Memories of first love * Special film * Author Morn kunthea
* An old man sits in his cyclo in front of a referral hospital in Phnom Penh waiting to receive his permanent guest, a beautiful young nurse. He turned on the radio while holding his cyclo arm to listen to the news of events in his country while awaiting the release of the young nurse. "The woman who reads the national news said that on October 23, 1991, it is the time when Cambodia negotiates peace in Paris to bring peace to the homeland of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk." he catches attention listens to the news, the voice of a young nurse asks him to wake up. the young nurse wears longer skirts with a yellow blouse so beautiful as a polite lady. she said softly. Grandpa please take me to the market first to buy food, then take me home. He nodded, understanding. On the cyclo, she started the conversation as usual with grandfather. she asked grandpa "what was going on today. Due to the large number of patients from when I was training until this morning, I couldn't find time to rest at all, so I couldn't followed the news. " He smiled at her and told her the news he had heard. they talked on the way until they arrived market.
* She went to the market near the hospital to buy food to prepare for the Chinese New Year. Because she has grandparents who hold the Chinese nation. After shopping for a while, she returned home. At the office of the Ministry of Health, a phone call rang in French. But the partner who spoke to the Minister of Health was a Korean doctor who ran a well-known hospital in Korea. Korean doctor received a message from his health minister asking his hospital to send volunteer doctors to treat children's hospitals in Cambodia with a team of French doctors since he requested him six months ago . Because his son whose famous doctor was ready to want to accomplish this mission. therefore he called several times to find out more about the situation in Cambodia and the hospital equipment. he had an only eldest son whose future doctor drove his hospital after him and his youngest daughter was only a high school student. he knew that the Cambodian border war was not over yet. The Minister of Cambodia spoke in detail about the shortage of drugs and hospital equipment. And the area to go to is not a problem because the soldiers have just suppressed the Khmer Rouge from that area. He also provided shelter and security for medics and soldiers to protect them. Hearing this, the doctor thanked him with relief and said goodbye to continue his work. A handsome doctor has just come out of the operating room of his last patient. He signed the document and told a group of nurses that in the evening I was to complete a month of volunteering with Dr Ryu in Cambodia if there was an emergency, ask Dr Kim. Then he went to his father's office to say goodbye to him and returned to prepare things in his villa. Because her father had meetings with other doctors, he couldn't take him to the airport. His father showed a worried face and did not want his only son to go to a remote and dangerous place, as he had promised his wife before she died that he would take good care of their children. But he could not stop his son's will, he was also a doctor who clearly knows this feeling, he can only wish his son happiness and success in the mission.
* An old gray camery car was waiting to receive two special guests from Korea. The driver of the car was a soldier who had just served at Fortress 3. Dr. Min saw a teenage boy holding his name tag . They also walked over to the boy soldier. They spoke in French, introduced themselves and got into a man's car heading for a hotel near the central market. He looked at the scenery from the car window with silent analysis. in the streets, people who didn't yet have the modern materials and vehicles and there weren't many tall buildings. the trees along the city's roads like the countryside of his neighborhood. The soldier escorted Dr. Min and Dr. Jyu to the hotel and said before leaving that he would take them tomorrow morning to meet other volunteer doctors at the main hospital. Then they will continue to travel to Battambang in the afternoon where they will complete the mission. At the department hospital, the doctor summoned a few nurses and a vichet doctor to go on the next mission with a team of volunteer doctors from abroad. Because the team selected by the Ministry of Health had to go and treat the soldiers in the hot war zone. In the group of nurses who chose, one nurse is a medical student. Medical student Bopha simply nodded because it was her duty to complete her essay assignment. When she got home, she told Grandpa Cyclo not to wait for her for a while, then she went up to her rented rooms. she called her parents, who live in Sihanoukville, to tell them the news of the mission and she also called to say goodbye to her friend. She collects her luggage and rode a taxi motor to the hospital since early in the morning. She saw that the French medical team was bringing boxes of drugs and medical supplies to the military truck. She ran to help them and entered her group, which was packing food to eat on the street. After a while, the Korean medical team arrived dressed in civilian clothes like them. Bopha was busy packing the bread and didn't know the Korean doctors had arrived. Dr Min walked over to Bopha's nurse's table to ask for a bottle of water. The nurse standing next to Bopha has red cheeks from the embarrassment. Bopha wonders why her team does not bring water to the doctor who asks for it twice. She leaned back and take water bottle to the doctor. He receives with thanks. She was also a little embarrassed when she saw Dr. Min's face clearly. After getting ready, they got in and sat in the back of the truck, everyone grabbed the rail line from back truck with foreign medics sitting on the left and Cambodian medics sitting on the right. They introduced themselves in the car and talk about the experience of the educational exchange until everyone falls asleep. Because there was a long way to go. The sky was overcast and the car was in a bumpy condition. dr min tries to close his eyes with a little smile when he sees the nurse bopha whose bodies were smaller than them sitting fly off the chair and her head hit on top of the truck as the road is very bumpy and can't sleep like them.
