Zaman International School Newspaper Issue 59

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Volume 5 Issue 59

16 June 2008

SILVER MEDAL FROM I-SWEEEP

After the first term final exams, there was an announcement on the physics board. I could not help reading what it had to say ZAMAN NEWSPAPER Zaman, Publisher Selmani Yazici, Editor-in Chief Gurkan Cil, Editor at Large

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because the illustration was so attractive. The first phrase I saw was “sustainable world with ISWEEEP”.

What is I-SWEEEP? It is “International Sustainable World Energy Engineering and Environment Project” Olympiad.

I was surprised by the information. I tried to look for purpose and requirements. An organization, sponsored by Cosmos Foundation, universities and agencies, was inviting the students who were interested in becoming future engineers to go to the city of Houston, Texas, USA. Students would have to present their own projects in three main categories, Energy Engineering and Environment. ISWEEEP 2008 was looking forward to seeing applicants from all over the world. The ISWEEEP committee evaluated all the projects, applied for by the students the before the deadline, to make a selection of finalists.

The qualified students joined the program, from 1st to 5th of May 2008. There were two divisions in I-SWEEEP Fair. The senior division was open to US students and international students attending classes in grades 9 through 12, while the junior division was open to only US students attending classes in grades 6 through 8. The next day, I asked teachers to confirm the announcement and got some details about this Olympiad.

Being a 12 grader made me uncertain about entering this program, but it also gave me a positive idea, as I am in the final year of high school. To find out was to send my application and project abstract to the committee.

First, I had to search for a project, with quantitative data through experimentation followed by analysis and real life applications. Giving my project a topic was not so easy at that time

because I did not really have any new project in mind, and my previous projects and experiments do not seem to have a great application to sustain the w o r l d . O n e d a y, d u r i n g m y geology lesson, about using energy and fossil fuels, I came up with an idea to set my project focus on renewable energy. The reason is that fossil fuels are the biggest energy we are using today, but it will be depleted in a time frame relevant to human r a c e . M o r e o v e r, w e f a c e environmental impacts caused by fossil emission. People need alternative energy, which is cleaner and renewable. There are many kinds of renewable energy from solar, hydro, wind, geothermal and bio resources. I was so interested in the Fuel Cell, but finding materials I need would be too difficult. I talked to my science teachers for some advice in order to choose a renewable energy as my project.

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GENERAL I can tell you more about my project, but I am afraid it would be too boring. Let's me describe about the five days program. My adult supervisors and I left Cambodia on 30th of April. We arrived in Houston around 5 AM, on 1st of May, the arrival day of ISWEEEP 2008 participants.

Each of us was given a T-shirt, a bag, an identity card, and documents. In the evening, I went to Gorge R. Brown invention Center to check my stand. Before returning to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, we had dinner at a restaurant.

Continued from page 1 At last, I chose Biodiesel, a diesel replacement fuel made from vegetable oil through a simple chemical reaction called transesterification. Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine without modifications, and can be blended in any amount with regular diesel. Biodiesel can be converted from any kind of vegetable oil, animal fats, unused, or used cooking oil. It is a renewable and eco-friendly energy. Being eco-friendly can make the world a better place. I did not really have much time to catch up with the deadline. While juniors were having a deadline on 20th of March, all seniors had to apply before 19th of February.

From the day I started working with my project, there were problems. The project must not be plagiarized, so I couldn't copy anyone's work. However, I felt that using data from previous experiments and to create a new scientific investigation was a very good thing to do. The

investigation or science project is a process using scientific method to discover the answer to a scientific problem. The scientific method involves the following steps: doing research, identifying the problem, stating a hypothesis, conducting project, experimentation, analyzing gathered data, and conclusion.

After having an introduction and purpose statement ready, I began conducting my project.

Biodiesel has been used in some countries, and some scientists and researchers are working on it. I went over the internet, looking for different ways to make biodiesel. With all the information, I made up a way to produce my own biodiesel. I fixed some parts to make it possible with my supplies and conditions of Cambodia. What I need in order to produce biodiesel are vegetable oil, methanol and base. Any vegetable oil selling at the market would be okay. There are sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide at school.

However, I must have methanol,

an alcohol with a single carbon. It has a higher rate to cause reaction than ethanol. After sometime, I found out that methanol is available at chemical shops in Phnom Penh. Some of the shops are located in Olympic Market area. I produced Biodiesel for several times to gain experience and make improvement. After some reports, I applied my information and abstract to the committee.

A week later, a teacher told me that my project was approved, but it did not mean I could just wait for the time to go to Houston.

I still had many work to do and complete my research paper with all the data including experiments and experiences over the time. Making discussion about problems happened, giving solutions, and draw conclusion are what should be done and sent to the committee before the arrival in Texas. I gave my project a title “Coconut Biodiesel Can Broaden New Horizons for Cambodia�.

