One night while walking home I was about to pass a little bar in a quiet Siem Reap st. when I heard them playing tracks from Bueno Vista Social Club, I stopped just to reminisce when a lovely lady talked me into taking a seat and a beer. As I sat a middle aged guy in a wheelchair emerged from the small chatty well dressed crowd and introduced himself as the Canadian owner.
He wore very thick reading glasses, about middle aged and had an infectious smiling personality, and no legs. As the night went along he came outside more often for a break as it happened to be his birthday so we just chatted more about each others experiences and he had a fascinating life.
The topic of conversation then became more local and we got onto the subject of rising crime, he then told me a story that happened to him only last week which went like this:
"I got robbed last week while going home."
"In your wheelchair? Seriously?"
"No, in a Tuk."
"So you put the wheel chair in the tuk and then head home?"
"Yes, my girlfriend holds the wheelchair and I hold her large handbag which carries all our cards and money...and dog"
"You had a dog in her handbag?"
"Yes, we just bought a puppy and take it with us in the handbag."
"And someone snatched the bag?"
"Yes, I struggled with the thief but he was too strong and fast"
"Your not joking are you?"
"No! I kept yelling as he ran off to keep the bag but leave the puppy, the next few days I put posters up everywhere but never got him back, really upset about that."
Stunned silence was broken by his girlfriend...
"Would you like some birthday cake?"
Short Cambodian stories.
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