Kids...
Were born in a used-to-be-the-center-of-the-world yet alas now corrupted, in-debt, poor-in-any-given-field...and...spoiled country, Cambodian kids have to be on their own and sometimes hold the biggest responsibility in financially supporting their families.
Instead of being in schools, eating ice-creams, licking lollipops, climbing trees or just listening to their moms' lullabies before naps, they have to be in adult shoes, striving to earn no more than one dollar a day for food and clothes and everything else.
Instead of just being kids having fun and being equipped with things necessary for bright future FOR GOD'S SAKE, they give up their future and put all of their time and effort for their mom, dad, brothers and sisters, and more without rejection, complains, or appeal for a share of what they earn.
Poor kids...Though they have to bear tons of burden, they are very smart. Watch this video and get some ideas about Kon Khmeng Khmer (Cambodian kids).
Thanks for posing this video. How many languages can she count? I wish to see her in school uniform.
ReplyDeletePS: It does remind me of my childhood.
I don't know how many languages she can speak. All I know is that she's an amazing girl, not because she can speak many languages but because this cute little girl can do things I can never imagine of doing when I was her age. She can bear adults' burden.
ReplyDeleteLike you, she and other kids who are forced to take the risk of losing their future are the victims and in a way, my heroes.
Anyway, your idea of seeing her in school uniform almost make me cry. It's hard to explain, but the feeling is so powerful.