Tag Archives: Phnom Penh
Rude Food In Phnom Penh’s ‘Noodle Alley’
The worst service I ever had was in London’s Chinatown. There was a cloudburst and then heavy rain so I scurried into one of the restaurants. The place was packed, and I was looking round trying to spot a table,…
Russian Shot in front of Phnom Penh House: Motive Unknown
Wednesday, 27 November, 2012 Phnom Penh : A Russian man was shot in front of his house by a gunman while opening his car door for some Russian compatriots who had been travelling with him. The Russian had just arrived…
Running Away from Exhaustion in Cambodia
Throughout the whole of October my dreams were bizarre, lucid and persistently awful – the kind of dreams that cling throughout the day and result in emails to loved ones back home: ‘Mum…all good? Just checking because I had a…
Korean #2 Stabs Korean #1′s Khmer Karaoke Girlfriend
Phnom Penh – A karaoke hostess and her brother, a motodop driver, were both stabbed in a room (#626) of a hotel perched on the roof of the O Russei Market at around 10:30 on the morning of the 22nd…
November Comedy Club Cambodia Review: Kavin Jay and Glenn Wool
Comedy Club Cambodia returned to Pontoon on Wednesday to the girlish delight, manly approval, profound appreciation, and universal approbation of the entire Cambodian nation. Everyone was there. HE took his customary seat in the front row, prepared as ever to…
Murder Suspected In Israeli’s Death
Phnom Penh, Wednesday 21st November – An Israeli citizen wearing combat color pants cropped at the knees, a red sleeveless t-shirt and a (disposable dust/germ) mask over his mouth ពាក់ម៉ាស់, plunged to his death from the fifth floor of the…
No Arrival or Waiting for Moto
“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot I was sprawled out, wrinkled, rumpled, unbuckled, slouched out all over the carriage of a tuk-tuk. Informal pose, semi-formal wear….
English Teacher Jumps Off Chroy Changvar Bridge in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh – An Englishman launched himself off the Chroy Changkvar Bridge after biking his way there, but his suicide bid was foiled when he was picked up by a boat belonging to Cham fishermen. The incident occurred at 7:20…
Memoirs of a Grizzled Expat: The Sound of Pennies Dropping (The Penultimate Part)
I’d established in my mind that my girlfriend was a wonderful girl who constantly made me deliriously happy all the time we were together, but that severe tensions were growing on account of her dysfunctional family – none of whom…
Memoirs of a Grizzled Expat: Waking Up (The End)
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So about three months into our relationship the increasingly frequent and bizarre episodes that would befall my beloved, all of which required remuneration to resolve, suddenly made sense. She had been concealing a sickness from me – an addiction. Having…