Student 41

Hello!  I study at ACE.  I usually wake up every day at 5:00 AM.  I eat breakfast at school.  I eat rice and beef or rice and fish.  I go to school in the morning.  I come back home in the afternoon.  I go to school again, and I come back home in the evening.  In the evening, I go to the supermarket.  I go to school at 6:30 AM.  My school looks like a park.  My school has a lot of rooms, a lot of students, and a lot of teachers.  My school has a park and a swimming pool.  My school has 3 swings, 2 slides, 2 towers, and 1 bridge.  My school has a library for books and a library for movies.  My school has a computer room.  There are 30 computers in the computer room.  I go to school for studying.  I study English and Khmer.  I study computers.  I go to the library to read books and watch movies.  I read the books with my friends.  I draw houses, mountains, and flowers with my friends.  I go out with my friends to the park, the supermarket, the cinema, and the library.  I do homework, read books, eat dinner, watch TV, listen to songs, use Facebook, talk on the phone, or go out with my friends in the evening.  I have to take care of my flowers too in the afternoon.  I don't have any chores around the house.

Student 40

I want to talk about my daily life in Cambodia.  Every morning I wake up at 6 o’clock.  It’s not only me that wakes up at this time, but all the people in the country too, because we need to go to work or school.  Every morning there is always a traffic jam because a lot of people are driving to work or school.  In Cambodia, people use two languages, which are English and Khmer.  So every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I go to study English at ACE.  I love that school very much.  I know English because of ACE school.  I usually go and buy some drinks with my friends.  I love them.  I love their kindness and they’re so friendly to me.  When I go back home, I need to help my mom do some housework.  At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, I need to go to study Khmer.  I go back home at 5 o’clock in the evening, but sometimes the Khmer teacher does not come to teach us, so then I go back home at 4 or 4:30 in the evenings.  I take a shower and eat dinner with my family.  Cambodia people usually go to bed at 9 or 10 o’clock, but for me it’s different.  I go to bed at 11 or 12 o’clock, because I spend my time studying and doing homework.

            I love my life in Cambodia, because Cambodia people are kind and friendly.  Our country is not too big, but in Cambodia there are a lot of beautiful places.  In the future, I want to travel around the world, because I want to know what is different between my country and other countries.  Thank you for spending your time to read my writing about Cambodia.

Student 39

            In another country, maybe school starts at 8:00 AM.  But in Cambodia, school starts at 7:00 AM so that I need to wake up at 6:00 or 5:30 AM when I study at Khmer school.  But if I study English, then I will wake up at 7:00 AM because ACE starts at 9:45 AM.  I often eat breakfast before I go to school.  I usually eat noodles for breakfast.  I study for 8 hours a day, so I don’t have time to go home in the afternoon.  I eat lunch at my Khmer school.  I have a group of friends who stay at school so we take food, soup, pig meat, cow meat, chicken meat, or some of the Khmer food.  We always share the food or rice.  And we have 1 hour to read books, or play something.  Next, from 12:00 to 5:00 PM we study, but we have 4 breaks during this time.  Before starting the class, we have to clean the classroom.  I study 6 days a week.  After class I always go home at 5:00 PM.  When I go home, the three things I always do are play games, watch TV, and play sports.  At 7:00 PM, my family has dinner.  Sometimes we order pizza from outsides, or sometimes we go to a restaurant to have dinner.  From 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM I do homework or study.  Of course I go to sleep late because I like to watch movies at night.  Sometimes I go to bed at 10:30, 11:30, or 12:00. This is my life in Cambodia.

Student 38

             Hello everybody!  I am 13 years old.  I study at level 9.

            I usually wake up at 6:00 o’clock because I need to take my sister to school.  For breakfast, I usually eat rice with meat.  I go to school every day.  I usually go to school at 9:30 am.  My school is big and it has a lot of students, rooms, teachers and down stairs there is a restaurant.  My school is famous. At school I like to talk with my friends, and play with my friends.  When the teacher gives us projects to do, I like to make a group because when we work in groups we have a lot of ideas.  After school, I go home.  My house is near the school, and I ride a bike to school.  My school starts studying at 9:45 and ends at 11:15 AM.  In the evenings, I usually go to play footballs with my friends, cousin, nephew and my neighbors.  At home I usually wash my clothes and then I take a shower.  After that I have dinner. 

            Oh, I forgot to tell you, at my school we don’t have a school uniform.

