A Woman in My Dream

Few weeks ago, I was not sure whether it is day or night dream, but a young woman, at my age, did appear in my dream, leaving me an unforgettable memory clustered in the brain.

The dreams were divided into two or three main acts, separating by more than a week time from each other. The woman really attracted me, even it lasted already for few weeks so far, after awake, the heart bits faster than normal, and suddenly I remind myself, that I wish to meet her, although don’t know whether or not she exists, but I wish she does, so that this imagination will be happily transformed into the reality.

The dream kicked off with a partly-clear setting (time was not revealed, but place do actually identified). It also starts the journey with an interesting moment as I was thinking of finding a wife, while heart remains empty. BUT TO THE REALITY, ACTUALLY, I DON’T TRIGGER UP MY LIFE FOR MARRIED LIFE RIGHT NOW, AND MY HEART IS ALSO OCCUPIED.

The love story you are going to read below are about 80% originated from dreamings, while the 20% came from newly-inserted theme just wanna make the stories run more consistent.

 To the first dream. In conjunction to the intention of finding a partner (but to the reality I am not), few of my relatives, who are likely the native of Kompong Cham, I supposed, introduced me a young girl who is the daughter of merchant family living in Kompong Cham Province, mentioning she is the girl that fits best to me.

“My dear nephew, she is a beautiful woman, the only daughter of a Chinese business family there, she has built respective background among the community, and believe me, I am sure so far no one say anything bad against her...,” said one of my aunt existing in the dream, but I couldn’t investigate who she is though the above expression, and voice,whereas I don't have any relatives living in Kompong Cham so far. She said adding that, “Especially, my nephew, she has also graduated two Bachelor’s degrees in Phnom Penh like you did, so you both match best each other.”

After hearing the brief introduction of her beauty along with reserved characteristics from my imagery relative, who toke roll as the go-between, I did visit her residence at the province,examining her while she is selling goods to local customers, then wash the dishes after luncheon.

She looks quite the same my age, straight bright black hair, mild white complexion, bright teeth, slim, tall enough which quite fits to mine, and also reveal reserved characteristics. The dream even further expressed she did graduate two Bachelor’s degrees from Phnom Penh as same as I did, while a degree at RULE was identified.  YET, I CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHO SHE IS? Or whether she exists, or whether or not she is already a friend of mine whom I already met!

I did look around her house’s structure for a while which fill with goods loading, selling materials as the family manages home business, as a wholesaler, yet I couldn’t discover where the house is actually located, and whether it is where I already visited, since it already existed in my memory.

After observing her appearance, along with short time mental connection, I did greatly accept her as wife with only love at first glance, WHILE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, I COULDN’T REMEMBER IF IT WAS ARRANGED OR NOT.

And, she just accepts the proposal and marries me. But unfortunately, our couple lives after married were not able to visualize, so I can’t’ design out how our post-married existence would be transpired. And the first ACT in my dream ended her.

After getting awake on the other morning, my common sense immediately alerts me of growing such silly married life, saying that “Vutha, you are not supposed to lead marriage life in that way. Your marriage life won’t start only through other peoples ‘recommendations, and through only the lens of love at first glance.”

 “It is you your self, who enjoy the privilege and reasonability to ascertain your own destiny, and marry only the woman you have ,adequate confidence, been fascinated with and in love by your own, and only with adequate long considerable time to bridge hearts.” my good sense warns.

Then, during the time I was paying a visit to Sihanouk Vile to attend the first ever sea festival celebration, and also to honor the New Year ‘Eve, the second act which continued from the previous dream of love- at-first-glance series turned up.

But, then the setting switched to Sihanouk Ville, — the exact location of my guesthouse bloc, where I was apparently anchored. I, at the night dream, I am sure this time, see that woman again at an unspecified-and unnamed food court, but I am sure, it was at somewhere I walked pass during the day.

