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projects online through the I-SWEEEP website and submit the required paperwork.

A few days later, my teacher called me and some students from my class to meet Monika. In that meeting, Monika told us many things about the process of entering I-SWEEEP and further information regarding I-SWEEEP. Eventhough the senior division was open to grades 9-12, I was uncertain about entering the Olympiad because I am only in grade 11. Despite this, I still believed I had a chance of success.

First, I had to search for a project which suited Cambo-dian issues. At that time, it was not easy for me because there weren’t any new projects in my mind.

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The first time that teachers told me about Monika Lavan’s success, I really admired her

because she won the silver m e d a l . I t o l d m y s e l f t h a t someday maybe I can join the international competition like her. One year after she won, I saw an announcement on the Physics board and on my class board which was about the I-SWEEEP Olympiad.

What is I-SWEEEP?I-SWEEEP, the International

Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering and Environment) Project Olympiad, is a ground-breaking science fair open to middle and high school students. It is the largest science fair event o f i t s k i nd Wor l d W ide . I -SWEEEP is organized by the Cosmos Foundation, a non-profit organization, with the support of K-12 public school systems, leaders of industry, and higher education institutions. From that I learned the purpose of I -SWEEEP.

The objectives of I-SWEEEP are:- To spark interest and aware-ness in our planet’s sustainability challenges.- To help young people gasp the extent of these issues.- To find workable solutions to these challenges.- To accelerate the progress towards a sustainable world by engaging youths at an early age.I-SWEEEP was invited students who were interested in becoming future engineers to go to the city of Houston, Texas, USA. There were 3 main categories: Energy, Engineering, and Environment. There were two divisions in I-SWEEEP Fa i r. Th e j u n i o r division is ONLY open to US students attending classes in grades 6 through 8. The senior division is open to both US and international students attending classes in grades 9 through 12. All students MUST register their

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depletion also means that this s o u r c e o f e n e r g y i s n o n -renewable and an alternative for the future is needed. In addition, in the last few years, the price of oil in the world rose dramatically, leading to research in alternative sources of fuel such as bio-diesel.

I chose bio-diesel which is a diesel replacement fuel that is made from vegetable or animal oil via a chemical reaction called transesterification. I noticed that bio-diesel has been produced in some countries but scientists and researchers are still working

Another p rob lems was my project must not be plagiarized, so I couldn’t copy anyone’s work, so all the projects from the internet were not suitable for me. One day, I read an article from a newspaper, its title was: “The w o r l d w a s f a c e d w i t h t h e environmental impact of fossil fuel.” That gave me the idea to set my project focus on creating a sustainable bio-diesel for Cambodia and the world. The issues were that the environ-mental impact of fossil fuel use is known to be severe, affecting the world’s atmosphere and human health. Moreover, fossil fuel

on it. Bio-diesel can be produced from many kinds of vegetable oil, animal fats, or wasted oil. After I decided on bio-diesel, I still had to find out which source of oil would be suitable for Cambodia. After more researches, I chose an inedible plant called Jatropha. Jatropha is a hardy plant which can grow in marginal soils with low nutrient content. Moreover that kind of plant can give seeds for up to fifty years. In addition, many people who live in the countryside already grow these plants for land boundaries, as well as to protect other crops from animals and erosion.

As my project must not be plagiarized, I made up a way to produce my own bio-diesel. I produced the bio-diesel many times to improve my method. I wrote down all the processes used to produce bio-diesel and made a repo r t wh ich was submitted in my abstract to I-SWEEEP.

A week later, a teacher told me that my project was accepted, thus I needed to continue with my research papers. But there were problems; the bio-diesel that I produced was still not a b io-d iese l , so I cont inued working with it. However, I still had many things to do; I needed to solve the problems while I was making my bio-diesel. I had to write down all data including experiments and experiences and do many tests to show that my bio-diesel was a real bio-diesel. Finally, when I was happy with my conclusions, I sent the comple ted paper to the I -SWEEEP commi t tee . The project tit le was ‘A Kind Of Hollyhock (Jatropha) Invention to Bio-diesel: What’s Work?’