It was when I noticed that all the finalists had arrived. In ISWEEEP 2008, there were 820 finalists, with over 400 projects, from 51 countries and 38 states of America. On the 2nd of May, I went to GRB Convention Center again to set up my project. Every project has to meet I-SWEEEP safety regulation. After lunch, there was a field trip to Rice University. At 7:55 PM in the evening, the official Opening Ceremony of I-SWEEEP 2008 began. All the participants were warmly welcomed by the organization. There was a wonderful Flags Parade in the ceremony. Cambodia was in the parade as well. I woke up early on 3rd of May, the judging day. It started at 9:30 AM, after breakfast, all the supervisors had to be out of the exhibitory hall.

There was a shopping program for them. The contestants had to be ready at their stand waiting for the judges. No finalist was allowed to walk away from his or her stand. If any of the judges could not find them at their spot, they would receive a zero score.

There was one-hour lunch break.

The judging resumed at 2:00 until 5:30. I met six judges. I had to make a presentation by telling them about my projects. Show them important information and results. In the evening, we had Social Event program at the hotel. Participants were in one place, meeting each other and exchanging gifts. On 4th of May, I was so excited because it was the day we went to NASA Space C e n t e r. T h e A p o l l o w a s s o amazing, especially seeing it with my own eyes. In the late afternoon, we gathered at Grand Assemble Theater, at GRB, for the Awarding Ceremony. Special award winners and medalists were called to present on stage.

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I arrived in Phnom Penh on 7th of May, around 9:00 AM, all of my classmates were at the airport for my arrival. It was a nice welcome-back from my school. I would like to thanks my friends in 12F and homeroom teacher for the flowers. I-SWEEEP was so wonderful for me. I met students from different parts of the world.

We were together sharing the excitement of science and technology. I was surrounded by those with similar interests. Our interest and hard work were about making this world sustainable. One of the most important things was to represent Cambodia amongst over 50 After traveling for more than different nations. I-SWEEEP is twenty-four hours, I felt a bit tired. p u r p o s e l y o r g a n i z e d f o r Continued from page 2 Each of them received prizes, and medals. Honorable finalists got a certificate. Bronze medalists got 500 US dollars.

Silver medalists got 1000 US dollars. Gold medalists got 1500 US dollars. There were many special awards as well. Professors and sponsors gave the prizes to the winners. Cambodia received a silver medal place award. After the ceremony there was a banquet until 8:30 PM. I went back to the hotel, and got prepared to return to Phnom Penh. The 5th of May was departure day of the participants.

gathering of young people at one place, solving the problem we are facing today as humankind.

Young minds is what the world believes can prevent problems for tomorrow.

I want to say thanks to my project supervisor, Mr. Mustafa Dur, and the school. Every student needs to have a project supervisor. He monitored me while I was working in the lab, watched over my safety, and gave me advice.

Plus, he was a very supportive teacher. I consider him to be an optimum supervisor. Another teacher is Mr. Gurkan Cil, who gave me information I need to know, and persuaded me not to give up. If I did give up I think it would be a regret.

Not only to two of them, I would like to take this chance to thank all of my teachers, who teach me in every lesson. With the education they gave me, I could make my science project possible.

Many of the things I put into my projects are what I have learned from club hours. I do believe that an extra-curricular activity is an important study

activity. My friends and I agree that the club shows us what we like, and what we should do. It does not matter if it is a science, art, or music club. We should enter the club which appeals to us most. I am so happy to be in our school, to have all of these wonderful activities, making study one of the most enjoyable things. Mr. Murat Tutumlu was my adult supervisor, who went to Houston with me. He took good care of me. I still remember he took me for breakfast when we just arrived in Houston. Expenses in Texas were supported by the organization, except that early breakfast. They took us from and to airport, provided meals, hotel accommodation and many other things we needed while staying in Houston.

Back to I-SWEEEP, I hope there will be students from ZIS take parts in this Olympiad next year, and represent Cambodia. I think that winning is an achievement, but positive experience is a success. Hard work is a key to both of them. Finally, whether they are going to read this or not, there are two significant and undeniable people, my parents.

As an ending for this article, to those who are planning to join ISWEEEP 2009, I wish you all GOOD LUCK! As a reminder, the next registration will start on 1st of November 2008.

By Monika Lavan

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21 Students – 6 Days – 3 Cities in Vietnam

Grade 12 is the last grade in most high schools around the world.

Grade 12 students usually enjoy the year very much as this year is their final year in high school.

Above all, some students feel that they would miss each other very much after finishing the school. They probably will not have so much time to meet and see each other like in high school. So those students build good relations with each other as a long lasting memory. Every year grade 12 students of Zaman Int'l School arrange activities together such as parties and trips in order to strengthen their friendship even more. But Zaman students have better chances because ZIS supports most events arranged by grade 12 students like an alumni dinner, which is a dinner for all graduates and teaching staffs.

Zaman is also planning to open a graduates' room next year as a special venue when they want to

meet their old friends, chat or see their teachers. This year, with support from the school, 12B, one class among four grade 12 classes of Zaman, also arranged a trip for its unforgettable final year in Zaman to Vietnam. It went smoothly, with so much joy.

On 13th May 2008 the great adventure began.

