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Traditional Food Exploration

What came up first to your mind when you heard about Traditional Food Exploration? It is one of my explorations this year. Documentary, Photos, Communication, Passion, Risks taking are all about this exploration. After a few weeks of discussion about what our exploration is, we took a Siem Reap trip toward the journey of creating our final product which is khmercuisine.ligeracademblog.org. We went to 3 restaurants; Mahob, Cuisine Wat Damnak, Sugar Palm. In addition, we also went to market and street food seller to understanding more about food in Cambodia. Below are the interesting facts, quotes, and pictures along this amazing journey throughout our exploration. 

Day 1: Street Food


Day 2: Mahob Restaurant

Chef: Sothea Seng

 

Khmer Rice Noodle Making

Day 3: Cuisine Wat Damnak

Chef: Joannès Rivière

Day 4: Sugar Palm

Chef: Kethana 


Chefs and Sellers quotes:

 

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Science – Matter

Atoms is a very small element. Even though we can’t see them visually, but it is one of the consideration topics that we should learn about. This round I’ve been learning about Atom Family. To give us more understanding about Atoms family, the facilitator gave us a few paragraphs that could explain it and I found it very helpful for this science learning. 

In the center of Matterville, there is a place called the Nucleus Arcade, where two members of the Atoms Family like to hang out. Perky Patty Proton, like her sisters, is quite large with a huge smile and eyes that sparkle (+). Patty is always happy and has a very positive personality. Nerdy Nelda Neutron is large like Patty, but she has a boring, flat mouth and eyes with zero expression (o). Her family is very apathetic and neutral about everything. Patty, Nelda, and their sisters spend all their time at the arcade.

Around the Nucleus Arcade, you will find a series of roadways that are used by another member of the Atoms Family, Enraged Elliott Electron. Elliott races madly around the Arcade on his bright red chrome- plated Harley-Davidson. He rides so fast that no one can be sure where he is at any time. Elliott is much smaller than Patty and Nelda and he is always angry because these bigger relatives will not let him in the Arcade. He has a frown on his face, eyes that are squinted with anger, and a very negative (-) attitude.

The first energy street can only hold only two Electron brothers. The second energy street, called the Energy Freeway, can hold 8 brothers. The third energy street, called the Energy Superhighway, can hold 18 of the brothers.

The morale of Matterville is stable as long as each negative Electron brother is balanced out by one positive Proton sister. The number of residents in Matterville

depends on the Proton and Neutron families.

Challenge: What would happen to the morale of Matterville if one Elliott Electron was kidnapped?

As you’re reading through the Atom Family paragraphs above, I hope that you learnt something about it. 

On the second week, our facilitator assigned us the topic, research about it and teach everyone in the class. I was assigned to present and teach about Atomic Force. Basically, Atomic Force is the reaction when two particles charge either repel or attract each other. Basically, there are four types of Atomic Force which have different roles; Strong Force, Weak Force, Gravitational Force, and Electromagnetic Force. These are my team slideshow to help more understanding about Atomic Force:

In conclusion, I enjoy learning about atoms because it is interesting to learn about things that we don’t see. I’m excited to get to know more about these topics and it would be very fascinating thing if I could see them with microscope!

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Beginning of Algebra

This year I was introduced to the beginning of algebra. I was a little bit nervous because I was scared that I won’t perform well in class by solving the problem with algebra. I’m learning 5A grade books. We didn’t go deep to specific and advanced algebra, but our facilitator (Sam) taught us the general information of what algebra is. My first thought to algebra is to think as deep as Mariana Trench, highest as Mount Everest, critically as Albert Einstien. In fact, the secret is that we always solve the problem with algebra every day, but we never notice about it. I enjoy and figure out about learning it, but sometimes getting dizzy as well. Conclusively, I think it is very important to learn about algebra which is one of a good learning strategies for solving any problems. Positively, if we’re being optimistic and getting excited about it, boring would never come. Trust me! After I got this lesson, I’m now familiar with it. 