I finished all of my work one week before I went to Houston, Texas, USA. I would like to describe the six day program in the USA. On 14th April, 2009 Ayuwatt , Pichny, our adult superv isor and mysel f le f t Cambodia at 10:05 am and we arrived in Houston at 5am on 15th April.

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After the judging session, there was a rehearsal for the award c e r e m o n y. A t 5 : 4 5 p m t h e participants returned back to the hotel and joined a social event which started at 8:00pm. The social event was designed to

We had breakfast and lunch t o g e t h e r a n d t h e n i n t h e afternoon we went to George R. Brown Convention Centre (GRB) for project registrat ion and project set up. Each of us got a T-shirt, cup, pen, name badge, bag and a registration folder. After we left the GRB, we had dinner first and then later went back to the hotel. On the 16th of April, we went to the GRB convention centre again to complete our project set up. All participants needed to report to the “Display & Safety” desk when their project was ready for approval because all the participant’s boards had to be approved by the display and safety committee in order to be exhibited. At 5:45 pm there was an opening ceremony of I -SWEEEP 2009.

In I-SWEEEP 2009 there were 1200 participants with over 450 projects from 60 countries and 40 states within the USA. During the opening ceremony, each country was represented by one student carrying their national flag and displaying it in a long line on the main s tage. On the morning of 17th April, there was a public viewing during which there we re many s tuden t s f r om different schools visiting our displays. There was also a public chemistry show and booths set up for universities that spon-sored I-SWEEEP where al l students could find out relevant information. At 2:30 pm there was a field trip to Rice University. The next day I had to wake up early to be ready for judging. All adul t supervisors were not allowed to stay with us. Instead, the commi t tee a r ranged a shopping program for them. All participants had to stand in their own booths from 9:30 am until lunchtime and again from 1pm to 5pm. If a participant left their booth and the judges could not find them they would get zero. During the day, I met 12 judges and Ayuwatt and Pichny both met 8 judges.

Each participant doesn’t need to see a specific number of judges but all of us needed to present our projects briefly because the judges didn’t have much time. After the presentation the judges then asked us questions.

allow all participants to meet each other and exchange gifts. We also had fun dancing, singing and playing games. The 19th April was the best day because in the morning there was a field trip to Nasa Space Centre where I

saw a real Apollo. They were big, amazing and beautiful. I was very exciting to see them with my own eyes.

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award ceremony and then the senior division award ceremony. For junior division: Honorable mention got $100, Bronze medal got $200, Silver medal got $300 and Gold medal got $500. For senior d iv is ion: Honorable mention got $200, Bronze medal got $500, Silver medal got $750, and Gold medal got $1,000. I got 3 awards; first award was full scholarship for 4 years from Fatih University, Second award was innovative energy solution a w a r d , p r e s e n t e d b y E g e Construction for which I received a laptop and the last award was the gold medal for the energy

We enjoyed many things such as movies about Apollo rockets and astronauts as well as playing game. In the evening it was the Awarding Ceremony. All of the participants were gathered at GRB convention centre where the I-WEEEP 2009 students will all be rewarded for their hard work and ingenuity. I-SWEEEP 2009 awards are designed to celebrate and encourage us. Special awards were presented on stage to the students who had achieved the highest grades. After that were the junior division

division. Ayuwatt got bronze m e d a l a n d P i c h n y g o t a n honorable mention. The award and closing ceremony ended at 7:30 pm. The 20th April was departure day but because my flight was delayed for 24 hours, I needed to stay in Texas for another day. On 21st April, we left Texas at around 5pm. We arrived in Phnom Penh on 23rd April, at 9:05 am. I got a warm welcome from my classmates and my teachers who gave me flowers and many journalists interviewed me. I-SWEEEP gave me a wonderful memory and the best experience. There

were many kinds of students with different nationalities who shared their experience and k n o w l e d g e . I - S W E E E P develops young minds and helps us to work together to make the world more sustain-able.

