A plan for Khmer happy New Year

During the Khmer New Year is a wonderful time for Cambodian people. They usually celebrate it for three days in the middle of April, which is the best time in a year because the people have already harvested their rice crops. Next year I'm planning to visit my relatives in Battambang, which is an agricultural province in the north-west of Cambodia, during the Khmer Happy New Year. I want to visit there because one of my uncles there told me that it was really exiting during the festival, and the people were marvelous. I am going to travel by bus with some of my friends. I hope the journey will take along time to get there, and it will be very safe, we are staying in my uncle's house for a week. so we will have more time to do a lot of things there, playing Khmer traditional games and visiting some attractive places. I expect we will have a good time and get wonderful experiences from the people in Battambang.

Importance of forests

Cambodia is one of the countries which is in tropical area in the south-east Asia. This geographical feature is good for all kind of trees to grow. Forests are important for people and animals lives, therefore what what are the importance of forests. For the importance is that forests are oxygen producer that make the atmosphere clean and it is comfortable for people to breath. An other thing, forests can stop increasing the heat of the earth. On the other hand, they attract a lot of rain and keep land fertile which are important for people to plant rice and other crops support their lives. If you cut down a lot of forests, there will be a lot of natural disasters like storms, drought, floods which can damage people and government's properties such as crops, roads, bridges, homes and the people will be poorer and poorer. Moreover, forests create wonderful views for tourists. The most important point is that forests are used for building and making luxurious furniture and they are the homes of all kinds of animals. All in all, forests are the most important thing for out lives, so we have to prevent and plant more.

A plan for a Kathen festival

Kathen ceremony, which Cambodian people usually celebrate every year in every pagoda in Cambodia from October to November, is one of religious festivall Next year my family and relatives are planning to have a Kathen in a pagoda in my father's hometown, which is about fifteen kilometers to the south of the centre of Takeo province. The Kathen is going to be held in my house in phnom penh, so we we are going to invite a lot of friends and relatives to the Kathen there. A day before starting the Kathen, we are going to the market in the morning to buy ropes, candles, incenses, milk, tea, food and other presents for the monks. Then in the afternoon, we are going to serve food and drink for the guest in my house. In the evening, we are going to invite some monks to preach and to teach us about the Buddha. In the next early morning, we are going to prepare the presents into the truck and buses and then go through the city to the pagoda. I hope we will have a good time in the pagoda and meet a lot our relatives there.

Bad-effects of HIV

HIV is a serious, incurable disease which has been spreading all over the world, especially in development countries. There are several disadvantages of having HIV in families and societies. Firstly, if someone has this illness, he or she will suffer in the present time until after life. Having HIV brings worries and hopelessness to the family. The families with are looked down on and hated by many people. On the other hand, if this disease is in the poor families, they will have more and more difficulties, and all the responsibilities will be taken by the children. Some of the children have to drop school to look after their parents and to earn money for their families. It is dangerous for them to work hard at the very young age. Having HIV in the country, the government will spend a lot of money on people with HIV in hospitals and buying medicine and other material for them. Moreover, our country will lose human resource to develop and prevent our own country. As we see the bad effects of HIV, so people must keep away from HIV.

Visiting a Kathen

Kathen is a the name of a religious ceremony which Cambodian people always celebrate every year in every pagoda for one night and a half from October to november. Last year my family and my relatives went to a kathen in a pagoda in my hometown which is about fifteen kilometers to the south of the center of Takeo province. The Kathen was celebrated on Saturday, so it was a good time for us to go there because it was our holiday. We rented a bus which could take all of us there. In the early morning at 5:00 on that Sunday, we gathered at my house, and got on the bus. We were putting on beautiful, traditional clothes. It took almost three hours to get to the pagoda because we all live in the city. Reaching the pagoda at 8:00 in the morning was really wonderful to visit the Kathen; it was beautiful day, the sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. There were so many people, walking around in the pagoda. It was really a good experience to visit at Kathen last year with our relatives.

Avoiding domestic violence

Domestic violence is a kind of thing which is considered to be a cruel action either in families or societies, and people who commit this action will received bad result for both themselves and families, so to avoid this matter in families, what will each member have to do? The first thing, in case the family does not have these problems, all the members must respect to each other. Moreover, each member must keep honesty with balance to each other, to do things together in order to avoid the problem. For one thing, if someone make some mistakes in the family, we should tolerate each other, and he or she has to change annoying behavior. More importantly, each member must keep away from gambling, drinking much alcohol and taking drugs because these are the main cause of having violence in the families. Further more, each member must work hard and help each other in the family. Finally, what I mentioned above are very important for families which do not need domestic violence.

