Monday, May 23, 2011
Khmer Novels : Keng Mok Oun
Bought a new CD of Khmer Oldies. Lots of great songs. My favorite one is "Keng Mok Oun" meaning "Darling, please sleep" by Sinn Sisamuth.
<--- CLICK HERE to play the song. Close your eyes and let Mr.Sinn Sisamuth take you to pre-war Cambodia and his romantic world. Enjoy!
<--- CLICK HERE to play the song. Close your eyes and let Mr.Sinn Sisamuth take you to pre-war Cambodia and his romantic world. Enjoy!
Khmer Novels : Reviving Khmer Comics
I remembered a time when I was little girl, there was a Khmer cartoon story called "Jey Jul Monn," Jey and his rooster. That was the ONLY cartoon book which somehow got it's way to the refugees camp(books and any form of documents had to be burned). I was very fascinated with the story. The book was ripped and missing pages. I had to imagine the missing lines. We shared the torn apart book passing around from kids to kids. Now, I can't quite recall the story, I think it's about Jey being the number one cock fighter.
After years of devastation, Cambodian artists are gathering to revive the Khmer comics. Below are some cartoon and novels comics drawn by various artists.
After years of devastation, Cambodian artists are gathering to revive the Khmer comics. Below are some cartoon and novels comics drawn by various artists.
Khmer Novels : Visoth's painting
Beautiful painting done by my friend, Visoth Khmer. His art work are amazing, most of his paintings are displayed in Minnesota Art Museum.
Khmer Novels : Tum Teav
Khmer literature
...tales (stories of the former lives of the Buddha, found widely in Southeast Asian literature), while others draw on local folktales and legends. One of the best-known is Tum Teav, a tragic love story believed to be based on real events that occurred during the 17th century. The story was passed down orally and then eventually recorded in the 19th century by... http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-1082430/Tum-Teav
"Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions. This monograph contains the author’s translation of the Venerable Botumthera Som’s version. It also examines the controversy over the poem’s authorship and its interpretation by literary scholars and performers in terms of Buddhism and traditional codes of conduct, abuse of power, and notions of justice."
Tum Teav: A Translation and Analysis of a Cambodian Literary Classic.
Front book cover:
...tales (stories of the former lives of the Buddha, found widely in Southeast Asian literature), while others draw on local folktales and legends. One of the best-known is Tum Teav, a tragic love story believed to be based on real events that occurred during the 17th century. The story was passed down orally and then eventually recorded in the 19th century by... http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-1082430/Tum-Teav
"Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions. This monograph contains the author’s translation of the Venerable Botumthera Som’s version. It also examines the controversy over the poem’s authorship and its interpretation by literary scholars and performers in terms of Buddhism and traditional codes of conduct, abuse of power, and notions of justice."
Tum Teav: A Translation and Analysis of a Cambodian Literary Classic.
Front book cover:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Open University
Do you ever think of the advantages and disadvantages of having an open university? These have been argued for a long time. Can an open university be called an educational institution if its admissions are unlimited and open to all? Usually a committee is set up to consider all the matters concerned. Open university students do not have to take entrance examinations while students of other universities do. That is why and open university faces the problem of too many students enrolling each year, but other universities don't. A lot of people consider an open university a sub-standard one. They are not sure that all students will get a good education, though it cannot be denied that a number of students do. The number of these students is perhaps small. Those who do get a good education see its advantages. At least, it does give a large number of students who fail to enter other universities a chance. In many developing countries, sex or seven open universities is too few to give educational services to those who need them. A great deal of thinking has been given to this matter. So do think of the advantages of an open university and do be broad-minded enough to accept its good points.
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