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It is interesting that we live across the world but in some ways we are similar. \n![motor-broke.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdxScHjKjjerjE9ftX9zT657jnGDQmEDtXJJzpmpY8jsw/motor-broke.jpg)\n\nWhen my editor and I arrived to the bus station in Koh Kong, and we asked for taxi to O-soam, but they were already gone. So no taxi until the next day at 1PM. Oh well, it was not so good since we did not have much time. So, we walked to town and then trying to find a place to stay but the guest house were all booked. Then we tried to think of the solution. We decided to rent a motor and drive for 90km to O-soam. It was kind of crazy idea with the hilly road. Okay we did rent a motor. \n![homestay-wtih-local.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ34H1HT1pcE9fPDCyhR7jVHhvCcHS1NQS2pcQ4a4XERZ/homestay-wtih-local.jpg)\n\nThe motor was not very good almost every hilly I had to walk, since the motor was even slower than my walk. 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I feel depressed. \n\nWe went around, and asking people for the story about Siamese crocodile, and the Chorng minority believe in protecting the crocodile because of their tradition. \n\nThe chorng man said it is just over there, after the pagoda, then Veal Veng. The Veal Veng, I only have heard of its name. What my imagination was that after the pagoda, then it will be a lake where the crocodiles live. But it was not like that, we had to drive across the big field and could not find any lake. I asked many people and they kept pointing to the mountain in the distance. The mountain named Preah Theath. By the way Veal Veng means Long filed in Khmer. \n![waterfall.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYuk2NCHaa4cc2Dq85wbcpQwYdhi1AcgdiBWKTcQ1edxN/waterfall.jpg)\nWhen we arrived it was a rice field, and I was this is it, we came all the way and seeing rice field. But people said walked pass the rice field and you will see the place where the crocodile live. It was a small stream. \n\nThe water festival here is different than where I came from. The house owner inviting us to have dinner with them at the farm house located near the lake and beautiful. The evening was cold, I think it was around 16-18C. I sat around the camp fire, because it was cold for me. They had a nice food and very warm and welcoming. I enjoyed being with them, a lot of smile and laughter. \n![home-of-crocodile.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVzQX88QwZfoz3mvKa8yqsM3VLb9X3jTptv89Ddq26P9S/home-of-crocodile.jpg)\n\nAt about almost 10 PM, we went to the pagoda and join the local water festival, it was interesting and after they put a rice flake into my mouth and I had to look at the moon. People joined all together at the pagoda. There were so many young people, but the interesting fact is that, there are only 12 students who studied in grade 9, and only 5 students could go to study in high school which is 1 hour 30 minutes from where they live. 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At this point, got me to think that most of the thing I do or involve, I am always the only girl! But what I have to lose? Well, I get more experiences and learn more the social life. \n![way-back.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmduLxJCNB1Kw44Bzefyw17qTFdCzCxYeE6YnshDppaRtj/way-back.jpg)\n\nOn the way back from O-soam, took 4 hours, the view was beautiful but some part I felt my heart break because of the logging, the dams blocking the stream. \n\nDear forest! \nThank you for being very nice to us, to human who live on earth. \nWhen I see you stand still, it makes me happy, but it also got me worried that will you stand still until my children’s generation? \nYou may not know yourself that the greedy of human nature is going to destroy you slowly. You may be still doing your job by providing the protection to human being, but you may not know that you are not very safe anymore. Are you happy in where you are? You seem a little sad, maybe you know. What gonna happen? 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It is interesting that we live across the world but in some ways we are similar. \n![motor-broke.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdxScHjKjjerjE9ftX9zT657jnGDQmEDtXJJzpmpY8jsw/motor-broke.jpg)\n\nWhen my editor and I arrived to the bus station in Koh Kong, and we asked for taxi to O-soam, but they were already gone. So no taxi until the next day at 1PM. Oh well, it was not so good since we did not have much time. So, we walked to town and then trying to find a place to stay but the guest house were all booked. Then we tried to think of the solution. We decided to rent a motor and drive for 90km to O-soam. It was kind of crazy idea with the hilly road. Okay we did rent a motor. \n![homestay-wtih-local.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ34H1HT1pcE9fPDCyhR7jVHhvCcHS1NQS2pcQ4a4XERZ/homestay-wtih-local.jpg)\n\nThe motor was not very good almost every hilly I had to walk, since the motor was even slower than my walk. 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It took about almost 30 minutes, and we thanked them for helping us. \n![view-from-mountan.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXxhULxYU3NbxXMKb1HCxMVASS5otgd6yka4ZkAAk1Njf/view-from-mountan.jpg)\n\nWe continued our journey in the dark and after about 1 hour, we arrived to one local house at Chay Proy, it was around 9:30 PM, we decided to asked him if he would allow us to stay overnight in his house? he said “Yeah!with a big smile”. I was so hungry and exhausted. I did not have a proper food since lunch time and had to walk all the way with my backpack. I asked if they had any food I could buy, he said, yes but only a box of noodle. So, I had a noodle and water. After hee asked me where I am from and so on….! \n![sunset-O-soam-pagoda.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVtyxgWFQCJGxfjNf4whzub53h4JSxrZBuBnHxPSeFPXX/sunset-O-soam-pagoda.jpg)\nI  was very tired and after 30 minutes, I fall asleep. I still amazed the kindness of people I met along the way. 