My Favorite Place

Bingo! Finally I got to the top of the mountain in Vireakchey National Park in Rathankiri Province. I could see a very huge area of the forests. I did hiking on to this mountain after I got-off the boat and passed the clumsy forest with many bite-insects.

Where Are You Planning to For This Holiday?

As many people prefer traveling to a natural tourist resort, I did a trip to Rathanakiri province that took about 10 hours on taxi. It took around 580Km from Phnom Penh where I am living to reach that place. Three times I have been there, I got twice to go a Natural National Park, Vireakchey and where was a very nice that have never been in life. It is my most favorite place.

I had to take a car from Rathanakiri town around 2 hours and continued the traveling by a small boat with small machine for about 5 more hours to arrive the park. On the boat I seemed to travel straight on to a mountain. When we met a small waterfalls we just stopped and pulled the boat oppositely from the water flowing. Big-large-crowded- trees are surrounding. Sometimes I could see wild animal such as pig, cow, and some others that I don’t really know their name.

When I reached the place I planned, in a tribal village, I just had rest at an indigenous house and then went fishing with older people. I was a very nice time for me on going fishing at night. Honestly, I was afraid of the crocodiles and some other animal. We got those fish for our dinner. The indigenous people have their own identity wine, jar wine that made from rice and some other hidden ingredients. I have to drink it or it is a custom for all guests have to drink that wine when they are invited. At night time, the weather was absolutely cool that I almost cannot stand with that.

In the early morning, I woke early to set on the fire and warm the body. I was surprise to see a musk deer. It was hunted by the indigenous people while they went hunting in the forest at night. I test with care to the deer meat. It was a fantastic meat I have ever eaten.

I got back in the late morning with some left meat and fish. On the way home, we went fishing along the river. Arrived a waterfall, we just relaxed and had a picnic with the meat and fish. Then we back home.

In conclusion, even the trip made me so exhausted, but it was a memorable time in my life. I remember every activity I had done. I will never ever forget it. If you are planning a trip to somewhere, I would suggest you to go to VireakChey National Park in Rathanakiri province, Cambodia.

By Tith Chandara

I was ready to swim in the Yeak Loam Lake in Rathanakiri province, but I wanna try a photo before I swim. That time I was about to felt in to the water. However, the water was very nice cold. You have never experience swimming such this natural lake if you haven’t been there.

We went to a water fall in Rathanakiri and we were about to try riding the elephant, but some of us were afraid. Taking this photo was a hurry captured because we afraid of the elephant hitting us.

Look at these Cambodian boys and you can guess who am I. When a friend has a wedding of their siblings, he or she always invite friends to enjoy wedding party together. This was in a quite rural wedding that we drive cars to join the party.

This group of playboys just finish playing card after a wedding party ended in SvayReang Province. Then, we didn’t sleep for a whole night, and here we were on the Vietnam duty free Hypermarket at the border of Khmer-Vietnam.

Whenever we look back to this photo, we always felt that we were very young compare to the next year we were. This is an extra-curricular activity that we went to the communities in order that we teach younger students on a specific topic and got some interview with older people for some experiences in life.

Though this is not a real Angkor Wat, but at least it represent that we have many temples in Cambodia welcoming tourists to come. This picture took when I went to a pagoda in order to get bless from the monks with a group of my friends.

This is a design of mine for my co-director’s farewell party, Caroline. She will go back to Germany in a short future. So we all the students, staffs, and lecturers of DMC celebrate this party for her.

How to Make an Onion Soup?

If you have little time to make a meal, it is a good idea to cook an easy food with easy ingredients. I would suggest you one meal. It is “Onion Soup”.
Making an Onion soup is very easy.
Ingredients:
• Water
• Garlic
• Onions
• Carrots
• Lemon
• Mix mint
• Beef/ Shrimp
• Sugar
• Salt/ fish sauce
• Seasoning
• Red peppers
How to make it?
o First you have to boil the just enough water containing of broken garlic.
o Then, you can put the carrots and onions that have already been cut in to pieces.
o Input the ingredients, salt, sugar, seasoning, and you can add red pepper to be chilly as much as you want throughout your favorite.
o Input the beef that already been slice cut in to the pot.
o Leave it just a short time or don’t make it to be too cooked. (Quite raw beef contains much protein than the cooked.)
o Just as you skim in to your bowl, add up the mix of mints and squeeze the lemon to be just enough with your bowl.
o Enjoy your food in lukewarm or it is not delicious to eat that kind of food in cold.

