My great essay at school ( Update 2)

Having lunch with Joe at Tonic, very sweet man and very interesting to talk to him about Cambodia. All the foreigner that I have known always knew about Cambodia than me...

Now every week my teacher gives me a essay to write, because she thinks I'm ready for GED. She tries to makes me work harder on essay, and this is my best essay that made my teacher very happy.

Topic: Who is your best friend?

Friends are something that everyone need, and there are many different types of friends.

There are some people that you have known for a long time and you called them friends, but you do not hangout together very often. There are good friends that you repeatedly meet or call to share something interesting, and then there are best friends that you shared everything with, including your secret that you do not like to share with anyone else.

In general there are not many friends that you can call your best friend, because best friends need to have attitudes and interests in common. Best friends should be trustworthy, helpful, honest, sensitive, and supportive and more… and also would like to share activities with each other.

Do I have a best friend? Yes I do! My best friend is very pretty, generous, smart, helpful, and funny, and her name is Caroline Sage. Caroline is Australian, and she is 38 years old. She is 5’ 9” has white skin and she has a beautiful smiling face with bright eyes and beautiful red hair.

Caroline work at the World Bank and she is also my boss; but to me she is very special because she is more than just a boss. I share everything about me with her, and she is always interested in knowing about my life. Since I have known Caroline, she has never acted like my boss at all, she always acts like she is my best friend or my sister; she regards me as a member of her family.

If I tell Caroline a secret she will never tells it to someone else. Sometimes I feel very tired and unhappy for some reasons. She tries to talk nicely to me and/or takes me out for dinner to make me relax and feel better. If I get upset or have any problem to discuss with her, she makes every effort to understand, be supportive and then give me her honest opinion.

We often talk about me because she is trying to help me have more possibilities to work in different countries and to travel around the world. She knows that I’m from a poor country (Cambodia) and it is difficult to travel and work in a rich country such as the United States.

Sometimes we both are very tired and feel very confused about getting upset with each other for no reasons, but after a while we makeup because we care about each other very much. Caroline and her family are mean a lot to me, her help and her support encourage me to keep moving on with my life, and going in the direction that I always want to go.

Early next year Caroline and her family will move to Bangkok Thailand for her works and I will stay in America to continue my studies. I will be very sad and miss them and her very much because of everything that we have done together. Even though she’s won’t be here I will never forget how wonderful she has been to me. The love and care that she has for me will remand in my heart forever.

What do you think? Now I have a new best friend!! because my old best friend never contact me anymore!!! :-(

7 things that I afraid of

1- In relationship that has no talk, no smile and have no excitements.

2- Go out with a group of people, but make no joke.

3- Be with someone because he’s good man.

4- Living in the countries that give me one option.

5- Bad sex with hot guy.

6- Secret that I can’t tell to anyone else.

7- Marry without kids.

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Oscar Wilde's Guide to Modern Living

Advice: Always pass on good advice.

It is the only thing to do with it.

It is never of any use to oneself. An Ideal Husband

I'm eating bad pizza at Great Falls Park. 2009

Americans: The Americans are certainly great hero worshippers, and always take heroes from the criminal classes. Oscar Wilde’s

In America, life is one long expectation. Oscar Wilde’s

In America President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

All Americans lecture, I believe, I suppose it is something in their climate.

A Woman of No Importance

D.C garden. 2009

Art: A truth in art is that whose contradictory is also true. The True of Masks

The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art. The Decay of Lying

Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic. There is a very wide difference. The Soul of Man Under Socialism

The only beautiful things, as somebody one said, are the things that do not concern us.

As long as a thing is useful or necessary to us, or affects us in any way, either for pain or for pleasure, or appeals strongly our sympathies, or vital part of the environment in which we live, it is out side the proper sphere of art. To art’s subject-matter we should be more or less indifferent. The Decay of Lying

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim. The Picture of Dorian Gray

The proper school to learn art in is not Life but Art. The Decay of Lying

A great artist invents a type, and Life tries to copy it, to reproduce it in a popular form, like an enterprising publisher. The Decay of Lying

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. The Decay of Lying

We can forgive a man for not making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

The picture of Dorian Gray

All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals.

The Decay of Lying

Rudy,Ann and Beth. D.C 2009

Beauty: Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. The Critic as Artist

Most women are so artificial they have no sense of Art. Most men are so natural that they have no sense of Beauty. Oscar Wilde

All beautiful things belong to the same age. Pen Pencil and Poison

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all those beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful. Oscar Wilde

In Space museum, D.C 2009

Critic: When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

When man acts he is a puppet.

