Disappointment

Despite the fun that I had during the Cambodian New Year celebration at UMass today, I was a little bit disappointed of not having a chance to talk to a guest speaker, Ms. Socheata Peov. She was invited to give a talk about Cambodian genocide and her efforts in intergrating Cambodian genocide unit into school curriculum. I am deeply interested in her project and I really want to find out more about it since genocide and curriculum are both fascinating to me. Unfortunately, I couldn't find her. I tried to search for her in every angle, but my effort was in vain. I wish I could talk to her!!!!!

A funny plot!

I just want to write something that will always makes me smile whenever I read it, and I'm sure that a short plot based on a true story that I will describe below is that thing. So, here it goes:

Three friends, two girls and one boy, just got back to the room after a long day of walking. Instead of going to bed straight, the girls (K & T) were chatting and giggling since they had not met for years. Meanwhile, the boy (V) at the other end of the room was lying down, trying to relax and pretending to fall asleep.

K : "...................?"
T : "........................................."

Suddenly, V got up and shouted "ហ្នឹងហើយ!អាហ្នឹងហា!". The girls were looking at him surprisingly. Only did they see his eyes opening and moving that they were sure he was not sleep talking. So, what was he talking about?

V tried to explain, "ហ្នឹងហើយដែលយើងចង់ប្រាប់ពីពេលថ្ងៃហ្នឹងណា!"
Getting what he tried to prove, T exploded her laughter, while K was still narrowing her eyebrows to figure out what was happening.

Then, looking at K, V explained further, "លឺសម្លេងវានិយាយអត់? អន់ដឺនដល់ក ។"
K immediately sent off her laughter as a sign of understanding "ហាហាហាហា", "អញ្ចឹងក៏ខំប្រឹងងើបមកប្រាប់គេដែរ ។"

Unicode testing

សរសេរខ្មែរបានតើ! ស្មានតែមិនបានហើយ ។ អស្ចារ្យមែន! ខ្ញុំគ្រាន់តែសាកល្បងប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

Old Friends

3 Old Friends spending holiday together at California after years of staying apart

This is the best thing of all that I did in Spring Break. Traveling was of course an interesting part, but having high school friends was the most meaningful one.

Driving from New Jersey and flying from Massachusetts, Vut and I traveled across thousands of miles to meet our dear friend, Kheng, who is residing in Mission Viejo, CA. The first moment we met reminded us about our unforgetable high school memory since we started a conversation of how we looked like in high school and how we are now. Lots of teasing and laughing were evidently seen and heard in the conversation. Kicking sometimes happened when Kheng was mocked by Vut. :D

Sadly enough, the first time of meeting is also the last time one during my stay in the U.S.

Too many things in one day!

I'm supposed to finish my book report right now, not to waste my time doing other things. But, I can't convince myself to put all of my attention on homework as I know too many things, which exceeds my current accepting ability. Why do I have to care about those things when they have nothing to do with me? The most straightforward answer I can give right now is probably their relevancy to what I value. I feel sorry that I used to valued one of them when I've realized that it is actually one of the most dirty things I hate (sigh).

This is the truth, and I have to accept it. Anyway, it's none of my business. I'm going back to my work. :D

I'm mean.

I know I have been mean lately, but I can't always be nice to everyone all the time, especially when their behavior offends me consciously or unconsciously. I need to be frank of what I'm thinking sometimes, otherwise they do not know how I feel. Today, I didn't even reply to one's sorry with forgiveness although I accept it quietly because she must learn something.

I'll do good only to those who are good to me and to those who are innocent.

Finallly, ....

Thanks God! It is Thursday night finally. I have been waiting impatiently for weekend to come since I really need to take a day off from everything. I have worked so hard since Monday, but looking at what I have done really pays off and brings me a smile as I know that I have used my time wisely this time.

I'm thinking that my break should be on Friday so that I can resume working on my readings and assignments on Saturday and Sunday. I keep feeling that I have so many readings to catch up, but what makes it worse is that I don't even know what the readings. I'm not good at independent study at all! I desperately need specific guides to keep me going on the right track. Does it mean that my cognitive development is not yet mature? Maybe. Otherwise, i would be able to do self-direct learning.

Whatever! It is my break now. Yeahh!!!!