I've just finished all the exams in both universities (in one final exam; the other is mid-term). Frankly speaking, I've been so stressful reviewing the lessons for the exams. Even when I am sleeping, my brain is still working. Sometimes I even dream of taking exams and the situation during the exams were so nervous that I could not answer the questions. It sounds really ridiculous, but it's true for me. Sometimes, I tell myself not to work so hard but there is always pressure. The pressure is not from my parents or someone else; it's from me myself. In taking exams, I'm not afraid of failing. I'm only afraid of being lost behind others. That's the pressure I put on myself, and no one forces me. My mother warns me all the time whenever she sees me read book all day long.
We usually feel that schoolwork is tough, and school life is difficult. Although I experience this tough situation myself, I believe that this stress will be doubled in the workplace after school. At least we have friends at school whom we can chat with without much protection. But in the workplace, the people around you are mostly competitors. When you are stressed, it seems that you don't have anyone to talk to. The office politics is pervasive.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Knowledge in Traffic Law
Are you driving a vehicle? Have you ever been fined because of violating traffic law? And have you got a driving license? If your answers are ‘Yes’ for the first questions, it means that you don’t thoroughly understand the traffic law. It is a must to understand the law and abide it so that there will be fewer cases of traffic accidents which cause injury and fatality.
This Saturday (25th July) my friend and I went to the Safety Riding Center established and organized by the N.C.X Honda Co., Ltd, which provides Road Traffic Law and Safety Riding Course with free of charge. The course takes one whole day which includes real riding training and theory study. A certificate is provided after we have successfully finished it. This certificate is one of the requirements in test registration for driving license.
The N.C.X Safety Riding Center is located in the N.C.X Honda company compound along the Street Vengsreng, Sangkat Chom Chao, Khan Dangkor, Phnom Penh (nearby the Canacity Market). Every trainee is required to bring along a photocopy of I.D card or family book or birth certificate and two pieces of 4 x 6 size current photos. The application forms to apply for driving course is provided at the Center.
After the one-day course, I’ve learned several things especially the law. I’ve realized that I’ve violated the law in several aspects so far. Now, I feel like following the law more than before. I believe that if all drivers have attended the course, they will be more conscientious in abide by the road traffic law when they are driving in the way I experience. Traffic in Cambodia will be improved!
This is the field where we learn to drive. It is in mid-day, so the safety cones placed on the field are gathered back to the warehouse.
Here is where we sit to relax and listen to the instructions.
This is the free booklet on guidelines on land traffic.
This Saturday (25th July) my friend and I went to the Safety Riding Center established and organized by the N.C.X Honda Co., Ltd, which provides Road Traffic Law and Safety Riding Course with free of charge. The course takes one whole day which includes real riding training and theory study. A certificate is provided after we have successfully finished it. This certificate is one of the requirements in test registration for driving license.
The N.C.X Safety Riding Center is located in the N.C.X Honda company compound along the Street Vengsreng, Sangkat Chom Chao, Khan Dangkor, Phnom Penh (nearby the Canacity Market). Every trainee is required to bring along a photocopy of I.D card or family book or birth certificate and two pieces of 4 x 6 size current photos. The application forms to apply for driving course is provided at the Center.
After the one-day course, I’ve learned several things especially the law. I’ve realized that I’ve violated the law in several aspects so far. Now, I feel like following the law more than before. I believe that if all drivers have attended the course, they will be more conscientious in abide by the road traffic law when they are driving in the way I experience. Traffic in Cambodia will be improved!
This is the field where we learn to drive. It is in mid-day, so the safety cones placed on the field are gathered back to the warehouse. 
Here is where we sit to relax and listen to the instructions.
This is the free booklet on guidelines on land traffic.Thursday, July 23, 2009
'I MISS YOU' ?
Once my friend asked me if ‘I miss you’ can be used for someone who does not have intimate relationship with us, i.e. besides the relationship of girlfriend and boyfriend, husband and wife.
At that time, my immediate respond was ‘yes’. I believe that I can say ‘I miss you’ to my parents, my siblings, my friends, and anyone who we do miss. There should be no restriction in using it. However, when considering more deeply, can a friend say ‘I miss you’ to an opposite sex when he/she doesn’t mean to have a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship?
Most of the times, ‘I miss you’ is concurrently used with ‘I love you’ when speaking or writing to a lover. When a boy/girl who just has a simple relationship with the one to whom the phrase is used, does it imply his/her love for the person or can it mean just a simple ‘I miss you’?