I am thankful to my project supervisor, Mr. Mustasfa Dur who had given me support and made suggestions during this project. I would also like to give thanks to Mr. Nareth Heng, my project supervisor who has given me continued guidance, knowledge and encouragement. Thanks also go to Mr. Jamie Gibbs for help with English translat ion and grammar. I would really like to thanks Mr. M. Gurkan Cil who gave all the in fo rmat ion tha t I needed regarding I-SWEEEP and for a lso accompany ing me to Houston. He took care of us very well. I would like to give thanks to all of my teachers who teach me in every lessons. In addition, I would like to thank my family members who collectively gave me the strength to fulfill my I-SWEEEP dream.

Finally, I would like to encourage all ZIS students to consider entering I-SWEEEP in the future because I believe it is a very posi t ive exper ience which broadens not only our intellec-tual horizons, but also our cultural horizons. Another thing that I-SWEEEP taught me was to be determined and never give up. I wish you all GOOD LUCK!

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In addition to the games, our female teacher had prepared food for us to sell . Students

better designed than this year t o o . I n t h e e n d w e h o p e everyone will be enjoy next years summer Festival.

By Khoy Chou (Pscat) 5826class: 11E

n the 28th of March 2009, Zaman In ternat iona l OSchool celebrated the

second Summer Festival for the students in girl side, All the parents and teachers were invited to join this Summer Festival. Everybody played m a n y f u n a n d e n j o y a b l e games,Everyone tasted the delicious hand-made foods.We were happy to see Miss. Seda Mecit an MC again same as last year. For this years location the games took place on the boy’s side. And this year the school held a lot of fun activities such as:selling Turkish food, Drinks, Desserts, various games,to be enjoyed and the lucky draw. There were more than 10 games such as: carrying the lemons, Basketball shots, Balloon water

breaking contest, Sack hop race, Banana eating contest, Dancing on paper... after the

were responsible to buy the drinks also. There were many food were being sold on that day.The festival ran from 8:00 to 12:00 and showed us a lot of things to give us a rich experi-ence . We are looking forward to the Next summer festival, and

games we watched an amazing d a n c e b y 1 0 F a n d 1 1 F students

hope that there will be many more enjoyable games for play especially the fun games like : _ Dancing on paper _ Funny Make up _ Sack Race...etc

We also hope the T-shirts will be cheaper than this year and

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Northunmbria University, The University of Nott ingham, P e m b r o k e s h i r e c o l l e g e , University of Plymouth, Regent’s college, Roehampton University, United kingdom Visa guidance, University of Sunderland, University of Wolverhampton, University of Worcester. We then all started to go around and visit the booths that represent each universities. After about 20 minutes, they announced that the seminar will start. So Mrs. Grace and Miss Vesile gathered all the students and looked for seats. The first speaker was Mr. P red Evans who i s the

On Tuesday, all 12 E and 12F students gathered in front of the school at 9:30. Even though, we did not know where we were heading to go but we were all so excited. After a short explanation from our class monitors, we found out that we will go to the Samdech Hun Sen and Lok Chumteav Cultural center to join the Springboard Cambodia Education Fair. After everyone was there, we started to get into the buses and begin our short trip together. It is not a very long way from our school to the Samdech Hun Sen and Lok Chumteav Cultural center which is near the Independence Monument. When we arrived there, we saw buses from many schools. So we all got off from the buses and followed the lead of Mrs. Grace and Miss Vesile into the Institute. After a short walk, we arrived in front of a big building and as expected we saw many students from different schools. Then they s ta r ted t o g i ve ou t t he Registration form for us to complete before we enter the building. After we completed, we submitted the form and received a pamphlet about the Fair and each participating universities. There were 20 participants in the fair. They were Birkbeck College, British Council, Cambridge Educat ion Group, Cardi ff University, University of East Anglia, Education First, The University of Greenwich, The Grimsby Institute of Further and h igher Educat ion , INTO, Universi ty of Lancashire, University of Leeds, Leeds M e t r o p o l i t a n U n i v e r s i t y, N e w c a s t l e U n i v e r s i t y ,

representative of British Council in Thailand. He gave us a short introduction about Bri t ish Councils and its aims. He says The British councils have branches in 110 countries, but the nearest to Cambodia is the branch in Thailand. He talked about the British Council in Thailand. After his speech, Ms. Do l laporn In t r -Roong, the colleague of Mr. Evans, gave another speech about the education in UK. She had showed us the different features of United kingdom which combined 4 different countries together: Scotland, Wales,

Northern Ireland and England. She also talked about the reasons why we should choose UK as study destination. After a very clear explanation about the school fees, working hours and how to apply, all of the students gave a loud and heartwarming applauds to Mr. Evans and Ms.Dollaporn Intr-Roong. Then, it was time for us to return back to the school. However, before coming back we asked Mr. Evans to have pictures with both 12 E and 12F. After that we all got on the buses and return to school just in time for our LUNCh..

