Foreign Based Basketball Players arrive for Pre SEA Games preparations
The Duo of American based Cambodian Born Basketball Players, Pek Mith and Sop Oeun Stormed the Kingdom at about 10pm Tuesday night from their USA base ahead of the 2011 SEA games which will be held in Indonesia.
"We are so excited to be here, it feels good to come to my home country" and elated Pek Mith stated moments after arriving the Phnom penh International Airport. "Its my first time here but I feel much at home"echos Sop Ouen. Both Players were received on arrival by National Basketball coach, Mr. Austin Koledoye and the Secretary general of the Basketball Federation, Mr, Mak Chanphirun.
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Cambodia National Basketball Team takes on Ho Chi Minh City Basketball Team before Jetting to China in Pre Sea games warm up
The Cambodia national basketball team is set to take on the Ho chi Minch City Basketball Team in a two game pre Sea game warm up reveals National Team basketball Coach, Mr. Austin Koledoye. The National team Coach made this known last Friday after team training at the National Sports Complex. “ As the SEA games is drawing close, we are perfecting our strategies for the games and with this friendly, game, I will be able to see my players in a competitive game for the first time in a long time” the Nigerian born tactician says.
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Water Festival Canceled
AKP Phnom Penh, October 13, 2011 –
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen this afternoon announced to cancel the Water Festival, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 9-11 due to the flash floods.
Speaking at the opening of the special cabinet ministers’ meeting to assess the damages caused by the devastating floods, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said no boat racing this year, but other festivals are celebrated as usual.
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Nerd Alumni Gather for a Wee Chit-Chat - Japanese Style
'Talking about it at nerd night was way more nerve-wracking than being hung up from the ceiling from hooks in my flesh. I was shadow boxing backstage just to get out all the nervous excitement of speaking.’
So says Kim, a Norwegian Body Suspension enthusiast, of his time presenting about his passion at one of Phnom Penh’s hugely popular Nerd Nights.
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Setsara - 278s Thai Tongue Tingler
In recent years, the stretch of street 278 lying between 51 and 63 has become something of an expat haven; a tightly packed corridor of restaurants, bars, coffee shops, cafés, craft shops and music stores. Not as only-child-in-a-strop, hey-look-at-me-look-at-me brash as the riverfront, it has a slightly more low key charm all of its own.
A keystone of the 278 scene is Setsara, the Thai restaurant sister to Equinox’s bolshy, rock'n'roll tavern, older brother.
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PODCAST: Interview with Body Poetry Series' founders Chris Crawford and Philip "PJ" Heijmans
![](http://www.expat-advisory.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumbnail_meduim/southeast-asia/cambodia/article_images/podcast-interview-body-poetry-series-founders-chris-crawford-and-philip-quotpjquot-heijmans_body3_october-6-2011-331pm.jpg "PODCAST: Interview with Body Poetry Series' founders Chris Crawford and Philip "PJ" Heijmans")
totallyrandomman speaks to "Body Poetry Series" founders Chris Crawford and Philip "PJ" Heijmans about the origins of the series and this Saturday's event; including performances by American poet John C Brown and spoken word slam poet and tattoo artist Kosal Khiev
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Wine into Water
Ronald Brown is the owner of the remarkably overachieving Barossa Valley winery Maverick, in South Australia. The winery is aptly named, Brown is every bit the Maverick.
Described by eminent Australian wine writer James Halliday as a ‘Wily Old Fox’, James then promptly awarded Maverick with the highest possible rating of five stars in his annual Australian Wine Companion. Halliday scored an incredible eight Maverick wines at 90/100 points or higher, four of them at over 95/100, Brown’s Maverick genie is definitely out of the bottle!
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Cambodia floods affect 90,000 families
BANGKOK (AlertNet) - Severe flooding in Cambodia this month has killed 97 people, including 34 children, and affected some 90,000 families, the Phnom Penh Post reported on Thursday.
There are also concerns the capital will be inundated if the Tonle Sap River overflows, although officials expect the floods to start receding in other parts of Cambodia.
“Floods have seriously affected about 90,000 families,” National Disaster Management Committee spokesman Keo Vy told the Post.
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New US Embassy Warden Message regarding Flooding in Cambodia
The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia alerts U.S. citizens traveling in Cambodia of heavy rain and flooding along the Tonle Sap and other rivers through October 3, 2011. Weather reports predict heavy rain for the area that could cause the Tonle Sap to rise above its banks in the near future. Rivers throughout Cambodia are at a significantly higher level than is normal during the rainy season. With anticipated rains from Typhoon Nesat, currently a Category 1 typhoon in the South China Sea, and winds from Tropical Storm Nalgae, water levels may continue to rise and could pose a danger to safety.
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Miro: French-Basque Fine Dining with a Modern Twist in the Heart of Phnom Penh
Nestled between Mango and Axara on Sihanouk Boulevard, there is a discreet sign atop an asymmetric arch which gently entices people up a set of floor-lit, geometric, stone steps.
The message it denotes is very clear: herein lies modernity; herein lies chic; herein lies fine dining.
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