I’ve searched on the internet and looked up in dictionaries. ‘Miss’ means feeling regret at the absence of loss of sb/sth or feeling of lacking of sb. From this definition, it seems that the person we miss is very important to us. If we don’t have any biological relationship, the person must be the one we really care about and are worried of all the time. So, it’s natural that one is confused when seeing or hearing someone writes or says these words to him/her.
I often use ‘I miss you’ to my friend regardless of boy or girl. I hope there hasn’t been any misunderstanding of what I really mean. From my own view, I want to use ‘I miss you’ for everyone that I do miss, no matter who the person is.
And you?
At that time, my immediate respond was ‘yes’. I believe that I can say ‘I miss you’ to my parents, my siblings, my friends, and anyone who we do miss. There should be no restriction in using it. However, when considering more deeply, can a friend say ‘I miss you’ to an opposite sex when he/she doesn’t mean to have a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship?
Most of the times, ‘I miss you’ is concurrently used with ‘I love you’ when speaking or writing to a lover. When a boy/girl who just has a simple relationship with the one to whom the phrase is used, does it imply his/her love for the person or can it mean just a simple ‘I miss you’?
I’ve searched on the internet and looked up in dictionaries. ‘Miss’ means feeling regret at the absence of loss of sb/sth or feeling of lacking of sb. From this definition, it seems that the person we miss is very important to us. If we don’t have any biological relationship, the person must be the one we really care about and are worried of all the time. So, it’s natural that one is confused when seeing or hearing someone writes or says these words to him/her.
I often use ‘I miss you’ to my friend regardless of boy or girl. I hope there hasn’t been any misunderstanding of what I really mean. From my own view, I want to use ‘I miss you’ for everyone that I do miss, no matter who the person is.
And you?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Feedback on Centralised Exam at RULE
Having taken the final exams at RULE in the so-called ‘centralised’ form, I may say that the condition appeared to be a little bit better because my class shared the room with another class in which the number of students is less. Therefore, we don’t have to sit very closer to each other. However, several problems are still present.First, the exam room is not well-prepared. At least 5 chairs have been broken for a long time, and so far they haven’t been fixed. Unreasonably, it’s now on the exam day, the broken chairs are still there. Mine is an example. My seat number fell on a broken one. It wasted time to tell the invigilator so that I could change another seat.
Second, the invigilators were not strict enough. There were no warnings on cheating before exams, and no punishments were imposed when students were caught peeking on the materials brought with them. As a result, students were not afraid of the teachers; they were not worried of being punished when they were caught. Therefore, the situation of the exam room to some extent turned out to be anarchic because some students could even discuss and compare the answers.
What is more frustrating was the distraction of the teachers. Some came into the room and constantly explained to his students for minutes, not quietly for each individual but loudly as a whole; some teachers working as controllers also made noises when trying to get the materials from the students. I could hardly bear with them while I was doing questions which required great concentration. Noises also came from the students which were really annoying.
Concerning with these problems, who to be blamed?
From my own perspective, this centralized exam is not far different from what we had before. Luckily, I was seated far from others which gave me more comfort in doing the exams. My friend, who was also trying to do everything on her own, was bothered by the neighbors who were really frustrating. I wish the exam ground rules were more effective in enforcement, and the teachers were more responsible and conscientious on behalf of invigilators. It’s no use or help to allow students to cheat during exams. I doubt what they will have learned when they just perfunctorily pass the exams. What is more, it’s not fair for those who work hard in their study and never cheat during exams when they get equal or similar score to those who cheat. Perhaps we don’t study for score, but it’s a critical factor to encourage students to learn. Finally, whatever it may be, I hope there will be improvement next term.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Centralised Exam
Several teachers have been complaining for a long time about the quality of the mid-term and final exam held independently in each classroom every year.
In RULE, since the invigilators are not in charge of the subject, most of them don’t pay much attention on the students and even allow them to cheat during exams. It used to happen similarly at UC, where the course teacher still gives chance to their students to ask each other or even compare answers. Of course, personally, I don’t like the way the exams are held either. The students are seated closely to one another as if they are studying in normal class or doing an informal quiz. I wished for a new exam system would be planned and implemented in which students are seated as far as they cannot cheat, and the teachers would pay more careful attention on behalf of an invigilator. It would be fair for all students, especially for those who work hard on their study.
UC started the centralized form of exam for both Mid-term and Final in which all students of the same shift in the university took the exams altogether in the same day regardless of what term or which major the students are studying. I believe that this form of examination is very effective and good for students, and it also ensures the quality of students’ academic records since the students have to twice work harder to meet this strict exam standard. Of course, all means of cheating are not allowed i.e. asking classmates, peeking at other’s paper or materials….The results have just revealed. Although they are not very satisfied, the quality is ensured. This form of examination is carried out every term from this time forward.
