ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

2004 Review: The Kingdom of Cambodia

December 29th, 2004

The Kingdom of Cambodia (Kampuchea, Khmer ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ កម្ពុជា ) is a small constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people, more than 90% of which are of Khmer origin. The nation is bordered in the south by the Gulf of Thailand, in the west by Thailand, Laos in the north, [...]

Second Hand Bookstores in Phnom Penh

December 27th, 2004

Last weekend, I drove to the riverside as usual to breath fresh air after spending long time reading a favorite novel at home. On boulevards many people were enjoying their lesure time as it was Christmas weekend. It is not unusual to see people celebrate Christmas, though most Cambodian population are Buddhism. This time I [...]

Repetitive Strain Injury

December 21st, 2004

I began to work with computer for several years. In these last two years I work regularly and fully with the machine, since it is my job to organize information and publish them to the web. Not only working for 48 hours a week, but also some more hours for working and reading on my [...]

Video-Based Desktop Setup

December 18th, 2004

I plan to buy a computer desktop in the next few months. Specifically it will be used to capture, edit, and deliver DVD quality output of event movie. I now have a Panasonic DV Camcorder, which can be record 25 fps PAL video.
Motherboard and Processor
Recently, I go through Intel site as I would prefer to [...]

Two Weeks after Journalism Training

December 18th, 2004

After a two week Journalism Workshop, I feel more confident in perform a job as a journalist. I am neither a professional nor an experienced one just yet, hopefully I will be. I need to look forward to take another longer course, a diploma degree.
Yesterday, we had a gathering among participants for the workshop closure. [...]