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What does it mean to be successful?

vutha — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:39:48 +0000

To be successful, you have to do what successful people do, and successful people are highly action-oriented. Many people, on the other hand, realize that failure is an important part of the learning process. Simply, get started, make mistakes, listen to feedback, correct and keep moving forward the goal. In addition, success is in the [...]

Passengers help reduce traffic jam in Phnom Penh

vutha — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:30:45 +0000

Putting blame on the increase of vehicles circulating on the streets is rights but I noticed that car drivers and motorcyclists are making trouble over traffic jam in Phnom Penh. If all passengers have understandings each other during running on the public street, the traffic congestion will be reduced, not so much but [...]

Chak Sopheap: Dare to Write

vutha — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:19:48 +0000

Chak Sopheap, 25, holds a Master’s Degree in Peace Relations from the International University of Japan and has published English-language articles on the international website Global Voices Online, focusing on corruption, the democratic process, and freedom of expression. She also works with the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and is a [...]

Gas station workers are possible to cheat customers

vutha — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:45:33 +0000

When you fill in gasoline at gas station, do you ever think that gas station workers cheated you? I think that it is possible for some workers and private gas stations to cheat customers, when customers do not pay attention to them. It is only experience of gas station’s owner who is friend [...]

Government should ban alcohol advertising on media and in public?

vutha — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:47:40 +0000

The rate of fatal road accident in the second after death of HIV/AIDS is not decreasing. As we know the road accident is caused by many factors such as drunk-driving, high-speed driving, not respect the rule and so on. In addition, government and NGOs are trying to disseminate road law implementation and [...]

Field rat meat is kind of dish in Cambodia

vutha — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:10:26 +0000

Rat is the kind of rodent that always damage stuff and property in house and people always hate and try to kill them but the kind of wild or field rat meat is becoming food for people in rural areas. By the way, rat meat has been sold in the market. Do you [...]

Bike folded into a cart

vutha — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:00:01 +0000

That is great concept possibly to fold a bicycle as a cart for carrying goods and products at the market.

Why do passengers dislike the traffic cop?

vutha — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:40:13 +0000

Since the prime minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, has paid attention to the traffic accident so much and the government has taken an action to reduce it firmly. The Phnom Penh city is improving everywhere and the traffic law is strengthened. Nowadays, all of Cambodian people have to respect the rules; especially when [...]

Are you afraid of threat warning?

vutha — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:37:27 +0000

That is the question that a journalism student asked me when she chatted with me nearly two hours about Cambodia’s traffic law, especially relating to the road accidents, bribery, corruption and extortion which are committed by traffic police. During the last year, I have liked to write my blog posts related to traffic [...]

Military uniform on sales in Phnom Penh’s market

vutha — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:04:37 +0000

Frequently, I always have driven pass the small market- Teuk Thla market- located along Russian Blvd in Teuk Thla commune, Sen Sok district. When I went into this small market, I saw a lot of military equipments such as military dresses, ranks, belts, boots, caps and others being hanging in stores for sales.

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Life and Death

vutha — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:26:42 +0000

Everyone really does not know how long they are alive. Sometimes, we met them today but they died tomorrow. Sometimes, we try to make money to support family but we die without using this money for fun with families. Sometimes, sadness, grief, regret, happens instantly because of accident, and other incidents on the [...]

Military police violates traffic police’s role?

vutha — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:34:15 +0000

The early morning, when I was driving my motorbike along Northbridge Blvd toward my workplace, I spotted a group of six military polices stationing along this street opposite to Northbridge school to be stopping motorcyclists without wearing helmet and installation of mirror. And I did not see traffic policemen amongst them.

Delicacy of Giant Spider Called ‘Aping’

vutha — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:20:54 +0000

When you arrive in Cambodia, you should try to taste some insects such as cooked cricket, tarantula which are the favorite foods for Cambodian people. At the time, I just want to let you know the delicacies of giant spider called in Khmer word as ‘Aping’ that is the kind of insect with [...]

Police started to fine motorists in evening

vutha — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:14:44 +0000

So far, the increasing number of passengers has good understanding about the advantages of wearing helmet and installing mirror after the road traffic law has been enforced early this year to all people traveling on road throughout Cambodia. It is noted that a handful of young youths still do not comply with the [...]

Reading in restroom

vutha — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:59:25 +0000

It is laughable when someone knew that you are reading news or books in restroom, right? As I know some one used to read news in restroom because they think that time is important and they do not want to wast time. Even though, they are sitting on toilet but [...]

Traffic law enforcement unfair

vutha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:37:17 +0000

Who makes laws? Who implements laws? Who respects laws? I just raise these questions and the answers to questions are not complicated and hard. All the people are easier to understand. What is hard to understand is that law does not serve the common people overall. At the present, it is observed that [...]