By Tith Chandara

Battambang Province

Battambang, My Hometown

291 Kilometers away from Phnom Penh along the National road number5, Battambang is a wonderland where I was born. Almost 19 years I had live in my hometown; I saw the development step by step from day to day. After graduate from high school in the past three years, I left Battambang to continue my study in Phnom Penh. I come to visit my house only once or twice a year in just short time. The last visiting my home town, I recognize that Battambang has a good reputation that will never ever end.

Battambang is a beautiful and relaxed place. The roads are being constructed from place to place. Its changed leaves the nature color from red which cause by the red dust of the road to be naturally green. It looks freshly. Containing old French building in town, Battambang was named as an old town in Cambodia. Every evening people go to the public park along the Sangke river bank that being constructed for relaxing, exercising and meeting friends. In addition to the infrastructure, tourism is also booming due to the not complex area with natural and cultural tourist sites that bring about the numbers of hotel are constructed.

Battambang is famous in natural food. Battambang rice is delicious. People always want rice of Battambang for their meal because of the great taste. Even if in dry season, some rice field still look green. It means that farmers now are smarter in farming technique. Beside rice, orange is also an indicator to Battambang province. The nice taste of Battambang oranges result in the number one taste. With good quality of land, People are survived with the crops and mixed vegetable within the area. Most suburb houses have at least one vegetable garden. They can have a lunch without going t the market, but food around house. Battambang is famous in beauty of people that can lead to the reputation of the province itself. Both girls and boys are mostly naturally beautiful. Their life is fashionable as well as in Phnom Penh in style and business. When you look in to the streets you can see people are using new model and make of motorbikes and cars. Almost each house have at least one motorbike makes the street to be busy every hours. Night life is quite happy with restaurant and night-club. The modernization in Battambang is pumping due to the density of population. New supermarkets and new flats are booming. Battambang is fashionable.

In short, Battambang gain its reputation through the scenery and nature, quality and quantity of food, and fashionable life and style of people. If you plan to spend your next holiday to be a great time, it is a good idea to go to Battambang province. Battambang welcome you with safe, comfortable and convenience.

By Tith Chandara

News is Important to You

News is Important to You

Cambodia Local Newspaper (The Phnom Penh Post) Tith Chandara

In our daily life, we need to know something around us. We will need to know what happens, where, when, why and how. This can be served you in a form that is called News. Living in a society, everybody needs news in essentially. News is something around you. It happens everywhere, and every time. News is something new. You are the one who live the society, so you should read, listen, and watch news to be a good person. In some aspect, man cannot subsist without news. The total flow of news today is increased immensely. Dependence of people on the information supplied by the newspaper or news has increased.

Reading news, listening to news, watching news, you will find yourself to be more powerful. You know the process of the country that what is going on day by day. Not only know something, but also you can update yourself with those for it provides you something is new. In addition, you will be ready to control something such as the natural disaster. For instance, when a forecaster show that there will be a big flood or storm on a specific or your area, you will know and you may be ready to escape from the dangerous place to another for safe earlier than those who don’t know or don’t pay attention to news. Prime Minister Hun Sen said “without watching news, he seems to miss something”. This can show that news is playing a crucial role to make people powerful. Leaders need news. You should pay attention mostly on news, so that you will be confident and be ready.

News can teach people to be a smart person. You will be effectively using your time. Just turn on the radio while you are doing something, you will get lots of benefit for both get the information and enjoy your work. You should enjoy reading news, listening to the news, and watching news rather than enjoy the entertainment programs such as concert, or fortunetelling. Sometime you read news just to know what is economic or market rate today, so that you can know the market price early. Furthermore, you will be smart to spend your money because many companies are challenging their products with advertisements on those media. So you can think and consider which should be chosen. Not only smartly spending, but also you can be a person who survives the other for life. You money on buying the papers can support a newsboy for a lunch. News gives benefit to you to be effectively spent time and money and help also people.

