The ridiculous man I mentioned used to be my teacher of English writing for communication. He is such a kind of ‘difficult’ man, a word Cambodians call a person who has difficulties thinking well. What you can be very annoyed about this man is that he always speaks highly of himself, gets you to appear […]
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What a relief!! I finished reading Freedom Writers several days ago. It’s the first book I put all my heart out for, loving and treasuring every page I could. I didn’t want to miss out a word in the book written by any of the 150 freedom writers or teenagers. It is so inspiring a
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I find all these words hysterical. I can’t keep laughing or smiling. It was sent to me by my dear girlfriend. Enjoy. 🙂 Men Are Hard To PleasedThe problems with GUYS: If u TREAT him nicely, he says u are IN LOVE with him;If u don’t, he says u are PROUD.If u DRESS nicely, he
I remember last year I also wrote a blog-post about Phchum Ben Festival in this blog and also published a lot of pictures I took from the pagoda. But this year, I could not make it due to some reasons. The first reason was that I did not have a chance to hit the road
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The weather and air was quite humid on the way back home. Usually, I got home exhausted from the all the work I did during the day, the ride around the city, not to mention the scary daily ride to my house. Things were going as normal as it should be. The crispy night and
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By Keo Kounila This is an article I wrote for the competition. Mine was excluded from the competition to due to an unclear instruction. —————————————————————————- Young Democracy Rising toward Leadership “Bamboo shoots will replace their old ones (bamboos),” says a Cambodian proverb, citing that a new generation of youth has an obligation or moral duty
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It’s been a great time interning at one of the most prestigous online news agencies like AFP. I feel that I’ve been really honored to be accepted and learnt a lot from it. Ranging from setting up interviews, choosing the best quotes to write and the best topics to write about, and writing styles, what
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Young Democracy Rising By Kounila Keo and Lim Seangheng A youth festival held last Saturday and Sunday in Prey Veng province was organized by Youth Council of Cambodia to raise youth’s awareness of democracy and job market in Cambodia, Mao Puthyroath, director of YCC, said on Sunday. Around 7,000 Cambodian youth participated actively in the
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Looking down from the Preah Vihear mountain, everything apparently becomes unimportant. As reported, the recent disputes between Cambodia and Thailand over Preah Vihear Temple which shares the Hindu sculpture of the famous Angkor Wat temple have stirred nationalism in many Cambodians. Before that, the inclusion of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site rankled
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Preah Vihear Temple Little Fun in Warzone Friends will be there for you at war or peace. Looking from afar… Soldier calling a family member from atop Soldiers patroling on the edge of the mountain Soldier standing guard at Preah Vihear Temple Thai soldiers protecting their area,high ground. It’s time to go home?No, they’re there
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