Monthly Archives: February, 2014

Intercity Express operated by German Rail

ICE stands for Intercity Express, express train service provided by German Rail. It is quite sophisticated and reliable, though a bit expansive, I would say. My newest experience with German Rail was the trip from Frankfurt/M Airport to Cologne main station. The drive time is 45 minutes. It is convenient and on time. I remembered …

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My Second Trip with A380

On the way from Bangkok to Frankfurt yesterday night, I was traveling again with Thai Airways using Airbus A380 again. It was amazing time again. I observed that many people tried to make photo of the plane from our waiting counter. It seems that still many people are admiring this biggest passenger’s plane in the …

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Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia

According to an article published in Reaksmey Kampuchea, a leading Khmer language newspaper, Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a Well Wishes Letter to all Sino-Khmer on 30 January 2014 during the Lunar New Year. He praised the ethnic Chinese for being part of all Cambodians during good and bad time together. Cambodia now enjoys “full …

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Generals Inflation in the Small Kingdom

Yesterday, I was disturbing to read an article in the front page of The Cambodia Daily (TCD), a local English newspaper, about the recent promotion of 29 generals to the rank of four star Generals. Already in 2010, we have estimated 2,200 generals in our small army of around 100,000 men. According to TCD, we …

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