BattamBangLifeStyle

In today's Cambodia, only a small percentage of the people here are using the internet for learning, while the rest use are using it for social sites like Facebook.  I friend of mine here in Battambang who is currently teaching English to middle students told me that most the kids only know the internet for Facebook and have no clue that what their using is one of the most powerful information tools on the planet. The internet has vast amounts of information making Facebook only a needle in the haystack. So why have most the students in Cambodia not taken advantage of this tool? My only thought would be that they don't care about anything else on the internet besides Facebook or they just don't know. There is not a lack of education for those wanting to learn English and many schools are popping up everyday, and only a few of them are really concerned about the students education. From my perspective, many of the schools here look at education as a form of profit and not...

A dog can really be a mans best friend. At least that's the term we use in America. A dog can be useful in many ways. In America, dogs can be trained to do all kinds of things like helping the blind, fetching your newspaper when it comes in and even helping you consume leftover bones when done eating. Police train dogs to help them fight crime and firemen use them for searching and rescuing. So a dog can really be a best mans friend in a way if trained properly. In Cambodia, dogs are not that well looked at like they are in the states. They can guard your place one minute and end up in someones pot the next. Yep, that's right, in someones pot. The picture above is a picture I had of my little pup since he was young and now he's not with me anymore. Not because I treated him wrong but most likely do to someones  hunger for this animal. In many places here in Cambodia, dog is considered a special meal. Dog is mainly cooked and eaten when many are having a get together....