Kathen Festival

Kathen is one of the most important festivals in Cambodia. It is not a national ceremony, but it is a religious festival because we celebrate it in the pagoda. Usually we celebrate kathen from the middle of October to the middle of November. It lasts for a moth. In fact, every pagoda must hold kathen once a year. We can also celebrate kathen at home to collect he present for the monks by inviting the monks to pray in our houses, and sometimes we invite one or two monks to preach for the people. In the next morning, we take the present to the pagoda with guests. In the pagoda, for the nice on the first day, we go to the pagoda to pray and listen to the monk's sermon and after that we sometimes enjoy watching a play or a film in the pagoda. In the next morning, the people gather in the pagoda again and some people come from city or town to join this festival. It is really exciting during the kathen.

Apologizing Letter

Dear Chathy I am very sorry I couldn't go to your birth day party last night became on my way to your party, I saw an accident. Mr. Dara, who is my uncle, had an accident near your school. A dog had run into his motorbike. When I arrived, he had crashed down. I must have help him, so I rushed to pull him up. While I was pulling him up, I saw blood on his knees and on his head. I felt it was urgent so I phoned for an ambulance. The ambulance arrived immediately. The nurse examined him and took him to the hospital. His head was injured badly. The doctor said "he has to stay in the hospital for a month" . Last night I stayed with him.

Everyday Activities

Every weekday I get up early at 5 o'clock and then I take some exercises. Next I clean my teeth and have a bath and after that I get dressed and prepare my books and leave home to school. I go to school at 6:45 and then I have my breakfast. I always start school at 7 o'clock. From the school to home, it takes fifteen minutes. In the afternoon I start school at 2 o' clock. I finish school at 5 o'clock. My family has dinner quite early, at 6 o'clock, so I spend fifteen minutes to watch TV and then I have to do my homework and read books. At 10 o'clock, I feel sleepy, therefore I always go to bed at that time.

The Mekong

The Mekong is in two parts. The upper Mekong flows from north to Phnom Penh. It flows through Kampong Chamm, Kratie, and Stung Treng from Lao. The lower Mekong flows south from Phnom Penh into Vietnam. Phnom Penh, therefore, lies in the middle, between the upper Mekong and lower Mekong. The Mekong is used for travel. Near the riverbanks, farmers work in their farms. The fields have rich soil which come from the flood water of the river . The flood water also goes into the Tonle Sap, which makes it flow north into the Tonle Sap lake.

Khmer Happy New Year

People of all races usually celebrate their own New Year every day . They set the time of celebrating their New Year in accordance with their beliefs, customs and traditions. Cambodian people have also held their New Year since the ancient time . Cambodian people celebrate khmer New Year for three days, usually from 13th t 15th of April or khmer called "khe Chet" which is the time when people release from their hard work. Before the New Year, people prepare food, clean their houses, buy new clothes and so on . However, the people in the country sides make trditional cakes called Num Onsom and Num Pun. InIn the pagodas, we build sand mountains outside the temples. Thee first day of Khmer New Year is called Mohasang kran. The second day is named Virak Vanboth and the third day is Called Virak Loeung Sak. The people always go to the pagodas to meet each other and play traditional games Khmer Happy New Year is the most perfect time for Cambodian people.

My best day

My best day was the day when I moved from primary school to secondary school. I really looked forward to going to the new school. before new academic year started, my parents bought me a new bike, a new bag, some new school uniforms for school some books and some pens. I liked the bike that my parents bought me very much because it was the time I had just learned to ride a bike . I really wanted to ride the bike. When I arrive at school in the first day, my first impression was the students. There were a lot of students and the school was very big with a lot of buildings. My class was very big , fifty students who came from different villages. We didn't have one teacher, but we have different teachers and some of the teachers were funny. It was really interesting to move to secondary school.

The Water Festival

The water festival is one of the most cheerful and significant festival in Cambodia culture. This festival is celebrated annually for three days on the banks of Tonle Sap river in front of the Royal Palace. It has had a very long history started from ancient time of Angkor. For three days, Phnom Penh citizens, foreign tourists, and peasants from various provinces gather together in the capital city to celebrate the festival both day and night. A long the river bank in front of the Royal palace is one of the most crowded places in the city. During the water festival, the people like watching boat-racing on the river in the afernrnoon. All night they enjoy watching firework display, lantern floating (Bandeth Pratip), dancing and listening to music. All the things are considered, the water festival is really wonderful in khmer culture.

Future Plan

I'm really interested in medicine and I'm not afraid of blood. At school I'm very good at mathematics, chemistry and biology. I like these subjects very much . I want be a doctor when I grow up , because I think that it is a very good job and can earn a lot of money in our country . My mother agrees with me. however, my father doesn't agree with me. He wants me to be a lawyer, a good job and can earn a lot of money. My father like s sorting out the problems, but I don't like problems, so I don't follow my father's footstep.

