Heh! I had hoped/wished for the Grand Prize of RM50k + a Family trip to Tokyo Disneyland for 4... but we got the Consolation Prize in the end!
2 months ago i sent in about 9 photos of Hannah early years for the Dumex 50th Year Aniversary Competition.. "Si Manja Paling Ceria" Contest. A rep called several weeks later saying I had won a camera for my efforts and will courier the prize to me... though, i still don't know which picture won.
I received it today... a Panasonic Lumix Entry Level Camera (Model LS80), which will replace my parents aging digital Casio... Since it's entry level, the build is a bit plasticky... but the functions all look good... way better then any entry level Olympus i have seen... + this camera has 8MP & AntiShake!
Not too bad lah... it was only a RM20 investment! (wash photos, envelops & stamps) and it got me a RM549 return! (the supposed value of said camera)
I also recently purchased a replacement camera for the one which was Stolen/Lost in Redang. The insurance claim gave us RM850, enough to buy us a brand NEW! Canon Ixus 860IS - one model up from the one stolen (Canon Ixus 850IS)... I didn't want to fork out an additional RM300 for the very latest model as this looks good enough... hopefully i won't regret this decision! 
woo... lot's of digital cameras in the house... & Hannah will get my parents Casio digital camera when i exchange the Panasonic with them, as the current one she's playing with seems to be giving up the ghost!
Heh... yeah... as in the title... Siem Reap, Cambodia was literally is like a gigantic theme park of old ruined temples ("Angkor" in Khmer means "City", "Wat" is "Temple"). This small and truly third world town is wholly surviving on tourists! Admidst all the dusty roads & zipping tut-tut's are its many motels and 5 star hotels catering to its multitudes of foreign visitors. The US dollar is the currency used... and things are not cheap...
The town itself is not very big... with several roads making all of it... but the roads are long and lined with all the hotels, art & craft galleries, eateries and markets selling souveniors.
Of course will all the Tut-tuts (motorcycles pulling a carriage seating 4!) ferry all the visitors around for USD2 per trip, the place can get messy... with no regards to any traffic system and honks blaring very often. They traffic goes the american way... right side.
Overall the people are laid back... and very accustomed to foreign visitors... 
Of course the main draw is the UNESCO World Heritage Angkor Archaeological Sites. Which U pay USD20 per pax for a single day pass, USD40-3day & USD60-7day. With an estimated over 2 million visitiors per year... u can see where they get their money from!
The archaeological sites, are of course unbelievable... they are the biggest in the world... spanning across 3ooosq/km. Its both impressive and ludicrous what has been achieved... So many temples for WHAT! They said the main Angkor Wat took 1 million people 30years to build it!
We went to only 2 temples... & with such humidity and heat... it was enough... u seen 1, the rest are almost the same... but it's still impressive... 
We did get a balloon ride to see the view from the air...
Julie's company customer event was being held in Cambodia, Siem Reap, home of one of the 10 ancient wonders "Angkor Wat"... and I was the official photographer... WOOT!
Siem Reap is totally run by the tourist industry... practically all their roads are occupied by Hotels... from Super budget... all the way to super High End!...
I think ours, Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa was a Mid-High end one... it was a tastefully mid-sized Resort... with very attentive/hospitable staffs... excellent food too...
The room we got was very nice... a king size bed with extra pillows... the only thing wrong was the ethernet port was busted and the wifi coverage was bad... so we ended up switching rooms later the night we checked in.
The toilets are nicely decorated... a bit cramped but ok lah... the soaps and shampoo were all poured into jars... so was kinda messy/hard to use... not very practical... 
All over the Hotel were crafts and handicraft of cambodia... very antique but nice... with lots of lotus flowers too... since it was also blooming time.
They do give lots of extras... not sure it's because it was a company thing or not but... u do get a nice welcome fruit platter every 2 days... and if they turn down the bed at night... they leave u a small gift...
keh... they also had 4 baby crocs in a glass enclosure...
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