Day 1 Our trip started on Tuesday, 13 May 2008, the first day of the h o l i d a y s . O n t h a t d a y, w e gathered in front of the tour company we chose, which is CN International Travel located near the Olympic water pool, at about 4 o'clock in the morning. When our friends, teachers and other travelers arrived, we left immediately for Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam as we really wanted to arrive there as quickly as we could. But all of the tour travelers weren't all there on the bus yet,

so the bus had to stop to pick them up in Chbar Ampov along the National Road. About 5:15, we were all there and began our nice journey to Vietnam. At 7:15, we reached Neak Leaung ferry, which is almost the border already, but we had to wait for the ferry to cross the Tonle Touch River there for nearly 1 hour but finally we reached the other side of the river. After that, it took about 1 hour until 8:05 that we reached the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province, known as Bavet. We stopped there to rest a little and have breakfast for about 1 hour. After having breakfast, our tour leader had had our passports to check for departure. Then she gave us our passports back one by one and brought us across the Bavet border. When we stepped on the Vi e t n a m e s e s i d e , w e w e r e introduced to a Vietnamese guide. He was not completely Vietnamese, but half Cambodian

and half Vietnamese, who is known as Khmer Kampuchea Krom. From the border (Moc Bai border for Vietnam) in the bus, our guide introduced himself and told us many things related to Vietnam including its history and some of the local culture. At about 12 o'clock noon, we reached Ho Chi Minh City and had lunch in a buffet restaurant.

There were many kinds of food in the restaurant and we enjoyed it very much. After a while, our lunch finished and we continued the way to visit places in Ho Chi Minh City.

First, we visited an old Catholic Church with Mother Maria Statue in front of it and the Vietnamese post office, which all of them were built in the period of French colony over Vietnam. We then took many pictures in front of the structures and bought some souvenirs too.

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ABROAD TRIP Continued from page 4 At 2pm, we went to a hotel in almost the center of HCMC to check in for the stay of the first night. It was Rang Dong hotel, which is a 3-star hotel. The hotel had free Internet WiFi all the t i m e . We c o u l d s e a r c h f o r information as much as we wanted. After checking in, we needed to relax. In the evening we went to Dam Seng Park. We enjoyed accessing many things such as the roller coaster, the zoo, the water park, the ice house with a temperature around 0 oC, the ghost house, and a 3-D movie. We had dinner in a restaurant in that park. The food tasted like our country's food. But we needed to hurry because we had to go to Horizon International Bilingual School (HIBS) to visit Mr. Abdil, who was our grammar teacher in grade 9. Mr. Abdil also kindly prepared a delicious barbeque for us there which we really enjoyed. When the meal had finished, we went to play football in the football field of the school and swam in a small but very deep swimming pool. It was a really nice time for us. About 10pm, we came back to the hotel, and we were happy on the first day of the trip in Vietnam.

Day 2 The second day of the trip came.

That day, we got up late but the journey was still going fine, although the whole program of the day was slowed slightly. We had breakfast at 7:10 in the hotel.

Then we started a long drive to Nha Trang, a city of southern Vietnam near by the sea. The traveling was really nice as we saw the beautiful sea view along the road. It was also a wonderful time to relax too because it would take us half a day long to reach that city. After traveling for a while, we stopped at a fish sauce making place to see how delicious fish sauce is made.

After visiting that place, we had lunch in a restaurant along the way. In front of the restaurant, there were big mountains covered with lots of sand like a desert. We took many photos with the amazing views and slid from the top of the hill to the bottom. Before sliding, the owners (kids) of the sliding equipment said that the price of using the equipment depended on us. After sliding, some of our friends gave them 10.000 Dong, but they said that it was not

enough and they demanded 100.000 Dong. It was so funny that they cheated us. Then we went back to the bus and continued our way to the city.

After traveling for a while, we were all sleeping, but suddenly there was a problem with our bus, which was the tire: flat tire.

So we waited for the tire to be changed. Then we went on safely. We arrived there at approximately 7pm. We had dinner at a stylish restaurant.

After this dinner, we went to New Sky hotel. After checking in and washing, we did not sleep yet, but went for a walk in the city and along the noisy beach of the wavy sea. That was very fascinating and we liked it. After walking for a long distance, we reached the hotel with slight exhaustion and went to sleep with all the joy we had.

Day 3 (The best day of the trip) On the third day of our trip, everything was still more exciting because we still had more activities and fun waiting for us.

At 5:30, the sun rose and without feeling the loss of power inside our bodies, we got up, got dressed and went to have breakfast in the hotel. Some of us ate a lot but some other ate just a little. Just like the other days, a buffet was what we got for our breakfast. Breakfast was

also swam.

finished; we jumped into the bus and were ready for more fantastic and fun things. The bus started its engine and began to move on. After about 15 minutes, we arrived at the harbour, where we started our journey by boat to visit the Underwater World, which was built in the shape of a ship. There, we saw many different kinds of fish that we had never seen. We also took many photos there and then continued our sail to Hong Teum island.