When he describes he is a poet. The Critic as Artist

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered. The Duchess of Padua

The primary aim of the critic is to see the object as it really is not. Oscar Wilde

Dickens: One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing. Oscar Wilde

Garden in DC, 2009

Dullness: Dullness is the coming of age seriousness.

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

Education: Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. The Critic as Artist

Don’t degrade me into the position from giving to useful information. The Critic as Artist

In examination the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

History: The only duty we owe to history is to rewrite it. The Critic as Artist

In Capitol Building

My great essay at school

Having lunch with Joe at Tonic, very sweet man and very interesting to talk to him about Cambodia. All the foreigner that I have known always knew about Cambodia than me...

Now ever week my teacher give me a essay to write, because she thinks I'm ready for GED. She tries to make me work hard on essay, and this is my best essay that make my teacher very happy.

Topic: Who is your best friend?

Friends are something that everyone need, and there are many different types of friends.

There are some people that you have known for a long time and you called them friends, but you do not hangout together very often. There are good friends that you repeatedly meet or call to share something interesting, and then there are best friends that you shared everything with, including your secret that you do not like to share with anyone else.

In general there are not many friends that you can call your best friend, because best friends need to have attitudes and interests in common. Best friends should be trustworthy, helpful, honest, sensitive, and supportive and more… and also would like to share activities with each other.

Do I have a best friend? Yes I do! My best friend is very pretty, generous, smart, helpful, and funny, and her name is Caroline Sage. Caroline is Australian, and she is 38 years old. She is 5’ 9” has white skin and she has a beautiful smiling face with bright eyes and beautiful red hair.

Caroline work at the World Bank and she is also my boss; but to me she is very special because she is more than just a boss. I share everything about me with her, and she is always interested in knowing about my life. Since I have known Caroline, she has never acted like my boss at all, she always acts like she is my best friend or my sister; she regards me as a member of her family.

If I tell Caroline a secret she will never tells it to someone else. Sometimes I feel very tired and unhappy for some reasons. She tries to talk nicely to me and/or takes me out for dinner to make me relax and feel better. If I get upset or have any problem to discuss with her, she makes every effort to understand, be supportive and then give me her honest opinion.

We often talk about me because she is trying to help me have more possibilities to work in different countries and to travel around the world. She knows that I’m from a poor country (Cambodia) and it is difficult to travel and work in a rich country such as the United States.

Sometimes we both are very tired and feel very confused about getting upset with each other for no reasons, but after a while we makeup because we care about each other very much. Caroline and her family are mean a lot to me, her help and her support encourage me to keep moving on with my life, and going in the direction that I always want to go.

Early next year Caroline and her family will move to Bangkok Thailand for her works and I will stay in America to continue my studies. I will be very sad and miss them and her very much because of everything that we have done together. Even though she’s won’t be here I will never forget how wonderful she has been to me. The love and care that she has for me will remand in my heart forever.

What do you think? Now I have a new best friend!! because my old best friend never contact me anymore!!! :-(

Funny Funny

I had resigned from ACE and ChildSafe and move to America for almost one year.
And today I received an invitation from USAID, and all these important people, they invited me to join their Women's Day Celebration!! It's funny for me because it's been a long time that's I never involve with NGOs, but good to know they still remember me!
Here is their invitation that I received from them, have a look!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Re: Request for Your Attendance Confirmation at the Women Leaders’ Reception

When: Monday, March 16, 2009 – from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Where: Sokha Club Hotel

Dear Ms. Phon Kaknika:

Following the invitation that has been sent out to you, I am writing herewith to request for your attendance confirmation at the Women Leaders’ Reception on March 16, 2009 at the Sokha Club Hotel. You may do so by simply replying to this email with “yes” or “no” message. If you wish to confirm by phone, you may call to 023-728-302. Thank you.

Regards,

Erin Soto

Mission Director

USAID/Cambodia


In Celebration of International Women’s Day


H.E. Ms. Margaret Adamson, Ambassador of Australia

Ms. Evelyne Coulombe, Chargé d’affaires of Canada

Ms. Eva Gibson Smedberg, Country Director of Sida

Ms. Erin Soto, Mission Director of USAID

Ms. Alice Levisay, Representative of UNFPA

Dr. Lili Sisombat, IFC

The World Bank

and The Asian Development Bank

request the pleasure of the company of

Ms. Phon Kaknika

at a Women Leaders’ Reception

on Monday, March 16, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.


Business Attire

R.S.V.P. 023 728 302


Sokha Club Hotel

#63, Norodom Boulevard

My first English poem

With Cowboy boot, Texas-Dallas, 2009.

In front of Federick Douglass house, 2009.

