Carousel Conspiracies?
April 13, 2022
Historian and political analyst, Michael Parenti, understands poverty. He also understands conspiracy theory. “Of course they sit in rooms. Where the hell else are they going to meet?“
Tag: Poverty
A Viral Escalation
March 10, 2020
The nation’s leader earns less than $1,000 per month. Yet he has a helipad on the roof of his city home, multiple luxury vehicles, travels frequently by private helicopter shielded by two military helicopters leading and following, travels overseas frequently, and his family have homes in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and beyond. When you have … More A Viral Escalation
Listen to the people who cannot speak
January 22, 2020
Over recent weeks I have listened on to Hollywood celebrities and social media stars calling for donations to the bush fire cause in Australia, as friends in Europe and US have asked me where I recommend their bushfire donations be directed. My response has been “give it to people in countries who need it and … More Listen to the people who cannot speak
Pre-Departure Refurbishments
April 20, 2019
Sadly I’m returning to Australia after four very fast months in Cambodia. The last few days have been busy tidying up loose ends. Yesterday I had a final child health meeting in a Phnom Penh neighbourhood of busy alleyways encircling a very large pagoda. Tuk tuk rooftop scraped past truck walls, moto handlebars knocked my … More Pre-Departure Refurbishments
Wheels
March 22, 2019
One of the things I have learned about the world since coming to Cambodia, is that there must be millions of people whose lives could be transformed by something as simple as a wheelchair, but who instead are confined to a tiny space by their inability to walk. I have met a surprising number of … More Wheels
Cool Fires
March 21, 2019
Cambodia is in the throes of “the Hot season”, better known in tropical Australia as “the Build-Up”. It is hot and extremely humid, with clouds building up in the sky but very little rain, so that the humidity just builds and builds. Even the locals are suffering. Tonight, leaving my apartment, our security guard was … More Cool Fires
Kingdom of Wonders
December 31, 2018
The Kingdom of Wonder is a very flat land. Consequently, any small hill is well known and often named as a “mountain”. One of the first places I visited in Cambodia was perhaps the most well known mountain in Kampong Cham province, where I cycled with colleagues at the end of 2013. During that visit, … More Kingdom of Wonders
How Not To Be Ignorant About The World
April 28, 2018
A garden with only one type of flower or flowers of only one colour is no good. This is a reminder that our strength, growth, survival and very existence lies in diversity. It is however, a message of courage as well. For a flower does not ask for anyone’s permission to bloom, it was born … More How Not To Be Ignorant About The World
This Week’s First World Problem
February 3, 2018
Near one of my work locations a 3 year old girl sits in grandad’s tuk tuk with him everyday for the six hours that grandma spends at work as a cleaner. It is a busy road and I have always joked that I think this is the road where I will die. Phnom Penh’s footpaths … More This Week’s First World Problem
An Epidemic The World Needs
January 21, 2018
~ quoted in Born to Love As an expat living in Phnom Penh it is perfectly easy to ignore the poverty that the people surrounding you are immersed in. Two nights ago I walked through a crowded Night Market making my way towards colleagues at a Sky Bar above the market. A detached bystander weaving … More An Epidemic The World Needs
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