Khmer Poem Activity

This is  a love poem by connecting my experience playing ultimate Frisbee. This isn’t a true story but I thought it will entertain reader through my writing by taking my real experience to connect about a girl and a boy build up their love by playing Frisbee. So this was one of the poem that I created in my Khmer class. Without anything in mind, I have translated it into English, so that will help you to understand.  Please Enjoy!

កំណាព្យ ហ្រ្វាសប៊ីស្នេហ៍ខ្ញុំ

ហ្រ្វាសប៊ីដើមចម​នៃស្នេហ៍ខ្ញុំ         ខ្ញុំសើចខ្ញុំយំព្រោះរូបអ្នក

អ្នកហោះឥតឈប់គ្មានរលាក់        ខ្ញុំគប់ពីរនាក់ក្រោមថ្ងៃក្តៅ ។

បងបោះអូនចាប់យ៉ាងត្រសង       ត្រកងបីបងឥតម៉ងសៅ

យើងសើចសប្បាយក្រោមកំដៅ       តម្រង់ទិសដៅនៃជីវិត ។

បងលើកដៃគប់អូនរូងចាំ          មើលទិសបងដាំផ្តាំដួងចិត្ត

បងនាំអូនលេងយ៉ាងជិតស្និត        មិនដូចចៅចិត្រនិងធាវី ។

ហ្រ្វាសប៊ីនាំយើងអោយជួបគ្នា        ឆ្ពោះតាមនាវារសាត់ទី

ស្នេហ៍បងនិងអូនគឺគ្មានពីរ         ស្រឡាញ់ដល់ទីជីវិតសូន្យ ។
Frisbee is the reason of my love story        I laugh and cry because of it

It always fly in the air smoothly             I throw with him under the hot sun.

He throw, I catch in our pace                 Take care of it without any worries

We both laugh under the heat                  Directing our goals of life.

He lift his hand and throw                    Looking at the direction he's pointing

We played together with happiness             Not like Chao Chet and Vitheavy.           

Frisbee bring two of us to meet               Just like the ship is traveling

Our love will remain only one                 Love forever until our life vanish. 

 

Word of The Day

Part of my literacy strategy in learning the hard vocabulary is to learn it then take notes into a document which titled as: Word of the Day. These is one of the efficient way to helps me learn and it is an easy way to look back at the word that I studied and check for its definition. 

This is a sample of the word in my word of the day:

BESIEGE 

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: Surround a place with armed forces in order to capture

Synonyms: surround, blockade, encircle, bombard

Sentence: On my holiday, I went for fishing with my friends, we then lift our fishing rod into the pond, suddenly there were multitude of fish besiege the fishing rod, because of the smell of the food attract them to come for the food.

Khmer Vocabulary: ឡោមព័ទ្ធជុំវិញ

Physics Behind Singing

As part of human, voice is the only instrument and it is the only choice that human can do to make sound and release the endorphin into their brain. Sound is created by the vibration of the vocal cords which stays inside the larynx inside our body. As the vocal cords vibrates it travel through the body resonating cavities such as: throat, nose and mouth. The facts that the vocal cords have the ability to stretch is because of the thyroid cartilage surrounding. As the cartilage grow the vocal cords range will be changing and can causes the voice to change or breaks. Part of singing out loud for somebody to hear is connected to the mechanical waves. Mechanical waves is the fluctuation of matter that transfer the energy through transmission medium. Each and every single one of us are born with different kind of sound because of the size and shape of the larynx, vocal fold, and resonating cavities. Vocal cord is about 2 cm long.Image result for vocal cords

According to the research, The Bernoulli Effect is a concept behind the physics of singing. The Bernoulli Effect is officially called Bernoulli’s Principle. The article stated “As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by that fluid decreases.”  Air can also be fluid. As an example from the same article, let said the air is traveling through tube as it’s speed is also increases it’ll creates a lower pressure in the tube. So the physics is when the air pressure decrease its creates a vacuum. This means that the tube is the trachea and the thing that get suck by which is called the vocal fold. It is important in the vocal tract because the air will flow faster to the vocal folds causing a pressure to drop and a force pulling the vocal folds together. Also when the vocal folds comes together, the flow is block and the air pressure from the lung then pushes them to be apart. Bernoulli’s effect is when a fluid speed up and the pressure drop.

Vocal Tract

It is also connected to the vocal tract when it is an open cavity of the vocal tract which includes nasal cavity, mouth cavity, pharynx and larynx. 

Vocal chord is very similar to the string of the guitar:

  • String have different diameter and have different frequency.
  • Thinner string creates higher frequency.
    • Low notes creates from thinner vocal cord.
  • Thicker string creates lower frequency.
    • High notes creates from thicker vocal cord.
  • The note A has a 440 vibrations per second.

The Frequency depend on the tension force by small muscles that is attached to the vocal folds and supporting the cartilage. The approximation of men frequency is 90 – 200 hz and 140 – 400 hz for women. 