I also found it very helpful by using the pictures instead of algebra. Sam teaches us different types to solve different words problem. This is a really good learning strategy. These are the words problem that I solve using pictures and algebra:

John had 300 stamps. He sold 120 stamps and gave 13 of the rest to his brother.

(a) How many stamps did he give to his brother?

(b) How many stamps did he have left?

At first, I found it complicated, but I wasn’t panic. I calm down and solve the problem step by step. 

In addition, Sam also teaches us about fraction, order of operation, distribute of properties and prime factorization. I believe that Math is one of the subjects that uses critical thinking skill. It is very important and it has the ability to help our future job.

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Week 1- Adobe Software & Programs

This is the year that I start to learn about Multimedia. For the first week, Cindy (our facilitator) teaches us about researching skill; how to be a good researcher. So the topic that I chose for doing research was about Mount Everest. After I chose my topic, she taught us about Primary Sources and Secondary Sources. These are the example of the two sources:

Primary Source: Diary, Recording or any type of sources that happened during that event

Secondary Source: Review, Magazine (possible), any type of sources that are not experienced in the first-hand. 

On the second week, I created a poster that related to the topic I researched about. To warm everyone’s up, Cindy started the class by doing Adobe learning. For those students who are good at each Adobe Software, they were chosen to teach the classmate. I’m part of the teaching one of the Adobe software which is “InDesign”. The teaching went very well and everyone learned a lot from it. Not only teaching people, but I also learnt more about Photoshop and Illustrator. I’ve learnt so many things and tool from those software. After we finished all the lesson, teacher Cindy assigned us to do the poster that we should use 3 software and try our best to create this poster creatively from what we’ve learned (Indesign, Photoshop, and Lightroom). For the point, she will give us full score if we have completed 10 things: 

Criteria Points
Poster is 1-page long 1
Poster is exported correctly as a PDF print document 1
Poster includes English text 1
Poster includes correctly formatted Khmer text 1
Poster includes a shape (square, rectangle, circle, line, polygon, etc.) 1
Poster includes an image created in Photoshop 1
Poster includes an image edited in Lightroom 1
Poster is well-designed, clear and neat 1
Google Doc includes explanation (at least 5 things) for image created in Photoshop 1
Google Doc includes explanation (at least 5 changes) for image edited in Lightroom 1

For the lesson that I mentioned below, was very fun for me. I got a lot of tips for researching skill and it helps me to become a better researcher. I also learnt about the tips to analyze whether this source might be credible or not. It is very important to know because after we get the information, sometimes we have to share or spread it. If it isn’t credible, it might lead us into trouble or any types of problem that could happen due to untruth info. 

For the last week of round 1, I’ve learnt about computer programming. If you don’t know what program is, it is a set of instruction that has been executed by a computer. I haven’t been going deep through the specific types of computer programme yet, but just getting to know the basic general information. First, Cindy introduced us about Pseudocode. It’s mean not a specific language; kind of fake code. So down below, I will tell what have I learnt from Pseudocode:

  • Math Operators
  • Output print
  • Variable
  • If or Else statement

Last but not least, we learnt about a game called “Divide and Conquer”. The word of the day is “Efficiency” which mean easier. We were doing an activity that about conquered the problem by using the strategies. So this is the problem :

There is a marker in one of the sixteen people’ hand. One person has to guess who has the marker. That person has to find the efficient strategies for this problem or riddle. 

The strategies for this problem is to divided half and half until there is two answer. I find it very helpful and I enjoy learning this class!

This was the first time for me to learn about this and I’m excited to go through the lesson the next week. I’m proud that I’ve involved in technology. I hope that more girls involve in Technology!