            In the end, I would like you to read my writing, because I need you to help me.  If I have used a wrong word or grammar, I would like you to tell me, or comment.

            Thank you for reading.

Student 37

            Hello everyone.  Today I want to describe my typical day.  I usually get up at 6 o’clock.  I put away my bed and have a shower.  I put on my clothes.  At 6:30 I have breakfast: rice and chicken.  When I have eaten, I prepare my bag.  I usually go to school at 9:30.  My school is not small and not big but it has a lot of students who study at this school and it has a lot of teachers that work at this school.  There is a staff room on the 2nd floor.  My school has a lot of rooms.  I study in room 2.1 at ACE.  I have a lot of friends.  I always play with my friends who sit near.  It is very fun.  Outside the school, there are restaurants and banks that are near ACE.  I usually leave school at 11:15, and then I go to study Khmer.  Now I usually study Khmer at 1 o’clock, but in the past I used to study at 11:30.  At Khmer school, I also have a lot of friends.  There are restaurants at my Khmer school.  When it is break time, I always play hide and seek.  I’m very tired but I am happy.  There are three break times in my Khmer school.  I usually go home at 5 o’clock in the evening.  At home I change my clothes and prepare my school clothes. After that I play games on my computers, which makes me happy.  At 7 o’clock at night, I watch TV and do my homework.  I usually eat dinner at 8 o’clock at night.  Sometimes I eat rice with chicken, sometimes I eat rice with pork, and sometimes I eat rice with soup.  I help my parents to clean the table, wash the dishes, clean the floor, and wash my clothes.  Sometimes my mother goes outside the house and talks with my neighbor.  They have a lot of stories.  I usually go to bed at 10 o’clock, but from 9 o’clock I watch TV and play games.  Sometimes I call my friends.  Sometimes I talk about games, movies, and sometimes I talk about studying at Khmer School and English school. 

            On Saturdays and Sundays I usually get up at 9 o’clock in the morning, and then have a shower, brush my teeth, and put on my clothes.  Then I eat breakfast.  When I have eaten breakfast already, I go the market with my mother and buy some meat, fruits, vegetables, and clothes.  I come back home.  My mom cooks the food.  At 12 o’clock, I eat lunch.  At 4 o’clock I go to the cinema with my brother and watch movies with my brother, and then come back home.  On Saturdays and Sundays I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock because I stay up watching a movie.

Student 36

Hello.  I’m 15 years old.  Today I want you to know about life for Cambodian people. I live in Cambodia.  Every day I always get up at 6:00 or 6:30.  I take a shower and brush my teeth, and then after that I get dressed and tidy my room.  I leave home at 7 o’clock.  I have no time to eat breakfast at home so I eat my breakfast at school.  My breakfast is rice and chicken, rice and pork, a sandwich, or some days I only drink coca-cola for breakfast.  I have to study Khmer language from 7 o’clock until 11 o’clock, and I also have to study part time from 11 o’clock until 12 o’clock.  We also have a break time at school.  During break time I go to the market, or stay in class, listen to music, ask my teacher some questions, talk with my friends, or read a book.  I never leave school when I still have to study.  My school doesn’t look like the perfect school.  It is not small, but it isn’t big either.  But it is a famous Khmer school in Cambodia.  The school is called Chaktomuk.  There might be 1,000 students who study there, and 500 teachers to teach them.  All the student in the school can play when the school has some party.  Chaktomuk school is from grade 1 to grade 9.  After we finish grade 8, we have to continue studying at Shisowat school.  Four our school uniforms, girls wear white shirts and blue skirts, but boys must wear long blue or black trousers. 

            Well, now let’s go back to describe what my life is like.  When I finish all my work at school, I go back home.  I eat lunch that my grandmother makes for me.  She is 80 years old, but she can cook and also make lunch for us, because my mom has no time to make it for us.  After lunch I watch TV for 2 or 3 hours, then I do my Khmer school homework.  I finish it quickly, then I take a shower, get dressed, and prepare to study part time.  My part time study is from 5 to 7 o’clock.  We all have fun all the time when we study part time.  I go home at 7:15, take a shower, eat dinner and watch TV from 8 to 9 o’clock.  Then I read a book for a few minutes, and prepare my bag for school tomorrow.  Next I play games and use the Internet until 10 or 11 o’clock.  I must go to sleep at 11:30 or 12 o’clock.  If I don’t get to sleep by then, I’ll be late for school tomorrow.  This is how my life looks like in Cambodia.  Thank you for reading my writing.  I hope you understand my life.