Sentences Ordering in Chronological Order

Knowledge is a source of light in your life. Darkness will fade as long as the light of your knowledge still burns out.

Photo taken by: You Ratanaksamrith 

The following exercise is what I am going to use as an exercise in my Practicum at the Institute of Foreign Languages.  I will be teaching Writing Skill (WS 102) to a group of freshmen at Department of English, class E.19 (Academic Year 2012-2013). This exercise is derived from my original article titled "A Kiss Mysterious", which is also posted in this blog.

                                                            

                                                              Exercise

 

Look at the following sentences for a paragraph titled “One night in Tokyo”. Number the sentences in chronological order.

One Night in Tokyo

A.    At that time, as I remember, it was around 11p.m, and there were not many people in the street.

B.     On one wonderful winter night, about five months ago, I encountered the most wonderful experience in my life.

C.     My friends and I were roaming a street of Tokyo. It was so cold outside, so we wore thick clothes so as to avoid catching a cold.

D.    After fifteen minutes, I arrive at a small house, where I met a young, beautiful, Japanese girl whose age was around 18 years old.

E.     We were walking chit-chatting happily when suddenly all of my friends disappeared.

F.      I was so shocked that I didn't know what to do besides running as fast as I possibly could.

G.    Then, she approached me and gave me a glass of water. I drank it happily because I was thirsty after running for a long distance.

H.    When seeing me, she smiled at me and said hello to me. She was very friendly.

I.       After drinking water, we were talking about this and that for the whole night, and finally we became friends

J.       The next morning, I decided to go say good bye to her and went back to the hotel. I told her I would see her again the following year.

Answer: 1. B, 2.C, 3. A, 4. E, 5. F, 6. D, 7. H, 8. G, 9. I, 10. J

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.  

ITC Fundraisng Event for Humanity

When hearing the word "Humanity", I raise my hands up and say "I love Humanity." How about you?

Today there is a very big event called Fundraing Day at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). The purpose of this event is to raise students' awareness of a sense helping needy people in the community by encouraging students from various universities in Cambodia to work and enjoy together while they can earn money to help other needy people at the same time. As I estimate, there are around 3,000 students participating in this event. There are a lot of stores own by different groups of students, one of which is my friends' store in which we sell drinks and food to the participants in the event.

The Head of Department of Rural Engineering, Mrs. Men Nareth, is buying products from our store

Our customers buying our products at our store

All of us are working together in order to attract more customers to our store so that we can earn a lot of money to help those people who are in need of help.

To let you know how big this event is, I have captured a short video clip about the view of the event. Here it is:

I am deeply appreciative for students' making effort in making this event possible. As I observe, all of them join in this event with kindness in their heart. 

Cool Japanese Dance

         When I was a young boy, I always hoped that I would have a chance to experience something new. As I remember, when I was in grade 5, I used to see a Japanese traditional dance on TV, and I thought that how it felt if I would one day experience it myself. 

        But everything is possible. We must dare to dream; we must dream. It is just a matter of time. Believe me or not, one day you will meet something beyond your expectation. For instance, I always thought that it was highly unlikely that I would be able to go to Japan, but I dare to dream. And finally my dream have been translated into reality, which is I have a chance to visit Japan twice only in one year.

         When I arrived in Japan at first, I was amazed to see every was completely different from what I used to see in Cambodia. ....(to be continued...)

Inuyama Castle

To be written soon........

My impression and reflection on movie "Hitsudan Hostess"

I am not a person who own this movie. I just want to share this worth sharing movie to all of you who are interested in learning something. I really like this movie very much.

Life means you need to walk on a long way down the road with strength and hope. I am thinking whether I would be as strong as Rie-san if I couldn't even utter a single word like her. I am really impressed by her strong commitment and absolute determination in living her life meaningfully. She says that difficulty happens on a way to happiness. When one of her customers was about to commit suicide she wrote words from her heart which could help reassure him, that reassurance encouraged him to restart all over again.

Frankly, this movie reflecting the course of one's life is worth sharing. I hope that one day I will visit Ginza, the place of Rie-san's dream.

I bet you will learn something after watching this movie.