Thank you Neak Srey for your comments. As I previously expected them. The truth hurts.
Have a pleasant day. On May 19, 3:47 pm, "Bopha Angkor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Lok chhim, > > You should not be ashamed to say or doing right thing but you should be > shameful to say ill and stupid things against other whether right or wrong. > You should try to understand people, their way of life, their priority; > their difficulties instead drown down in ill prejudice. Some people may > give priority to mind beauty than appearance. Other may arm priority to > wealthy over spirituality. Some are just tired and stave of hungry and don’t > give shit important to thing around. Some people did not see anything wrong > in crime, in killing, in injustice but being disturbed about shit and > garbage. If I believe tale about Luis XIV, not late than 18th century, the > grand French sun king Luis XIV and his nobles still piss like dogs inside in > the royal palace the Versailles. There is no shit hygiene place yet. Luis > XIV rarely took his bath so each time he took a bath is a pretext for the > entire kingdom to make a big festivity. Not long ago, Americans were still > a bunch of oafs and criminals, sunk in the bath of blood and still can > barely get head out of it even now they have much quite good appearance. > Remember, a butterfly with all its beauties and elegant was early a worm. > Yes I agree there are a lot of things that these people must change, must > get rid of but it is not this kind of ill prejudice that can help them. If > you have this kind of prejudice in the brain cell, you should not give shit > time to help them just to look down on them and to self exhibit as a better > person. Better let they stave to die. Each person, each nation has its > neurosis. The only difference is they are on right track or the otherside of > truth. You must know that prejudice is a way to an act of crime. It is > often by prejudice and profane of hated that drown people to commit crime. > Yuons also use this kind of prejudice and profane of hated against these > people to commit crime against them as you see here and there. After yuons, > these people are so dirty, black, lazy, dam stupid, and ugly they don’t > merit to live. But the chins, yuons are smart, beautiful, hard worker > because they have white skin. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TSC" <[email protected]> > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" > > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: My Cambodian foster daughter > > Lenny, > > There is no system in place to safeguard environments or to enforce > public health issue. Cambodians just throw garbage anywhere they > please. They urinate or take a dump at any space they want and left it > unburied. Most households don’t have any kind of “outhouse” > available. You just have to watch you don’t step on their droppings in > their backyards. Try to eat lunch or dinner without being devoured by > flies and other kinds of insects. Then, you wonder why nearly all > Cambodians are somehow unhealthy. > > I don’t think it is because of poverty, I think it's just plain > carelessness, laziness and the lack of law enforcements. Where I live, > I would be served with plenty of summons, if rubbishes are found > around my home. No still water can be left in the back or front yard. > You will lose your shirt if you are found urinated in public. > > It’s a shame for me to say all of this, because I am one of > Cambodians, too. Cambodians have to seriously change a lot of things; > this issue is one of them. > > Regards, > > ======== > On May 19, 5:52 am, Len Graceffo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all. Thanx for bringing up the "garbage in the back yard". I forgot > > to mention that. I notice it every time I go there but haven't had the > > courage to say anything about it. I just can't understand why parents > > wouldn't clean the mess in their own back yards whether it was theirs or > > not. Stagnant water and garbage is no enviornment to raise children. With > > the money I've given them they could of easily drained the land and kept > > it clean whether the garbage is theirs or not. I just assumed that when > > your so poor and beaten down you just stop giving a shit. Several of my > > Surin/Burriam Khmer friends said the same things you people have; they're > > just lazy. What a learning experience!!! Keep it comin', Lenny G > > > > Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:35:11 -0700 > > > Subject: Re: My Cambodian foster daughter > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi KC, > > > > Thanks for sharing. It is good that you can laugh away your > > > innocence. > > > > I have heard a case with a political leader who was given > > > contributions to help dig water wells for certain villagers. Many > > > donors thought he was a decent man. Recently, one of the donors went > > > to check that particular village to look for the wells promised by > > > this politician that the wells would be dug, but to her > > > disappointment, the wells were nowhere to be found. > > > > She came back to the U.S and laughed at him, too. I am sure, however, > > > that politician