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Australian Center for Education (ACE)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Thursday, May 26, 2011

All the way home

Note:It is better to enjoy this song-like poem with relaxing Jazz music.

I. I'm walking..... ,with no one but me
And the sun....., is no more shiny
But I'm still......, feeling happy
Because there's nothing strong enough to make me worry.
II.The sky thundered ..., and now it's cloudy
The wind moans........, and now it's chilly
And I know......, just what the weather will be
It is certainly gonna be a heavy rain!
III.There 're no taxis....., nor the train
Only umbrella..., with this sudden rain
If I ain't got it.., I would rush like a mouse
Cause you know it's a long way down from here to my house.
IV. I'm looking..., to the other side
WOW, there's a lady....., with her clothes, so nice
And zoom a car.., with its speed, so high
That it splashed water to her like a tsunami tide!!
V.Upon the sky.........., there 're some "BOMBS"and "POWS"
And the lightening......., strikes wider now
Oh,I squelched through mud..,in my path
Hey wait a minute, I am in front of my yard!!!!

P.S Criticism is openly welcome.

P.2



3 Months A Year 1 Time The Happiness

Touching the ground, one by one
Filling the road with snow in December after the meridian by 1
Whoosh! Down the sledges from the snowy hills
Snowy day it was, like freezing you could feel
Splat! Hit the faces with snowballs
What a fun morning it was for all
All the Haha-ing came from the freezing field
Everyone could play anything at will
Some were snowman-building
With some lick-lick-ing for icicle-licking,
Mountain hike, fishing pike, ride bike
The activities that were very much like
Snow sculptures, with some of the art lovers
Ice skating, Whoove! also bonfire building, snowshoeing
Which what campers were doing
Counting the day to the 25th, telling myths,
Building igloos, making stews,
Digging the paths, Splash! taking hot baths
What a fun-raising season it was, that you could might also laugh

Tok Tok Tok, touching the ground one by one
Came the drops of the snow melt
With light-green leaves on the trees
With the fresh scent of the blossom flowers
Hard for sure, for everyone to forget
Of all the fun times that they felt into

My favorite sound


When I walk pass the musical room everyday in my school,I heard the sound Bing , Ping, Ting...
That sounds make me happy.I wondered where that sounds came from. One day when i walked nearby that room. I heard the sound of the door opened. There was a man at the door. Maybe he was a teacher. I saw inside , There were two students, they were playing Piano. I wish i could play it one day, I think. The teacher played a lot of music like Marching in the snow, Swan lake , sleeping beauty and The Nutcracker composed by Tchaikovsky. That songs seemed famous. If I learn to play piano , I will heard the sound Bing, Ping , Ting... every day. So when I can play it well . I will play it everyday. Perhaps i will be happy everyday. I would like to play the song name Swan lake very much. Because it seems that it show an adventure of people or swan that's why the song named Swan lake. I don't know clearly about that. But I bought a book called Swan Lake . It's Barbie series and I also have DVD. I bought them when I was 7 or 8 years old in the Supermarket. The princess in the movie was really beautiful of her eyes and her lip. Her pretty long blonde hair with a magical pink and blue tiara on her head.She wore a beautiful blue , purple dress when she was in the castle. When she danced at night she wore that kind of dress that i've told you above but it was a short dress for dancing Ballets.When I heard that song I felt like I were in a magical Kingd0m.

Sreylen

Alone in a haunted house

On a rainy night 4 brave men with wired weapon in there hands walk in the mansion . The front gate sqeaked as he being pulled in to the mansion. Bats sqeaking from the mansion door. Old dead trees howling the yard is full of black flowers. As the men being walked in rain drop splashes in the mansion fountain. These men smashes the door and rush in. They start calling out someone’s name ‘bloody mary come out where are you’’. As man 1 screams a woman in white jump on him hit the creaking chair. Then man 3 uses his sabooth stick trying to poke the woman but he miss. The woman hiss at him and fly up and down avoiding the stick until she knock the stick out of the man3’s hand. Man 4 rush to grab man 1 and 3 but he step on a slippery floor and hit a bonging table man 2 rushes to help and he did it the woman hissed and she disappear. The man laugh as they walked out of the house and into the spattering rain.

Tep

Hollowed Home Part.1

While outside thunder is roaring and clattering non stop, rain is pattering on the roof an old wooden house, a group of men in their early 30s knocked down the door entered the house. As the door opened it made a eerie creak much like those you would hear in a horror movie, Lloyd, James, Peter and Kevin rushed in hoping to not get any more wet then they already were. As the roaring clattering and pattering showed that it was not going to stop soon, the group decides to take shelter in the old abandoned home and rest for the night. They need all the strength they can get if they are going to make another run for the border. For they had done terrible things, terrible things indeed, and was not expecting what was going to happen to them. As they tried to ignore conscience, they went upstairs to the bedrooms of the house and tried to go to sleep.

