of late night/early hours Phnom Penh.
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LA provided the original link in the "Anther Western Beggar" thread about the French Beggar of Sihanoukville. The consensus was that the fortune teller was an Israeli and not the French beggar of Kampong Som.keeping_it_riel wrote:Great stuff Walter, I'd missed that the first time around and I'd now say he's most definitely Israeli rather than Russian. And wow, that short film does provide a strong whiff of late night/early hours Phnom Penh.
That's like, your opinion, man.
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The Guy on Street 51 is (an Indian) from Singapore (not Malaysia). He is still every night at the mini-mart opposite Heart of Darkness. He is helping/working (a bit)for the owner of the hotdog/hamburger stand. His salary is 1 free hamburger per day. The guy told me the same story....and indeed..he didn't ask me money neither. He has at the moment 6 weeks overstay and is sleeping on the street. Yesterday he got his passport (and luggage) back from the hotel he was staying before. A barang paid his old hotel bill (US $ 35). The Guy wants to leave as soon as possible to Singapore........
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Do you know any of this stuff to be true or did you just hear the same story as me with a few updates and choose to believe it instead of approach it with suspicion?
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Thanks Matty for starting this forum on me. Firstly i am not a Malaysian, i am a Singaporean. Not a big difference you may say but to me it is . I might probably get better help if i was a Malaysian or maybe not !
I will keep it brief since you drunkenly stumbled over the last time but then again most people i meet are in that condition. I did help out in the burger kiosk for 1 free burger but that is history because although i speak fluent Khmer, the locals will not place their order to me cos i am an indiaaaaa, black guy, ah kamoa, lie for saying i'm from spore cos there is only Chinese there. The barangs tell me to fuck off thinking i'm some crazy foreigner trying to be funny by asking for their order. Now i'm down to asking people to buy me food where even then some think that's a scam as i used to tout for the burger kiosk if you know what i mean. I lost my life savings to my friend of 14yrs not be-cos i gave it to him without knowing why but be-cos of trusting him. I knew his family and what his dad was doing for a living and such did that mistake. I will soon realized that its just not friendship that can stab you in your back but anyone has well and now i am paying for it. i will not give up yet after all that has happened. why should i? i have no criminal records in my country, i have cheated no one and have not done any bad deeds what so ever here but cheats and hustlers are happy and partying every night at street 51.
I engaged my former house cleaner a Khmer lady in her late 40s to look after my daughter after everything went down for me in 2010. I did the sensible thing anyone will do in my situation buy going back to my country to work. I could not bring my baby with me for practical reasons:i was homeless in my country : i had no clue on how to tend to a baby. She was my only blood and since i was already an expert on cruel Cambodia i made very sure that my daughter will be safe and one such measure (whether smart or not) was sending this lady big sums every month and 1k at times. Back in spore i was struggling to keep any job even though i had a diploma as Spore wants and needs foreigners. Its not their fault that i was a special case with no family support and when i approached the Governmental Organizations for help they told me to bring my daughter back first. By this time the nanny was well aware what a weak i was and knew i had no one except my baby. I arrive back in 2011 after about a year my worst fears has come true, before you guys throw yr FAQs to me, Yes ! i been to my Embassy 8 times now and 3 times with my baby and the nanny. The nanny has told me straight that she plans to sell my baby because she has seen for herself that the embassy they wont help me nor my daughter . I was mad at them but i believe they wont help me be cos they are other Singaporeans standing outside the embassy asking for help after losing everything at NAGA casino so they think I'm one of them or just like the people in street 51 who think i am a fraud be cos there are so many of them there.Its not their job to look into these domestics issues. last night my french friend Nicola whom i got to know from 51 helped me get my clothes and passport back and he don't even know my problem !!! My other friend Ben who buys me drinks and spares me some cigarettes , told me about this forum. I went to SHER E PUNJAB at st 130 at 6am and slept outside for a bit. The owner Mr Rajkumar gave me some food and $2 which i am using it for the internet now. I will still be in the mini mart opp the heart and to prove i am not a fraud i have documents with me which is as a matter of fact saving my daughter from being used. I never approach and tell my story to patrons for hotdog kiosk and mini mart but only if people ask me so unlike those Filipino syndicate where they ask u where you are from and tell u that their sister is going to yr country to study and invites you to their house.