Every Thursday I'm going to school one hour early to join poetry workshop. Two weeks ago at the poetry workshop, our teacher requested us to wrote a poem about something that we hate and give poem's definitions.
It's very interesting, and here is my poem. It's my first English poem that I ever wrote.
Please have a read and let me know what do you think.

With Federick Douglass statue, 2009.

What do I hate?

We were born the same

With empty hands

And try to grow.

When we grew up

We all changed

It is normal.

She’s suffering from sickness

He’s suffering from disabilities

I’m suffering from physical defects and abnormalities

You are fit and healthy.

She’s black and strong

He’s big and tall

I’m small and petite

You’re white and trim.

She’s not very intellectual

He had lost memories

I’m uneducated and

You’re intelligent.

She’s just begun to think

He’s just begun to start

I took the test and lost the contest

You won it all.

But remember we're still the same.

In Texas-Dallas, 2009.

Definition

This poem I wrote in Annie poetry workshop, it’s about what I hated the most that often happened to me.
The meaning of the poem is about discrimination: People in higher class look down at the people in lower class, because they are richer, healthier, cleaner...etc… but they should remember that doesn’t matter how wealthy are they, they are still the same like normal people, because when they was born they bring nothing but their life.

In Texas-Dallas, 2009.

Educated people looked down at uneducated people, because they thought uneducated people don’t like to go to school, don’t have higher degree, had no skill, not intelligence and in their opinion uneducated people should be always staying in lower position in any job.

With Mr Joseph Mussomeli at Dulles airport, 2009.

In my view, instead of looking down at uneducated people, we should try to understand the reason why uneducated people are had no education, because there are several reasons that hardly to understand might made people not to be able to get education.
I think who look down at uneducated people; they are more uneducated than the people who have non education.

With Federick Douglass statue, 2009.

In the poem had described how the human being and the different after they grew up, but also remanding us that, doesn’t mater how different you are from each other, you all still the same, are HUMAN beings.

At Texas-Dallas airport, 2009.

I believe anyone can do anything they like to do, if you give them a chance to prove it.

Thanks Annie that made me written this poem.
From Nika

My first Essay

Texas-Dallas, 2009.

February 2009 is Black History Month for American; my school requested all the students to write a essay about a black person who you know living or not living, for the contest, the prize for the winner is $50 and $25. And here is my essay for the black history month.

Topic: Bonne

Bonne is the name of an African-American woman who has been in America her whole life, but not many people know her because she is a normal person just like us.

Bonne was born on May 25, 1950, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her father was Thomas Lee and her mother was Annie Mac Lee, both deceased. Bonne had one older brother named James. She hasn’t been in contact with her brother for a long time; she is not sure what her brother is up to. Her older sister, Yvonne Brown is a registered nurse in New York.

Bonne always felt that she was blessed because when she was born she weighed two and one half pounds (in 1950 a baby that weight seldom lived.). Bonne grew up in a middle class family and her parents worked while her grandmother took care of her.

After graduating from high school in 1968, she wanted to become a dressmaker because she loved sewing, so she decided to go to college for that. After a while Bonne changed her mind and got a job in a store. At the same time she also took some classes at the community college because school was a must in her family. She always liked history when she was studying. She thought history has so much to teach and she enjoyed it, but she never wanted to do anything that related to history.

In 1974 Bonne decided to move to Washington, DC because she thought it was time for a change. When she arrived in DC she needed a job and applied for many different positions with hope. Not long afterwards she got a job at child care and has worked there ever since.

In 1982 Bonne married police officer. They have four children; three have children of their own and their youngest child still lives at home.

Bonne is now working in child care’s reintegration center, Monday through Friday. She is very happy and enjoys what she is doing. She gets to share her responsibilities with other parents. She thinks the great thing about working with parents is that they all are very helpful and active, which makes her work go easily and smoothly.

Bonne is not sure what she wants to do after she retires, but knows that she wants to take a rest on a beach and read the history of America.

Texas-Dallas, 2009.

I wrote a essay but I'm not put it in the contest, because I thought I have a job, I could make enough profit to support myself every month. Many students in my school I had knew did not have job, some of them can't even pay for their school fees. I think the prize should go to them.

I knew I am a little bit old fashion, but for me to be clever I don't need any prize, as long as I learn what I want to learn, I felt I had won the big prize.

Texas-Dallas, 2009.

My Essay is about a normal person that not many people have knew, I'm not putting my Essay in the contest, but I will read it out loud for everyone, because I am very please to join the Black History Month with black people all around the world. I thought doesn't matter you black or white you all deserve the same human rights. Also to make everyone understand that, everyone around you had their own history, and you should care to get to know about them, and learn how to take care each other, should not be discriminating.

God bless all of you.