Author: wheninphnompenh
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iPhone-Taken Photos of Phnom Penh
Nowadays, my favourite paste time is taking pictures with my iPhone 5S. I used two Nokia phones (feature phones) which dropped out of my pocket unknowingly, and a Samsung S3 phone which cost me $515 but a year later dropped to $315. T_T I was told that the cost of Android phones depreciates fast. That’s
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Festival of India at Chaktamouk Theatre, Phnom Penh
Mahapattabhishekam – The Coronation The Embassy of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India recently hosted The Festival of India in Cambodia. There were two events held in February. One of the Buddhist Festivals with a Buddhist themed photo exhibition and the other, Ramayana Classical Dance Performance by the world acclaimed and
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Independence Hotel: The Place with History
I remembered hearing my grandmother telling me a story about this hotel all the time. It was addressed in a different name–Seven-Storey Hotel or សណ្ឋាគារប្រាំពីរជាន់ in Khmer. I’m not gonna dig into history about this place because I know you guys can find it elsewhere. The only historical aspect that I’ve heard about this hotel
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The Liquid, a Place for Everyone
One of the interesting things about hanging out with someone you don’t know very well about is that he/she knows what you don’t, such as a great place to eat and drink and to play! A couple of friends along with some acquaintances and I picked up a place that we all agreed as a
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BROWN: Where I Go Get My Coffee
For the last couple years, coffee has become my new liking. I don’t have that much knowledge about coffee, but I do have my personal preferences. So, I often, in my spare time, go around Phnom Penh to try different types of coffee in various coffee shops in town. Thus far, BROWN(s) has been my
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Grand Ramayana Classical Dance Performance
I like attending classical Indian dance performances because I can learn a thing or two related to Cambodia-India similarities. On December 5th, 2012, the Indian Embassy in Phnom Penh organized Charishnu performance, flying a large group of Indian artists from India to Phnom Penh. They performed beautifully for two nights at Chaktomouk Hall. Charishnu dance artists, the Indian
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Beautiful Snapshots of Phnom Penh’s DIWALI Celebration
Until now you might have seen so much text but rarely any picture of events in Phnom Penh in this blog. I’m quite free from some work today, so I am thinking of posting pictures of a nice event that I went to. In October 2013, I was invited by the Indian Embassy to attend
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One Luxurious Night at Sofitel PHOKEETHRA
I just got a fantastic opportunity to review Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra on December 8th after the Sofitel team found me online and wrote me an email of invitation. A blogger of this popular blog (Khmerbird) referred me to the management team after he wrote several posts about sofitel. Actually, it is an interesting transition to be able
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Sensitive Skin
My very first post on beauty discusses sensitive skin, which is the type of skin I have to deal with every day. I remember a period in my life where I got a very consistent skin rash on my cheeks that wouldn’t go away and I couldn’t tolerate any kind of cosmetics. Fortunately, the phase