An Unforgettable Experience of Cambodian Delegates of Kizuna (bond) Project

     During 10 days exposure in a study tour sponsored by Ministry of Foreign Affair of Japan cooperated with Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), we, delegates from Cambodia, have gained many things we never undergone before. It was the very first time for all of the delegates from Cambodia to step on the land of the rising sun, Japan except for me who had been there once. 

       On 1st December morning, we arrived in Narita International Airport safely. Then, we continued to Tokyo by bus. Haggard and tired of a long traveling, some of us slept peacefully on the bus while some other still were awake because they were very surprise to see high-rise buildings, fabulous overpasses, and the like. They were not hesitant to take any photos because it was a right time for them to enjoy the beauty of city in Japan. We spent roughly one hour to get to Tokyo.

A collection of some of our photos and activities

        When arrived at the hotel at around 9a.m, one of our supervisors from JICE came to greet us and told us what to do during the first day. He put us into a group of three to be staying together in one room. We had 3 hours and a half to relax before our first lesson started. 

        At 2p.m the same day, we started our first lesson about the Earthquake and how to escape when it happens. .......( Sorry..Will finish soon,,Now sleepy 'coz it's late at night now. Hehe)

Khmer Dance in Japan

     A group of Cambodian students from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia and from the Royal University of Fine Art, Itako's administrative staffs, Director of Itako Hotel, JICE's staffs, and people of Itako districts are dancing Khmer dance happily in Itako Hotel which is in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.

Dinner Time at Itako Hotel, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

We danced after having dinner.

 

First, we danced Romvong, which is dancing around a circle. Then we dance Saravann, which 2 people dance together in pair face to face.

      

After dancing was finished, we took photos together as a souvenir. 

Lim Sary (left), a delegate from Cambodia, and Yumeka Onuma(right), a Japanese high school stdent

Life experience before, during, and after the Great East Earth Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

"Natural disaster is an unforeseen event, so we need to be well prepared to overcome it. We need to make sure that we have enough food and drink stored to survive for a few days during the disaster before the help arrives."~ Victims of the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami

On 11th March 2011, I was very shock to hear one of the most tragedies happening in eastern Japan. Thousands of lives have been taken away, and other thousands are still missing. The attached video is what two of Japanese high school students who and whose family, relatives, and friends have encountered that event.

They said that they witnessed the event through their own eyes. They saw houses falling down, electricity columns breaking down, and many others infrastructures being destroyed. They were very shocked and did not have the faintest ideas about what to do besides praying for the good sake. They told me that everything at that time was dark and gloomy. Electricity and water supply were cut down, and transportation did not work because some parts of the area were severely damaged. Roads and bridges were inaccessible. 

They wish that this kind of catastrophe would not ever happen again.