Next, maybe about 1hour later, we began to do something more interesting. Some of us rode jet skis, 11 of us and our teacher, Mr Gurkan, went diving under the sea. They took beautiful photos under the sea with fish. And then a few others and Mr Gurkan flew high with a parachute pulled by a boat. Well, time is sure flying when we have fun. 3 hours for us was just like 3 seconds.

On our way to the island across the sea, we really enjoyed the wonderful view and the feeling of fresh air all around, making us feel so relaxed. Not long after we arrived at the island. Everybody was so excited, we left the boat behind and walk toward the fun.

Firstly, we saw a very skilled man, an islander perhaps. He cut letters from some kind of hard paper then stuck it on a background, which was in a heart shape. It was so pretty and interesting. Everyone loved it and some of us told him the names or words they wanted him to cut out and stick on the background to make for them.

But it was not free, of course. We paid money for this. After that, we rented a hut to place our bags and other things under. Then it was time to take photos again.

Some of us went to find beautiful shells and then kept them. We

Then we had to move on. So we went back to have lunch in a restaurant. That day we also had the same Vietnamese soup, which is MajouYoun, that we all know so well. For 2 days this had been the main course for the main meals. However, they all tasted different and all of them were good. After our delicious lunch ended, we went back to our hotel. We had a shower and rested for a bit. After that, we continued our day by going to the cable car station and a park. We went to an island called Vinpearl Island which is a beautiful and wonderful place. In the cable cars, we felt just like flying, the view around us was just amazing. Below us was the sea and boats; in front of us was the beautiful green island; on the left there was nothing but the blue sea and the blue sky.

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ABROAD TRIP Continued from page 5 Can you imagine how you would feel? We cannot describe our feeling that time. It was just fantastic. And that cable car's running distance is the longest in Asia. We spent about 20 minutes traveling by cable cars to the island. When we arrived, first we waited for the others. We began to take photos, which is our habit now. We took a lot of photos.

After a little while, everyone arrived and the first thing we did was ride the roller coaster. We did not just ride it one time but 2 times. Then we rushed to ride the Revolution, which was the best part. We really liked it, especially the part when the machine turned us upside down. At that time, we felt our blood running down to our faces. We were a bit nervous but also excited.

After this, we went to watch the show of animals: monkeys and dogs. They were such clever animals. They (the monkeys) walked on rope, they rode bikes, they raced and at the end they bowed at us. We really enjoyed t h e s h o w. A f t e r t h e s h o w finished, we went to the game center, where we played many kinds of games such as boxing, riding horse game, car racing, shooting game‌. and we also watch a 4-D movie. This kind of movie is a brilliant idea of its creator because it made us feel as we were one of the characters of the movie. It was just like reality. We played at this place for about 2 hours, and then we went to see a show of dancing water. It was a marvelous event.

We felt that the water was dancing with the music. The show finished and it was dark.

Still we wanted to play and have more fun. So we asked our guide for extra time.

Once again, we went to the Revolution machine. This time, it was faster and longer. We were so excited with our last ride. It was a delightful day. We didn't want it to be over but we couldn't slow down the time. So we had to say good bye to Vinpearl Island and we hoped that one day we would come to this place together again. On the way back in the cable cars, we kept talking about Vinpearl and we already started to miss this wonderful place. After that we got in the bus again. In the bus, our guide told us jokes, which made us laugh a

lot. The bus led us to a restaurant. We ate happily there. Our dinner was good. We ate a lot.

Then we went back to hotel and we still had energy to play games. It was such a good time and it was also the best day of the trip. We went to sleep and we still dreamed about this third day.

Day 4 On our 4th day in Vietnam, at 6 o'clock in the morning, the phone rang. The light of the sun passed through the window into our room. We could see that it was a sunny day. More exciting things were waiting for us. We got up, had shower and got dressed with new clothes. Then we went to have breakfast at the same restaurant we had yesterday.

Buffet was served. We ate a lot because we needed to go to Dalat and it was a long way. We had to fill our stomach first so that we wouldn't be hungry on our way. So after breakfast finished and we had full energy to spend, we got on the bus again and continued our journey. Well, some of us slept but some of us who were still awake enjoyed the view along the way which was so beautiful.

In the car, we could also feel the fresh cold air from the mountains. After a while the bus stopped and everybody woke up.

We hadn't reached Dalat yet but the bus just stopped to let everybody out for a walk on the beautiful mountain. That made us feels refreshed after staying in the bus for hours. We took some photos there and then we left.

We continued our journey for about 2 hours. Then we stopped for lunch at a restaurant. Lunch was served. Well, we felt good with full stomachs. Then we left and went directly to Dalat. A few hours passed and we arrived there. We got out of the bus and we stood on the land of Dalat, the city on mountains. It was cold there but we really liked it that way. For a moment there, I have to tell you that we were standing in front of the biggest park of Dalat. You can also call it a huge garden because there were beautiful flowers everywhere, just like in paradise. We were so excited to see this kind of wonderful place. We went for a walk inside the park. We took many photos with many styles, ha just like models. Some of us also rode a kind of bike on the water. It was such a happy time.