My favorite place

One of my favorite places in Tamao Mountain, which is a zoo and natural resort Tamao zoo is a good place to see wild animals, because there are a lot of differentt kinds of wild animals which you have never seen in your life. Some animals nearly disappear from our country. There are a lot of beautiful bird and there are also crocodiles. Tamao is also a natural resort with young, green trees which were grown many years a go. If you climb up the rock , you can see a wonderful landscape around Tamao. Tamao is also a good place t relax and eat good, cheap food , In the middle of the zoo, there can have lunch with a lively atmosphere, Moreover, there is a museum near the zoo. You will know a lot of names of trees if you go into the museum. in my conclusion, Tamao is my very favorite place. It is an attractive place to visit.

A Wonderful Party

Last Monday, I was invited to a party. it was y friend's birthday party. he invited a lot of people to hid party, which started at five o'clock in the evening. In fact, everyone was wearing beautiful clothes with lovely smiles. When I reached the party, I saw a lot of people gathering there and it was really noisy. His house was decorated really beautifully with flowers and there were various colors of balloons. There were a few around tables with chairs laid for a meal. A birthday cake with candies on it, presents and spray were put on one of the tables. Suddenly we were invited to have evening meal and drinks. The food was really delicious and the music was fantastic. after meal, we were asked to stand around the table with a cake. A birthday song was being sung, and a lot of photographs were being taken and my friend started to low candles off and spray was shot out. After that we danced and sang karaoke until nine o'clock.

Yesterday Activities

esterday was Saturday, so I didn't have get up early. I stayed in bed until seven o'clock and then I get out of bed to go to the garden to take some exercises. It was a beautiful day because the sun was shining and the birds were singing and some of the people were walking past my house. After doing exercises for fifteen minutes, I went back into my house to go to the bathroom and then cleaned my teeth and had a bath. After that I got dressed and went to my friend's house to invite him to go out to play sports in the park. Obviously, my friend and I like playing tennis, therefore we played tennis there until eleven o'clock and then we came back home. I had lunch at twelve o'clock. After lunch, I had a rest for fifteen minutes. At two o'clock I started to are a lot of good programmers on every channel. I finished watching the telly at five o'clock. I ate dinner at six o' clock and K did my home and went to bed at nine.

Women in Cambodia

Life for women in Cambodia is very difficult, especially, the women who live in the country. Most of them are farmers who work very hard all day in the fields. Although they work very hard, they earn a little money for their family, so some lf their children have to drop out of schools in order to find jobs in the city or town and to work at home to help their family. Some of the women are looked down on by their husbands and some are hit by their husbands and others have HIV because of their husbands. However, the women who live in the city are very lucky. They don't have to work hard, but they have enough money, and their children have good opportunities to study. They can to to either private schools or state schools. Life for women in the country is more difficult than the one for them in the city.

Free time activities

My number one interest is playing sports. I like playing every sport, especially, tennis. Of course, I have two tennis rackets and a tennis ball. Behind my house, there is tennis court. In my free time, I like playing tennis with my sister or my brother, but sometime I play with my father because he like playing It very much. He says that tennis is a fashionable sport for young people or old people. Besides playing sports, I also like going for a walk with my friends. We usually go for a ride to remote villages to get fresh air and wonderful views in the countryside. Usually I don't have a lot of free time during the weekdays. However, I have a lot of spare time at the weekend, and on Saturday and Sundays, there are good programmes on every channel, so sometimes I watch telly at home with some biscuits. I really enjoy my free time very much.

Wedding

Last month my brother got married. It was a happy day in my life. There were a lot of people who were wearing beautiful clothes. On the first day in the evening, we invited the monks to pray in the bride's house. I noticed the both bride and groom were wearing Khmer Traditional clothes. On the second day morning the groom and his relatives took fruit and other presents to the bride's house with the older people. They walk toward to bride's house slowly with a traditional band . When they reached the gate, the bride came toward to greet the groom. She was wearing beautiful wedding clothes and with two brides maids. A lot of photographs were taken a lot at that time. After that there were a lot of things to do in the wedding, but I couldn't remember a lot. In the evening we served food and drink for the guests and and then we danced together until 11 o'clock.

My Family

I have a large family. There are twelve people in my family , my fatter, my mother my sisters, my brothers, my grad mother and me, My grandfather was killed in Pol Pot regime and my grandmother is a live, but shi is very old, and she was sick and stays in bed all day. My father is a soldier, and he doesn't usually stays at home, and my mother is a farmer. I'm the oldest child in my family, so I have to do a lot of work. Every morning I have to get early to carry the water and then feed the pigs and look after the cows. My two younger sisters are married and they have left home to live with their husbands. My other two younger sisters and four younger brother are students, so they have to go to school everyday. In the leave home. We are really happy together as a big family.

