http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/ No Dental Floss Here, Sir... Recounted herein are the adventures and recollections of one A. Winslow Flynn, Gentleman, during his year in and around Phnom Penh, "The Pearl of Asia." Copyright 2009 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:12:56 +0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype//?v=1.03 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hearing stories or reading in the police blotter about tragedies in Cambodia, particularly out in the countryside, I sometimes can't help but feel as if I'm contemplating a William Hogarth print. Most stories in the blotter seem to go along... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/11/sra_alley.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/11/sra_alley.php Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:12:56 +0700 It's fascinating what you learn from casual conversations. Today I learned that one of the elder teachers here at ELSU completely fabricated his name, birthdate, and age after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. He shed the Chinese name he'd... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/samnang.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/samnang.php Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:35:50 +0700 Cambodia does not have a modern financial system. While we Americans have lately come to deride the idea of "financial innovation," there's no denying that we could use some over here. There's no really stable form of investment beyond land--... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/tontine_au_camb.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/tontine_au_camb.php Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:21:43 +0700 Friends and Enemies, I'm sure you have been eagerly awaiting the revival of my periodic adventures through the indo-chine. Well, I have reasons but no excuses for my absence. It is difficult to keep up a steady stream of witty... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/dont_call_it_a.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/10/dont_call_it_a.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:44:19 +0700 Land rights and forced evictions have become a huge problem in cambodia over the past five years. While Cambodia shares many aspects with squatting and shantytowns around the world, there is one important difference: all titles and claims prior to... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/04/this_land_is_yo.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/04/this_land_is_yo.php Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:42:00 +0700 here are a few interesting things I've seen, heard, or thought about... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/04/scene_and_herd.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/04/scene_and_herd.php Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:43:51 +0700 My TOEFL students were shocked yesterday to learn that there's only one kind of banana in the United States. http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/03/bananarama.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/03/bananarama.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:46:55 +0700 those who speak language should know that language is also speaking them. http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/03/_things_are_goi.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/03/_things_are_goi.php Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:51:14 +0700 Valentine's Day in Phnom Penh is intense. Way more intense than in the states. They don't really know where it comes from, but seem to have picked it up from Thai and Korean movies. Regardless, for couples aged from 15-24,... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/02/valentines_day.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/02/valentines_day.php Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:25:30 +0700 Last weekend, I caught some fish off the coast of Sihanoukville. Yesterday, I skinned 'em, seasoned 'em, wrapped 'em in foil and steamed 'em in coconut milk with ginger and garlic. I actually used my rice cooker as a steamer,... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/02/mmfood.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2009/02/mmfood.php Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:59:32 +0700 santa outfits make people happy, so it's become fairly common to dress little kids up as santa. Cambodian children are already unbearably adorable, so this just makes them even moreso--especially when they wear fake beards. http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/holiday_in_camb.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/holiday_in_camb.php Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:41:53 +0700 ______________ WATCH THIS SPACE, dear readers, for Mr. Flynn's curious account of a thanksgiving celebration both international and Cambodianin its character, and his reactions thereto. ------------------------- As I explained to my classes, Thanksgiving is a time for families to join... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/turkey_mwan_toh.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/turkey_mwan_toh.php Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:39:40 +0700 WATCH THIS SPACE For Mr. Flynn's account of his adventures in the ancient and renowned ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE COMPLEX.... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/legends_of_the.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/12/legends_of_the.php Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:37:24 +0700 It is not surprising that Phnom Penh does not have an organized recycling service. What is interesting, however, is that residents are more likely to separate bottles and cans from their trash here than they are in Arizona. This is... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/11/it_is_not_surpr.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/11/it_is_not_surpr.php Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:04:16 +0700 This was my first real vote and I'm glad it counted, even if it had to wing its way across half the world and back in order to do so. It's been a strange electoral season to follow, especially from... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/11/the_nearly_obli.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/aflynn/2008/11/the_nearly_obli.php Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:52:01 +0700