Lok Perom, Your name sounds very familiar. I know I have come across your name somehow, somewhere. After further research, I realize that I have read one of your stories called "True Love" published on www.khmervoice.com back in 2000 ( http://www.khmervoice.com/old-KV-files/Perom_truelove.htm). It was about ten years ago that I had read this. Nice. Thanks for sharing (through www.khmervoice.com).
-Bora On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Perom Uch <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you, Old Timer Neay K'rudth for sharing your story. > > > > However, there is some disconnecting between the old and young > generations. In order our Cambodian Legacy value to survive for many years > to come; we need to bridge our legacy to our young generation. > > It is our challenge to move forward to on a new day, at a new time, with a > new viewing experience. It’s all about our exciting future. > > Long live Cambodian Family Legacy. > > Attached, please find Sopheap Boross picture when I was 20 years old. > > Cheers, > > /Perom > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Neay K'rudth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Youngsters: >> >> You all brought up a nostalgia which I could not resist: >> >> I am one of the survivor hippies of the era, which started in 1962 >> when I entered 6 grade in Lycee Sisowath, when the Beatles came out >> with "I Saw You Standing There", and the Rollingstones came out with >> "I Can Get No Satisfaction", and the long haired hippie named Scott >> McKenzie was singing " If you're going to San Francisco.... Be sure to >> wear a flower in you're hair......". Oh, the Animals were singing "The >> House of the Rising Sun". >> >> Neay Krud'th was playing drum for the original band "Seila", and on to >> play drum for the Boys (the Khmero-Anglais H.S. kids behind our >> school), then went on to play professionally for the Khmer National >> Radio and TV Band in the Rock'n Roll section of the band with young >> and sexy Var-So-Vy as the singer. Our usual hang out location was on >> Rue Pastor between Lycee Sisowath and Khmero-Anglais, or Phsa Chah >> were the old Majestic movie house was, were we use to congregate to >> watch all the beautiful and wealthy girls go shopping, and when time >> to eat there were tons of good old authentic chinese of all varieties >> you can order from, goat noodle soup anyone? >> >> 1970 the war came and our funs and laughters ended. Neay Krud'th was >> shipped out to war fighting VC and KR south side of the City such as >> Saang, Koki Thom, Neak Lueung etc, as a young/green/scary platoon >> leader, leading untrained, inexperienced troops into firefights with >> VC, NVA, and the latter part KR. >> >> One fateful night, KR attacked in the middle of the night, raining >> RPG's on our defense post to dislodge us from the wooden bridge we >> were tasked to hold at all cost. What funny was that one of the troop >> was listening to the US Army radio, and as he was rushing to man his >> machine gun, his transistor radio fell to the ground inside his >> trench, and the volume for some freakish reason got louder. I was >> manning the mortar, and talked to the gunship overhead, but the radio >> kept belching out " Bridge Over Trouble Water" by Simmon and Art >> Garfunkel, then "Let It Be" by Paul McCartney, we couldn't do a thing >> about it so we just enjoyed it, and what a party we had! I could not >> tell what other song came on after that because was my ears were >> bleeding and clogged up from the continuous blast of my mortar tube. >> My eyes tears up everytime I hear the song plays on the radio here in >> the US. >> >> Yes definitely, we salute the memories our brothers whose idea of >> freedom and fun are always something worth dying for. >> >> I am so impressed with you youngsters for your passion in seing the >> homeland move past these pains and sufferings toward happiness, >> freedom, peace, prosperity, and security. >> >> May the spirits our our ancestors assist us in this endeavor. >> >> MAKE PEACE NOT WAR! (if we can avoid it) >> >> MKR >> >> On Apr 2, 1:26 am, "sacravatoons" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > My dedications to Khmer-Hippies who died in cold blood >> during >> > KhmerRouge's era >> > Cheers, >> > Ung Bun Heang >> > >> > Psychedelic rock-n-roll, long hair, and bell bottom >> pants were some of> the other "trademarks" >> > > of the hippie culture...or shall i say subculture. I remember my older >> > > brother who was a >> > > big time hippie...he literally worshipped Jimi Hendrix and Carlos >> > > Santana. Ahhhh those days. There were >> > > some happy times until the Year Zero!!! >> > >> > > You are right, Lok Bong Sacrava, they were harmless to the public as >> > > far as I can remember. Furthermore, their fashions, values, and >> > > practice, rapidly influenced popular music, television, film, >> > > literature, and the arts, and especially the promotion of >> > > multiculturalism particularly in the US of A. Even though their >> > > culture and values spread out like wild fire to the 'old' worlds such >> > > as Cambodia, there was quite a resistance from traditionalists. >> > > Speaking from experience, my parents never approved of or accepted my >> > > older brother's idea of hippie-ism. >> > >> > > -Bora >> > >> > >> > >> > Hippie's Slogan 500.jpg >> > 140KViewDownload >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. >> This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. >> Thank you for your understanding. 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