Cinte Everywhere: 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Je m'appelle Ivy....

I took french class 3 years ago when i work and live in Singapore. However, i forgot almost everything from lack of practice. At first, it was only for fun since i get bored with work and feel like i don't have life outside of it. I really interested to learn french and it will be something new for me and at the same time can change my boring routine.

My basic french class was taken at Cambridge Language School located at Peninsula Plaza. If i'm not mistaken, my teacher name was Damien,il est tres sympa. Their text book honestly was very thin but full with the information needed. I even use this book until today whenever i need to do revision or to check on my basic. I learned mostly on vocabulary, some verbs and how to conjugated verbs.

I continued my french lesson with alliance francaise singapore because of their reputable status and since they are a french school. I sit for placement test and get into beginner 2 class. I manage to skip one level which i think its good enough for me. The school is nice, they have library, cafeteria and walking distance to mrt.

Now 3 years later, i work with french company here in KL and also have a french boyfriend. My french is almost zero and i only can understand few words and making conversation is absolutely pas possible.

3 months ago i decided to take up french class again but this time with Alliance francaise KL. I come to this decisions since my bf didn't teach me anything and i also prefer to go to class. I was frustrated when i cannot make any conversation with his family and friends because of my limited vocabulary and terrible grammar when i was in France. Being able to say bonjour, merci, oui, non, sil vous plait, bonne chance,au revoir doesnt mean you speak french. :p

I hope my second try to learn french will be working out well since i really want to be able to speak this languange. It will be nice if i can manage to do some conversation for our next trip to France this coming spring.

Je m'applle Ivy. Je suis ingenieur et je suis trente et un ans. J'habite et travail a kl maintenant. Dans ma famille il y a trois personnes. Mon pere s'applle shaari et ma mere s'appelle Junaidah. J'aime beaucoup la danse, la musique et je vais souvent le cinema. Mon petit ami s'apple Nicolas. Il est francais et il a vingt quarte ans. Il aime le sport, le cinema.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

What to do In Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is dusty, dirty and only local can understand their traffic system. If its raining heavily you definitely cant walk on the street since they don't have drainage and its flooded the road. Their street were numbered which i find out easy to follow moreover we almost walking to everywhere in Phnom Penh. All the places of interest are within 1-2km radius from the city centre.

In my opinion, nothing much you can do in Phnom Penh since all the temples concentrated in Siem Reap. We've been visiting:

1. Independent Monument

2. Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda

~ When we reach there, we've been told that we can only visit silver pagoda since royal palace closed and only re-open next year. They didn't stated the reason why. Visitor are required to wear proper clothes to enter.

(Royal Palace taken from outside)

(Royal palace at night)

(inside silver pagoda)

3. National Museum

~ If you first touch down in Phnom Penh and heading to Siem Reap next, national museum is a good start. It served as introductory to Cambodian temples. If you coming from siem reap, skip this since you already see's all.

(love the architecture,pic are allowed in this area but not inside museum)

4. Genocide Museum

~ This is by far the most interesting eerie place i have been to in my life. This school turn prison during khmer rouge regime and now museum for us all to see what they did to khmer people. I got goose bump the whole time im in there and still have it every time i think about it. My prayers goes to all the victim of khmer rouge.

(picture of every suspect taken)

(bed where they've been tortured)

(wooden cell)

(brick cell)

(after the died from torture)

(survivor)

(the bad guys)

5. Killing field

~ This where the mass grave have been found.

(killing tools)

After my visit to both genocide and killing field, i stop by to street vendor selling books and grab this 2 books which claim to be famous. Its a story by khmer victims itselves.

6. Riverfront

~ If you looking for proper and happening place to eat, riverfront is the place. They have lot of bars and few clubs here. We have our dinner almost every night at this area and it was quite good.

(My bf love the Khmer curry which is a little too sweet for me)

(Amok)

7. Market

~ Phnom Penh have a lot of market and we manage to check few of them. Russian market sells clothes, shoes, bags and souvenirs. As a tourist i like this place better than other market because of the souvenir. Central market sells everyday need, from clothes, raw material, fishes etc but not so much souvenir. There's a lot of fake designer clothes and bags sold here. Olympic market is more like a wholesaler market, focusing on clothes.

8. Silk Island

~ Small weaving village with nothing much to do. This place can be interesting if you never experience SE Asia country life. For me its look similar to my hometown where i grew up. We took ferry which the villagers use to travel from the island to mainland before heading to Phnom Penh.