Saturday, February 24, 2007

Mohwaks and Khmers

Sa-art Nah!
What we have here is a very unusual sight. Koda, a 22 year old female waitress at the Lazy Gecko (infamous for many reasons not the least for letting me run the place a month last year...there were fires, some stealing (not me!) and more than a little madness....hoooo boy and cooked breakfasts with bacon for Africa) . Whats unusual is that she's 22 and I see no attempt to get herself a husband, she loves HipHop and not that MTV kind, she smokes, and drinks a little, she has a Mohawk! Koda can be as sweet as the chocolate fudge cakes she serves up, but whooo boy, you come in and ask for small change for a $20!??!! its certain death!
Most Khmer girls are married before 20, anything after 23, wow, no no, anything after 19, is an old maid. So 22?!?!?? I wonder just what Cambodia has to offer Koda in the years to come. She holds the heavy task of being a trend setter, an early adaptor, on her short shoulders well. Her chest out, eyes straight. The new breed of Cambodians ....pushing the boundaries set solid in Angkor stone, chips of tradition falling like mango's in July.
Well done Koda, you rock!

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I second that. She's a diamond. Nice to see you didn't forget about us all in the bloggosphere Cathy. Mother India sends love x

8:18 am  
Blogger Sophie.C said...

hey Cathy - stumbled accross your blog by accident - like what you're doin - travelling for 4 years pretty hardcore. I'm in Phuket - haven't made in anywhere else yet - if ya wanna look its www.smitzandmonkey.blogspot.com

9:45 pm  

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