* As they walked towards the entrance to the village, it was very slippery due to the rain. Suddenly, their military vehicle seemed to stop, causing their bodies to collide each other. When their military vehicles plunged into the potholes, the road was damaged and there was a lot of water on the road, so the soldiers did not know the pit was deep. The soldiers told them to get out of the car because they had to be pushed back. Doctors got out of the car and twisted their pants and sleeves slightly to keep them from getting mud. A team of males medics helped raise the car, each covered in mud as the wheels swirled with mud on them. After half an hour still unable to get the truck out, the soldiers decided to ask them to come to the aid of a villager who lived about 10 kilometers from a truck. they pull the filed telephone to contact soldiers in other areas, bring the cable to take their truck. Before leaving, the soldiers handed three Gun to a group leader of French doctors, Dr Min and Dr Vichet, and rushed towards the village to ask a cart to take them away.
* The male doctors joked with each other and wiped their faces with water bottles. A nurse standing on the sidewalk screaming surprised them when a land leech fell from a leaf on her shoulder. Makes her shiver and close her eyes doesn't move. Dr Vichet used a pocket knife to remove the land leech from her shoulder and used his cigarette lighter to burn it. The French doctors laughed when they saw Dr Vichet joking with the nurse he just helped. on the other hand, bopha sees and hears just having the leech her soul seems to fly away. Because she hates and is very afraid of this kind of animal. dr jyu said they should take out their luggage and go and sit in the middle of the street. Because if they are standing under a tree on the side of the road, there are only leeches. They nodded, agreed to follow, and rested while eating under the sun is about set. After eating, the nurses started lightly patting their hands to the beat and singing traditional Khmer songs to relieve everyone's stress. The soldiers returned with a cart loaded with buffaloes. They also packed up some supplies and got into carts to continue their journey through the village. Arrival at their accommodation is almost midnight and the accommodation is divided into two houses built next to each other. House for women and house for men. After dinner under the lamp. The women must have showered near the fence before the men. As for foreign doctors, because they did not know how to pump well, that is pump hand, Dr. Vichet taught them how to use it. dr Min whose the last shower he looked at the sky which clearly sees the star shining with the full moon. On returning to his lodging, he saw Bopha sitting on a staircase comb with her long hair. she is so beautiful in the moonlight. he feels a little shyness and a heartbeat. after speaking a few sentences, they said goodnight to each other and fell asleep. because they start their mission early in the morning.
* Arrive at a hospital camp in a villager's rice field. Foreign doctors and Khmer doctors rushed to prepare the material to examine the patients as the sky is still dark. dr min and dr Ryu chose to undergo pediatric exams, most of them with poor hygiene. Dr France treats adults with pneumonia and eating disorders. dr vichet as a pharmacist was preparing a medicine. Working all day until evening, they can rest due to the large population. And nurse bopha, who records the number of children for cleft lip surgery tomorrow and cataracts. And the one who gets the operating room is Dr min.