About one hour later, we left the park and headed to another park, which was called the Valley of Love. Only the name of this place showed that it was an amazing place. With excitement, we couldn't wait to see it. After a while, we reached our goal. The bus stopped in front of the gate.

And we rushed into the park when the rain started to come down slightly. Wow, it was more than we had expected. It was beautiful. It was fantastic. We could see different kinds of statues such as cars, motorbikes, an eagle, and some other artistic things. We walked and we took photos and then we began to walk and take photos again.

This action was repeated and without noticing we reached the most beautiful part of the park. It was the only reason for the name of the park. Then we knew why they called it the Valley of Love.

Because then, in front of us was a wide and big valley covered by green trees and a long river.

Above it was nothing but the clear blue sky and white cloud.

The fog didn't let us see clearly.

But with this it became one of the most beautiful and wonderful view for our eyes. We felt just like we were in dream. This view was unimaginable. We would never get tired of seeing this. But we would feel happier every time we see it.

Ok, what were we waiting for?

We had to take photographs with this beautiful background. Some of us stood and some sat, our guide rushed into our group and stood with his cool style. We smiled and looked to the camera.

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Continued from page 6 Then we heard the voice: "1, 2, 3... Say cheese!" and then a quick flash appeared. And here it was, the result was one of the most beautiful photos. It was a photo which made us miss this trip a lot. Look at how happy we were. We really wanted to stay there for a few more days. Oh! I've gone too far just because I miss it. Let's get back to our adventure. Well after taking that photo, we went down the shopping places in the park. We bought some souvenirs for our friends, our families and also for ourselves such as scarves, hats, combs and some other things.

Then after buying our things, we went back to the bus and we left for another place. This time we went to a store, where we could taste jams there freely. They tasted good. Some of us bought them. After this we went to the hotel to have a shower, and relaxed for a bit. Then we left the hotel and the bus led us to one restaurant where we had our delicious dinner. We were very, very hungry so we ate a lot. With happiness, it made the food taste even more delicious. Nothing can be compared with the food which is mixed with happiness.

We rarely had this kind of dinner.

While having dinner we talked, we discussed and we laughed happily. Dinner finished and we were full of happiness in our minds and food in our stomachs.

What could be better than this?

After this wonderful dinner, we went back to our hotel. Then about 30 minutes later, we left our rooms and went downstairs.

It was time to go shopping! We prepared our money to spend.

We counted the money. Then we left the hotel.

We walked together to the shopping center near our hotel.

We went there and we kept looking for hours for what we wanted or what we needed. But we didn't know what to buy. We could hardly decide. However, we finally bought something. We bought sweaters, black glasses, shirts and some other things. But we really had a difficult time with the sellers. The price they sold each thing for us was high because we were foreigners. But we negotiated with them so they discounted for us. Some of the seller also became a little angry with us because of negotiation and sometimes we just looked but we didn't buy their goods.

have breakfast at the hotel's underground restaurant. The special thing of that hotel was that it was especially reserved just for our tour group. At 7 o'clock, we started to leave the beautiful Dalat for Ho Chi Minh City. However, along the way we also stopped at several fascinating places. First, we stopped at the Cable Car at Dalat, not for riding it but for taking beautiful photos. The view was so amazing and we could see the landscape of Dalat, Furthermore, the air was so fresh and cold which was so relaxing.

How great it would be if we could breathe this air in and out everyday??? After a while, we traveled to a resort that has roller skaters and a waterfall. Since the beautiful waterfall was 1km far, we needed to go down there by roller skates which was controllable (you can control it to go faster or slower, it is up to you). It was a wonderful experience which I have never had before. After skating down, we could see the beautiful waterfall of Datanla. So we took some photos where there was the waterfall as the background. After that, we traveled by the skates again up to the bus. This time it was going automatically. On the way to Ho Day 5 Chi Minh City, some of us slept We started the day by waking up a l o n g t h e w a y b e c a u s e o f at 6 o'clock, by the wake up call tiredness. as usual. At 6:30, we gathered to Continued on page 8 Well, this was an experience for us because that's the way people do business. We learned a lot by this. We still felt happy with the s h o p p i n g . O u r t e a c h e r M r.

Gurkan also taught us some useful and brilliant way to negotiate with the sellers. With this way he also bought a sweater with a low price. But we were sure that the seller didn't feel happy at all by looking at her face. However, we knew that this is what business means. We really learned a lot. After shopping, we went back to the hotel. On the way back we also bought some hamburgers to eat because we felt a little tired and hungry after doing business.

Wooo... What a day! When we arrived at the hotel, we had a shower, changed our clothes and then we wanted to have some sleep, but we didn't. Instead, we played games happily together.

We didn't feel tired at all. We played for 3 or 4 hours. Then it was time to sleep. The sun was going to rise only 2 hours later.

We couldn't open our eyes anymore. So we went to our room to have some sleep and waited for another day of our trip.

Zzzzz‌.