She was sitting near a table aside at the restaurant’s angle, reading a book entitled, “The Pleasure Zone” which is the resourceful psychology book I have been reading for months ago, but actually the book’s full title is “The Pleasure Zone: How our inhibitions make us resist and deny good feelings and how to let go and be happy.” Which I my self who have keen on reading the book long ago also couldn’t spelled out the whole title.

After seeing her reading the book at my strong interest, I immediately asked her with surprised tone, Excuse Me miss! Do you read this book too? What chapter are you reading now? was it interesting?, ….yet she just toke a glance at me, smiled, yet no a single word was reacted as mean of response, which it is impossible for me to figure out her voice, in order to lead to assumption whether she is familiar to me or not.

But I believe she is the actress performed in my first dream which taken place at Kompong Cham whom I wish to meet at the first dream.

Afterward, I can’t remember exactly, if it is at the same night dream or another act appears during a nap at the bus while I was going back to Phnom Penh.

I seem like sure she will leave Sihanouk Ville for Phnom Penh, as she may study, or work there, so I smartly propose her returning back with me by free of charge while the delegate bus I came with had sits available.

And she greatly accepts the offer, and on the bus back to Phnom Penh we both enjoy the honey time of chitchat, introducing, and share life matters to each other, in which the matters have rarely been uncovered before even to my closed friends, while sitting so close to each other, YET I NEITHER VISUALIZE HER FACE, NOR HER NAME as her face looked blur, an my brain forgot to ask her name.

So where can I find and meet her, I should smartly ask her phone number, residence, or some more details in the dream, so that is would be much greater to find her in the real world.

While taking seat on bus close to each other, I saw her pick out another book entitled “What the Bible Actually Say?” which also another of my beloved book, as it links to my belief. I was fearless, then open mouth asking her again whether she is the bible student like me, or already a Christian. In response, she immediately implied yes, she is also the bible learner, which greatly satisfies me again since I am a wishing for a woman who come from the same world of mine, so that she will understand my heart and satisfy to live in my world (Believe in God Jehovah). I asked her, “What chapter are you studying now? How do you remark the book? ...

Then, I am sure, she is the woman I am finding, and I feel, I am the man she is wishing for as well since we both just come across each other for few days (time counted in the dram), but our hearts already deeply combined, as many significant thing of our lives are similar, and relevant.

I know her about several minutes during at bus journey back home (time in my dream), but I do feel like I have known her years already.

YET I STILL CAN’T VISUALIZE HER FACE CLEARLY, AND FIGURE OUT WHO SHE IS! And whether she is the woman I already met or not, as I can’t’ design her face though this unclear imagery dreaming.

The second act or probably third act, and also the last imagery movie in which I my self performed the actor ended here!

Let’s conclude the love-at-first-glance dreaming!

Previously, I imagine too much and often as the result, many imagery dreams came. I likely believe and wait for the dreams come true one day, but after I was introduced to Jehovah God, I never believe and wait again for the dream, as it is not from the reality, but only form by unconscious mental balance resulting form daily mental consumption, and too much day-dreaming on a single matter.

I know I don’t demand for a too-much beautiful girl, and I don’t value physical beauty as main criteria to find wife, but mental beauty, and heart-understanding are what I value most.

Turn to the girl I came across at my personal dream screenings is physically, and mentally fit to my requirement, but will I meet her? Even if I will meet her, I still don’t know exactly, if she is the one I dream of.

But in the real world, with the full-mental judgment, I don’t long for such woman from love at first glance, as my heart is already occupied and left no room for ‘THIS UNCLEAR WOMAN APPEARING IN MY DREAM.”

This is just a dream, previously, I would believe it and wish to have her as my beloved wife, but to my contemporary sense, I treat dreaming just an unreliable imagery after brain too often considers on one category of matter. I hope my love would born interestingly this way, but hope my wife won’t come this way with only love at first glance.

These short series of love-at first glance imaginations may appear, resulting from my too much thoughts of love affection recently, but at least, I count it as a fascinating dream.

 Fun Inside My Heart

Day by day- then go to year by year, I just feel physically companion during relax time, but mostly mentally alone! The time people prefer gathering and playing fun, I prefer staying alone, and enjoy calm in mind! what kind of the person I am!

