today i did more readings about cambodia. i wanted to find out mroe about the new place tt i heard abt yesterday, called the rubbish dump. n the results i found, i wish everyone can a few mins to read.

http://www.pbase.com/maciekda/stungmeanchey2005
Stung Meanchey Municipal Waste Dump is located in southern Phnom Penh, in a district of the city of the same name, Stung Meanchey. It is a part of the city with low-income neighborhoods and slums. The dump itself covers about 100 acres, or almost 6 hectares. It is flanked by private property on which rubbish pickers build makeshift huts and are charged extortionate rents by landowners. Roughly 2,000 people, about 600 of which are children, live and work there. It is nicknamed “Smoky Mountain” because of the miasma of smoke that the dump constantly gives off. It is literally on fire; the waste creates methane as it rots and the methane burns. In monsoon season and throughout much of the rest of the year, the surrounding area is swamped and the children live and play in fetid water.

http://www.julian.li/cambodia/
this photographer has really good skills and he has indeed captured the essence of the whole place. i like the photo titled red and black. it was so powerful tt i shuddered upon seeing it. and the other one i liked alot is the makeshift religious altar. becuase the caption is really impactful, tt the ppl there acty have such storng faith in religion despite their living conditions.

http://www.cambodiasdumpchildren.org/links.htm
and lastly visit this website to watch that 6 minute video, at the left hand side columm.

now i keep thinking about what little things i can do for the ppl who i will meet there.. i have after all 20 kg of luggage to bring, and if i limit my pesonal stuff to 5 kg, i have 15kg of luggage i can bring to donate to the ppl. i'll think about this..