RULE also plans to have similar form of examination this semester. I don’t know much how well it’ll be organized. However, I have been informed that my class is divided into two to take the exams with another class which is also divided into two. In this way, students still sit next to each other because the room is too small. I feel that this is still a problem which in some way does not satisfy me. The exams start on this Thursday, and I hope it will be successfully and effectively carried out.
In RULE, since the invigilators are not in charge of the subject, most of them don’t pay much attention on the students and even allow them to cheat during exams. It used to happen similarly at UC, where the course teacher still gives chance to their students to ask each other or even compare answers. Of course, personally, I don’t like the way the exams are held either. The students are seated closely to one another as if they are studying in normal class or doing an informal quiz. I wished for a new exam system would be planned and implemented in which students are seated as far as they cannot cheat, and the teachers would pay more careful attention on behalf of an invigilator. It would be fair for all students, especially for those who work hard on their study.
UC started the centralized form of exam for both Mid-term and Final in which all students of the same shift in the university took the exams altogether in the same day regardless of what term or which major the students are studying. I believe that this form of examination is very effective and good for students, and it also ensures the quality of students’ academic records since the students have to twice work harder to meet this strict exam standard. Of course, all means of cheating are not allowed i.e. asking classmates, peeking at other’s paper or materials….The results have just revealed. Although they are not very satisfied, the quality is ensured. This form of examination is carried out every term from this time forward.
RULE also plans to have similar form of examination this semester. I don’t know much how well it’ll be organized. However, I have been informed that my class is divided into two to take the exams with another class which is also divided into two. In this way, students still sit next to each other because the room is too small. I feel that this is still a problem which in some way does not satisfy me. The exams start on this Thursday, and I hope it will be successfully and effectively carried out.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Launching of the 5th edition of EU Blue Book in University of Cambodia
July 7, 2009
12:05pm
H.E. Mr. Andre Mace, British Ambassador and EU Presidency Representative, and Mrs. Michelle Labeeu, Chargé d’Affairs a.i. of the EC Delegation to Cambodia, together with H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, President of the University of Cambodia, were the speakers in this significant event of launching EU Blue Book in its fifth edition this morning from 9:00 am to 10:50 am.
By 9:20am, the conference center where the event was held was fully seated by guests and students. Because of limited space, some students who were willing to attend this event to obtain precious knowledge regarding EU couldn’t find a seat to settle themselves.
H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, President of the UC, gave his welcome remarks on behalf of a host and started the ceremony. It’s followed by remarks of Mrs Micelle Laeeu and report by H.E. Mr. Andrew Mace.
After the speeches, it came to the floor for questions and comments by UC students and journalists from Cambodia Daily and other magazines.
The ‘EU Blue Book’ is the annual report detailing the EU development cooperation activities in Cambodia, which is published by the embassies and cooperation agencies of the EU member states and the Delegation of the European Commission to Cambodia in order to provide comprehensive information on EU support to help Cambodia achieve the Millennium Development Goals, according to Mrs. Labeeu.
Personally, I find my understanding still very limited. I’ve never known what EU has done to help Cambodia. Through this meeting, I get to learn more about EU and it also encourages me to do more research on it. Actually, according to the Blue Book freely provided to UC students, under EU-Cambodia Development Cooperation, several fields have been developed—agriculture and rural area, culture, education, environment, gender, good governance and human right, health, public financial management, tourism, and trade and private sector.
To know more about EU development activities in Cambodia, go to www.delkhm.ec.europa.eu.
12:05pm
H.E. Mr. Andre Mace, British Ambassador and EU Presidency Representative, and Mrs. Michelle Labeeu, Chargé d’Affairs a.i. of the EC Delegation to Cambodia, together with H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, President of the University of Cambodia, were the speakers in this significant event of launching EU Blue Book in its fifth edition this morning from 9:00 am to 10:50 am.
By 9:20am, the conference center where the event was held was fully seated by guests and students. Because of limited space, some students who were willing to attend this event to obtain precious knowledge regarding EU couldn’t find a seat to settle themselves.
H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, President of the UC, gave his welcome remarks on behalf of a host and started the ceremony. It’s followed by remarks of Mrs Micelle Laeeu and report by H.E. Mr. Andrew Mace.
After the speeches, it came to the floor for questions and comments by UC students and journalists from Cambodia Daily and other magazines.
