Khmer-American males are most sought
Traditional Cambodian wedding custumes worned during the wedding ceramony.
The marrying age of girls in Cambodia is between 18-23 years old. Well, let me rephrased. The normal marrying age of girls in Cambodia is between 18-23 years old. Part of the preliminary Khmer love-matching process is the girl's parents usually take the guy's birthdate, his astrological sign to the shaman or the fortune teller to see whether guy's sign will bring the prosperity if he's to married their daughter. But this is an exception if the guy happens to be a male Cambodian-American, then all is good. No need to consult a shaman or fortune teller.
The guy is the cream of the crop or the most sought after if he's a male Cambodian-American who want to marry a Cambodian girl from Cambodia. That is the qualification. Don't believe me ? Try to come to Cambodia and say you're "maor pi americ"--from America and single, and looking for a wife. The next thing happen, a lot of beautiful Khmer girls are lining up for you. Friends and relatives will take you from houses to houses that have the potential girls. Remember these girls they introduce to you will be between 18-23 years old.
Since more selections for the male Cambodian-American, most of them take away the most beautiful girl as his bride. This could be good and bad at the same time. Good for America because since all the beautiful Khmer women are going to their country, America will have beautiful genepool from the couples' offsprings. Bad for Cambodian guys which have no chance to compete against the male Cambodian-American from oversea. Bad for Cambodia because all of the pretty girls are leaving the country, which only left the not-so pretty ones.
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Nice blog and articles! your blog is like a window to cambodia so keep it real and keep it up.
I've been wanting to post a comment since your blog were on yahoo but i couldn't but now i can.
Thanks,
Phalkun.
Thanks, P&K. I'm glad people are reading my blog. I will try to post more often. Writing stuffs keep me going and also help to improving my English too. Writing a second language in English, I have to think every single words. But, your writing seem so natural. I wish I could write like you.
Yes, that was the reason I moved from Yahoo because people could not comment eventhough I chose my option as "Public". Yahoo restricted that you have to be Yahoo member. I sent 2 emails to their tech supports and never received any replys from them. I didn't like that so I moved to here.
Have a great weekend ! Phalkun, stay warm thourhg your winter.
Thom.
Hehe what are you talking about? Your writting is more proper. Honestly, I like your writting coz it looks more mature and more like literature kind of thing. From your writting, i can see that you've read loads of books and other articles as well. I can say sometimes my writting's not too bad but most of the time it's bad because it's more like a dialog u know. It's so everyday english. There's no aesthtic in it at all.
Yeah, keep writting more. I'll visit more often.
Cheers.
P+K,
When youre a natural writer it is loads better than me who alwasy think wheter its right or wrong.
thank you for your commpliment. Youre too kind.
Note: i'm learning a new word from you. "loads" means "alot" (Khmer: chreun)(I think).
Thom
Yeah, Loads = Plenty. but it's informal word. hehe. Make sure u have them checked with dictionary coz I might use them incorrectly sometimes. Heheh.
Since you living in Cambodia, I don't understand why u saying this. By what i'm understanding is you are jealous of loosing pretty girl of our land. But hey! turn around and be positive, every girl are pretty depend on the diffinition of your prettiness.
To me all girls are unique they have their own beauty hidden somewhere i'm sure you been missing out seeing pretty girls there, that why you complaining.
Pitiness is not going to change your Cambodia/Kampuchia for any better. Reading of your writing I can see that you are full of bitterness, self-pity. And if all of the people in Cambodia are like you then Cambodia is in such a hopeless situation without a bright future indeed.
Hi anonymous.
In your short comment you have used four occurances of negative words: "bitterness", "self-pity", "hopeless", "without bright future".
Are you a somekind of pessimist ?
Thanks for dropping by. Lighten up will you ? :o)
Some of my male friends who have persued their higher education abroad, usually complain about the overseas men come to take away one of their brides in the heart one by one till all gone! So they always, let's return home faster to apply earlier in order to marry the girls in their dreams! But don't be too worried about it since these days people are more cautious and smarter before allowing their girls to marry someone abroad because some of those who come from abroad to find a wife, possibly can be a looser!!!!
Thanks for your comment, chanbopha.
Like the post by Battambangnative said the gene pool of beauty will sort of balance out. I like this thinking.
I was a little harsh on my writing of the last sentence. Of course there are always beautiful Khmer girls.
I also agree with Alee each girl is "unique" in her own way.
Out there and somewhere she will be my Khmer Apsara.
Bavet-Svay Rieng
Thom
Thanks, Dan for visiting my blog. I would say Khmer-Australian men are equally as most sought after as Khmer-American. I would rank Australia the same as America. Families who are having beautiful daughters are yearning to have their daughters to marry 'khmer anikachun' -- 'Khmer oversea'. It's us Khmers men living in Cambodia are at the bottom of the list. Accept it. This is reality.
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