Mao Chi Channa

Among lecturers at Royal School of Administration of Cambodia, Excellency Dr. Heng Vong Bunchat is my most interesting teacher. The class lecture is easy to catch and understand.  The subjects come along with examples and fun. We have learned clearly about the government systems of the world including  the Presidential system, Parliamentary System and Semi-Presidential System. Also we have been learning about the types of states, and type of political parties and other articles like Democracy, Constitutional Law, and so on……….

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Ten years is the long time, but the great memory never forgotten. When I was at Wat Bo, Siem Reap province in 2000, I was asked for taking a photo by an American woman, but I don’t even her name. A year later, she backed to my temple again and brought me two photographies. Her translator told me that a photo is for me, and another is for my family. At that time, I really wanted to say ” thank you”  to her and wanted to communicate with her more but I know nothing neither speaking now writing English. What I can do just smile.

Whenever I see the photo, I always miss her. I don’t know why. The word “thank you” that I want to say, still in my mind. Since I have learned how to browse the internet, I have been trying to search the word “Linda Connor” that printed behind the photo. Fortunately, today I can find it via

http://www.pointlight.com.au/art_connor.html .

My wonder is unclosed, I know her name now.

Linda Connor (born November 18, 1944) is an American photographer who is widely acknowledged and acclaimed for her unique visual style. Taking photographs with a large format view camera in exotic locations, contact printing the images using sunlight, then gold-toning the prints, Connor achieves rich and glorious results.

Connor studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and received a Master’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Connor’s photographs appear in a number of books, including Spiral Journey, a catalog of her exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in 1990. Connor was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1988 and 1976, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979. Connor’s work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Connor’s noted images include a photograph of a ceremonial cloth carefully wrapped around a tree trunk in Bali, petroglyphs hidden in the cliff dwellings of Arizona, star trails in Mexico, and votive candles meticulously arranged for ceremonial rites at Chartres.

Connor is a professor in the Photography Department at the San Francisco Art Institute where she has taught since 1969. She is also a founding director of the San Francisco Bay Area non-profit group,PhotoAlliance.

Professor Linda! Now I am not a young monk any more; Moreover, my English can be used for communication. If you come to Cambodia again, I would love to meet you to say “Thank you for my photos”.

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I have studied at University of Cambodia “UC” since 2004 under supporting of Excellency Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Personal Advisor to the Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and President of University of Cambodia. I have gotten full scholarship to study English courses called FaxTrast and finished all courses in 2005 then I was allowed to study Associate Degree (AA) in college of science and I have completed Credit of Associate Degree in 2007 by getting certificate of Information System. 2007 I have attended Bachelor Degree in Information Technology and completed it fruitfully in 2009.  The following is the good remembrance me and friends at UC.

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More than 2000 Theravada Buddhist Monks from variaus countries were expected to gather in Bodhgaya, India, for the 5th annual International Pali Tipitaka Chanting, from 2-12 december 2009.

The ceremony was under the presidency of Supreme Patriach of India, His Holiness Samdech Tep Vong, the Great Supreme Patriach of Cambodia and His Holiness Dharmasen Maha Thero, Buddhist Supreme Patriach of Bangladesh.

The represented countries were Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

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