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Becoming a Cambodian Poet- Khmer Poem

This year, our facilitator, Sokha mostly focuses on writing Khmer poems. For me, I’m very excited every time I hear the words “Poems” because I could express my feeling or developing any creative thinking in my poems. I’ve written a lot of poems, but I’m going to share two of my different poems. One is about strategies of a successful person and another one is about the infinity sweat and tears. *English Translation Below*

យុទ្ធសាស្រ្តភាពជាអ្នកជោគជ័យ

(បទ៖ ពាក្យ១១)

ភាពជោគជ័យនីមួយៗបានដោយការប្រឹង

ជីវិតតឹងតាងឬឧបសគ្គច្រើនប៉ុនណា

ចិត្តត្រូវរឹងពឹងប្រើខួរក្បាលនិងពិចារណា

គ្មានទេថាចុះចាញ់ដោយសម្តីអ្នកដទៃ។

គ្មានទេមនុស្សយើងកើតមកឥតខ្ចោះល្អគ្រប់ដប់

ត្រូវសម្របសម្រួលជីវិតឲ្យបានមានន័យ

ចេះក្លាហាន តស៊ូ ជាមនុស្សដ៏មានតម្លៃ

នេះប្រពៃថ្លៃថ្លាហើយបន្តដំណើរទៀត។

ដើរផ្លូវខុសគេមិនប្រាកដថាលទ្ធផលខុស

យើងជាមនុស្សស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីធ្វើអ្វីយ៉ាងខ្មីឃ្មាត

បើធ្វើមិនត្រូវមិនបោះបង់ស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីទៀត

រួចហើយឆ្លៀតពេលរៀបរៀងគោលដៅនៃជីវិត។

អ្នកជោគជ័យមិនដែលរអ៊ូនូវអ្វីគាត់ធ្វើ

តែងតែដើរប្រឹងបន្តមិនថាឆ្ងាយឬជិត

ចូរចាំថាជាមនុស្សត្រូវប្រើភាពច្នៃប្រឌិត

ជោគជ័យពិតប្រាកដសមនឹងបានកោដសរសើរ។

ដើម្បីបាននូវភាពជោគជ័យត្រូវដាក់គោលដៅ

កុំចាំ!ត្រូវចាប់ផ្តើមប្រតិបត្តិកុំបង្អើរ

គេរិះគន់កុំឈប់ អ្នកជោគជ័យបន្តធ្វើ

ឆ្ពោះដំណើរជោគជ័យទើបអ្នករិះគន់ប្តូរចិត្ត។

អ្នកជោគជ័យម៉តចត់ ប្រឹងធ្វើច្រើនជាងនិយាយ

ញាតិមិត្តឆ្ងាយជិតធ្លាប់រិះគន់ផ្លាស់ប្តូរគំនិត

នេះហើយដែលគេហៅថាអ្នកជោគជ័យមែនពិត

មិិនប្រឌិតទេជោគជ័យតែងស្វែងរកឪកាស។

អ្នកជោគជ័យតែងយកកំហុសទុកជាមេរៀន

ចិត្តមិនអៀនប្រៀនតតាំងមិនប្រឹងរើបម្រះ

ពេលអានហើយសូមអ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាចងចាំច្បាស់

គ្រប់យុទ្ធសាស្រ្តចាប់ផ្តើមគំនិតថ្មីតរៀងទៅ។

*English Translation*

Every successful are coming from the determination
Even though there are a lot of obstacles in life
Be strong, using our brain and consideration
There’s no way that giving up through people’s opinion
No one is perfect
Be flexible to make it meaningful
Brave, Patient, Be a valuable person
That’s great and continue this journey
Walking different path doesn’t mean bad result
We’re love researching, doing thing carefully
When doing the thing wrong, never give up and try another method
Having time to set the goal in our life
A successful person never complain what they’re doing
Always continue no matter near or far
Always remember to use ingenuity
Real succeed deserves real admirations and proud
To be successful, always setting the goals
Don’t wait, just do it!
If people criticize, don’t stop; CONTINUE
Work hard toward success and people will change their mind
Work hard more than talk
People stop criticizing us
This is what we call a real succeed
I’m not making it up, but a successful person always seek for opportunity
Someone who successful always keeps mistake as a lesson
Never be shy!
After reading it, please keep it in your mind
Every strategy, start practicing RIGHT NOW!