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Canteen of Zaman International School at 8:30am but Malin was a bit late because of traffic jamçWhen everybody was there we prepare to get ready to go. We left the school at 8:45am with on school bus. Firstly, when we arrived Miss. Vesile’s house our teacher said welcome to all of us Then she asked us whether we were hungry or not. We started to cook, but first we had to make a circle to choose a group to cook and wash dishes after we had eated already. After a few minutes we had finished dividing the group. Secondly, we stated to cook by

All of the students in 11E were invi ted to our homeroom teacher’s house (Miss. Vesile) to cook Mak lube fo r l unch altogether. On the Thursday evening we got the permission paper to go for lunch at our homeroom teacher’s house. Then we returned the paper to the teacher on Friday morning, but some of our friends had forgot to bring it or some of their parents had not yet signed for them so they returned the on Saturday form . On Saturday, the 21st of March, Most of our friends arranged to each other in the

helping our teacher to cut some vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, eggplants and Cheata helped to cut the beef .It was such hard work because the beef was still frozen but a few minutes later she did it. After we cut the potatoes, carrots, eggplants and broccoli, Malin and I wanted to fry the vegetables with oil so we fred them until all of them were cooked. And then we started to wash and cut cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages and lettuce to make vegetable salads. After we waited for the Maklube to cook we took a lot of photographs and played around

the kitchen. We were in a hurry waiting for the Maklube to cook. After a long while the time finally came and the Maklube was cooked already. We put the pot upside down on the tray and then we started to design the garnish by putting the salad with cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, and cabbage in the circle around the tray in lovely colors. After a few minutes our food had cooked already so we took it outside to the living room to enjoy lunch.But before we started we took many photos with our teacher, friends and the food around us. After that we filled ourselves with the most delicious food. Then we started to wash the dishes in the kitchen and some of us helped to clean the floor because the water had looked out of a container. At 11:45 the school bus came to pick us up at teacher`s house go back to the school Anyway we were happy so we didn’t know the school bus had come. How fast the time had passed. . So now it was time to go back to school and go back home. On the way back we were happy to listen to the music. We got back to school at 12:20pm a bit late because our parents were already waiting for us outside of the school. Lastly we would all like to say thanks very much to our homeroom teacher Miss. Vesile that she cooked suchs a very nice lunch for us. We hope that we all will all have a happy time like that again soon.

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Unforgettable Lunch Time Of 11-E

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finishing our shower it was about 6:30 pm. Our homeroom teacher Mrs.Goksel called us to help with the cooking. Larath peel po ta toes . Rachana f r i ed potatoes. Lita stirred the sugar in the pot. Vimol, Vichta and I were chopping tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce.Half an hour later, the dinner was served. We ate happily with our teachers and friends. Next, we went to study by ourselves until 9:30pm. Teatime came, the desert looked as good as it tasted. After teatime and before going to bed, our teachers and we played games together. After that, we went to sleep.While Lita, Rachana and I slept in the 1st room Vimol, Larath and