Yes, I long for a new year celebration in mind too! because I am not the man who easily enjoy with entertainments, gathering, party,, drinking, or sth else in this category. What I mostly want is to have a hearty ally- i.e. to have some1 stay  heartily connected to me, to celebrated happy and sad time with me, so that I won't feel internally alone.

I need her because most friends only share physical joy and sad with me, but they can't share fun and sad moment deep inside my heart. But where is her? Do I meet her already or not yet?

Five-Year Education of  UC's Bachelor's Ended

Now my five year academic education (2006-2011) at the University of Cambodia (UC) is ultimately ended with a Bachelor's degree honorarily received from the Prime Minister, marking me an oustanding there. I am not sure wether or not I deserve such tremendous honor, but I did study hard there, and was a remarkable man.

  Be superior than him this time, don't look at him

UC is really my beloved university, small but inviting environment. I even considered it as my second home sometimes, as I often visited the school whole week. I did make hundreds of friends, studied with qualified Cambodian and foreign instructors there, be a famous student leader and it really enriched my academic life.

Siting with Leng at the degree conferring ceremony, but also taking note to write article

Graduating with a Bachelor's degree of English Literature, despite I love UC, I don't plan to pursue post-graduated education here any longer, but I do wish to return to this beloved university again sometimes in the future, not a student but a transformed academic lecturer, educated aboard.

Power of Immagination

Thanks God to design humankind with limitless imagination capability!

I can go wherever, do whatever I wish! everything just exists in my small head, even the entire universe just lie in small part of my world of imagination. Traveling across Milky Way Galaxy may take 100,000 light years, oh I can buy a round-trip fare with only a few seconds to across this 100-billion-star galaxy, if i know both destinations.

I can also build a beautiful garden of my sweet love with my lover, and she always stay by me whenever I think of her. That's  the Power of Imagination.

But be careful with imagination! Imagine positively with connect to positive result, whereas build negative images in mind, will also bring you there in the reality. It is simply that: when you imagine sth positively, your brain with act positively as same as the way you imagine, and the result will highly turn up that way too.

In contrast, negative thought, will trigger the brain to think negatively just like the way you thought, than negative outcomes are what you deserve.

e.g. you can try imagining running for few minutes, then your legs muscle will began to fire, just like the feeling of real running!

National Road No.3 Officially Inaugurated

The National Road No. 3 from Phnom Penh (Chom Chao) to Kampot (134.8 Km) on November 14 was inaugurated by the Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdach Hun Sen, token 36 months construction (June 2, 2008 –June 1, 2011), cost USD41.5 Million ( South Korea’s loan USD31.9 million, and USD9.6 million funded by the Royal Government).

Coincide to this, the ground-breaking event to restore another six roads with the total length of 106 kilometers were also together taken placed; i.e. national road 31-33-117, Kampot bypass road, road 33 from Kampot provincial capital to Veal Rinh, and construction of Cambodia-Vietnam border check-points Prek Chak (Kampot) to Sa Xia (Ha Tien).

Among the six roads, four projects are financed by South Korea’s loans including (1) the National Road No. 31 from Bek Kous to Kampong Trach, (2) the National Road No. 33 from Kampong Trach to the provincial town of Kompot, (3) the Provincial Road No. 117 from Ang Sophy at the intersection of the National Road No. 31 to Ton Hon (Cambodia-Vietnam Border), and (4) bypass road of Kampot Town from Choum Kriel commune intersected with the National Road No. 33 to Kampong Kreng at the intersection of National Road No. 3.

The remaining three projects were funded by the ADB’s loans and Australian Government’s grant including the restoration project of National Road No. 33 from Kampong Trach to Cambodia-Vietnam border, the construction project of border checkpoint at Prek Chak (Kampot) - Sa Sia (Ha Tieng) border and the maintenance project of the National Road No. 3 from Kampot Town to Veal Rinh.