ញើសនិងទឹកភ្នែកអមតៈ

(បទ៖ ព្រហ្មគិតិ)

នៅក្នុងក្រុមគ្រួសារ                             មានម៉ាក់ប៉ាប្អូននិងបង

មានទាំងយាយតាផង                        ល្អកន្លងសុភមង្គល។

ប៉ាម៉ាក់ស្រឡាញ់គ្នា                              មិនរេរាត៉ាងដិតដល់

នេះប្រាប់ឲកូនយល់                            និងបានស្គាល់ពីប៉ាម៉ាក់។

កូនតែងសង្ឃឹមថា                              មួយគ្រួសារមិនបែកបាក់

គ្រួសារដែលជាក់លាក់                         គ្មានប្រលាក់ស្នាមឈ្លោះគ្នា។

ប៉ាខ្ញុំធ្វើសំណង់                                     មិនបង្អង់ធ្វើការងារ

ម៉ាក់ចិញ្ចឹមមាន់ទា                             មិនរេរាគាត់ប្រឹងណាស់

លោកទាំងពីរប្រឹងខ្លាំង                      ប្រឹងកម្លាំងបានប្រាក់ខ្លះ

អ្នកមានគុណចំណាស់                         លោកនេះចាស់ៗអស់ហើយ។

ប៉ាម៉ាក់ប្រឹងខ្លាំងមេ៉្លះ                       កូនអាណិតណាស់ព្រះអើយ

ចង់ឲ្យលោកធូរស្បើយ                          ឲ្យលោកអើយជួយគាត់ផង។

ចិញ្ចឹមតូចដល់ធំ                                   លោកខិតខំស្រាយចំណង

លោកខំប្រឹងសាសសង                        រកសំណងដែលជំពាក់។

ប្រឹងស្រែករកជំនួយ                             រកអ្នកជួយឲ្យខ្ចីប្រាក់់

ឈឺចាប់ទាំងពីរនាក់                            ដូចគេចាក់កណ្តាលទ្រូង។

រកពេលជូតញើសគ្មាន                        លោកប្រិតប្រៀនប្រឹងកាយពូន

បាក់កម្លាំងពីខ្លួន                                លោកប្រឹងពួនលាក់បាំងកូន។

ឥឡូវលោកឈឺខ្លាំង                              បាត់កម្លាងនិងសាបសូន្យ

លែងបានមើលថែកូន                        នឹកដំបូន្មានប៉ាម៉ាក់។

លោកទៅរហូតហើយ                           កូនបានខ្សោយដូចគេចាក់

ឲ្យកូននៅតោកយ៉ាក                         នៅតែម្នាក់ឯងកំព្រា។

ជីវិតគ្មានប៉ាម៉ាក់                                រស់សោកាយ៉ាងវេទនា

មានតែរកការងារ                              ពេលឈឺជាគ្មានអ្នកថែ។

អានហើយសូមអ្នកគិត                     សូមប្រព្រឹត្តល្អដាក់ម៉ែ

ក៏ដូចឪពុកដែរ                                    កាយគាត់ប្រែតែចិត្តនៅ។

នេះហើយញើសអមតៈ                         ហូរស្រស្រាក់ពេញដំបៅ

ទឹកភ្នែកសមុទ្រជ្រៅ                            ដែលហូរទៅលែងមកវិញ។

*English Translation*

In a family, there are mom, dad, and siblings

Including grandparents amazing family full of happiness

My parents love each other so well

This shows and lets me know more about my parents

I always hope that this family won’t break

A happy family that never have an argument scar

My dad is a construction worker working really hard

My mom feeds hens and ducks she works really hard as well

They worked really really hard using their full energy to gain more money

They become old now their energy also become old

Oh, my parents, they work so hard it is very pitiful

Want them to get better praying for God to help them

Feed me from small to big they are trying to solve every issue

They do communication finding money

Asking for help, really need someone to lend them money

Hurting them both, feeling like someone putting the thorn in their heart

Finding no time to wipe the sweat. Being an amazing parents

Having no energy in the body. Hiding their sickness from me

Now their illness spreading so badly, they were passed away

Will never see them again really miss them!

