Comments on: The adventures of Phatry Derek Pan in Cambodia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:18:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bok http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1257879 Bok Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:29:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1257879 You have done a brilliant job here Tharum You have done a brilliant job here Tharum

]]> By: Heang Kim Hor http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1226789 Heang Kim Hor Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:47:34 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1226789 Derek, I have just met you at the ELT a few days, and i found that you are the resourceful person for the Cambodian youth, in term of any of your contributions that you are able to do, for instant, you are a creative person,good at English, and worldwide knowlege. I hope, you will share more in the class and outsides. Kim Hor Derek, I have just met you at the ELT a few days, and i found that you are the resourceful person for the Cambodian youth, in term of any of your contributions that you are able to do, for instant, you are a creative person,good at English, and worldwide knowlege. I hope, you will share more in the class and outsides. Kim Hor

]]> By: ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1200456 ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:31:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1200456 [...] The adventures of Phatry Derek Pan in Cambodia Now settling in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, without close relatives to accompany him, where unlike his Seattle home there is no local McDonald’s, Phatry Derek Pan adapts to a new pace of life. Slim and charming Phatry speaks fluent English and holds an American passport. Wearing a T-shirt and Khor Chev, (long pants popular among Cambodian farmers), and speaking broken Khmer, the 27-year-old does not look foreign to Khmer people, and he doesn’t see himself as a foreigner amongst Khmer. [...] [...] The adventures of Phatry Derek Pan in Cambodia Now settling in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, without close relatives to accompany him, where unlike his Seattle home there is no local McDonald’s, Phatry Derek Pan adapts to a new pace of life. Slim and charming Phatry speaks fluent English and holds an American passport. Wearing a T-shirt and Khor Chev, (long pants popular among Cambodian farmers), and speaking broken Khmer, the 27-year-old does not look foreign to Khmer people, and he doesn’t see himself as a foreigner amongst Khmer. [...]

]]> By: El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Cambodian Bloggers’ Summit http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1193820 El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Cambodian Bloggers’ Summit Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:02:28 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1193820 [...] Phatry was the one who hooked us up with the deal. Phatry is one of these young, overachieving, global citizens who you start to encounter more and more frequently as you dip into Global Voices and the global blogosphere. He is a ‘Khmerican” - born in Cambodia, but raised and educated in the US. In fact, he’s from my hometown, Seattle, and on the way to last night’s bloggers’ dinner we talked about Blue Scholars, the Long Beach rock group Dengue Fever, and Asian gangsters from Los Angeles who are deported to Cambodia, a country most of them don’t remember (having emigrated to the US as infants) and with a language most of them don’t speak. [...] [...] Phatry was the one who hooked us up with the deal. Phatry is one of these young, overachieving, global citizens who you start to encounter more and more frequently as you dip into Global Voices and the global blogosphere. He is a ‘Khmerican” – born in Cambodia, but raised and educated in the US. In fact, he’s from my hometown, Seattle, and on the way to last night’s bloggers’ dinner we talked about Blue Scholars, the Long Beach rock group Dengue Fever, and Asian gangsters from Los Angeles who are deported to Cambodia, a country most of them don’t remember (having emigrated to the US as infants) and with a language most of them don’t speak. [...]

]]> By: ZJ http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1035994 ZJ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:45:17 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1035994 Great piece, Tharum! Kudos to you and Phatry Pan. Great piece, Tharum!
Kudos to you and Phatry Pan.

]]> By: Chris chipp http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-1035717 Chris chipp Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:38:16 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-1035717 I am an expat american, working for a multi-national in Phnom Penh. Phatry is without a doubt the most real down to earth and honest young man I have had the pleasure to meet. He has been a major asset to my company's success in get established in Cambodia. He also must be recognized as a Khmere-American who is on a quest to do something other than learn more about his families heritage in Cambodia. He is attempting to give something back to this emerging economy and the young people who are really making an effort to learn the west and doing business. I hope that I am proud to truely call this man a true friend and a decent human being. I am an expat american, working for a multi-national in Phnom Penh. Phatry is without a doubt the most real down to earth and honest young man I have had the pleasure to meet. He has been a major asset to my company’s success in get established in Cambodia. He also must be recognized as a Khmere-American who is on a quest to do something other than learn more about his families heritage in Cambodia. He is attempting to give something back to this emerging economy and the young people who are really making an effort to learn the west and doing business. I hope that I am proud to truely call this man a true friend and a decent human being.