“The road network will facilitate trade of agro-industrial and sea products such as sea salt, seafood, fruits, and the highly-rated Kampot pepper,” said the Prime Minister. “…it also allow the phosphate fertilizer factory and Chak Krey Ting cement factory to better run their operations in order to serve the agriculture and construction sectors, and promote non-smoke industry sector such as nature tourism at Bok Kor Mountain and Kep coastal area, and Sihanoukville coastal area, which is also the international seaport and the dragon head of the Cambodia’s economy.” 

These interwoven roads complement each other in their role as sea corridor, corresponding with the importance placed by international community, in particular by Greater Mekong Sub-region countries and by Cambodia-Vietnam bilateral cooperation, as these roads not only serve the transport from Phnom Penh to other parts and seaports of Cambodia, but they also diversify traffic to reduce traffic accidents, which are causing disability, deaths, as well as losses of public and private properties. This bypass road would also reduce the travelling time and transport cost to save people money and reduce poverty incidence of our citizens in the Great Mekong Sub-region countries, said Samdach Hun Sen. 

The road network will benefit the entire population especially citizens living in Phnom Penh, Kompong Speu, Kandal, Takeo, Kep, and Kompot, he added.

The National Road No. 3 construction project from Cham Chao to the Kampot’s provincial town, which is now officially inaugurated, is the result of Premier Hun Sen request to the Republic of Korea in ASEAN Plus 3 Summit at Bali, Indonesia in 2004 which was signed by H.E. Hor Nam Hong, Minister of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation and H.E. Shin Hyun-Suk, the then Republic of Korean’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia on May 08, 2007,said H.E. Tram Iv Tek, Minister of Public Works and Transport.

This segment which links to 32.79-kilometer road from Kampot Town to Tropeang Ropov, officially inaugurated on July 03, 2007. It is also connected with road segment from Tropeang Ropov to Veal Rinh at the intersection of the National Road No. 4, which has been constructed and its maintenance was completed on June 27, 2005 by the loans of the World Bank, he added.

The National Road No. 3 was built by Korea’s Kok Dong Engineering and Construction Company, Korea’s international technical consultancy company in cooperation with Korea’s Yusin Company, and inspected by two domestic technical consultancy companies, Kesec and Vido.

Cambodia and Korea at the same day also signed another loan agreement of USD52, 544 million to restore National Road. 21 Phnom Penh (Ta Kmao) to Chrey Thom (Vietnam-Cambodia border) by Cambodian Minister of Economy and Finance H.E. Kiet Chhon, and Director of Korean Import and Export Bank Mr. Sang-Wan Byun.

Ambassador of the Republic of Korean to the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Chang Ho-Jin said include the loan assistance to restore National road 21, from Ta Kmao to Chrey Thom, Korean concessional loan to Cambodia reached USD390 million.

“The government of South Korea is happy to help contribute to the Cambodian development via this economic-social development assistances, so as infrastructure development,’ said Ambassador.

PM Hun Sen Attended ASEAN Summit in Bali

By Tim Vutha

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdach Hun Sen on November 16 left the Kingdom for ASEAN summit in Bali, Indonesia hold from November 17-19.

The ASEAN Summit and related Summits included the 19th ASEAN Summit, ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit, 14th ASEAN-Japan Summit, 14th ASEAN-South Korea Summit, 4th ASEAN-United Nations Summit, 9th ASEAN-India Summit, 3rd ASEAN-United States Leaders’ meeting, 6th East Asia Summit, Mekong-Japan Summit and 14th ASEAN+3 Summit.

This regional leaders’ talk discussed toward the issues related to regional and global securities, the principles of not-interfere of internal affairs of ASEAN members, anti-pirate mission, improve peaceful cooperation, anti-corruption, enhance economic and social integration, disaster management, and sustainable environmental development, H.E. Sry Thamrong, Minister attached to the Prime Minister told reporter shortly before taking off.

‘Cambodia will urge the improvement in all fields, and also to review the affairs that ASEAN has accomplished and remained so far aiming to accelerate ASEAN to head for the 2015 Economic Community, ASEAN-East Asia integration, and the connection of rail way and high ways, etc,” H.E. Sry Thamrong, Minister attached to Prime Minister told Cambodian reporters before the plan toke off.

