Some of my students have given me some interesting sentences on exams over the last few years... here are a few from the last batch of tests...
1. Glasses were invented in Mexico.
2. Louis Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
3. The glass was crapped, so I cut my mouth.
4. The telephone was invented in Japan.
5. I would prefer to visit Malaysia, so that I can see the Twin Towels.
6. I don't want to visit my friend because I hate him.
7. My brother's leg was ill.
8. She may have thrunk a lot of wine. (I think that this one is trying to say that she thought about being drunk...not sure... )
November 26, 2009
November 02, 2009
Lots of Water Festival Boat Racing Pics
Here are quite a few pics from Water Festival yesterday... there was one major wreck (and one minor one) that you can see floating down the river...
Some family and friend pics at Water Festival 09
... and as my friend Brian B has said... women sure get the short end of the stick when it comes to looks...
Fountain with Colored Lights at Hun Sen Park
These were some nice pictures that I enjoyed taking at Hun Sen Park the other night...
Kingly Holidays
Each year Cambodia celebrates the birthday of the King's father (past king), and also the coronation of their current king... here are a few pics from around where we live...
The Prime Minister's New House...
Here are some pictures of Prime Minister Hun Sen's new house... interesting that it is next door to the North Korean embassy (see pics)...
Kids go to the Beach at Sihanoukville...
I know that this took way too long to post, but here are pictures of the PrekEng kids visiting the beach in Sihanoukville. Most of them had never seen the ocean before, so this was a real treat!
October 08, 2009
With a Little Help From Our Friends...
It has been a while since I have sent out any kind of Graham and Seda update, so here are some highlights...
- We are finally legal! It took nearly seven months to complete the paperwork due to red tape, corruption payments, and the like, but it is finally done. Seda and I got our marriage certificate a few days short of being married seven months. Unfortunately, they will not post-date our license to show that our ceremony was in February without some additional bribe, but right now, we will take what we can get.
- Last week, with a little help from our friends around the world, I submitted the first round of paperwork for Seda to be given an immigration visa to the United States. There are two more steps that could go very slowly or quickly depending on the unseen forces involved with the United States Embassy... we will see. After, God willing, she is approved, we would begin the process of moving to the US. Not sure what we will be doing after that, but we are just taking it one step at a time.
- Why are we applying to come back to the US? Well, there are basically two reasons. The first is that it is impossible for Seda to get a tourist visa to the US, and I want her to be able to know my family. The second is that I am finding that my plan for coming to Cambodia, while good in the short run, has some serious flaws in regard to the long run. We are praying and considering what will happen with us, Cambodia, the future, etc... but right now we do not know.
- A week and a half ago, I was privileged to accompany about 100+ of the Asia's Hope orphans to go to Sihanoukville ('The Beach') in Cambodia. Most of the children had never seen the ocean before, and they had a great time! I did some swimming when we first got there, but then backed off to take some pictures (and a nap!).
- It is hard to explain how this works, but Seda finished her course work in 2006 at the Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), yet just received her degree this past August (see picture #1). Family and friends were not allowed to attend, so I did not get any pictures of the speaker, Prime Minister Hun Sen. She is the first person in her family to graduate from a university...
- Some of you may have seen us in the Columbus Dispatch... if not the picture is attached. It will eventually be in the Mansfield News Journal, but I had my information wrong about when that would happen.
-The other pictures are of me teaching some of my students at Panasastra University.
At the end of the school year, Seda and her staff took their best students to 'The Pizza Company'. It was a really big deal, since many of the children had never even stepped into a restaurant before... hard to believe I know, but true. In the posed picture, Seda is the one on the left.
I think that is about it for now... as always there are a few more pictures on my blog... have a great week... please keep us, our church, and our work in your prayers as we keep stitching our tents...
Love, Graham and Seda
- We are finally legal! It took nearly seven months to complete the paperwork due to red tape, corruption payments, and the like, but it is finally done. Seda and I got our marriage certificate a few days short of being married seven months. Unfortunately, they will not post-date our license to show that our ceremony was in February without some additional bribe, but right now, we will take what we can get.
- Last week, with a little help from our friends around the world, I submitted the first round of paperwork for Seda to be given an immigration visa to the United States. There are two more steps that could go very slowly or quickly depending on the unseen forces involved with the United States Embassy... we will see. After, God willing, she is approved, we would begin the process of moving to the US. Not sure what we will be doing after that, but we are just taking it one step at a time.
- Why are we applying to come back to the US? Well, there are basically two reasons. The first is that it is impossible for Seda to get a tourist visa to the US, and I want her to be able to know my family. The second is that I am finding that my plan for coming to Cambodia, while good in the short run, has some serious flaws in regard to the long run. We are praying and considering what will happen with us, Cambodia, the future, etc... but right now we do not know.
- A week and a half ago, I was privileged to accompany about 100+ of the Asia's Hope orphans to go to Sihanoukville ('The Beach') in Cambodia. Most of the children had never seen the ocean before, and they had a great time! I did some swimming when we first got there, but then backed off to take some pictures (and a nap!).