On Monday morning, Rachana came to my house around to pick me up at 7o’clock. On the way to school, we both felt very shy because each of us was going to carry our luggage into the school. Then we didn’t know where to put our things, so we decided to keep them in the Turkish Department. Soon Lita, Vimol, Larath and Vichta also arrived each with their different size pieces of luggage. After the lesson started; our thoughts were not on the work, but on what would happen that night at the dormitory. As time passed and the 8th lesson arrived (Main Course Lesson), Lita and I felt really excited. She said: “Hong! There are only two hours left and soon we will be in another place.” I replied: “Yeah! I am so happy because tonight we can sleep together in the same room.” Rachana shouted from the other end of the class: “Me too! Let's find out tonight!”Finally school ended and all of us except Lita went to carry our luggage from the Turkish Department to the school car. Eventually, we took the entire batch of luggage down one by one. It was extremely heavy. What have they put in there? Next, we had to take Lita’s luggage, which was in her car near the Russian Embassy security guard’s house. Finally, we were able to reach the dormitory .After we reached the dormitory, we chose our room. Three people per room as there were six of us. Then we placed our stuff. We felt so hot that we rushed to have a shower. After

Vichta slept in another room. Fifteen minutes later, Vimol rushed into my room and shouted: “Ghost! I am so afraid!” Larath and Vichta ran after Vimol and said: “She exaggerates too much.” As a result all 6 of us slept in one room.At our first night at the dormitory we were not able to fall asleep right away as we all missed our own beds, pillows and blankets.The next morning we woke up at 6:30am to get ready to go to our school. Our transportation to school was by TAXI .The following days were the same as the 1st day, but our meals and games changed everyday. Soon, Thursday evening came; it was our last day

at the dormitory, we felt like we did not want to go back home. Our last night at the dormitory was also our happiest day at the dormitory as well. We ate a special meal (BBQ). And then all of us went back to our room to change our clothes which we had to wear to get ready to go to ZIS at 10:30pm to celebrate our last day there at the dormitory. Our homeroom teacher made a cake for us.It was 10:30 pm when we left the dormitory to go to the school. It was the only time that we had ever visited the school so late at night. Our teachers had planned a surprise to make a wonderful night for us.

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was time for a surpise we have been waiting for. Do you know what? The movie was pictures of us taken from the day we started staying at the dormitory right up until yesterday. She had created a movie using photos of us. It really made us excited and feel like we wanted to cry because when we saw our happiest time together which would be end tonight. After watching, we prepared our things and went back at 11:30pm.

First, we went to the cinema to listen to music while our teachers prepared tea to be served in the cinema. Suddenly Ms Sibel went on the stage and danced, followed by me, Lita, Rachana and Vimol. Larath and Vichta took pictures and videos of us wh i le we were danc ing . Afterwards, we went down and sat on the floor to eat the cake and chat with our teachers. Moreover, we watched a funny movie . As the movie was over, it

Reaching the dormitory, we felt so tired but we have already promised not to sleep early. As doing so, we chat and played until 3:00am. At this time, some fell a sleep such as Lita and me. By the time around 4am, everyone was deep asleep. Soon morning came…

We arranged every thing back to normal, but than we did not take our luggage to school. We felt uncomfortable to take many

things at once so we decided to get it after school.

This is a brief story about the time that spent at the dormitory. As I am a student in 10E, on behalf of my class I wish my homeroom teacher Mrs.Goksel to have a safe trip to turkey and back. Teacher we love you, and we are looking forward to your being our homeroom teacher again next year.

living room. Teacher bought us a cake with 9 f letter on top . And she also made some gifts for us . The living room was nicely decorated. A moment later we blew the candle out together and sang happy birthday to 9 f. Then we took photos with many different poses, it was kind of fun.

9 f had an activity with our homeroom teacher . This activity was located at the dormitory. At about 12:00 pm everybody reached the dormitory. For a while we just stayed on the first floor…a moment later…..we went upstairs. We felt very surprised when we entered the

It was lunch time and everybody started to get hungry. So , we decided to cook sphagetti and french fries together . We really loved the activity. We could workn and be happy together . It took a long time to cook and everybody’s face became red . When the food was nearly cooked. Other friends prepared the place to eat. After lunch

everybody helped each other to clean the dishes.Evening time came and everybody they went to their own home . And the activity ended but it still kept with us in our hearts. This activity made us feel relaxed after studying hard . And doing something together teaches us how to make un i t y no t enemies…Written by: Hong

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him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid.Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, “And think of me.”He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went

One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe; he looked poor and hungry.He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was those chills which only fear can put in you.He said, “I’m here to help you, ma’am. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.”Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told

in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a s t r a n g e r . T h e n s h e remembered Bryan.After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: “You don’t owe me

anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.”Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.Well, there were tables to clean, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard….She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.”There is an old saying “What goes around comes around.” Today, I sent you this story and I’m asking you to pass it on… Let this light shine.