News is also playing an important role as an instructor to people. News can provide education to people. You can learn from media how to take care your health, tips to be a successful person and even to deal with love. Many private English schools are using newspaper as a tool to teach students. Students can learn new word, and some guides to improve their writing. Moreover, students can take the newspapers or magazines or other kind of media as the source of their home work, assignment, and thesis. This is always happen. If you are students, you should not avoid news. Furthermore, media or news can guide you to find or recruit someone for a job. Don’t too worry about having no jobs. Media can offer people jobs and educate people.

News can entertain you. In the newspaper and magazine there are joking sections that you can enjoy with. Stars and elite people are often seen in news. This is an important issue for media, because people want to know the life of famous people. Beside, the visual aid is also a good factor at entertaining you. You can also learn the fashion and adapt them for new trend in you r country. Pictures, especially, tell you what is happening. You will laugh with it sometime. You can see where, who, and why do they appear. Also, advertising design can entertain you most of the time. You see, you look, you learn from it. Some news readings or anchors always add such a kind of scornful work to the news in order that you can laugh. However, it is wrong in journalism. Spend your time to entertain with news and media.

In conclusion, to be a good citizen, you should read news or pay more attention on news. Now, number of people reading newspaper, and listening to the news has been increasing rapidly, especially in the morning. Imagine that when a group of people are discussing on a subject they get from news that you don’t know, how much embarrass you are? News can provides you many advantages. If you want to know something, it depends on news. If you want to tell something to people with evidences, it depends on news. If you want to buy something smartly, it depends on news. If you want to recruit or seek for a job, it also depends on news. In short, you should read news, listen to news, and watch news for it is a crucial role in improving your life.

Tith Chandara
(Norton)

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Cambodia, my country

Cambodia, my country

Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia/ (http://www.khmerclub.com/gallery/data/512/CAMBODIA-10083.jpg)

People almost all over the world know Cambodia for its famous history and properties. Cambodia located in Southeast Asia with 24 cities in plus with provinces. Kingdom of Cambodia is an oldest country among the other country in the area of Southeast Asia. It is a country that used to be under the French Colonial and also used to face with many and long period of wars. In addition, Cambodia that is also known as Khmer is very allowably in the weather, the nature, the territory… that allows people to be easily living in.

Cambodia is a prosperity country. With the long age, Cambodia has a history that is beyond to be compared. The ancestors were very amiable especially the leaders were sturdy, strong and suave. We, Cambodians are solidarity. With the nature of unity, Cambodia people have created a valuable history that have made many property for younger generations such as temples, tradition, culture, arts and so on. Tourism is a none-smoke industry. It can earn a lot compare with others. Tourism sites are standing almost around whole country. Cambodian can be survival with the prosperous properties.

Cambodia is a constitutional Monarchy with twenty-five ministries and one council of ministers. It is being practicing the presidential electioneering every five years. The king reins the royal throne but doesn’t carry power to control the country. Now Cambodia is practicing the free market economics. People can sell can buy whatever goods they need. In addition to using Khmer language, people use English to communicate with foreigners or in business. Most students are studying English and also lots of school and universities use language as a main language to study for majority of subjects. Moreover, most of those school and universities are using the credit system which is useful around the world. There is no obstacle to run business or study in Cambodia.

Being democratic country, Cambodia government gives people the freedom of expression. However, the real practice is not. Some people had been gun down included with journalists and stars. On the other hand, nearly 80% of Cambodia people are farmers. They produce the agriculture every year. Khmer farmers are still poor at farming technology for we just wake up from the war, so that the productions or crop of farming result in just small amount. Though the productive result is not excessively, we can survive in and even export to the other countries. Though Khmer people are poor, at least we can survive.

Standing on a peaceful and wonderland territory, Cambodia contains lots of properties that allow people to be easily support and manage their life. There are many wonderful temples that built by the masterpiece ancestors without equal workmanship. Cambodia usually cares with the properties. Cambodian temples have already been put in to the world heritage list such as Angkor Wat and Prah Vihea and some other arts. Moreover, Cambodia is originally in its letter, alphabets, script, writing and literature. Khmer people can talk, can write, and can communicate within their own language. Khmer is an official language and Buddhism is also an official religion of Cambodia. Cambodians had created their own culture. Those are included with arts, song, poem, traditional dancing and more. For instance, people and the world always notice Cambodia by APSARA dancing that always give the value to the country. This country is containing not only cultural resources, but also natural resources. Lots of natural are worthy providing advantages to the country. Having own culture make Cambodia to be wonderful land.

Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Wonder is a marvelous country. It surplus properties make the countries to be more and more famous. Those not include some that are still invisible. Cambodia seems to remain quiet, but it is strong enough to be a powerful country. People and Tourists can come to Cambodia whenever they want with safe, security, comfortable, and convenience. I prefer living in Cambodia to abroad. Cambodia is my mother, my grandmother. I love Cambodia, my home country.


Tith Chandara
(Norton)

Why are Scholarships so much harder to get now?

Whether you’re a student or a parent, you’ve probably been assuming all along that getting a scholarship today is not much different from getting a scholarship 5, 10, or even 20 years ago. You compete against your classmates, and may the best man/woman win, right?
Wrong. The process of giving and receiving scholarships has changed immensely over the last 10 years by the same invention that has turned so many other industries on their heads: the Internet. Nearly all major scholarships (and most of the minor ones) are now promoted on the Internet as well as in books and in schools around the world.
But so what, you say? The Internet provides incredible, worldwide access, and today’s students can apply for more scholarships than they ever could have hoped for in the past.
That’s true, but it’s also a double-edged sword, and that’s the part that no one outside this book wants to talk about. Scholarships that once received only a handful of applications now receive hundreds. Those that received hundreds before now receive tens of thousands. And now for the really bad news: That only counts American students.

What is Journalism?

Journalism
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting information regarding current events, trends, issues and people. Those who practice journalism are known as journalists.
News-oriented journalism is sometimes described as the “first rough draft of history” (attributed to Phil Graham), because journalists often record important events, producing news articles on short deadlines. While under pressure to be first with their stories, news media organizations usually edit and proofread their reports prior to publication, adhering to each organization’s standards of accuracy, quality and style. Many news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials and institutions accountable to the public, while media critics have raised questions about holding the press itself accountable.

Public relations
Public relations is the art and science of managing communication between an organization and its key publics to build, manage and sustain its positive image. Examples include:
Corporations use marketing public relations (MPR) to convey information about the products they manufacture or services they provide to potential customers to support their direct sales efforts. Typically, they support sales in the short and long term, establishing and burnishing the corporation’s branding for a strong, ongoing market.
Corporations also use public-relations as a vehicle to reach legislators and other politicians, seeking favorable tax, regulatory, and other treatment, and they may use public relations to portray themselves as enlightened employers, in support of human-resources recruiting programs.
Non-profit organizations, including schools and universities, hospitals, and human and social service agencies, use public relations in support of awareness programs, fund-raising programs, staff recruiting, and to increase patronage of their services.
Politicians use public relations to attract votes and raise money, and, when successful at the ballot box, to promote and defend their service in office, with an eye to the next election or, at career’s end, to their legacy. colenal mustard said this too.

Can I become a journalist?

Citizen Journalism
In 2004 in South Korea citizen journalism was invented, with the launch of Ohmy News online daily newspaper. Today Ohmy News gets over 90% of its content from citizen journalists, has over 51,000 registered citizens as journalists, and has become one of South Korea’s best read and most trusted news sources. Citizen Journalism news services have been introduced in over a dozen other countries.

Online media becomes much more important even for diplomacy

Budapest, 11 March 2008, 5.30 p.m.
Despite being Tuesday afternoon and the fact that for many our last debate has started long before the end of their working time, around 30 young people, journalists, researchers and students interested in foreign affairs gathered in Cafe Petit Vian, a cosy downtown café.
Participants and especially members of the Budapest team were on pins and needles till the arrive of their special guest, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen Graffy, since it was her personal wish to meet Babelians living in Budapest during her visit in the Hungarian capital.

Get From: http://budapest.cafebabel.com/en/post/2008/03/24/Graffy_debate

Too much freedom of the press?

There’s a bill in Congress that would provide protection for journalists from naming those anonymous sources they come up with from time-to-time. Former newspaper guy Carter Wood thinks it’s a bad idea and he explains why in a Forbes article. Wood suggests the law could be used as a cover for illegal activity. Whether the idea of a shield law is a bad idea or not, many people don’t realize there are no special privileges for journalists. There no extra set of laws to cover news gathering. If you trespass, ignore police warnings or hide information requested by a court, you can’t just flash a press pass and walk away.