Category Archives: health
Results for the 2nd ABBA Bodybuilding Competition
On Saturday, July 21st 2012 at the Angkor Century Hotel a very highly anticipated bodybuilding competition took place at Angkor Century Hotel marking a major milestone for Angkor Body Building Associationthis year. Attended by some 500 Cambodians and expats in…
Memoirs of a Grizzled Expat 8: The Dilemma of Helping Vulnerable Street Kids
Last time I began to discuss my intention to provide an education to the deserving Riverside street-children selling books and flowers to tourists. Despite my background in establishing schools for streetkids in India and Nepal, I found Cambodia to throw…
2nd ABBA Bodybuilding Competition Sizzles this Summer Again in Siem Reap.
Saturday, July 21st 2012 will sizzle this summer in Siem Reap when the one day bodybuilding competition gets underway at Angkor Century Hotel which is marking a major milestone for 2nd ABBA competition this year. Competitors will be judged on…
In for a penny…
Tales of woe and need. They’re almost as common as poverty in Cambodia. Every expat hears them, often with a request for assistance (i.e. money.) To help or not to help is the question. And if ‘to help’ is the…
Cambodia Film Reviews: The Girls of Phnom Penh
This documentary follows the lives of Srey Leak, Cheata and Mey Nea, three young sex-workers in the capital. Working in a huge up-market karaoke parlor by night or streetwalking, and living in a decrepit room in a slum the rest…
Walkabout Joker Draw (and Infective Endocarditis) Odds for Friday, March 30, 2012
The Walkabout Joker Draw is now in Week 45. Friday night’s jackpot will be a rather substantial $10,638. The $638 increase in the jackpot means that the Walkabout sold 1,276 tickets last week, the same number of tickets that it…
Top 10 Reasons to Drink in Cambodia
I am not saying you cannot have fun without having a drink. Children do not drink and they tend to have fun. I am not even saying that not drinking is childish (although I do believe this – however being…
Top Ten Reasons for a Brief Fling with Sobriety
Time to take off those beer goggles I’m not saying you can never have fun with demon alcohol again. All I’m saying is try taking a break. The first few days suck, but after that you’ll feel much better. I…
Health Tips for Cambodia
Nota Bene: the follow is included in this section is for information only and is not intended for diagnostic purposes, if you feel unwell you should consult a qualified medical practitioner immediately. Acclimatisation Adapting to a warmer climate can take…
Healing Hands in the Cambodian Jungle
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Sai Ya will never walk again. The 26-year-old’s spinal cord was permanently damaged when she was pulled from the wreckage of a car last August and she now lies, paralysed from the waist down, at the Graphis Health Centre, with…