What Goes Round,comes Round! Very True!

2.Karahisar Kalesi (Leakhera and Somara)3.Hastane önünde incir Agaci. (Akchhara)4.Bu Hayat Sevince Güzel. (8 F)5.Sultanim. (Fanita)6.Annecigim. (Nora)7.Omuz Omuza. (Akchhara)8.Turkish Dance . (Liyorg, Pahng,Linda,Sivmey,Minea,and Phanninath)

On the 21st of March 8F p repared a show ca l led TÜRKÇE GÜNÜ which means Turkish Day. This show was performed in the Turkish language only. The program for the show consisted of songs, poems and dancing. 1.Khmer National Anthem and Turk ish Nat iona l Anthem (Istiklal Marsi 8F)

9.Veda Busesi. (Viriya and Leakheric)10.Zannetme ki Ölum Zor . (Sofiry)11.Yüksek Yüksek Tepelere. (Viriya)12.Slide show.13.Memleketim. (8 F)

We’d worked really hard on this show and it was a success. We’d invited some Turkish teachers from the high school and primary school. This whole show was the idea of our assistant teacher, Miss Sibel.

She wants us to prepare a Turkish show to surprise teachers. And they were

surprised and amazed because Türkçe Günü is the first show in the history of ZIS to be performed entirely in Turkish .We were so happy after we’ve done this show because Turkish is the language of must of our teachers and also because we have made our teachers so happy .In the and we hope that our teachers appreciated What we’ve done and that other classes besides 8 F make Turkish one of their own language.We want to thank our homeroom teacher Miss Serap Yalçin and specially our supervisor Miss Sibel

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school bus to Soun Soben. We started the trip at about 9 o’clock. We spent about half an hour to

More than 20 of the students from 9Fclass were participating. We were in hurried to get on the

get there. But as soon as we arrived there, we saw the 9E class . We felt happy to be with them. After that, we rented a place to sit and eat something. We had prepared a delicious meal for us to eat together. There was spaghetti, hot dogs, bread, sigara boregi, coke, etc. Before eating the meal, we spent some time to have a talk with each other and played monopoly which one of the students from 9F had brought. About 15 minutes later, we started to have our meal. One plate shared by2 students. There was almost not enough food for us because of 3 students who ate a lot, about 2 or 3 plates each. Honestly, we want to say thanks to Miss Serap and Miss Sibel who tried hardto prepare a big

delicious meal for us. After we finished our meal, we fished for half an hour but unfortunately we didn’t catch any fish. Then we continued to walk around Soun Soben and looked for the animals that are kept there. After that, we went to the p l a y g r o u n d a n d p l a y e d together.Then everybody felt so m i s e r a b l e b e c a u s e o u r stomachs started to be hungry again. We bought some mango to eat together. The time had passed quickly, now it was time for us to go back to the school. We went back at 12:10 pm.The school bus seemed so quiet because everyone felt restless. We arrived at the school at 12:40PM and ended our trip feeling LOVE and HAPPINESS

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activity at Soun Soben. In the On Saturday , 8 f students had an

morning , we met together at school and prepared for the trip. At 9:30 we left the school with a total of 18 students. On the way there we stopped at Chbar Om Pov to buy rice and stuff. We arrived at Soun Soben at 10 o’clock. We ordered some food then some of us went fishing , some went to for a walk around the place. After we had lunch we had a birthday party for 8 f and our homeroom teacher gave us friendship bracelets. Then we all came together to have photos taken around the garden. We arrived back in Phnom Penh around 13:30 and we promised each other never to forget the wonderful moment we had just had together .