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ABROAD TRIP Continued from page 7 The next stop was the tea and coffee shop. Before that we stopped at the tea and coffee field. The field was absolutely green. Our tour guide told us that Vietnam ranks as the number 2 world coffee exporter, and Brazil was the first. And it was time again to take photos. Then we came to the tea and coffee shop, where we could taste tea and coffee for free. Some of us bought tea and coffee there because it was good. After a while, it was about 12 o'clock so we stopped to have lunch at a restaurant. Nearby the restaurant, there was a supermarket which sold some souvenirs. The guide told us that the next stop would be in Ho Chi Minh City at 4:30.

After sitting in the bus for a while, there was a strange smell which was the smell of burning something. We thought it was not a big deal. But what we thought was very wrong; it was the smell of the burning of the brakes. And it got really hot so that driver had to stop the bus and find water to cool down the brakes. The worst thing that happened that day was that some of our tour members got sick because of the smell. Some of them vomited and felt very uncomfortable. So they got treated by a Khmer traditional treatment (Kos Kchol). It was not an enjoyable time for us.

And in my mind I was begging to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City as soon as possible. Then the bus went for fixing.

After a really long rest, we all went back to the bus to start the journey to Ho Chi Minh City. It was about 5 o'clock when we were about to reach Ho Chi Minh but there was really busy traffic along the way. But our tour guide had a very wonderful idea to kill time by playing a game in which we were divided into two teams. It was the game of naming different fruits according to its syllable. It was a really tough battle in which there was no winner.

So the guide asked a question to determine the winner. The question was how many cities and provinces does Vietnam have? My team responded so quickly and answered it correctly. And we were the winners. The reward was a box of a special coffee. Time is flying when we have fun. At about 6:30, we arrived at one restaurant which was in a ferry. We had a really wonderful dinner.

Not only did we have dinner, but we also went up to a stage to dance our Khmer traditional dance.

Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 or 6 songs were in Khmer, so we all danced. We really have a great time. At 8:30 we left the restaurant with this great moment in our minds. The final program of that day was going back to the hotel to have a rest.

Although we felt tired because of the 5 day journey that we had, we still had the energy to have fun with our friends as we all know that it was the last night in Vietnam.

Day 6

We separated into groups and went into the market. The time agreed was 2 hours for shopping. There, some of us bought slippers, some bought shirts, and some others bought jeans but most of us bought souvenirs of Vietnam. The 2-hour period passed very quickly and we had to gather back in front of the market and wait for the bus. It then around 10 o'clock and we hurried to visit another place, which was a work place that furniture, drawings and pictures were decorated with pearls and egg shells. We visited that place and saw that the products were very fine and attractively beautiful but also pretty expensive.

After having watched painters painting the drawings and pictures, our tour group left that place and went off back to Phnom Penh at around 11 o'clock. After about half an hour or 45 minutes, the bus took a stop at a restaurant, but they didn't provide us food there. However, some of our group members bought something to eat by themselves because they were very hungry. After our stomachs were filled with some food, we continued our journey. At about 1:30 we arrived at another restaurant, but this time back in Svay Rieng, Cambodia, to have lunch. You know, we had the same Vietnamese soup again (Majou Youn) but this time it tasted much different, ha.. ha.. 6 days with the same name of soups. What do you think?

Well, forget about this. Let's finish our last chapter of our story. After lunch, we started to move on. On the way we had fun with the group by singing, joking and so on. Time ran very fast. By 6 o'clock in the evening, we came to a complete stop in Phnom Penh and the great trip had ended.

The morning call rang as a sign that it was 6 o'clock in the morning of the sixth day which meant to us that the fantastic trip would end very soon. After hearing the rings, we woke up, showered, got everything packed and prepared ourselves for breakfast. After breakfast, our guide Students' Comments took us shopping in a famous market named Binh Tanh Market. The market was quite similar to one This is the biggest, longest and most of the markets in Cambodia; New Market. exciting trip that we've had altogether.

This trip is what most of us called “Our first experience abroad together”. This trip was so amazing that words may not describe. Enywhere with friends, we really had lots of fun and really enjoyed. It was so fantastic that we want to do it again. We can't forget the moments we spent at the sea where we discovered many things we've never seen in life. We want to give a big thank to our school (ZIS) and our teacher, Mr Gurkan for organizing such a wonderful trip. Thank You! Choosing Titles In the discussion of giving a title for this whole newspaper report, we also had many ideas. It took us so long to decide and choose until we got this one “21 Students - 6 Days - 3 Cities in Vietnam”.

The titles each of us gave as an idea were: -

6 Days of 12B in Vietnam Farewell Trip of 12B 12B's First Abroad Trip The Longest Trip of 12B The Unforgettable Trip in 12B's Heart A Memorable Experience With Friends First Trip of Zaman Students by Tour A Long But Short Trip

and so on…

Sharing Photos So far we have had 3 trips to 3 different places, first to Kampoung Som, Second to Siem Reap and third to Vietnam. With help of our teacher, we have opened a website which we can share our trip photos. We are also planning to avail the website as a center of contact and share all of other activity photos. The website is

www.12bfriends.com You are welcome to our website!

