The Cambodian Genocide

The Cambodian Genocide was between the years 1975-79. Pol Pot, the leader of Khmer Rouge, wanted to copy and follow the Maoist idea. This idea meant everybody should be equal and everybody had to work in the agricultural area. That was the reason why the Khmer Rouge killed approximately more than two million Cambodian people. The Khmer Rouge did not accept the religious; they cancelled the money and killed lots of smart people: doctors, teachers, lawyers, and all highly educated people. They believed in the clear beginning so they separated the children from their parents because they thought the children were flexible enough for the new lifestyle. The Cambodian people suffered starvation: they had been healthy and strong, but finally they got diseases. The `killing fields` were the places where they had to work, and they were killed. The school building was the main office, there was the Khmer Rouge. The Cambodian people could not to choose partner, the system made it. The Cambodian people could not to listen to the radio. The survivor told her story about the life there at that time. She was two years old, and her father was a nurse, so he was killed. She and her mother stayed together. Her parents were very young, and they met in the high school. Her mother told her: don`t speak or give any answer! She was sick, but fortunately later she got better. After this terrible four years they went to the Thailand refugee camp. They were there for three years. After that she came to the U.S.A. After the Genocide the Khmer Rouge's links with China meant hostility between the Pol Pot government and Vietnam. In 1978 Vietnam invaded Kampuchea and overthrew the Khmer Rouge. The guerrillas were driven into the western jungles and beyond to Thailand. Vietnam set up a puppet government composed mainly of recent defectors from the Khmer Rouge. This new socialist government was comparatively benign, but found it hard to organize the necessary reconstruction programmed: Pol Pot's policies had ruined the economy, there wasn't much foreign aid; all the competent professionals, engineers, technicians and planners had been killed.

Trip to Paris

When I finished my studies at the college in Hungary, I had a big travel plan to Europe. I promised myself: I will travel all of the Europeans capital cities, especially to Paris. But first I had to find a job, and I continued my studies at the University. One of my class mates at the Alma mater – who became a very great friend of mine – has known my idea, and she wanted to come with me. After four years at the University, when we will get our masters degree, we will have to deserve to take a trip to Paris. Katy, my friend, and I were classmates at the University at Pecs. We took weekend classes because, we worked in full time. We lived in Budapest: this is Hungary`s capital city. During these years – around 2000 - 2004 – Katy changed her job, I moved to my first condominium, and we studied and spent lots of time together. Because none of us visited Paris before, we were getting excited about this trip. First of all we had to complete our classes, which were an extremely busy period. The school was four hours far from Budapest; we traveled there by train for a long weekend in every mouth. In the last year we were tired about the school. After we completed our finals – written and verbal – we went to home and just booked the airplane ticket to Paris. Later we started to make a plan: how we will spend our seven days in that wonderful capital city. We were sure, it`s will be a girls trip, so we had to talk our partners. They were not too happy with this idea, but they understood it. In the middle of the summer, we got the flight, and we were in Paris. Our motel was not too far from the Moulin Rouge. We bought a Paris card and a transportation membership, and in this way we could save some euro. We woke up early morning every day, and after breakfast we just went to watch all of the famous places, Montmartre, Louvre, Scare – Coeur, Opera, Sorbonne. My hobby is to go to the theater in every city, wherever you are. We bought a discount ticket one of the small theater in downtown, so we watched the Chicago. We had a really good time on the Champs Elysees. We took a look at in every each of stores on this main street. We tasted several cheeses, pastries; we smelled unbelievable expensive and famous perfumes. Almost in the end of our trip, when we were at the Notre Dame we met some nice Australian guys. They invited us to the pub for the evening. Katy gave her phone number to them. She wanted to go hung out with them, I did not. My English was really poor at that time, so Katy talked with the gentlemen. Finally we canceled the party, but Katy and one Australian kept in touch. One year later Katy took a trip to Sydney, by herself. That was her challenge. In the next few years – until I moved to Seattle- we took some trip to other capital cities, for example: Vienna, Praga, Bratislava, Bergen, London etc.  I really enjoy traveling, especially with my very great friend. Currently we are so far from each other, and I hope she will have a chance to visit me as soon.

Rainy Seattle

The Pacific Northwest`s weather is typically oceanic on the west coast, and it is in Seattle mostly rainy. There are four seasons with a long spring and autumn, and it is a short summer, and winter. The summer is not too warm, and the winter is not too cold, but sometimes there is an extremely hot summer day or a really cold winter day. Seattle is between the Olympic Mountains and the Cascade Range, and close to the Puget Sound, so these are effects for the weather. Typically the rainy months are from November to May. In this area we have two hundred cloudy days, and ninety partly cloudy days. The amount of the rain is exactly the same than in Chicago, but on the East Coast they got the rain rarely. We have several different kinds of rain: increasing, shower, rainfall, rainstorm, thunder-storm, drizzle, gust of rain and just simple rain. It calls Washington State is an Evergreen State because of the rainy weather and lots of moisture are in the air together give beautiful nature. There are plenty of evergreen trees, plants and bushes; moreover, Seattle is the emerald city from the evergreen nature everywhere. This is not just about Seattle because there are ambient cities. After I moved in Seattle I have thought if the weather is rainy it suppose to be cold too. Later I noticed it is not true, even more comfortable. The air is mostly fresh and crystal clean, and sometimes –when the weather is dark and rainy - I enjoy being inside of the house, and listening to the sounds of the raindrops. In fact this weather makes our mood depressive. Especially the long and dark winter season is pretty hard for everyone. Probably who was born here already got use to it in front of who was not born here. As I know there are so many singles live in this city, but I do not know is cause of the rainy weather or from the different lifestyle and incommunicable persons. In summary: I really like his Emerald City with all of the rain.   

Nursing Assistant`s roles

Nursing assistant`s roles

Nursing assistant can have many different titles. Nurses aid, unlicensed assistive personal, car taker and certified nursing assistant. The nursing assistant performs delegated or assigned nursing tasks, such as taking a resident`s vital signs. A nursing assistant also provides personal care, as giving a shower, bath or bed-bath. Other nursing assistant duties including: feeding resident, helping resident with toileting and elimination needs, assisting resident to move safety around facility, keep residents’ living areas neat and clean, encouraging residents to eat, drink caring for supplies and equipment. Helping to dress residents, make beds, giving back rubs, helping residents with mouth care. Nursing assistant is not allowed to gives any medications. The Register or License Practical Nurse is responsible for giving medications. Examples of other tasks that nursing assistant generally not allowed to do are: inserting/removing tubes, changing sterile dressing, and giving tube feedings. Nursing assistant spends more time with residents than other team members do. They act as the eyes and ears of the team. Observing changes in a resident`s condition and reporting then is a very important role. Nursing assistant does charting, which is important information about the resident. The nursing assistant is part of the team. This team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, dietitians or nutritionists, and other specialist. The resident`s family is part of the team. Everyone, including the resident work closely together. Goal include helping residents recover from illness or do as much as possible for themselves. Professional means having to do with work or a job title. The opposite of professional is personal. It refers to my life outside my job, such as my family, friends and home life.