- It is hard to explain how this works, but Seda finished her course work in 2006 at the Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), yet just received her degree this past August (see picture #1). Family and friends were not allowed to attend, so I did not get any pictures of the speaker, Prime Minister Hun Sen. She is the first person in her family to graduate from a university...
- Some of you may have seen us in the Columbus Dispatch... if not the picture is attached. It will eventually be in the Mansfield News Journal, but I had my information wrong about when that would happen.
-The other pictures are of me teaching some of my students at Panasastra University.
At the end of the school year, Seda and her staff took their best students to 'The Pizza Company'. It was a really big deal, since many of the children had never even stepped into a restaurant before... hard to believe I know, but true. In the posed picture, Seda is the one on the left.
I think that is about it for now... as always there are a few more pictures on my blog... have a great week... please keep us, our church, and our work in your prayers as we keep stitching our tents...
Love, Graham and Seda
Cast your burdens upon the Lord and He will sustain you.
October 02, 2009
September 28, 2009
If Cambodia had tabloids...
Well, there have been a few real and true news stories in Cambodia that have left me wondering what would happen if Cambodia had tabloid magazines... here are a few thoughts...and similar to Dave Berry, I am not making this up...
CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN NOW SENDING POLITICAL OPPONENTS TO HELL!
Last week several of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's political opponents were brought to the US to speak about how rights of free speech, basic human rights and other basic freedoms are regularly disregarded in 'the kingdom'. No one from the Prime Minister's ruling party were invited to the hearings, however, they were very quick to deny the accusations. Strangely enough, within a few days the Prime Minister himself made a statement at a universtiy graduation. He stated adamantly (he states everything that way) that anyone who lies about Cambodia (read: lies about what he says is true) should be sent to the lowest level of hell. His comments were made during the annual Pchum Ben (p-choom ben) holiday where Buddhists all over Cambodia return to their home provinces to appease the spirits of dead relatives that have been sent to hell by presenting gifts of food and money at any pagoda. Be assured that no one hearing the graduation speech missed the correlation. Unfortuntately, the Cambodians who spoke in the US have made it known that they are afraid for their lives. There is no government ordained death penalty, but rest assured that it does exist here off the books.
BUDDHIST MONK GETS DRUNK AND GOES ON BITING SPREE IN PAGODA!!
Kiet Chan Thouch, 76, an adviser to Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong, has been accused of biting his fellow monks and nuns during a drunken rampage in Preah Sihanouk’s main pagoda during the weekend. Apparently the 'rampage' went on for 48 hours in some form or another, including threatening another monk with being locked in a room for the rest of his life. (That monk has subsequently run away from the pagoda, fearing for his life.) Monks are not allowed to drink alcohol, and many people have said that he should be 'defrocked' because of drinking alcohol. (What about because of biting other people???)
CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN NOW SENDING POLITICAL OPPONENTS TO HELL!
Last week several of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's political opponents were brought to the US to speak about how rights of free speech, basic human rights and other basic freedoms are regularly disregarded in 'the kingdom'. No one from the Prime Minister's ruling party were invited to the hearings, however, they were very quick to deny the accusations. Strangely enough, within a few days the Prime Minister himself made a statement at a universtiy graduation. He stated adamantly (he states everything that way) that anyone who lies about Cambodia (read: lies about what he says is true) should be sent to the lowest level of hell. His comments were made during the annual Pchum Ben (p-choom ben) holiday where Buddhists all over Cambodia return to their home provinces to appease the spirits of dead relatives that have been sent to hell by presenting gifts of food and money at any pagoda. Be assured that no one hearing the graduation speech missed the correlation. Unfortuntately, the Cambodians who spoke in the US have made it known that they are afraid for their lives. There is no government ordained death penalty, but rest assured that it does exist here off the books.
BUDDHIST MONK GETS DRUNK AND GOES ON BITING SPREE IN PAGODA!!
Kiet Chan Thouch, 76, an adviser to Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong, has been accused of biting his fellow monks and nuns during a drunken rampage in Preah Sihanouk’s main pagoda during the weekend. Apparently the 'rampage' went on for 48 hours in some form or another, including threatening another monk with being locked in a room for the rest of his life. (That monk has subsequently run away from the pagoda, fearing for his life.) Monks are not allowed to drink alcohol, and many people have said that he should be 'defrocked' because of drinking alcohol. (What about because of biting other people???)
September 24, 2009
a little heads up...
Hello my friends...
Just a little heads up that the Seda and my marriage announcement is supposed to be in both the Columbus Dispatch and the Mansfield News Journal this coming weekend... in case you are interested.... if it isn't, maybe it will be the following weekend...
God bless you in every way,
Graham and Seda
Just a little heads up that the Seda and my marriage announcement is supposed to be in both the Columbus Dispatch and the Mansfield News Journal this coming weekend... in case you are interested.... if it isn't, maybe it will be the following weekend...
God bless you in every way,
Graham and Seda
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