During speaking or when human have the impulse to make sound, the body counter inhaling and when we, human, are exhaling, the air will travels through lungs. So this would means the same thing, as we sing, our mouth will make sound and so the air will also get into our body while we are exhaling. Thinner string creates higher frequency and low notes creates from thinner vocal cord. Thicker string creates lower frequency and high notes creates from thicker vocal cord. Vocal cord happens hundred of times per second, which causes it a vibration. 

Amplitude is also one of the part that we can start singing as well. The size of vibration is the amplitude that stays in the sound effects of how loud human can sing. The amplitude is important, in comparison to the small amplitude and greater amplitude, if the amplitude is much greater it will allow to make it loud. ampwaves

We can get the approximation the effect of vocal tract on the amplitude of the harmonics by doing the calculation: 

Total amplitude of harmonic = Source * Filter function

One other thing that also used to help guide how sound can be heard and from everywhere is called Diffraction. Diffraction is work with the vibration and help to sent the sent wave out in different direction. As well as, the higher frequency it is, the higher pitch it’ll be for their singing, meaning if it have a low frequency it’ll have lesser pitch.  

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Scary Starters Story Expansion – Halloween

In Cambodia, we don’t have a Halloween day as our holiday or a celebration. However, as part of literacy class activity we did an exercise called Scary Starters Story Expansion. This exercise was very fun and everyone in the class was giggling and laughing with each others story since this activity require us to pass our story next to the one that sit next to us and they will continue on writing our story. 

This is one small part from my story:

Right at the moment, I saw a microphone next to the TV, so I ran straight with my pajamas on, but something was holding me back and I can’t even move but I can feel the texture of my life ending during the time when I saw the creeper with a knife in his hand. It’s was 12 o’clock  when this situation was happened. But I just realized that, it just a dream inside my dream that scared me for a lost of time. The time when past and I realized it was 3:15 am. And the clock stop. I checked my mom’s watch and the whole house, it all has stopped at 3:15 am.”

Inclined Plane Physic Assignment

As part of the essential classes, physic is one of them. Currently we are working on the inclined plane exercise.

“F_max = µ_s*F_n “(remember that F_n=F_g_perpendicular)

“If F_g_parallel is less than F_max, then the static friction force will be able to hold onto the box. but if F_g_parallel becomes greater than F_max, then the static friction force can’t keep holding on, and the box will start sliding down.”

This exercise required to connect the knowledge of basic physic and static or kinetic friction in addition to solve for the need. Static friction is the force of friction that is always acting in the opposite direction of the other side of force that can be accelerate in time. 

Coming of Age Narrative Essay

As part of literacy class, all the students were assign to write their narrative essay under the topic of Coming of Age. It was so hard for me to decide on my topic by I had narrow it down to the one topic where I think, I can expressly shows my appreciation to that person. My topic was about “A Delightful Lesson from a Simple Man.” The reason that I wrote this essay for this man is because, I’m very pleased to born and start my life in this family, without them I wouldn’t understand and realize the mistakes I make in my life. This is a  small shot from my narrative essay. 

” A memorable phrase, “Don’t be too rush to your work!” This phrase came out from my dad’s heart where it always reminds me to realize and skim through my work because rushing through works, won’t provide the good consequence, however, by spending the time wisely and not rushing through works, the hope of proficient outcome it’ll be.”

Standardize Aptitude Test PREP

Way back to October 14th, I spent my whole Saturday morning to take the SAT practice test as part of my math preparation for my future years of university.  The SAT was very challenging and has driven me crazy after I taken this first practice. In SAT their is Writing and Reading part and Math part. One of the most challenge part was taking reading test and math because they uses high vocabulary which was very confuse and the concept which I have never learn such as finding the length of the circle. My goal till the I’m taking this test again is to work on my weaknesses and will try my best to practice at least once or twice a week. Although, this is my first time but by the time I take it again, I’m surely thinks that I will be ready for it. 

 

សុន្ទរកថា – Khmer Class Assignment

As part of the essential classes, Khmer literacy is one them. Over the past seven weeks I worked to conduct a writing a speech sample about different topic. I was working with my other three friends and we has finished a long speech that talked about the project with ecology. This writing assignment help me to learn that as I grow up this speech will help me to prepare when I need to talk to the public.

Link to the document of my assignment:

សុន្ទរកថា

Learning Variety Topics In Math

One of my favorite class to learn is Math. I am now in High-school, so the way I used to learned math hasn’t been the same as before. I love learning and challenging myself to a next level of understanding so that I can be success in my life. Algebra was one of the topic that I learn in math. I love algebra but I am not good at it. Eventually even those I am not good at it I still try my best to understand from my facilitator and friends. They are always be there for me to motivate me and encourage me. In class our facilitator had given us a very good source to learn and practice our self at home or when we free time. This source is called Khan Acedemy. This source was such a helpful source even those sometimes it’s get boring when we see too many words come up on the screen but I still really enjoy and love learning Math.

These are some of the pictures in our math class: