Jan 22

dsc02432-small.JPGdsc02432-small.JPGAccording to my standard, Cambodia has the most beautiful beach I’ve ever been to. In fact I’ve been to only one beach out side Cambodia, it is Pattaya Thailand. So, I’ve witnessed the environmental impact caused by the economic and tourism industry boom. Last weekend, I spend time visit my home town—Sihanouk Ville, I am getting concern about the rate in which the tourism industry caused changes to the environment. Continue reading »

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Jan 22

dsc02474-small.JPGThe tourism industry boom has created many jobs for Cambodian, especially those who live in the tourism hot spot such as Angkor Wat and beaches. For Sihanouk Ville, some of the local fishers have converted their boat from fishing boat to tourists transport boat. Continue reading »

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Jan 17

The restriction on the way music should be has just eased in 2003, but the pace of which the Laos music is moving to the pop culture is fast. Not only getting popularity in the country, it also penetrate inside Thailand’s audience, and even further, in Japan. Prior to 2003 the only music you will be able to find on Laos mass media is Laos country music, but now there are variety styles of music available in Laos ranged from pop to rock, and even hip hop and rap music. Continue reading »

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Jan 14

This problem is becoming bigger, especially when the social networking is growing in popularity. In my hi5 inbox I often receive mail from friend telling me that his/her photos has been stolen by other people. Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do about it. In my case, I discover that my photo has been published in a local magazine without asking me for approval. Fortunately the photos is not my face, it is an ocean view I took when I visit a beach in Koh Kong. So I decide to search for some protection, but there’s no way that you can absolutely protect your photos online. It is the price you have to pay, when you decided to post your photos online. However, folks at yahoo answers provide some good solutions here.

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Jan 12

Although there’s no news of Microsoft releasing the service pack 3 for Microsoft yet, the download of the stand alone package is available from Microsoft’s website. The size of SP3 download is 336 megabytes, making it almost impossible Cambodian user to download. Although this new service pack adds few more functionality, Microsoft said that the service pack will not change customer’s experiences with the operating system significantly.

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