Cambodge
First up, though, another tag. This time by Andhari. (These tags are seriously circulating around the world, eh.)
1. Go to the 4th folder where you keep your pictures on your computer
2. Post the 4th picture in the folder
3. Explain the photo
4. Tag 4 fellow bloggers to join in the fun
Hmm. Good thing it's just the 4th picture since my 4th folder has only 5 photos.
This one? God. Sorry it's a boring one. It was taken slightly under three years ago, at the back of the dance studio in my junior college. That's Mel and she was dropping by the studio to say hi during one of my breaks. (I was rehearsing for the SG Youth Festival) I think I look really different here. We both do. Sigh. This picture makes me miss the dance studio and pretty costumes.
I'm tagging Karina, Hamizahh, Masrois and Mel.
Alors.
A certain Canadian friend of mine is inviting me to join her and a few other Canadians to rural (!!) Cambodia for a few weeks, to teach English to the kids there. It's all volunteer work. Don't ask me why but they felt that it'd be good to have an Asian around. Haha. Whatever the reason is, I'm stoked that my friend thought of me. I might be able to use it for my academic testimonial.
I must admit, though, I'm having some internal conflicts (yes, Hamizahh, konflik dalaman) at the thought of teaching English to those kids. Doing a major in linguistics has taught me a lot about language loss and language death, and I'm not so sure if teaching English there is the way to go. These kids can't afford to go to school and they speak only a smattering of Khmer at home. What will happen to Khmer if the younger generation learns English? What if they decide to speak English only, since it's an international language? You can't control their decisions. How will they communicate with their grandparents? Will Khmer then eventually die out like 75% of the Aboriginal languages? All these questions swimming in my head... my professor would be so proud.
My mother is slightly against it, she thinks I'll shrivel up and die in a third world country. I wish she'd have a bit more faith. I don't mind going to dusty Cambodia (honestly!).. but I really do have a lot on my plate right now and my school schedule can be unpredictable. Sadly.
Maybe next time? :(
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18 comments:
what a thoughtful nash :D
HEY of course! XD
I agree. How thoughtful. hahhaaha. I also kind of agree with your mom too.
LOL
doesn't that just suck? what an opportunity. but look on the bright side.. you'll save some money by not needing a plane ticket to cambodia.
on second thought... maybe it's best you go to cambodia and don't spend a dime for a few weeks.
@ Izan: WHATEVS YO.
@ Fr: You can be such a bastard, I don't know why I love you!
ROFLMAO at frenchette's comment!
Cambodia seh... No haute couture there.
yah man. francesco would be giving u a standing ovation for ur language-loss consciousness. seriously. but its its sadly true man. we have so much on our big plate now. boohoo. :'(
tell ur mom at least theres a lesser chance of u dying frm an earthquake. ha ha.=.=
done the tag.
and i just wanted to say, if ever you go to cambodia, please drag along a whole bunch of fat people with you.
hmm, anw, i think you'll survive it in cambodia for some twisted reason. you always survive well if people dont think you can. haha.
but seriously, i know you only really look forward to the plane ride, kan?
Oh wait, you arent that desperate unlike some people.
oh wellz.
take care and i hope school stop sucking so much. imy :(
@ Fai: Bei..!?
@ Mas: Yeah now all I gotta worry about is half of our lms mates finding my blog while searching for Asian language loss. XD
@ Mel: Ko jangs kurs ajs eh. I don't know about the plane ride, yo. The plan they have is to take budget airline, so...
You dance? What dance do you do?:)
@ Lolita: Whatever you want. Haha! I do hiphop, contemporary and ballet. Well, I DID anyway. =)
hey, ask your friends to bring clay marbles for me, can? hehehe. that's pretty much all i want from cambodia. lawl
@ Ame: I'm sure banyak mase nak buat tu sumer! Haha...
Interesting post, Nashe. The loss of a language equals the loss of a culture.
TEachinG in Cambodia huh? That sounds interesting. I wish I could volunteer. I have low tolerance for kids tho!
@ Demigoddess: Exactly. And we have more than enough cultures dying out as it is.
@ Just: You do? I never knew. Lulz. Yeah it should be interesting, especially with the initial language gap.
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