The ‘EU Blue Book’ is the annual report detailing the EU development cooperation activities in Cambodia, which is published by the embassies and cooperation agencies of the EU member states and the Delegation of the European Commission to Cambodia in order to provide comprehensive information on EU support to help Cambodia achieve the Millennium Development Goals, according to Mrs. Labeeu.
Personally, I find my understanding still very limited. I’ve never known what EU has done to help Cambodia. Through this meeting, I get to learn more about EU and it also encourages me to do more research on it. Actually, according to the Blue Book freely provided to UC students, under EU-Cambodia Development Cooperation, several fields have been developed—agriculture and rural area, culture, education, environment, gender, good governance and human right, health, public financial management, tourism, and trade and private sector.
To know more about EU development activities in Cambodia, go to www.delkhm.ec.europa.eu.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Surprise Birthday
20:00pm
Everything should happen on July 11th, but due to inconvenience, it was held yesterday (July 5th ) in advance. We’d been planning and preparing to give a surprise birthday time to Nith for almost a month. Nareth, Kea, and I have been doing individual video slides for him as birthday gifts. Of course, we’d been spending much time and heart discussing how to make these things out. The only goal is to give this monkey friend a special unforgettable birthday party.
He is cutting the cake to share us!
Perhaps he was so happy that he could not speak other words except for 'very excited'!
The party ended at 6:30pm.
Wish a happy reunion next time!
Everything should happen on July 11th, but due to inconvenience, it was held yesterday (July 5th ) in advance. We’d been planning and preparing to give a surprise birthday time to Nith for almost a month. Nareth, Kea, and I have been doing individual video slides for him as birthday gifts. Of course, we’d been spending much time and heart discussing how to make these things out. The only goal is to give this monkey friend a special unforgettable birthday party.
This is the birthday cake designed for Nith's 19 birthday. Quite cute and yummy!
When he was looking at the slide show we have made for him, Nareth and I came out of the room and handed the cake to him to make a wish (wishes, perhaps!). He was very surprised and excited when seeing us preparing so many things for him! It's a pity that the picture is not very clear!:-(
He is cutting the cake to share us!
Perhaps he was so happy that he could not speak other words except for 'very excited'!The party ended at 6:30pm.
Wish a happy reunion next time!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Determination
22:40pm
Having been ‘on holiday’ for more than one month, I feel that it should be time for me to write something on my blog again. For those who have been waiting for my post must have been thinking that I’ve been too busy to write, or no one is waiting, I guess. ‘Busy’ should not be used as an excuse for being absent. There is someone who is still updating his blog even when he is extremely busy.
This morning when I read ‘The Southeat-Asia Weekly’—the newspaper produced by UC, I saw several new articles written by my friend, Vutha. I can see that he has improved so much and so fast in his writing skill. He has many things to do—studying at two universities, working as an assistant in UCSS to prepare programs for UC students, yet he still has time writing new reports for the school’s paper.
He’s such an active student who participates in almost all UC's activities. I don’t know how he can do that. He really impresses me. If we are compared, I am not and never want to be as active as he is.
When I read those long and well-organised articles, I really admire him and it’s him who indirectly intrigues me to go back in writing posts for my little personal blog. At least I should do that, or else I’ll be left behind.
I determine to post at least two articles in a week no matter how busy I am because spending 15 or 20 minutes to write an article does not waste much time.
Thanks to Vutha and his articles!
Having been ‘on holiday’ for more than one month, I feel that it should be time for me to write something on my blog again. For those who have been waiting for my post must have been thinking that I’ve been too busy to write, or no one is waiting, I guess. ‘Busy’ should not be used as an excuse for being absent. There is someone who is still updating his blog even when he is extremely busy.
This morning when I read ‘The Southeat-Asia Weekly’—the newspaper produced by UC, I saw several new articles written by my friend, Vutha. I can see that he has improved so much and so fast in his writing skill. He has many things to do—studying at two universities, working as an assistant in UCSS to prepare programs for UC students, yet he still has time writing new reports for the school’s paper.
He’s such an active student who participates in almost all UC's activities. I don’t know how he can do that. He really impresses me. If we are compared, I am not and never want to be as active as he is.
When I read those long and well-organised articles, I really admire him and it’s him who indirectly intrigues me to go back in writing posts for my little personal blog. At least I should do that, or else I’ll be left behind.
I determine to post at least two articles in a week no matter how busy I am because spending 15 or 20 minutes to write an article does not waste much time.
Thanks to Vutha and his articles!
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