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I feel depressed. \n\nWe went around, and asking people for the story about Siamese crocodile, and the Chorng minority believe in protecting the crocodile because of their tradition. \n\nThe chorng man said it is just over there, after the pagoda, then Veal Veng. The Veal Veng, I only have heard of its name. What my imagination was that after the pagoda, then it will be a lake where the crocodiles live. But it was not like that, we had to drive across the big field and could not find any lake. I asked many people and they kept pointing to the mountain in the distance. The mountain named Preah Theath. By the way Veal Veng means Long filed in Khmer. \n![waterfall.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYuk2NCHaa4cc2Dq85wbcpQwYdhi1AcgdiBWKTcQ1edxN/waterfall.jpg)\nWhen we arrived it was a rice field, and I was this is it, we came all the way and seeing rice field. But people said walked pass the rice field and you will see the place where the crocodile live. It was a small stream. \n\nThe water festival here is different than where I came from. The house owner inviting us to have dinner with them at the farm house located near the lake and beautiful. The evening was cold, I think it was around 16-18C. I sat around the camp fire, because it was cold for me. They had a nice food and very warm and welcoming. I enjoyed being with them, a lot of smile and laughter. \n![home-of-crocodile.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVzQX88QwZfoz3mvKa8yqsM3VLb9X3jTptv89Ddq26P9S/home-of-crocodile.jpg)\n\nAt about almost 10 PM, we went to the pagoda and join the local water festival, it was interesting and after they put a rice flake into my mouth and I had to look at the moon. People joined all together at the pagoda. There were so many young people, but the interesting fact is that, there are only 12 students who studied in grade 9, and only 5 students could go to study in high school which is 1 hour 30 minutes from where they live. 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At this point, got me to think that most of the thing I do or involve, I am always the only girl! But what I have to lose? Well, I get more experiences and learn more the social life. \n![way-back.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmduLxJCNB1Kw44Bzefyw17qTFdCzCxYeE6YnshDppaRtj/way-back.jpg)\n\nOn the way back from O-soam, took 4 hours, the view was beautiful but some part I felt my heart break because of the logging, the dams blocking the stream. \n\nDear forest! \nThank you for being very nice to us, to human who live on earth. \nWhen I see you stand still, it makes me happy, but it also got me worried that will you stand still until my children’s generation? \nYou may not know yourself that the greedy of human nature is going to destroy you slowly. You may be still doing your job by providing the protection to human being, but you may not know that you are not very safe anymore. Are you happy in where you are? You seem a little sad, maybe you know. What gonna happen? 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      "body": "When I was born for 25 days to 3 months old, my mother became very sick, she was laying in bed and could not have breast milk for me. My grandmother had to carry me and asked the women in the village to feed me. There were two women that had a baby the same age as me. So, they took turn to feed me. There were not an instance milk for the baby, even it was, my mother would not afford to buy it. My mother told me that I would not accept any breast milk from any women except the only two women. \n![hair-braid-train-03.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXmTrJKV813SCEiAqhht69o341DFNykF8SWFW914288NW/hair-braid-train-03.jpg)\nThen I was alive and until I was about 3  years old, I had pneumonia, I was coughing so much, I coughed almost all night long, hard to sleep. My mother gave me to try many different medicines from the local villagers recommendation even the brown rice pickle…. my sickness last for 3 months, I became very skinny, but the most important was I was alive. \n\nNot the end yet, when I was 6 years old, I had dengue fever, during that time, it was common that children die from dengue fever. If the case pass to day 7, it would be less chance to survive. My case was on day 4, I still remember that, when I had dengue fever the symptom was “I always want to sleep, I did not have energy, I just wanted to sleep, and my temperature was high to over 39C and I felt hurt all over my body. I did not want to play, I just wanted to sleep.” \n\nMy mother would noticed that I was not well, and took me to the local doctor in the village (a type of doctor who used to cure people during the Khmer Rouge, not really a certificate type of doctor) I had to stay at the doctor’s house with many other patients. They put so many IV drips, and injections on me. I think it was like 3 times per day. I had to stay there for like 10 days. Luckily, my mother saved gold and so she sold it to cured me and so I survived again. \n\nIn the next following year, when I was 7 years old during the rainy season, I had dengue fever again, my mother became worried, and so she had to send me to the local doctor again. I repeat all over again, by just laying in bed, got so many IV drips and injections, my leg has the scar from these injections until today. \n\nWhile I was sick, I felt some how happy, because I got all an intention from my parents, I could have as much as oranges I want. I remember, because I had so much of antibiotic, injections and those IV drip, even I pee I could smells those antibiotics. After over 10 days, I become better, and so I could come back home. I had missed so many classes, but I survived again. \n\nAfter I have fought with the diseases to survive, I think, I would say I was a tough child. I was a life warrior, and I would not give up easily, I was born to live, and to live a life meaningfully. I believe that life has so much to offer, and even I came across so many hardships to win to live, I still think that “life is beautiful and meaningful gift”. I won’t die any regret from not doing things I love. I love to dreams and make those dreams come true, and I am living my life everyday.",
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