As I sat through this morning’s first plenary session on the second day, I got so intrigued by the energy in our young speakers such as Ms. Paicy Bazil, young musician and advocate for youth development in Haiti focusing on vulnerable youth and Mr. Andres Villena, young economist, columnist, blogger and activist of the 15M movement from […]
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Reported by Kounila Keo & Rajneesh Bhadhari I took a chance to ask young people I met at the Youth Forum about why policy makers should listen to the young people. I did a random selection and made sure that I asked young people from different regions. So you can also tell me why they
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Ms. Irina Bokova (director general of UNESCO) and Forest Whitaker (American Actor) encouraged the youth participants to dare to dream. Do we take a break sometimes to ask ourselves, “Am I a peace maker or at least not a violence maker?” At this moment, I’m contemplating about this. A few weeks after I got selected
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Believe me, I didn’t plan this weekend getaway. As soon as a friend of mine offered a free hotel room and a free ride to Kampot province about 4 hours’ drive from Phnom Penh, I knew that would be just right for me. 😛 After staying overnight at Rabbit Island, my friends and I headed
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If you would like to travel from Phnom Penh to Saigon/Ho Chi Minh, I recommend reliable bus companies like Mekong Express Bus, Sapaco, Capitol Tours, Mailinh, Phnom Penh Soriya Transport but do consider Virak Buntham Express Travel for its night bus services, though the staff can throw their attitude around you at times (contact details
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I asked an Italian photographer two years ago what an Italian mafioso looked like, and whether they had a favourite dress code. He chortled over my ignorance, and said, “Ha, he or she does not look any different from you.” That’s my first joke in Italy. I was in Italy for almost a month, but could learn a
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This is a guest post by Prum Seila. Although Nokia has just opened it representative office in Cambodia last year, their phones have already been here for more than 10 years ago. I was growing up seeing my family and friends use Nokia phones most of the times. Nokia has been very popular in Cambodia. Some
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I was sent this article into my email. It’s such a beautiful piece of writing by Ms. Theary Seng, co-founder of Centre for Cambodian Civic Education (CIVICUS), that I don’t want to miss out on publishing it on my blog. Enjoy her strong views! But then, there is another counter-response from Sambath Meas on this
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Recently, the Cambodia Daily, one of the English news publications in Phnom Penh, featured an article about Cambodian blogging or “Khlogging”—sorry, I just invented it as I go–on one of its Saturday-Sunday publications. Wahh, one of the pictures on the page looks familiar to you, right? That’s what I thought when I first got a
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I’d like to share with you a piece of my mind. Oops, just a piece of me. ———————————- One of the pioneer bloggers in the Kingdom, Kounila Keo is the author of blueladyblog.com. Seth Emmanuel Rinoza finds out what motivates Keo to write. Photo by Conor Wall. Kounila Keo was born with a mindset to share her
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