Did you eat at restaurants for free all the time? If you hang out there, you know what it means.
On Apr 2, 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- 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. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