Moments later, a loud and ominous screech was heard from the outside followed by screams of pain and torture. The group of men rushed down the stairs and looked out through the dust covered windows. A figure of a tall man was seen outside the house. Then a flash of lighting went off and the man outside was gone. After the sight of this, the group packed their things and tried to head out. But when they tried to open the front door the door knob fell of and they found themselves being trapped inside the house. They tried to break the old house's old wooden door but it was no use. No matter how hard they tried, it was apparent that it was never opening nor breaking. They tried to break the window but every time any damage seems to be inflicted, the window would fix itself as if it was magic. Then a thump at the nearby staircase caught everyone's attention. A round parcel had been dropped from the stairs, attached to it was a short letter. As Lloyd opened the letter he saw that it the words were written in blood. It said ''You'll Never Get Out Of Here''.

To Be Continued ..............................

Siphan

The White Silence


Has has ha!... The dining room is full of laughter. Cling! Cling! The spoons keep on hitting the plates but suddenly. Whoosh! Bang! Something really fast pass by and the door swing back hardly. Roar!... A girl with white skin showing her sharp teeth then everyone falls in a deep silence. But just then..., " Ahhhhhhhhhh" everyone shrieking! "Welcome to the party, Vanessa!"; everyone laughs again and it was a beautiful HALLOWEEN night.

Now the horror begin. After the dinner, children go out side, they howl loudly, and go to HUNT for blood red candy.

Mickey

Post of the Week

Well, I have to choose just one post from last week.  That's not easy - each have their own strengths.

There's Rotha with his great introductory sentence and description of the kangaroo in the tattered hat with short, stubby arms.  Nix has a wonderful story of a blanket that reveals so much about childhood, and how we keep it with us, even when, like a blanket, it's not big enough to cover us anymore.  Monineath wrote a crystal-clear description of a necklace (with excellent grammar, too!).  Pitou got very creative by making his glasses into a person! :)

I also enjoyed reading about Roath's sweet teddy-bear Nina, Siphan's fire-water-wind-earth skateboard for Christmas, Ati's magic box that you can't see in the night, and Tep's backpack that travels (almost) everywhere and carries (almost) everything. Nissa shows us her book of temples, Visal writes about her very important laptop, Sreylen has the best purple pencil ever made, and photographer Mickey's most prized possession is her camera.  And let's not forget Sreylen's homemade lemonade! Bring on the ice cubes!
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Ok, but now I have to choose one for the week, no more delays!
  
The post of the week is....  My favorite blanket by ENIX!  You can see from the comments that many people found his blanket story very touching.  Reading the comments was part of my decision, too.

This writing is more than just a simple description of an object. I like how I can read this several times and still find something new to think about.   His post makes me think about my childhood, and how the things I loved as a child might not "fit" me as an adult, but they still mean something, and part of me doesn't want to let go of them.  His love of his blanket is also a love for his mum, I think.  It also makes me think about how hard it is to make that big transition from child to adult.  I've written more comments on his post, which you can read there.

It's surprising what one piece of writing can achieve.   Congratulations Enix!

As for a runner-up - I can't pick just one this time. Monineath, Rotha, and Pitou - you get to share "runner-up" this week, for the reasons I already wrote above!

Keep writing everyone :)  And please invite more people to come look at our blog and make comments!

Car Accident

One day a man name Harry drive his new car to work. While he was driving, the dog chased the cat and the dog bark bark on the street. While he was watching the dog. Crash! His car hit the tree. When he walk to the insurance company. Bang! the thunder rumbling. It about to rain. Splash! It start raining.

Vishnu

A Few Thoughts on Writing

  • Write from the heart.
  • Take risks to try something new.
  • Care about what you write. A little extra time and care makes a difference.
  • Good writers love to rewrite, rewrite, rewrite until the writing expresses their thoughts and feelings clearly.
  • The "prize" is not a grade, but how people feel when they read your writing. 
  • Share your writing. Tell people about it. Invite them to the blog.
  • And... you can post more than once per week on the blog. Feel free to write on the blog from home!

How to Train Your Dragon

For the first attack of the Dragon to the village. The village name Berk. In this village they called the people ViKing. This village is aroud 300 year but the house still new because of the dragon attack. There are alot of dragon type but the villager afraid of Night Fury because of this dragon never show it self never steal food. So Hiccup said he going to be the first one who kill this dragon. In this movie the are a lot of character. It have Hiccup Astrid Fishlegs RuffNut and TuffNut(the Twin) Stoick(hiccup Father) Gobber (hiccup teacher). When the night that the dragon attack the village again Hiccup hit the night furry and caught him in the wood. But no one believe him so as his father. In the morning he ran out in to the woods and finally he saw the night furry. He was going to kill the night furry but he can't then he try to let the night furry escape but the night furry going to kill him back but he can't either. But Night furry can't go any further because he lose his tail the Hiccup make the tail and something else to make him fly with him because he is the night furry master. While he stay with the Night furry he know a lot about another dragons. His father want him to kill the dragon in the Kill ring but he can't he just the one who can fly a dragon not to kill a dragon.

