November, 2008Archive for

How can one contribute to social development?

Juggling between school and work, I learn to compromise and weigh in on pros and cons of both sides. Always, a student's life is crazy busy (just like a busy bee) and academically focused while the work life is quite the same but different in one way: travelling and wordly-knowledge absorption or accumulation. I don't prefer either of them but adore and equally value both of the academic ways! For four days, I was assigned to do some reporting for a big international organization. Although I w...

I can’t name this–it’s overwhelmiing

I want this blog post to be my inner strength wherever I am, whatever I deal with... I want to stand straight without stumbling. I never believe I feel so so low, to the bottomest of the bottom this minute. I don't understand why I can't explain what is right and wrong. I feel annoyed with myself that I can't make my messages across. I can't control everything around me. I agree with this incapacity of mine, but I can't see why I can't control things about me or happening to me, myself. I hate i...

The boat racing could not do anything to corruption, could they?

As a vacationer for three days, I did have a privilege to go out and enjoy the walk-about. Yet, I didn't take that because before the water festival I read that five million Cambodians were expected to flock into the city, especially the riverside where the boats raced along. The estimation frightened me really. I didn't want to faint among thousands of people or be a wet blanket for my relatives. Normally I will walk hands in hands with my sisters and enjoy the view of the moving crowds during ...

What is sad is even sadder…

On my way back from a school meeting, I happened to see the young woman posed on the top of the electric pole. I saw her holding a knife which later carelessly fell down and she later broke a lamp of which she used the broken pieces to cut her feet. Too far from her, I only hoped and kept my fingers crossed that she didn't injure herself too badly. The Cambodia Daily also reported about the incident, and why she climbed her way to the top was explained that when she was angered, she would want...