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Justice Returned in a Bewildering Way

A few days after the installation of the water pipes across my family's pond, things began to cool down. But the vivid pictures of people behaving as if they had been a giant grabbing us in their hands stayed. I remember thinking that these people are like me; we have the same needs to survive and why do we make war to only have short-term/selfish peace within their own family only? Do not get it wrong that I am darn angry with them. I've just been puzzled or else bewildered by the way they beha...

Justice in Cambodia– and for my family???

It would be an ideal to be a know-nothing type of kid but definitely not, not in this Cambodian world. I'm writing now with too many thoughts bouncing in my mind. Will my parents get better by tomorrow? Will they be unable to go to bed tonight? Will those step-out-of-boundary people vanish into thin air?This evening, our family's emotions ran very high. The situation looked very tense at the end. I missed out the most tense part because I was still at school, doing my mid-term test. But I tried ...

How does the new year welcome Cambodia?

It might be surprisng that the the second day of the new year, three bombs were planted near the Ministry of National Defense and a Cambodian television station. It scared many people. While the mine clearance personnel were destroying the explosive devices, I was at school with my friends, hoping that no one was harmed during such a bomb plot. This morning, I joined a press conference presided by the deputy national police commissioner Sok Phal who said that one of the four involved in the bomb...

a joke for today

I read this joke in the Raksmey Kampuchea newspaper:An old man was just appointed as a UN ambassador. He had difficulties communicating with other international leaders as he didn't speak English at all. Then, his new teacher taught him three phrases "How are you? I'm fine. Thank you."Later, he had a chance to meet President Bill Clinton. He greeted the president confusedly."wHo are you?""I'm Hillary's husband," Clinton replied with a surprise.The new UN ambassador beamed because he was so confi...