Vishnu 

My favorite Piglet

PIGLET! This is best gift I ever have in Valentine's day last year. I got it from my friend. It is very cute because it's a pig that has pink color on its body. Not only kids that like this piglet, teenagers too (I am). Its fur is very soft so when I am tired I sleep on it, it's make me sleepy want to sleep. I play with it when I am bored. I keep it as my sister because I don't have any sister, but I think it's a male. Last week, I talked and played with it and I hear the sound of laughing. At that time I think it can laugh but no. Do you know who was laughing? It's my neighborhood. Maybe they thought i am crazy because of talking with this piglet. I want to talk and play with it. I hope it cans talk and play with me. I really love this Piglet! =D
Pimean

The life of the grim reaper


It was a peaceful day.... the birds were chirping, the sun was shining when Billy bursted into the house. Crash! And the front door was knock down. "When are you going to do something normal child?"Grim said. Then Billy ran around the house screaming like a crazy baboon "eek eek aak akk. " Grim got angry and grabbed his scythe and zapped Billy turning him into a hideous creature.
Then he went to the living to watch his favorite show. When he sat down on the couch, a loud fart was heard. Billy! Grim thought. With that flame burned from his eyes and Billy turned into a flying fried chicken."There that should do it."He began to watch his favorite show when Mandy interrupted."What are you watching grim?"Mandy said. "It's favorite show because it's got drama and comedy so it's dramady. Also it's got fun and art so it's dramady fart."""Beep beep", Mandy looked at her watch and remembered something. "Grim! I told you we are having my hair trimmed today since last week!" Grim wasn't in the mood to miss his show so he swung his scythe and "chving" and most of Mandy's hair fell to the ground with a thump. Suddenly, out of the blue, they heard a screech then a loud crash, it was Harold, Billy's father again coming from work. He picked his nose and pulled out his brain and ate it wit a big long slurp. " Herm just a typical day of my life"Grim said.

P.s this is fictional and I don't own the show but I got some ideas from the show and it's a bit short because I couldn't think of anything else :P
Rotha

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

My favorite Stuffed Animal


All people, generally, have their own favorite and important things. Me too, I also have one, which is a very precious thing for me. Guess what is it? It’s a teddy bear. “Teddy?” you might think I’m a little childish. But it’s not just a cute teddy which all children always love. For me, it’s really meaningful; it reminded me all my memorable childhood.
Backwards to 10 years ago, my 5th birthday I celebrated a birthday party. I received many lovely gifts from my friends and my family. My parents bought me a huge teddy bear which became my favorite stuffed animal since then and all times. This teddy has a smiling cute face and white cotton fur which is softer than snow or cotton candy. It dressed neatly in an attractive plaid blouse and the pinky short skirt. It also has a pinky ribbon and bow on its dress. I named this cutie as Nina. Nina is a perfect stuffed animal I absolutely adored it. As you see the teddy in the picture, it is 99% similar to Nina. Nina is big enough for me to hug comfortably almost every night.
When my parents went abroad for their businesses, I was lonely and of course I missed them so much. Luckily, I had my teddy bear by my side. I comforted myself by playing with it. At home, Nina is like a best friend to me. When I was younger, I usually thought that it’d be better if my teddy could speak. So I might have someone to play, to talk with when I got bored. It was totally silly, wasn’t it?
Anyway, I placed my beloved teddy on the headboard of my bed. These days, Nina is old. Some part of its body was already cleaved. Its fur is also rip up. But no matter what, I still liked it. Why do I like it that much? Well, the reason is very simple. Cause it belongs to me. It reminded me of the old memories which I’d spent with my dearest mom and dad. It made me feel better when I was in a bad mood or got upset with something. It made me feel I wasn’t alone in my world (bedroom).
Roath

Monday, May 23, 2011

Comment of the Week

The comment that touched me the most this week is from Monineath, who says we might lose a genius if we only look on the outside…
Some geniuses want to do something unique - such as this man Joshua Bell. He played one of the greatest written song with his violin which worth about 3.5 million dollars. No one recognized him. It's because that people who walked by they were in such a rush and also they only think about the outside of a person. I mean they don't think what's inside the person. What talent he or she has. Well next time we should be more awareness because we might spend 100$ and more on going to his play. Isn't it better to listen to one of the greatest song freely? Anyway you might lose a true genius if you still look on the outside... 

(I made a couple small edits of typos). Thanks to everyone who commented. There were too many interesting ones to share them all again! Check them out.
Do you have a moment for pure genius?