day 2 in Cambodia

proceed to the second day
the went on a city tour
the venue we were heading for were independence monument, victory monument, royal palace and last but not least the silver pagoda.
The royal palace and the silver pagoda are side by side.
However, they are both separate complexes, thus they are normally visited as one.
If i am not mistaken, there are 4 gates for the building of royal palace
The eastern victory gate is the entrance directly towards the hall of throne
Thus, it is normally used by VIPs or the royalty
Whereas the northen gate which also known as the funeral gate is only opened during the death of monarch
According to the tour guide
after the body of monarch is embalmed

king being embalmed after death~to preserve~permanently!

he would be places in the state of palace for 3 days and his face are covered with gold mask
And is western gate is normally used to execute the condemned prisoners who is going to be killed
Lastly, the southern gate which is used by the commoner and it leads towards the silver pagoda

see! so luxury and lavish!

After the briefing of the tour guide, we went inside the hall of throne
atop of the hall, we noticed there are clown-like face on the pale and it is defined as all-king seeing
The wall is painted in yellow which represent Buddhism and white which represent Hinduism
which is the two main faith of cambodia

Then ,the stage made of boats and nagas captured our eyes
after a long explanation of the tour guide
we knew that it is the throne of the queen which is taller but behind the ornate throne of the king
there are 3 stairs, one for the queen and another 2 for the priests
their duty is too look after the queen during the coronation ceremony

And what we get to know is that coronation ceremony normally spent a large amount of money
as it held for 7 days continuously
so lavish!
Then, our eloquent tour guide start telling us a story
i don't know if that is true but it is interesting

once, there is a king named sihamoni who did not have queen
and that time his kingdom was in poverty
so he changed the rule
and said that the coronation ceremony only lasted for 3 days
expect i continue the story?
no!
that all!
i don't really knw what is the point of this story
haha~
but who cares?

then , we went staright to the left had side of the hall of throne,
there,we could see a very small building
walking downstair, we discovered a small display room of the costume the king wore during coronation ceremony

king's costume! and my mum is standing beside it!

and also there are 7 manniquens wearing costume of different colours
and these colours were the preferable colours that the queen  should wear during that 7 days

after that, we went straight to the other side of the hall of throne
which is the right side of course!
there, we found the royal guestroom
and now!
 it becomes the room the serve loyalty!



and then we went to silver pagoda
ermm.....
is a little bit contrast with the royal parade
i mean physically
the whole building is so ancient and superannuate!
grey in colour
the ONLY colour....
well,come to the dullsville section. little bit description of this pagoda!
haha~
hmm....actually just lie the wat in thailand
there are multitude of murals running around the wall!
and full of description on the Mahayana and Ramayana myth and memoir!
wow, this pagoda are indeed in poor condition and almost worn-out
heard so previously there was a restoration programme
however
due to lack of money!
the programme halted~
in total,
there are 5 stupas and the ashes of the kings were buried under the ground
well, i can't even remember any name of the kings

well, haha, dun put the spotlight on my grotesque face, the main point is the murals behind!~it represent the memoir of Ramayana!

the centrepiece of this pagoda is the statue of Buddha!
the Buddha of Emerald!

After the city tour on all the historical building

well, quite boring for me actually 

but you can see, i try to show that i am jubilious !

smile until my face was contorted!

haha~

well, learn a lot though, sincerely

historical means a lot to CERTAIN people i mean!

but not for me of course

after that

we went on to city tour on museum~

museum?

what comes into your mind?

bromidic?cloying perhaps?

×haha~

i did think so at first

but this is Toul Sleng Museum

haha~remember dungeon in Harry Potter

somehow it looks like that~

instead of saying that it was a drab trip

i realised i learnt more than i expected

because there is a story behind it

that exposed manifold of humanitarian issues and actrocities!

it is all about the massacre happened in Cambodia long time ago

which similar to the holocaust that Hilter plotted on Jews!

it probes my conscience and cynicism on humanitarian ×

pol pot, who is the communist plotted the massacre to torture the cambodian

so cruel yet barbaric!

there are certain rules that they forced to follow!

The regulations of the prison were displayed in each cell on a small black board: 
1. You must answer accordingly to my questions. Do not turn them away. 
2. Do not try to hide the facts by making pretexts of this and that. You are strictly prohibited to contest me. 
3. Do not be a fool for you are a chap who dares to thwart the revolution. 
4. You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect. 
5. Do not tell me either about your immoralities or the revolution. 
6. While getting lashes or electrification you must not cry at all. 
7. Do nothing. Sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no orders, keep quiet. When I ask you to do something. You must do it right away without protesting. 
8. Do not make pretexts about Kampuchea Krom in order to hide your jaw of traitor. 
9. If you don’t follow all the above rules, you shall get many lashes of electric wire. 
10. If you disobey any point of my regulations you shall get either ten lashes or five shocks of electric discharge. 

The prisoners couldn't d anything

they couldn't even change the position as they  were abashed by the that they will be tortured again!