They will never come back and I’m so weak right now

Living so hard as an orphanage life

Life without parents living my life miserably

Finding a job on my own when I’m sick, no one looks after me

After reading it, please think!

Doing good things for mommy

As well as daddy their body gone, but not their soul

This what we call, the infinity sweat and tear had fallen over the scar

Deep ocean of tears that has flown, but never come back.

After learning about different types of the poem for several weeks, I’ve learnt and improved so much about writing poem properly and professionally. Not only this, but I also learnt some Khmer vocabularies that I’ve never known before. I’m proud that I participated and involved in this hard work. We’re having a plan to publishing junior cohort Khmer Poem and I’m excited to see this book and hope it will go very well. This is my second remarkable products that I’ve made!

 

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Etymology & Comprehension

Learning about Etymology might be very helpful for us whenever we do some reading. It might provide clarification for us for the words that we don’t understand. Greek and Latin Root words are one of the subjects that I’m learning about. Root words might be very helpful and essential for every student to break down the words that they are unfamiliar with.  It is one of the strategies for me to learn about Root. The reason I say that is because, sometimes it was hard for me to know what the words really mean, but the root words help me to unlock those key.

So far I’ve learnt six units about Greek and Latin root words, but one of the favorite units is Bio, Photo, Phil (Life, Light, Love). Each example words of these root words are very deep. In addition, I like those root words, because it is about life. I’m fascinated about reading someone’s life which is Biography or Autobiography. Not only this, I love photography because I would love to express my feeling through it. Last but not least, I love philanthropist and philosophy. These words always stay in my mind; being a philanthropist with a positive philosophy! That is why I have a passion for each of these root words. 

On the other hand, our facilitator Hannah is also working on our reading comprehension. There are seven different articles that I’ve been reading so far. They are:

  • William Shakespeare

Amongst those articles, Gandi is one of my favorite articles. He becomes one of my favorite inspirations after I read it. Gandhi is very thoughtful, empathy and very motivation. His morals and philosophies of non-violence assistence spread over the world. Everyone was very upset after losing him. If you don’t know who he is this is him:

Moreover, I also did some writing which one of the examples is Mini Personal Narrative. The goal is to talk about something that is about the past and memorable to ourselves. The paragraph is maximum 3 paragraph long. I wrote about my great-grandfather who passed away on 9/9/2018. He deserves this writing from me and he does deserve sharing about his life as an amazing great-grandpa for others. Here’s what I wrote:

My Biggest Inspiration

Who doesn’t feel lucky when they know that their great-grandparents still alive? I still have great-grandparents. I would never expect that I have a very happiness family! But one day on September, 9th, 2018……………

The smile had come, I’m so excited to meet my great-grandparents. I was a little 5 years old girl that was carrying by my parents walking toward my great-grandparents house. It was located in a small village in Banteay Meanchey that used to be part of Siem Reap. It was a rural area that was covered by a clear blue sky and golden rice field. My great-grandparents living in a wooden house that was surrounded by a lot of fruited-trees. When I was five years old, they were 75. My great-grandpa is the wise guy with grey hair . He is energetic, empathy, kind, proactive, and a patient guy, which everyone loves him. About my great-grandma, she is sweet, beautiful and adaptive. Well, it’s not a surprise saying that everyone in the village love them. When I was first arriving their house, I saw their adorable cows and pigs under the house. The moment of me feeding the cows with grass is still remaining in my brain and it will stay forever. My dad was filming me as well. I was smiling at the camera and started to walk up to the house. Every time I saw a buddhist book, my great-grandfather always popping up in my mind first. There’s no way I could forgot the day that I was introduced to buddhism history book. Great-grandpa, do you know? When I think about you, I always think about the advice, care, and the forgiveness that you give to me and everyone else. You’ve shown me a lot of unconditional love since I was young until I become a teenage. You provide me a peaceful world.