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ACTIVITIES

We want to keep this in control, only the most expensive cameras, and expensive printingshop can cope with the extreme dynamic range that can occur in the middle of a bright Cambodian day, and keep detail in the bright and dark areas. We want to take our photo-graphs in the early morning, or late in the afternoon after 3pm when the

back, or a $9000 professional camera. The basic principles of taking an excellent photograph are the same; all you have to do

The trick for a well-exposed photograph is having the right amount of light; too much [ like in the middle of the day when the sun is right above] means that everything looks boring, too bright, not enough color, no inter-esting shadows, and a washed out white sky. Bright things are too bright, and dark things are too dark, this is called dynamic range.

This guide is intended to assist you wheneve r you t ake photographs, be it with a $50 phone with a camera in the

My favorite time of day is dusk when rays of sun slice through the dusty streets, and people have started to turn on their shop lights, making a rich diverse range of light colors. The contrast [difference between light and dark areas] is lower, making it much easier to get the right exposure, especially for asmall or cheap camera like a phone c amera.

sun is lower and the colors are rich, the sky is a deep blue, there are interesting shadows being

is capture it with whatever is in your hand. Of course a cheap phone or camera phone adds a few small challenges, but also

If you have to take a photo in bright conditions have the sun behind you or at an angte and facing your subject. If possible shade the camera, a copy of the Cambodia Daily over the phone /camera will do fine, this will stop the light hitting the glass and making your image have that nasty blue washed out look.

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thrown across the rich colored backgrounds, and skin tones are warm.

makes many things easier. We’llbe learning about all of this, and how to overcome these little problems.

Without light you can't have a photograph, so first of all we need to learn how to use

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everyone was surprised by his improvements because he just came to Cambodia for a short period of time but he could pronounce it really well.At 11.30am, we reached

During the great holidays of King Norodom Sihakmony’s Birthday and the Royal Ploughing ceremony, Zaman International School teachers arranged a family trip to Preah Sihanouk Province which is a tourist’s sea site in Cambodia. We gathered at Zaman High School Campus at 7.13am on 14th May, 2009, and we left by bus that we had rented.

The family of Mr. El Sophea, Mr. El Rany and the family of other teachers along with 3 foreign teachers, Mr. Baris, Mr. Selmani and Mr. Mehmet joined the trip.Mr. Art Chantha’s family also went there, but they went one day in advance. We, Zaman teachers were very happy in that trip and especially the presence of Mr. Baris, Selmani and Mehmet made the trip more delightful.

At 8.30am, we were served bread and orange juice as breakfast by foreign teachers. After that, we chatted to each other with lots of fun while some t e a c h e r s w e r e r e a d i n g newspaper and the kids were watching film of Tom and Jerry. Besides that, Mr. Mehmet was trying all his best to practice his Khmer language with us and

Sihanouk Province, We went on directly to Polowai White Sand guest house where we had booked some rooms for our teachers. The rooms were spacious with air conditioner, so

it made us comfortable to stay there. We put off our luggages at the guest house then we moved on to the Mlop Mean restaurant for lunch.

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Turk ish Nat iona l Anthem (Istiklal Marsi8 f) 2.Karahisar Kalesi (Leakhera and Somara)3.Hastane onunde incir Agaci. (Akchhara) 4.Bu Hayat Sevince Guzel. (8 F)5.Sultanim. (Fanita)6.Annecigim. (Nora)

On the 21 st March 8F prepared a show ca l l ed TURKCE GUNUMUZE which means Turkish Day .This show is performed only in Turkish .The show had Turkish songs poems and dance .This was our program:1.Khmer National Anther and

7.Omuz Omuza. (Akchhara)8.Turkish Dance. (Liyorg, Pahng,Linda,Sivmey,Minea,and Phanninath)9.Veda Busesi. (Viriya and Leakheric)10.Zannetme ki Olum Zor . (Sofiry)11.Yuksek Yuksek Tepelere. (Viriya)12.Slide show.13.Memleketim. (8 F)We worked really hard on this show and it was a success. We invited some Turkish teachers from the high school and primary school.The whale show was our assistant teacher’s idea,Miss Sibel. She wanted us to prepare a

Turkish show to surprise the teachers .And they were surprised and amazed because Türkçe Günümüze is the frist show in the history of ZIS to be performed entirely in Turkish. We were so happy after we’d done this show because Turkish is the language of most of our teachers and also because we made our teachers so happy .In the and we hope that our teachers appreciate. What we did and that other classes besides 8 F make Turkish one of their our languages . We want to thank our homeroom teacher Miss Serap Yalcin and especially our supervisor,Miss Sibel.

