Interesting shooting during our Trip.

House along the national road usually stands alone .

it's showing us raining is ahead .

Don't drive fast in this area , cuz Cows might walk on the road.

Love blue sky.

Recently it's hard to find the clear sky like this .

quiet life style of the villager man.

ត្របែកដែលបងលុយណាចង់ទិញខ្លាំង⁣ នៅឧត្តុង្គ ។

I love sweet cakes.

Sushi , Luy's favorite .

Angry Cat in Pagoda.

The Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival: Feeding the Ancestors (Khmer Pchum Ben Festival)

The fifteenth day, of the tenth month, of the Khmer calendar marks the Pchum Ben festival. This is a time when the spirits of the dead ancestors walk the Earth. And the living can ease their suffering by offering them food to eat.

At four in the morning, nearly all of the residents of Phnom Penh gather at the temple with offerings of rice, which they toss on the ground, feeding the dead ancestors.

“ Some of the ghosts have small mouths,” one man explains. “ So we have to use special rice.”

Many of the people throw sticky rice, which, apparently is easier for the spirits to consume.

According to Buddhist beliefs, the lives that we live, after death, are predicated by the actions that we took when we were living. Minor infractions would be punished with small punishments, such as being an unattractive ghost or having a small mouth. With a small mouth, it is hard to eat. Other, more severe, punishments could include being crippled or having no mouth at all.

At 8:00 AM, people return to the temple, with offerings for the monks. “ They don’t just give food,”

At 8:00 AM, people return to the temple, with offerings for the monks. “ They don’t just give food,” explains Mey Sameth, who was a monk for seven years. “ They bring money and other things as well. As a monk we looked forward to this period all year long, because we could get new clothing and good food.”

At 10:00 the people return with more food, which will be shared between monks and poor people. Os many of the Buddhist traditions seem to relate to feeding the poor. Disabled people also crowd around the temple tat is hour, begging alms. To give help to the less-fortunate, particularly during Pchum Ben, is to acquire merit. Many people explained that the offerings they made during the festival were to cancel out past sins.

Credited : http://khmerconcern.wordpress.com/2010/10/05

I love this article so I put it in my blog as archive so can i read it when I want.

One day trip in Wonderland , Siem Reap Angkor

I've been to this wonderland again with family ( my beloved MOM , cute Uncle, Mysterious Brother, and my lovely Husband) .
This is our second time and also in the season of Pchum Ben (from 6th to 9th) .
Uncle visited us for 3 weeks and he wanted to go to Cultural Village so much.

Infront of Bayon Temple.

It surprised me , he also name Sombo <-- that elephant .

The interesting parts during this trip are :

- We could have good condition hotel for 15$ , and also we could see beautiful sunrise from the window with the romantic balcony.

- We went to the restaurant that I and my colleagues usually to go during our field work in Siem Reap , which made me feel no different from going for work .. not sth I want but i had no choice since we didn't no where else to go.

I acted like seller here.

- We bought many good stuffs in night market (10 tshirts , 2 wooden bowls , artistic wallets... )

We love painting and we want to buy some, but we have no place to hang or put them, our walls are full.

- We unexpectedly watched the performance about "Bret" special performance at Cultural Village for Pchum Ben time . The performance is new and really funny.What even more interesting at this part is that we were sitting near some girls who tended to scared and screamed aloud even with a minor intentional act of ghost disguise, which made me laughed badly. Actually if i was also scared at this frightening and jump on my Honey , m sure I could have more fun. But i don like to act.. ha

- We went to Bra Sart Beung Mealea (almost totally ruined) , a very beautiful old and ruined Temple. We had beautiful lunch there , our dishes were deer :) and cost us only 60000riel = 15$

-Honey and I had very interesting memory together at Bra Sart Beung Mealea.
We started to experience a bit adventure in exploring another way out to the front gate. We thought if we passing this wall , could reach the front gate but it's not like this at all. So we climbed on the temple's fell-off walls and rocks .. We almost got lost and and I was so pale as I scared that we might meet the thief or bad people or snake cuz our surrounding was like no one and no wind . we kept walking and searching for awhile until we found a couple were exchanging their love dialogues at the corner up top of the wall . Through their guide we found the way out and we went back to our original spot.
Thanks my Buddha, cuz my feet were almost sprained as I jumped hard from one rock to anther. However I wasn't like damn scared cuz I was with my wonderful honey and he kept mocking at how I looked so healthy and strong , yet easily scared (Fatty Pale) Lolz

Going to Pagoda