Until the day has come…

Tears drop, the sound of crying, smelling the incense smoke that was flying in the air. Why did my great-grandfather sleep and don’t get up? Now you’re keeping great-grandma alone! I know, you will sleep peacefully. He is now staying up high, listening to angels singing. The last time I saw you was on April 2018, and today, it is the 7th day that you’ve gone. I wish I was there before your last breath. I wish you were giving me a warm hug, seeing your beautiful smile again. So far, you’ve been such my amazing great-grandpa ever.  I can’t explain how much you really mean to me. I promise I will remember and keep every advice you’ve told me and I promise I will keep it forever and ever! I’m so precious and glad to be your great-granddaughter. For the pleasants, values and everything you have given me throughout the years, that’s why it is very worth it for me to write and share it to everyone about my unique great-grandfather!

May your soul rest in peace!

1935-2018

Finally, I learnt something new from literacy. I believe that it is one of the major subjects that everyone should learn. Last but not least, I strongly support this quote by Dr. Seuss “The more that you READ, the more THINGS you will KNOW. The MORE you LEARN, the more PLACES you’ll GO!”

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The Geography of Cambodia Book-Publishing

The Geography of Cambodia Book Publishing is an exploration that I’ve been working on for two years long. Junior Cohort had been traveling around Cambodia, researching and doing a lot of interviewing as well. I’ve been to six provinces which are in the central and northern part of Cambodia. They are Kampong Cham, Tboung Khmum, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, Preah Vihear, and Oddar Meanchey.  We did a lot of research for information in a reliable and credible source as well. Some of the information is from the transcript from Minister of Department of Culture and Fine Art as well. There’s nothing more fun than this; discovering new things, adventurous and learn from it!

Now, here we are in the final stage of publishing this marvelous book. There are 10 members who responsible for different 4 regions. Our design team used a software called “Adobe Indesign” to design the book, but we also used the other software to design the graphics that included in our book as well such as Photoshop, Illustrator etc. On the other hand, the information has to be concise. I enjoy doing this designing, discovering the new tools in Adobe and stretching my brain to think more critically and creatively. 

As we’re reading through our book, we feel that we should input more of students voices into the book. That’s why our team came up with the add-ons which are Traditional Belief, Did you know?, Student Observation and Watch out. These add-ons are written from our students who have visited those places. We will include those in the part of the book because we want the reader to understand the Liger students’ perspective of visiting those places.

Not only this, everyone agreed that The Geography of Cambodia book had too much written texts which might lose the reader’s interest. Therefore, the idea of creating more visuals for the text came to our minds. This meant inserting more graphics in the book, which is one of my favorite highlights from this exploration. 

Icons for the book:

  • Student Observation (the one with the camera)
  • Watch out (the red spear)
  • Did you know (sticky note)
  • Folklore is the orange rectangle with the text on it

I learnt a lot of skills throughout this exploration. One of the big skills or characteristic is “Calculated Risk Taker”. For me, I had never used Photoshop or any Adobe software before. It is one of the challenges I had faced throughout the process of making graphics design. Be patient is also the thing that not for only me, but everyone should have it.  I always say to myself to not give up on what I am doing, because this is the first remarkable product I’ve created. I get out of my comfort zone to try this and the result was amazing. I’ve learned a lot of things; not just only designing skill. Now, I get familiar to it and I feel very proud of myself of what I’m doing! 

Overall, I had a fabulous time here by doing something new to myself. I can’t wait to see the books published as well as my teammates do. If there is another exploration that similar to this, I certainly willing to join it. Last but not least, after the book published I hope that everyone learns and proud of our book; well they will!

Software or website that we use to design and make graphics in The Geography of Cambodia book:

  1. ArcGIS
  2. Flaticon
  3. Adobe Illustrator
  4. InDesign
  5. Photoshop
  6. Google Drawing