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Attending this ASEAN summit are leaders of ASEAN members states, and partnering leaders to ASEAN including UN Secretary General, US President, Australian Prime Minister, Chinese Premier, Indian Prime Minister, Russian Prime Minister, and so on, he said.

Separating from the Summit, the Prime Minister bilaterally held talks with imminent leaders i.e. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Flew by Cambodian Angkor Air and toke off on 08:10 A.M., he leaded a high Cambodia’s delegations comprised of H.E. Chom Prasidh,Minister of Commerce, H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, H.E. Sry Thamrong, H.E. Oun Ponmonyroath Secretary of State Ministry of Economy and Finance, H.E. Sok Chenda Sophia Secretary General of the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC), and some other officials.

Cambodia, now officially, receives rotating ASEAN chair for 2012, and Samdech declared in his speech at the closing ceremony of ASEAN Summit that Cambodia will deploy it utmost effort to perform such ASEAN chair successfully.

He returned home on November 20, and land the Phnom Penh International Airport at about 3P.M with the Flag of ASEAN Chair on hand.

3^rd  Science Film Festival Hosted Addressing Climate Change

Cambodia is celebrating the 3^rd Science Film Festival 2011 spotlighting on climate change issues so as to encourage youngsters to think of scientific innovations to help mitigate and adapt to climate change.

The theme of this year’s festival is ‘forests’ which reflects the designation by the UN of the year 2011 as the year of the Forest, while Protecting Nature, Motivating Young People, Science for a Better Life, were encrypted as slogan in Cambodia.

15 movies selected from four countries (12 European movies and three Asian’s) addressing ecology system and biodiversity are being showcased from 15-31 November, 2011 in 11 provinces-cities, i.e. Battambang, Ratanakiri, Pursat, Kompong Chhnang, Siem Reap, Otdor Meanchey, Kompong Thom, Kompong Cham, Sihanouk Ville, Svay Rieng, and then Phnom Penh, said Soum Kalyan, Youth Focal Point, Khmer Youth For Social Development (KYSD), organizer of the festival this year.

“As in previous years, the festival is primarily aimed at children and teenagers, this project is to awaken young people who interest in science and to offer them new avenues into the exploration of scientific topics,” said H.E. Dr. Mok Mareth, Minister of Environment at the film opening ceremony on November 15, Adding that, “The government has put strong focus to climate change adaptation and mitigation such as the carbon emission policy, and climate change adaptation policy.’

Lately at the 19^th ASEAN Summit, Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for the immediate establishment of the ASEAN climate change mechanism, while the region as a whole is hurting from more unpredictable natural hazards especially floods.

The 3^rd Science film Festival celebrating in Cambodia this year is an adjunct to the 6^th International Science Film Festival hosting in many countries (from October to November annually since 2005), and the movies for this year’s festival are produced from Europe and Asia that are on screen and translated into languages of all the attending nations of the festival, said Horst Triller, First Secretary and deputy Head of Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cambodia.

Children and students are the targeted audiences, bringing them better awareness on how science could help improve better life while the world is suffering from climate change, he added.

“In Cambodia proper forest management can contribute to reducing poverty and helping the government to achieve one of the main Cambodia Millennium Development Goals, which is to maintain 60 percent forest cover,”Triller believed.

This festival was launched under the scientific cooperation between France and Cambodia, and it reflects daily concerning topics of students of the institute of Technology of Cambodia or for Cambodia-France research framework of Pastier Institute, according to Dominique MAS, First Counselor of France Embassy.

Amid the increasing impact of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable forest management. This topic is of particular relevance in Cambodia, whose forest cover is currently estimated to be at 57 percent, which is among the highest in the region.

Since 2010, the science film festival is held in six ASEAN countries. Besides Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam also host this festival. This has been made possible through the dedication, organizational skills and hard work of many international and national partners, who share the conviction that the issues facing our world in the future can be addressed if the future generations have access to necessary information and education.