a recommendation

I try to keep in touch with my former students, or at least the ones who were interested in learning. Panharath, one of my former students, has his own blog. He has a unique writing style, born from his command of English vocabulary and structures, and willingness to use them in any situation. I encourage you to read his short story about a family that comes to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival, and gets caught in the terrible stampede on Koh Pich:

...the excitement grew stronger as the parents had been told about the newly built playground at a park near the riverside and mostly thrillingly, the fanciest venue available to everyone, the country’s renounced Koh Pich (Diamond Island). The expectation for Om Tuk this year then got even higher, and the anticipation of seeing the new places is overwhelming... 

--From  "The Festival of Fun and Fatal Fiasco"