This week will be a Club night with Member Behind the Badge talks which will be given by our President Elect Narina Amvazas and I have persuaded our current President to do that same, so two for the price of one so to speak. In addition, to celebrate the start of the Footy Finals, we are delighted to bring back the old Footy Handball Competition. And we will have some other fun activities.

 

During the week, Colleen d'Offay sent me an update she received from the student the Club has sponsored in Cambodia. It was such lovely reading I have asked Max to put a copy in the bulletin for everyone to read (see Eam's letter below). Rotary really can make a difference to people’s lives.

 

It was a great finish at the top. Dee and Susan dominated the top for the last few weeks and Bruce stormed into 3^rd in the last round to snatch third.

Hello Colleen and the Members of the Rotary Club of Brighton,
 

How are you doing?

Welcome to the new month, since we haven’t talked for a long time, I also have some wonderful activities to share with you in this month. There are about Bikes donation with Project B, my Education, and A Wonderful workshop with teacher Seyha.

 

To begin, I would like to share what I have admired and valued the most while I join and contribute with Project B to donate bikes for students. On 15^th of August, I went to Reul high school which was located in Pouk district, Siem Reap province. It was a really amazing activity and took a great picture of everyone sharing love to students and providing students the opportunities for their studying. Meanwhile, I was assigned to share some general knowledge with students. In that, I noticed a wonderful impact through sharing which everyone could learn and improve. Students can learn from me and gain more general knowledge to develop their life and improve their thought as well because I was here to inspire and motivate them and be a role model for many students and left an amazing footprint for them. Also, I learned a lot from this workshop while society needed help from youth to get involved to develop. I learned from the love and undescribed impact by sharing. This really touched my heart and was meaningful for me. Importantly, It was not required that till I have money or I was a billionaire that I can help them, however, I helped them with what I can do, spending every value minute and energy to help youth in Cambodia. I could be the inspirational person for many young boys and girls in rural areas to strive for their education. Lastly, I was really grateful to be a Rotaract Active Member to share the love with everyone.

 

I am excited to share about my current course that I take. I have taken Cost Accounting, Introduction to Computer and Introduction to Economics. Let me share about the Economics class that is taught by a Khmer teacher. It aligns me to know more about the current economy in Cambodia, which is a really interesting subject and helps me to see the wide ideas in economics. More importantly, I acknowledge more about other developing countries as well and I could compare it to other countries as well as Cambodia's opportunity cost to grow the economy. Furthermore, I expand the ideas about trading the products or services that are really essential for me to see the extremely important to grow the economy. Of course, this class really satisfied me a lot to be involved, participation with teacher and other classmates in terms of realizing more and getting more ideas about this important class ever.  

 

Recently, I joined a workshop which was presented by teacher Seyha on the 27th. He had an interesting topic that drew everyone's attention including me as well. He inspired our students by his real experiences that he met himself. He also notified us about the conscious mind and subconscious mind where he reminded me about one book I read since I studied in the IEAP program. It's called THE SECRET and it was the best book. It gives me motivation when I do something to do my best and aim high. In fact, I never thought that I could get an A in University life, however, after reading this empowering book, this changed my thought. I changed from a Negative thinking person to a positive person and believe that I could get an A or I can be the better than I was. I almost 100 percent transformed my thought and myself also grew better follow what I think because I take action for it. Back to teacher Seyha, he shared the best reality about the step of learning as well. I am really admiring him for spending their valuable time to change our student’s mind-set and me as well. After attending this workshop with him, it reminds me to do all my best and take action and do things that are related to my goals every day. I got a power to motivate me. I can be better than I used to think and now "YES" I change myself with a positive thinking and attitude. A short reflection of his class, I do not want to take my eyes away from him even a minute from his inspirational sharing. 

 

I am really excited while writing this to share with you and await to hear from you as well. Have a wonderful day.

 

Best Regards,

Eam