Comments for Mel's Blog http://blog.melinachan.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on thinking about poverty- a post on Blog Action Day by Eugene http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=36#comment-213 Eugene Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:48:38 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=36#comment-213 I am looking for some idea and stumble upon your posting :) decide to wish you Thanks. Eugene I am looking for some idea and stumble upon your posting :) decide to wish you Thanks. Eugene

]]> Comment on thinking about poverty- a post on Blog Action Day by Steve Hopkins http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=36#comment-197 Steve Hopkins Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:25:34 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=36#comment-197 Hey Mel! Great post. Blog Action Day was cool - check out my post at www.thesquigglyline.com/blog on your connectivity issues. Hopefully some stuff there you can use, with some comments to come which will be insightful and helpful (should be!). Let me know if it proves to be helpful. :) Take care! Steve Hey Mel!

Great post. Blog Action Day was cool - check out my post at http://www.thesquigglyline.com/blog on your connectivity issues. Hopefully some stuff there you can use, with some comments to come which will be insightful and helpful (should be!).

Let me know if it proves to be helpful. :)

Take care!

Steve

]]> Comment on only in Campuchea… by Hian http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-82 Hian Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:45:09 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-82 Confucious says "Barang chicks who bargain with tuk tuk driver with 8 mouths at home waiting for dinner sure regret it later" Confucious also says "Barang chick who don't bargain with tuk tuk driver sure will have a hundred tuk tuk drivers follow her everywhere she goes." And the Master also says "When you have resolved this conumdrum, you have finally arrived in this wonderful place called ASIA" Confucious says “Barang chicks who bargain with tuk tuk driver with 8 mouths at home waiting for dinner sure regret it later”

Confucious also says “Barang chick who don’t bargain with tuk tuk driver sure will have a hundred tuk tuk drivers follow her everywhere she goes.”

And the Master also says “When you have resolved this conumdrum, you have finally arrived in this wonderful place called ASIA”

]]> Comment on only in Campuchea… by Mariette http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-76 Mariette Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:07:24 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-76 Aaaah!! This is the kind of stuff we've all been waiting for! Keep it coming Mel. Love it!! Aaaah!! This is the kind of stuff we’ve all been waiting for! Keep it coming Mel. Love it!!

]]> Comment on only in Campuchea… by Melina http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-75 Melina Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:20:17 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-75 Believe it or not, coke bottles do not melt when gasoline is put in them. They use the glass Johnny Walked Red kind as well, but as far as i can tell, that's just to confuse/rip off the customer as they are only 750ml and not 1ltr. As far as the exodus goes, it just seems to the nature of the community, that there are always people coming and going and sometimes it happens in waves. After being here for four months, I have 5 numbers saved in my phone of friends who have left for their home countries of next adventures... and we just got two new arrivals on Monday night, the new intake of AYADs, fresh off the boat from Aus! I feel a Bong (as Battambang is affectionately referred to) revival coming on. Our meanderings last night turned to the possibility of holding a Bong Barang Talent Quest... Believe it or not, coke bottles do not melt when gasoline is put in them. They use the glass Johnny Walked Red kind as well, but as far as i can tell, that’s just to confuse/rip off the customer as they are only 750ml and not 1ltr.

As far as the exodus goes, it just seems to the nature of the community, that there are always people coming and going and sometimes it happens in waves. After being here for four months, I have 5 numbers saved in my phone of friends who have left for their home countries of next adventures… and we just got two new arrivals on Monday night, the new intake of AYADs, fresh off the boat from Aus! I feel a Bong (as Battambang is affectionately referred to) revival coming on. Our meanderings last night turned to the possibility of holding a Bong Barang Talent Quest…

]]> Comment on only in Campuchea… by James Healy http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-73 James Healy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:46:35 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-73 Great story :) Great story :)

]]> Comment on only in Campuchea… by Cameron http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-72 Cameron Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:57:29 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=31#comment-72 Don’t the coke bottles melt when petrol\gas in in them? And why is there an exodus occuring? Don’t the coke bottles melt when petrol\gas in in them? And why is there an exodus occuring?

]]> Comment on One Aussie Volunteer Reporting For Duty! by Chek Liang http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=12#comment-50 Chek Liang Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:52:02 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=12#comment-50 It's seem like being a volunteer in a foreign land is not so easy. You have to overcome barrier such as language and communication especially when dealing with the local people there. But i think our smart girl here have her way of communicating with the local people. Well done, Mel. It’s seem like being a volunteer in a foreign land is not so easy. You have to overcome barrier such as language and communication especially when dealing with the local people there. But i think our smart girl here have her way of communicating with the local people.

Well done, Mel.

]]> Comment on Goodbye Phnom Penh! Highlights from Orientation… by Eric http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=4#comment-17 Eric Tue, 06 May 2008 09:17:04 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=4#comment-17 Me and my friends just back from Cambodia. We found this Siem Reap map very useful :) www.a4trip.com/phnom_penh_travel_guide.php Me and my friends just back from Cambodia. We found this Siem Reap map very useful :)

http://www.a4trip.com/phnom_penh_travel_guide.php

]]> Comment on Touchdown in Cambodia - a hairy affair! by Cambodia http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=3#comment-16 Cambodia Fri, 02 May 2008 10:21:23 +0000 http://blog.melinachan.com/?p=3#comment-16 wish you the best in Cambodia ! ( to read some news from Cambodia, visit the website : http://www.netvibes.com/cambodia ) wish you the best in Cambodia !

( to read some news from Cambodia, visit the website : http://www.netvibes.com/cambodia )

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