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A proverb worth a thousand thoughts

Accept the truth, and your future will be beautiful. This sentence was printed on the back of the T-shirt I spotted while riding my bike back home. A friend of mine says that it sounds very much like a Buddhist saying. Actually, I have accepted some ugly truth entrenched upon me so far. Will my future be bright and beautiful? I don't know. Now it always relies on the present, and I hope we can change on time. Spiritually, this word is very nice, but physically, will the world be bright and ...

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Hi Bonn!

This is a video my friend produced. Since it's about me, maybe it's nice seeing what I said. :D

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How should I begin? I don’t want to say “It’s an exciting journey for me”, nor do I want to bombard you with “I feel excited and great about this or that.” First of all, I only wish to say that I had an opportunity to come to Germany for 21 days and will probably visit four cities (Bonn, Cologne, Berlin, Munich) in the near future under the support of DW-Akademie in Bonn, Germany. I’ve been here for an online journalism course. I am always a anxious and reckless traveler, obviously. I didn’t...

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How could I trust you more, Cambodia?

I love my bike despite its old condition. The thought of losing it was beyond by expectation. Now I have lost it. It's time to show some grief over it. I asked myself again and again why life brought me at this crossroad. I really asked if this happened to me? Within an hour, I lost myself. Mind you, I did regret losing it but what I regretted the most was that I lost myself for a while, though I didn't lose my marble. Therefore, what surprised me the most was that my mother's words now shoul...

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Email sent to my classmates–I’m happy to read

This angry email was sent to us this morning, stemming from the late coming of several students including me. I didn't back off and smiled at him because I knew what wrong I'd done. I don't back off but feel sure that I'm going to do my best and do it best finally. Nobody wants to dwell on mistakes, and either do I. So the answer is that "I'll do", better than "I'll try". [....You all still need support to become well-rounded, rational and productive citizens -- not just workers. Cambodians...