By 12-B

16 June 2008

ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER

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FIELD TRIP

Journey of 11-B to Angkor Wat finished yet. On the way to Phom Penh, we could not visit two more temples. There were Bakong and Preah Ko temple, which was dedicated to Shiva. At 9:30 A.M we started to leave Siem Reap and we arrived Phnom Penh at 4:30 P.M. This great trip was adventurous, educating and enjoyable. With our history teacher, Mr. Meas Pirun and geography teacher, Mr. Sok Chay, try to explain us all about stones, carvings and styles. After we had finished our trip, Mr Sok Chay said: 'This trip made us happy and knew about our culture. Known about geographical of another temples and have idea to regret the temples that had through destruction'. And Mr. Meas Pirun said: This trip gave us some adventurous and has idea to solidarity all together. Students had good relation and they tried to solve problem together.

On 14 May 2008, 11B has one trip to Siem Reap. We have 14 students and 3 teachers. Those teachers were Mr. Mustafa (Chemistry teacher), Mr. Sok Chay (Geography teacher) and Mr. Meas Pirun (History teacher). Our trip started at 5:30 A.M, we left the school.

At 6:00 A.M, we stopped at Bayon Bakery. After that we continued our trip.

On the way to Angkor Wat, we had a lot of fun and nobody get illness.

At 12:15 P.M, we had arrived Kampong Kdei and we ate lunch in there. 1:00 P.M we started our journey again until 2:00 P.M we arrived Siem Reap. But we didn't go to visit other temple yet because we were so tired. We went to Hotel first, after that at 3:30 P.M we went to Cultural Village. In there, there were a lot of cultures that we have never seen before such as Phnorng's traditional Rice's soul-praying ceremony and Khmer culture. The late one was showed about The Great King Jayavarman 7's reign.

We also took picture with actors and actresses. After that we left and went to have dinner but it was late. Until 10:30 P.M we finished our dinner and we went to hotel back.

The second day came, at 8:00 A.M we visited Krovan temple and then went on to Kulen Mountain. Kulen which is best known for its religious carvings on rocks underwater. After one hour we arrived that place. First, we visited Preah ang Thom, which is a Buddha statue carved of a big embossed rock and a beautiful waterfall. After having lunch, we took some photos with waterfall and many beautiful place. At

2:30 P.M, we leaved Kulen Mountain and go to visited Banteay Srey temple, which is the best sculpture in Angkor area. After that we came to hotel back and ate dinner.

Next day was time to go to the great place in Cambodia, we visited Angkor area.

First, we go to Angkor Thom temple and saw a lot of wonderful Bayon faces. Angkor Thom was built by King Jayavarman 7. Then we went to Bapoun temple, Phimean Akas, Preah khan temple, which was so much damaged by nature, Neak Pan, which was and ancient hospital curing people according to their 4 elements,Ta prom temple, which had big trees grown on the temple. At 12:30 P.M we go to Barey Tir Tla for ate lunch and rest there. About 1:30 P.M we came to Angkor Wat, at there we saw a lot of statues on the wall that talked about stories and live in ancient time. We saw the great carvings of a lot of things esp. the angels, dragons, Apsaras with different appearances and actions.

About 5:00 P.M we started to climb Bakheng Mountain to see the sun setting. Bakheng is the best place to see sun setting. But this month is raining season, so we could not see sun setting. Dinner time came and we had it in a Mekong restaurant. There, we wanted to eat because we were so tired and everyone ate a lot.

The last day of the trip came, so we had to leave the marvelous city with great sadness. But our Journey had not

Finally, 11B students thanked a lot to Teacher Mustafa that he made this trips for us. This trip was wonderful and we want to have trip like this again. And thank to Mr. Meas Pirun and Mr. Sok Chay, you tried to help us to find Hotel, restaurant and explained us everything that we don't know. By11-B

16 June 2008

ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER

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SPORTS

The Medals And Titles Of The Football And Basketball Tournaments Found Their Deserving Owners!

GROUP A

GROUP B

GP: Games Played, P: Points, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GS: Goals Scored, GA: Goals Against, GD: Goal Difference

Altogether, 12 teams joined the tournament this year, and 36 games were played. In only 8 games the result was a draw.

233 goals scored by 54 different players; 7 were own goals.