was lauging all the way to bis bank. :-) > > > > I have tons of story like this to tell. It could be written as > > > historical books. > > > > Have you ever sent any more money after that? > > > > I hope not. > > > > Thanks again KC. > > > > ======== > > > > On May 18, 6:46 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Bang, here's my story, > > > > my family had collected monies to help a relative overthere, for that > > > > money he said he would buy a motorcycle, use it to buy and transport > > > > pigs to sell in the city so they 'll make profits...2 months later, > > > > they sent another letter, the motorcycle was broken, need money to fix > > > > it, month after that another letter came, he said in the letter he got > > > > in an accident, the motorcycle was totally lost. He got another idea, > > > > he asked to help him start a motorbike washer business, so we > > > > collected money for him again...a few months later one of us went > > > > their to visit and wanted to see how his business doing, guess what > > > > they saw... everybody was in melee, they told that the man in trouble > > > > because his wife was chasing after him with "Kambett Paing Tor" > > > > because he had been spent monies we sent him with young girls from one > > > > to another and his wife sell Nom Banh Chok everyday to feed the kids > > > > while this man had fun of his own....after hearing this story we all > > > > just couldn't help ourselve laughing... > > > > Khoar Chev ( Made in Cambodia ) > > > > > --- On Mon, 5/18/09, TSC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: TSC <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: My Cambodian foster daughter > > > > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 3:08 PM > > > > > Hi KC, > > > > > When I told my relatives that I had to plant flowers and vegetations > > > > in my living room, family room and in the kitchen, they were laughing. > > > > Perhaps, thinking that I was lying to have them plant things in the > > > > same fashion. > > > > > Inspecting their lands around their home, I knew I could do a lot of > > > > things with the kind of soil that my relatives have. I bought them > > > > seeds of all kinds of vegetable and gardening flower and asking them > > > > to grow them. Many month later, I went back to check to see if they > > > > had grown them. They told me that there was not much rain to grow > > > > anything. I told them that I had dug nice wells for them to use the > > > > water for such purposes. They told me that it was too hard to water > > > > the plants with well water. Meanwhile, they rather asked for more > > > > money to go shopping for things that they could grow themselves and > > > > had the nerve to complain that those things have gotten more > > > > expensive. > > > > > On the other hand, most Vietnamese and Chinese are working real hard > > > > for their money. They work hard from collecting cans, fishing, growing > > > > fruits and vegetables, selling all kinds of products and they don’t > > > > expect any handouts. They would risk their life to come into Cambodia > > > > for such an opportunity to work the land. Many of these individuals, > > > > except the newcomers, were in the same Pol Pot regime and yet they > > > > have managed to rise from poverty quicker than most Cambodians. > > > > > We need to change their mentality from being sluggish to energetic and > > > > stop depending on others to feed them forever. In this competitive > > > > world we cannot have both free time and money at the same time unless > > > > you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Cambodians can > > > > become self-sufficient like any other people in the world, but they > > > > must work. Maybe it’s time for the world, country of donors and > > > > politicians to stop “giving them fish, but teach them how to fish”… > > > > and let them fish or be starved. Somehow I feel that many of them are > > > > being spoiled! > > > > > If you don’t work, you don’t eat! > > > > > Thanks KC > > > > > ======= > > > > On May 18, 2:20 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Bro Tim and all, > > > > > Bang Sothon, I can't agree more. I've never been in Cambodia for 30 > > > > > years, but keep hearing the same thing from different people > > > > > returned from visiting relatives in Cambodia that their relatives > > > > > there today are so lazy ( Sorry I said what they told me ), > > > > > everything they have to buy from the market even vegies such as > > > > > mint, peppers, lemon grass etc , for most of us here even we don't > > > > > own a house we still be able to grow them in container or planter > > > > > ...don't know why they are so spoiled? > > > > > > KC > > > > > Khoar Chev ( Made in Cambodia ) > > > > > > --- On Mon, 5/18/09, TSC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: TSC <[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: Re: My Cambodian foster daughter > > > > > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:44 AM > > > > > > Hi Lenny, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > > > Working doesn't mean that > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. 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