Turkce Gunu

playing football, swimming, and riding boat. The children were enthusiastic in playing with sand and driving the small cars. We played there until lunch time. The lunch was absolutely delicious, we had fried chicken and other special food. We rested for a while after lunch then we packed our things in going home.

On the way back, Mr Rany’s

After lunch, it was time for us to go to the beach; Sokha beach. There we played volleyball and we swam joyfully. At 7 o’clock in the evening, we returned to the guest house.

The next day, we had breakfast together at about 7.30am. Then we continued our trip to Ou Treas beach. We enjoyed

oldest son, 6 years old sang a song, “Want to have a wife” and Mr Kim Anne’s son performed a song, “Get Salary”. In addition to that, Mr Sophea’s oldest daughter, Bou Sara sang 3 Thai songs. Everyone was really surprised because she is just 4 years old and she’s able to sing them very well while she couldn’t read Khmer. It was really incredible. After a while, we

arrived at the place called Srer Ombel where we bought fresh rambutans for our families at home.

At last, we arrived safely in Phnom Penh at 5.15 in the evening happy and safety. We expect that next time; we will have this kind of trip again to another place.

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Kompong Speu, then we continued our trip to Sihanouk Ville. On the way, we stopped at Pich Nil to pray for our safety, and then we relaxed, and took the photos. We arrived at Sihanouk Ville at 11:00 am and we needed to find a hotel because we didn’t book. First, we went to the Holiday Hotel, but it was not nice, so we went to stay in the Golden Sand Hotel.

After that, we ordered the food from phsar le market to have our lunch because all of us were very hungry. At 12 o’clock we went to barbecue the meat together at sokha beach. Firstly,

On 11th May 2009, some of students in 11A had a trip to Sihanouk Ville during the holiday.

In the early morning, all of us met at school at 6:00 am, but some of our friends were late, so we had to leave from school at 6:40 am. There were 9 students and 2 teachers (Mr.Selmani and Mr.Mehmet). On the way, we had fun together because we told joke and our friends are very funny. One of our friends brought the bread, so we had breakfast in the minibus. We arrived in Kampong Speu at 8:00 am and we picked up one of our friends at

we had lunch. After that we didn’t forget to spend some time taking pictures together. Then, we played volley ball together. Afterwards the kayak, we paddled in the sea, it was fantastic. We played ball in the sea. It was a very happy time at 5 o’clock, we stopped swimming and we prepared the gear for the BBQ, and we grilled the meat together. It was wonderful. When we had had dinner already, one of our friends played guitar, and we sang songs together. It’s was peaceful, the weather was great and we won’t forget this good time. We left the beach at 8 pm because the weather was very

dark. After that we went to have dessert together, near phsar le market. We arrived at the hotel at 8:30 pm. We swam in the swimming pool until 9 o’clock. In the room, we played PS2. We slept at 10:30 pm.

We got up at 8 o’clock. We left the hotel at 9 o’clock. We arrived at Sokha Beach again at 9:20. We hadn’t bought breakfast yet, so 3 of our friends went to buy it. We had breakfast at 10 o’clock. At 11 o’clock we left from Sokha Beach to go to the port. We could enter the port because of one of our friend’s father works there.

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very big and wide. We took pictures together, and we saw a big ship, it was the bigger that we had ever seen. The time was too

Then we arrived at Phnom Penh at 5:30 pm.We would like to say thank You to

We were very suspired because we had never seen it before. It’s

to have lunch at Veal Renh Restaurant. We arrived there at 2 o’clock.

short, so we had to go to the hotel to check-out before we left. We left Sihanouk province at 12 o’clock, but one of our friend

Mr.Selmani and Mr.Mehmet for preparing our trip and we want to have a great time like this again.

stayed there, so we had to say good bye to him. We arrived at Veal Renh at 1 o’clock, and we had not yet had lunch, so we had

Prepared by: Chhayheng Eng & Sopheara Chek

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