The referees used the yellow card 12 times and red card only once. And below is the tournament statistics: The team of the season: 11B Top scorer: Eng leng(10B)(13 goals) Best goalkeeper: Narong Ninth(8B) Most Valuable Player: Phouma Muth(8B) Fairplay: Mustafa Sos(8A) The team with the highest points: 8B(15 p) Top-scoring team: 8B(33 goals) Least-scoring team: 7B(9 goals) Most goal losing team: 7B(29 goals) Least goal losing team: 8B(8 goals) The team with the lowest point: 9A(0 p) The most match-winning team: 8B(5 matches) The team with most draw:12B(3 matches) The least match-losing team:10B(0 match) The game with the highest number of goals scored: 12A-12B(8-7)(15 goals) The game with the lowest number of goals scored: 12B-12A(1-1)(2 goals) The team scoring the highest number of goals in a single match:8B(11 goals) The player scoring the highest number of goals in a single match: Eng Leng(6 goals)

The most interesting goal: Serey(12A-12B) Goal of the season: Vuth(7A)(first goal in 7A-8B match) The earliest scored goal: Chanratna Prum(11A-12B match) (13th second) The team that couldn't score for the longest period: 7B (110 minutes) The team with the highest goal difference in a single match: 8B(11 goals) The team with the highest cumulative goal difference: 8B(25 pd) The team with the lowest cumulative goal difference: 7B(-20 pd)

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SPORTS

GROUP C

Top Scorers: 13 Goals: Eng Leng(10B) 12 Goals: Nory(8B) 9 Goals: Phouma(8B), Dyna(10B), Hak(9B), Rithy(12A) 8 Goals: Vuth(8B),Visoth(9A),Seyha(10A),Ratna(11A),Rano(12B) 7 Goals: Cheng(7A), Tola(12B) 6 Goals: Pheav(9B)

5 Goals: Mustafa(8A), Cheapross(11A),Cheng(11B) 4 Goals: Vanthy(7A), Ratanak(8A), Lyhout(10A), Ratha(11A), Chan Sitha(11A), Hongly(11B), Toseth(12A) 3 Goals: Visa(7B), Bunma(7B), Sereyvuth(10A),Manith(10A) Porchhuon(11B), Veasna(12A), Rith(12A), Vuthy(12B) 2 Goals: Vuth(7A), Heng(7B), Vichetra(8A), Oudom(9B), Sotheara(10A), Panhavoan(11B), Sakal(12A), Chana(12B) 1 Goals: Seng(7A), David(7A), Sovisal(8B), Leap(8B), Cheng(8B), Keath(9A), Reach(9A),David(9B), Vachay(10A), Menghout(11B), Sereyboth(11B), Panha(12A), Serey(12A), Tino(12B)

Cards: Yellow Card: Leng(7B), Ratanak(8A), Vichetra(8A), Wath(8A) Oudom(9B),Pheav(9B),Sotheara(10A),Seyha(10A),Eng Leng(10B) Hongly(11B),Rithy(12A), Rith(12A) Red Card: Tola(12B)

16 June 2008

ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER

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SPORTS

GROUP B

GROUP A

GP: Games Played, P: Points, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, PS: Points Scored, PA: Points Against, PD: Point Difference

11 teams participated in this years ZIS Basketball Tournament. 15 games were played, 375 points were scored by 42 different players. Please see the statistics below: The team of the season: 11B Top scorer: Ngy Vanly(11B)(36 points) Most Valuable Player: Nay Chhanak(11B) Fairplay: Hum Chansothea(11A) The teams with the highest points: 8A and 11B(6 points) Top-scoring team: 11A(90 points) Least-scoring team: 12B(5 points) Most points losing team: 12B(89 points) Least points losing team: 8A(5 points) The team with the lowest point: 8B, 9B and 12B(0 point) The most match-winning team: 8A and 11B(3 matches) The least match-losing team: 8A, 10A and 11B(0 matches) The game with the highest number of points scored: 11B-11A(31-22)(53 points) The game with the lowest number of points scored: 7B-8B(9-8)(17 points) The team scoring the highest number of points in a single match:11A(44 points) The player scoring the highest number of points in a single match: Teng Meng Mao(11A) and Vanly Ngy(11B)(18 points) The team that couldn't score for the longest period: 7A(17 minutes) The team with the highest point difference in a single match: 11A(42 points) The team with the highest cumulative point difference: 11B(54 points) The team with the lowest cumulative point difference: 12B(-84 points)

Top Scorers: 36 Points: Vanly(11B) 29 Points: Yong(11A) 21 points: Chhanak(11B) 23 Points: Meng(11A) 16 Points: Tito(7B) 15 Points: Chansothea(11A) 14 Points: Vichetra(8A), Cheapross(11A)

GROUP C

13 Points: Ratha(8A), Whathnak(11B) 12 Point: Panha(12A) 11 Point: Chamnap(11B) 9 Point: Lyhout(9A) 8 Point: Bun Leang(8A) 7 Point: David(7A), Ratana(11A), Vira(11B) 6 Point: Vimean(8B), Darin(9A), Sockhivoan(10A) 5 Point: Cheng(7A), Sak(12A) 4 Point: Visal(7B), Danan(9A), Anna(9A), Monirath(10A) 3 Point: Lyhout(10A), Sakal(12A) 2 Point: Davan (7A),Chhoulong(7B),Ratanak(8A),Narong(8B) Sereywat(9A),Rith(9A),Dara Long(9B), Kuong(9B),Heng(9B), Yuthika(10A),Channith(11A), Thaichor(12B), Indra(12B) 1 Point:

Sereyboth(7B), Panharith(10A), Serey(12A), chandara(12B)