During the four years under the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979, I had no access to a clock. I also had no calendar. Therefore, I could not identify and record the dates, months, or years when events happened. I have tried the best to place my story in a chronological order. I used the monsoon seasons as guidance for my readers. The story is based on my own childhood memories, and mine alone. Over the years, I wrote in my notebook diary. I wrote whenever I recalled events that happened to me. Although some events in the village of Kor which are important to this story were recounted to me by my mother and family members.
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Published by Vincent Lee
Born and grew up in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Vincent’s parents were both ethnic Chinese-Cambodian. In 1981, Lee resettled in Australia under the Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program. In 1982, he began sustained formal education for the first time at the Christian Brother’s school in Sydney. He completed his Bachelor of Economics degree at Sydney University in 1991. He also holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Technology, Sydney, and speaks six languages View more posts
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