It was many years ago, but I still
remember my childhood when I recall my memories. I have some interesting things
to tell about my childhood. I will start from the age when I was 7 years old; I
went to school and had a lot of fun with my friends and neighbors.
I used to get up early every day and
I had my breakfast before I went to school. I still keep this habit before
going to my workplace. It makes me healthy because I rarely skip my breakfast. I
usually walked to school with my neighbors. The road to school was not good.
The roads were built by a kind of farmland. They were sunk in the rainy season
and they were very dusty in the dry season. There were a lot of fish along the
road in the pure water. My friends and I attached the fish with our board when
we were arriving from school. Our primary school was in a pagoda, so we often
played in the pagoda during our break time. In the afternoon, I helped my mother
do the housework.
My friends and I shared a lot of
good time together, such as playing hide-and-seek, Krolakoung (ក្រឡាខួង),
and Koundom (Bak)(កូនដំ). Our favorite game was playing
in the rain in rice field and swimming in the lake. We were warned to swim in
the lake because our parents were afraid of any accidents. We usually escaped
to swim away from home which they would not know. As a result, our eyes became red when we spent a long
time in the water. Thus, our parents recognized and punished us
sometimes. Their forbidden was completely right because once my cousin was
drowned. Fortunately, he was rescued on time. From that time, I am really good
swimming.
I still remember those days when I
was learning to ride a bicycle. My mother taught me to ride it. I fell and
bruised myself several times but I never gave up. I remember that I went into thicket
of bamboo once and hit coconut tree once. Finally, I was able to join my friends going around the neighborhood
on my bike. I liked riding my bicycle along the tunnels in the rice field.
I still remember a terrible thing
every well. When I was tending cattle with my older brother, one big buffalo
attached me. Fortunately, I my brother help me to scare buffalo away. I used to
help my brother tending cows and buffaloes. It was not a safe job because I was
a young boy and the cows and the buffaloes were big.
I now realize what a wonderful childhood I have had in
that times and I wish I could relive those days. I have many interesting things to
share with you. But it'll take a lot time to write, so I chose a few of them. I
hope you would enjoy them.
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