Important of The Environment

The Environment is the world around us. It is where we live , work, eat and sleep. Environment is the most important thing for our life. If we don't look after the environment, it will be dangerous for our life. for example: If we cut down the tree, there will be many droughs, storms, farmers, floods and more importantly the weather will be hotter and hotter. If we build a lot of air, so the air will polluted. They will also ponds, both people and fish will suffer. If we want to stay healthy and prevent diseases, we must think of environment as ours and look after it.

My house

I live in a house in as small village in Traing district of Takeo province province. My house was built in 1997, so it is quite old. There are fie rooms in my house, two bed rooms, a living room, there are a loot of photographs of the wall. Moreover, there are some pictures on the wall. Moreover, there is a sofa, an plants, two lamps and three book shelves bed, a mirror, a desk, a chair. There are some books on the desk and I also have a walk man which I listen to music before I go cook, so it is an important room in my house. We are always together during lunch and dinner time. In the morning, we always sit on the benches during in front of my house. In front of my house there is a garden and behind is a very big garden.

A Serious Accident

Last year, there was a serious accident nearly my school. At about 8 o'clock, a truck was driving so fast from the south to the north and at the time there was a car driving from the north to south and a man was riding his motorbike behind the car. therefore he rode his motorbike so fast. Suddenly the crashed into his motorbike. It sounded like someone fired a gun. His motorbike was badly damaged because it was under one of its wheels. The man was under the truck and his legs were broken and the his head hit strongly with the front of the truck. He was taken to the provincial hospital immediately. However, the provincial hospital couldn't save the man, so he was taken to the city hospital, but the doctor said badly damage and the blood flow into his brain. He died when he was brought back home. His family and his relatives were very

Advantages of Learning English

English is an international language, so learning English has several advantages. Firstly, we can get very good jobs easily with companies and non-government organization. Secondly, we can communicate with people all over the world in order we can understand each other very well. We can understand their cultures. Thirdly, if we are students, we need to research to improve our documents from the internet or libraries. In fact, most of the documents are written in English. Finally, learning English is really important to us in the modern world. These days if we don't know English, we won't have a job.

A Visit to Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is the most beautiful and famous temple kin Cambodia. Everyone always wants to go to Angkor Wat, Last week all the people in my family agreed to go on holiday to Siem Reap, we don't have a car, therefore we rented a mini bus and prepared every thing for our trip. We left home in the early morning at 4 o'clock. It took a long time about 12 hours to get to Siem Rreap. We stayed in a guest house in the center of the province and we had a shower and then we went to eat in a restaurant near there. In the nest morning, we left the guest house to have breakfast in an a restaurant near there. The sun was shining and the sky was blue, and we took a lot of photographs there and we met a lot of foreigners. We walked around the temple for nearly a day. At 5 o'clock, we turned back to the guest house. In the next morning, we came back home. It was really exciting.

A post Card To DARA

Dear Dara hello Dara! How are you? I am fine here in Takeo. I have moved here for three weeks and I really miss you, especially, I always remember the time when we were at the party together. It was really wonderful to Samarth's party. I want to tell you that I have found a place to stay it is my old friend's flat which is near Takeo market. It is not a very big flat. However, it is comfortable to deal with. His parents are very kind and friendly and they are very good parents., They love me like my parents do. when I arrived in Takeo at the first day, I felt really a strange. It is not as it used to be before. It has changed alot over the years. It is as interesting as Battambang. All for now, I am going to Battambang next week and see you then

A Small Accident

Yesterday at eleven o'clock in the morning, a taxi was driving pass my school when a student rode on her bike. The taxi was driving so fast that the man couldn't control his taxi. He hit the girl and drove away. He only hit the girl slightly, but she looked very pale because she was very frightened. He badly damaged her bike and all her over the road. Someone phoned the police and they arrived quickly. The people made a report. In the evening, the man was recognized him and told the police. They arrested him and they fined him a lot of money and the man had to give the girl enough money to buy a new bike.

Bon Pchum Ben

Pchm ben is the most remarkable national rite in Cambodia. It is also a religious festival because it is related to religious belief. This rite is held when the moonlight become less until dark. It is the month of Pheak Trabot (Septempber, October) this festival lasts fifteen days, from 1 Roach to fifteen Roach. Pchum Ben is a meaning full festival, because once the Buddha, Siddharta Gautama, was afraid of senility and death, so he left his palace in order to find the way to reach Nipvana. He fasted for six months. His body became weaker and weaker and after that he realized what he had done, it couldn't help him to reach enlightenment. Thus, he resumed to eat. At that time, he decide to receive food from Miss Socheata. She cooked very carefully. We celebrate Pchum Ben in order to dedicate to the souls of our ancestors, relatives, friends who had gone to an other world or to make up national unity.