My History

MY HISTORY
My name is Soem Sovannarith is a second year student at Cambodian Mekong University, major is English for Business. Nowadays, I stay at Butomvatey Pagoda, Sangkat Chakttomuk, Khan Doun Penh, and Phnom Penh. I was born in Kampot Province on August 08, 1988. There are seven members in my family: my grandma, parents, older sister, and two younger brothers, and me. My parents are farmers.
After I was born 4 year in 1992, my mother sent me to live at my grand parents of father in rural area. It is 40 kilometers from my house. Over there I live with 7 members: grandparents, three aunts, uncle, and me. I lived there about two years, my mother takes me back. After that, my parents left to work at Prah Sihanou Vill (now province), so I lived with my grandmother and three siblings in 1994. My grandma is a yellow noodle with soup seller at primary school that I studied. It is Pichey U dong Primary school from my house about one kilometer. In that time, I always get up early to assist my grandma. My grandma gives me 400 riel per day to buy something I think that it is enough to spend during the child and for my study is good in the primary. I am very happy with my studying because it no need a lot for support in the school. And I also had free time for traveling with my friend and especially with my grandma. For example, my grandma brought me to Phnom Chiso, Phnom Tamou (Takeo Proving) and also we went for a walk with each other during big celebrates like Bun Pchum, Khmer New year, and chines New Year.
In 2000, I am a secondary student at Prah Reach Sampea Secondary School. In this time, my parent back home to live with us, my mother stays at home and father is a taxi driver. I am very so sad, because the father is turnover the car. During my family is poor than before nothing to pay back the passenger, so my grandma and my mother loan the money 2500$ to pay back for the passengers. Fortunately, my father has alive yet. Studying at secondary school is better, and I have ever got the compliment letter in grade seven. I also visited Prah Sihaknu vil with my father and grandma (Ochher Teal beach), dock and other places.
In 2003, I am a student of Prah Reach Sampea High School. In this year I started making a lot of friends, we were walking with each other like went to Kep Beach, Toek Chhou, and other resort. After I graduated grad 12 prepared to get nation examination to success in high school.
After I got pass in 2006 I stayed at home for six months, I applied for a job in Svay Reang Province. The information of this job was known by my uncle lives in Phnom Penh who his friend worked in this company. He called me to apply and complete application form on the end of November 2006, and he told me that pleas wait for calling because the company was still building. So I wait for the job for five months just he called me to work there on April 11, 2006. When I heard this inform, I am so happy and tomorrow I left my family to go to get the first job. I left home from 6:00 AM arrived Phnom Penh at 10:00 AM and had lunch at Botumvatey Pagoda that place of my uncle. I continued to the Svay Rieng Province After I have lunch already. I got svay Reang Province at 4:00 PM. I went to see the manager of human resources of this company that call Las Vegas Sun Hotel and Casino. When I saw it first I think that it is so large and modern place. During I saw the manager, he gave me an application form to fill again, and he told me that wait for tomorrow to interview. I just finished high school, so I did not know what position that I should apply. Because he was interviewing the staff of food and beverage department, I applied for the waiter.
Unfortunately, the sun got down to the west and night is closer and closer. Where can I stay? I am very afraid, because I have a lot of thing and some money to support my living. It is time for having the dinner I walked to find the restaurant to have. It is so happy because I saw the small restaurant next to the company. I entered this restaurant and have a plate of fry rice with lok lak with two candidates who I had know during complete the form of application. During the eating I told life line to the owner. After she listened to me, she pitied very for us, because she is from other province like us, so she let us stay for three day. But we have to serve the customers until 4:00 AM that I have never before. After that, I rent the room is far from company about 2 kilometers. Fortunately, I got pass of this position that make me so happy and stay at this rent room for three months just company give us a room for staying.
In my mind think about studying at the university but I do not have enough money for pay for school. So I have to struggle to work to save the money for continue studying.
After I worked a half of the year, my uncle requested the scholarship’s Sor Kheng Excellency minister of ministry of the interior who he gave to Human Resources University for poor students. So I stopped working to continue studying on October 15, 2008 at Human Resources University, major is banking in afternoon shift. It is not easy to learn at University in Phnom Penh, I stay at the pagoda. I learned at HRU for three months, my uncle requested scholarship one more university is Cambodian Mekong University that is Sam Dech Heng Samrin’s Scholarship. I started studying on the end of February 2008, major is English for Business.
I study two universities at the same time is very difficult for me but I think that my life is very lucky that I have learned two universities by no need money for paying. I would like to show gratitude for my grandma, parents, and uncle. They always provide me good advices and support me for studying, would like to thank all lecturers; they always spend a value of time, power, and moral force to lecture me. I wish all get 4 kinds of Buddha are age, class, comfortable, strength and successful in life.