Time is running out for me as i am going without sleep for days and having lack of food. Hope is for my baby and i if we leave this country soon. I'm welcome to ideas as i can think anymore.Please help! BTW the Israeli tarot card guy's name is ILAN and he buys me water whenever he passes by. He has hope only when his Khmer rogue wife dies. As for the others in this forum who thinks only shit washes up at st 51, i applaud yr intelligence May you u build yourselves a throne at the Ang Kor Wat.
My name is AESAN.
I will keep it brief since you drunkenly stumbled over the last time but then again most people i meet are in that condition. I did help out in the burger kiosk for 1 free burger but that is history because although i speak fluent Khmer, the locals will not place their order to me cos i am an indiaaaaa, black guy, ah kamoa, lie for saying i'm from spore cos there is only Chinese there. The barangs tell me to fuck off thinking i'm some crazy foreigner trying to be funny by asking for their order. Now i'm down to asking people to buy me food where even then some think that's a scam as i used to tout for the burger kiosk if you know what i mean. I lost my life savings to my friend of 14yrs not be-cos i gave it to him without knowing why but be-cos of trusting him. I knew his family and what his dad was doing for a living and such did that mistake. I will soon realized that its just not friendship that can stab you in your back but anyone has well and now i am paying for it. i will not give up yet after all that has happened. why should i? i have no criminal records in my country, i have cheated no one and have not done any bad deeds what so ever here but cheats and hustlers are happy and partying every night at street 51.
I engaged my former house cleaner a Khmer lady in her late 40s to look after my daughter after everything went down for me in 2010. I did the sensible thing anyone will do in my situation buy going back to my country to work. I could not bring my baby with me for practical reasons:i was homeless in my country : i had no clue on how to tend to a baby. She was my only blood and since i was already an expert on cruel Cambodia i made very sure that my daughter will be safe and one such measure (whether smart or not) was sending this lady big sums every month and 1k at times. Back in spore i was struggling to keep any job even though i had a diploma as Spore wants and needs foreigners. Its not their fault that i was a special case with no family support and when i approached the Governmental Organizations for help they told me to bring my daughter back first. By this time the nanny was well aware what a weak i was and knew i had no one except my baby. I arrive back in 2011 after about a year my worst fears has come true, before you guys throw yr FAQs to me, Yes ! i been to my Embassy 8 times now and 3 times with my baby and the nanny. The nanny has told me straight that she plans to sell my baby because she has seen for herself that the embassy they wont help me nor my daughter . I was mad at them but i believe they wont help me be cos they are other Singaporeans standing outside the embassy asking for help after losing everything at NAGA casino so they think I'm one of them or just like the people in street 51 who think i am a fraud be cos there are so many of them there.Its not their job to look into these domestics issues. last night my french friend Nicola whom i got to know from 51 helped me get my clothes and passport back and he don't even know my problem !!! My other friend Ben who buys me drinks and spares me some cigarettes , told me about this forum. I went to SHER E PUNJAB at st 130 at 6am and slept outside for a bit. The owner Mr Rajkumar gave me some food and $2 which i am using it for the internet now. I will still be in the mini mart opp the heart and to prove i am not a fraud i have documents with me which is as a matter of fact saving my daughter from being used. I never approach and tell my story to patrons for hotdog kiosk and mini mart but only if people ask me so unlike those Filipino syndicate where they ask u where you are from and tell u that their sister is going to yr country to study and invites you to their house.
Time is running out for me as i am going without sleep for days and having lack of food. Hope is for my baby and i if we leave this country soon. I'm welcome to ideas as i can think anymore.Please help! BTW the Israeli tarot card guy's name is ILAN and he buys me water whenever he passes by. He has hope only when his Khmer rogue wife dies. As for the others in this forum who thinks only shit washes up at st 51, i applaud yr intelligence May you u build yourselves a throne at the Ang Kor Wat.
My name is AESAN.
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