]]> By: yboutrou http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-968249 yboutrou Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:34:51 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-968249 Chum Reap Sour LOK LOk kiom som saseur lok kiom nouv srok barin Ayouk 63 cham kiom some lok meta Chum Reap Sour LOK
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]]> By: Dawn http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-966797 Dawn Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:36:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-966797 I think that Phatry has noble intentions. I hope that he is able to realize his dream of bridging relations between indigenous Khmer and Khmer-Americans. Perhaps this article will be a starting point for creating a community of Khmer youth worldwide who could work together to accomplish some very beneficial relations. I think that Phatry has noble intentions. I hope that he is able to realize his dream of bridging relations between indigenous Khmer and Khmer-Americans. Perhaps this article will be a starting point for creating a community of Khmer youth worldwide who could work together to accomplish some very beneficial relations.

]]> By: Ric http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-956926 Ric Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-956926 That's a very interesting piece. I saw Patry in a Youtube video made by his by his former Khmer teacher in the U.S. Frank Smith who made a serie called "Khmer Extreme", but there's nothing extreme about it though. At first I thought it was dubbed because Frank Smith spoke excellent Khmer,then I was even more amaze because he is khmer language teacher, and some of his students were Khmers, as in Patry. I thought that Patry's spoke khmer pretty well and was articulate. He said he was selling real estate, and writing articles, among other things. I myself was born in Cambodia, but left when I was a small child during the Vietnamese invasion in '79. I spent most of my life in the U.S., mainly in Philadelphia, and for the last couple years I've been in Chicago. However, I have never been back to Cambodia, and I could not see myself living in Cambodia like Patry. I just have such a negative image of Cambodia and only associate the country with war and struction, hungry poor destitude people, super corrupt and inefficient government..., of course let's not forget that what happed to Cambodia was a direct and indirect result of the then U.S. foreign policy in that region. Cambodia was heavily damaged by U.S. carpet bombing by B-52's years before the communist Khmer Rouge took over. I guess Patry is more stary eye then I am party because he wasn't exposed much to Khmer-ism and knowledge about/of Cambodia until he was a young adult when he was able to learn and discover it on his own. I lived among a sizable Khmer community in Philly so I was always aware of Cambodia and what was going on there, and psychological impact of that experience has on the Khmer people living in U.S., so I guess being Khmer and Khmer-ness was not a college age novelty for me was it might as been for Patry. In in anycase I admire him for taking the risk and challenge of reserve migration, because in some way that's even harder. I look forward toward learning about his continuing experience in our motherland. That’s a very interesting piece. I saw Patry in a Youtube video made by his by his former Khmer teacher in the U.S. Frank Smith who made a serie called “Khmer Extreme”, but there’s nothing extreme about it though. At first I thought it was dubbed because Frank Smith spoke excellent Khmer,then I was even more amaze because he is khmer language teacher, and some of his students were Khmers, as in Patry. I thought that Patry’s spoke khmer pretty well and was articulate. He said he was selling real estate, and writing articles, among other things.

I myself was born in Cambodia, but left when I was a small child during the Vietnamese invasion in ‘79. I spent most of my life in the U.S., mainly in Philadelphia, and for the last couple years I’ve been in Chicago. However, I have never been back to Cambodia, and I could not see myself living in Cambodia like Patry. I just have such a negative image of Cambodia and only associate the country with war and struction, hungry poor destitude people, super corrupt and inefficient government…, of course let’s not forget that what happed to Cambodia was a direct and indirect result of the then U.S. foreign policy in that region. Cambodia was heavily damaged by U.S. carpet bombing by B-52’s years before the communist Khmer Rouge took over.

I guess Patry is more stary eye then I am party because he wasn’t exposed much to Khmer-ism and knowledge about/of Cambodia until he was a young adult when he was able to learn and discover it on his own. I lived among a sizable Khmer community in Philly so I was always aware of Cambodia and what was going on there, and psychological impact of that experience has on the Khmer people living in U.S., so I guess being Khmer and Khmer-ness was not a college age novelty for me was it might as been for Patry. In in anycase I admire him for taking the risk and challenge of reserve migration, because in some way that’s even harder. I look forward toward learning about his continuing experience in our motherland.

]]> By: Allan Lim http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/comment-page-1/#comment-956244 Allan Lim Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/06/the-adventures-of-phatry-derek-pan-in-cambodia/#comment-956244 bravo ... Clap Clap Clap.. Three Cheers for Bohng Phatry Derek Pan :) I Solute! bravo … Clap Clap Clap.. Three Cheers for Bohng Phatry Derek Pan :)

I Solute!

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