* They returned to their accommodation in military vehicles and hurried to feed and rest. Because tomorrow there is more work to be done. As usual, dr min before going to bed he wrote a diary, in which he also described the activities of Bhopa, which he imagined when she was working with precision and a warm smile to the patients. .The sky started to rain, with raindrops streaming down the window with the cool breeze. he closed his notebook, blowing out the lamp. During the operation, a child with a cleft lip in the camp suddenly heard a loud bomb explosion in the jungle near their hospital camp. They sat down a bit and covered their ears when they heard the explosion. A group of soldiers and men from the village holding guns and knives ran to the scene. they saw the old man, with his leg amputated, hugging his seriously injured son. The boy tried to open his mouth and whispered begging the soldiers to save his father with his pained voice. The soldiers cut vines and pieces of fallen wood near the victims to facilitate their removal. They took the victim to the hospital tent. Bopha put her hand on her chest in shock when she saw the condition of the father and the boy. She was holding the boy's hand, comforting him that his father had come to the doctor and that everything was fine. The boy is placed on the operating bed by Dr Min and his father is operated on by the French doctor lying next to his bed. The boy keeps saying please helping his father before he passes out from the drugs. The operation was successful, with the old man amputating a leg and suffering from a minor head injury. As for the boy, after removing the metal parts of the bomb that were all over his body, he slept next to his father. The soldier questioned the boy's mother, realizing that her husband and son always chopping firewood in the forest. Hearing this, the soldiers also prohibited the villagers from entering the forest. Because they suspect that there is a lot of unexploded ordnance. They also contacted their superiors for help from the demining team to inspect their area. After the incident, the foreign doctors thought their area was dangerous and had to be very careful. Today a Korean doctor is resting with nurse Bopha as she is part of their group. Apparently, Dr Ryu refused to take a tour of the village with them. Give dr min and bopha a chance to walk alone together.
* Bopha took the Dr . Min rope on a boat in the big lotus lake. they watched the children cling to the trees and jump into the water. Some boys swam to hang up their boat, where Nurse Bopha was picking lotus flowers. they tease dr. Min he is fallen love with nurse bopha made bopha's cheek very red from embarrassment. She put her finger to her mouth for silent signs. But the children still laugh and troll them. Dr Min asked Bopha what the children were talking about because he did not understand the Khmer language. "The kids said dr. Min is handsome and when he heard this he also started to feel embarrassed. "Seeing the children continue to joke, Bopha stood up and took the children's hands away from their boat. This makes the boat shake and she can't keep her balance and falls on the doctor min. they fell silent with a heartbeat, that closed face. then she pulls his chest and sits back in her place. He scrambled a little in the throat to change the situation and bring their boats back. the village chiefs are all invited to join the celebrations by thanking them in the evening because tomorrow they will move to another region. they wear clothes like villagers and sit on a mat containing rice wine and food. the village chief also prepared performances for Khmer transition dance groups, a singer and performed lakhou sabak thom stories for them. The foreign doctor is so interested in Lakhou sabak thom . ( The Big Skin Theater or the Big Skin Shadow Theater is the oldest theater in Cambodia, possibly remnants of antiquity, as evidenced by temple inscriptions. The Big Skin Shadow Theater probably originated before the Angkorian period, according to the inscription K.155 on the 9th century. It is an art of sacrifice and separate from the Ramayana, with large leather dolls depicting shadows on a white canvas. In 1968, the Big Skin Theater formed a classical dance troupe and later became the Department of Fine Arts. After 1979, remnants of artists from the Pol Pot era collected leather dolls from all over the country to continue their performances. From the story of Reamker is the battle of Indra and the battle of Sanak Kabas. The Ministry of Culture and the UNESCO NGO donated a large set of skins to Professor Hang Soth to send to a group of artists in Banteay Meanchey province. There are currently five shadow puppets in the country: two sets managed by the Art Department of Phnom Penh in Siem Reap (Chhean Artists and Wat Bo Artists) and the Banteay Meanchey Cultural Center. The Big Skin Shadow Theater was inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 25, 2005 . Instruments of the Big Skin Shadow Theater White canvas, The cast is made of cowhide, carved into a fancy design with the image of Ream, Preah Leak, Indrachit, Seda., Lighting (burning coconut shells, fire piles, space lights. )
* After watching the show, they returned to rest as the sky started to rain and on the way they saw a group of children turning on flashlights to catch frogs and crabs in the field Early in the morning they went to say goodbye to the village chief before leaving for a new place. They see the village chief playing Jabi Dang Veng by talking about male and female rules to the village teenagers. (Chapey "is a word derived from three Sanskrit words" chakpei ". Named the Chapey Dang Veng, this chapei has a long trumpet. The long chapei is a two- or four-string instrument, but it has only two tones. It is used for orchestras, classical orchestras, demonic orchestras, mahogany orchestras, etc., and is used solo to accompany songs and poems. It is subdivided into times (earth), snooker (sound box), kranh (king), strings and nails. Kranh is made of heavy wood. Tone strings made of silk and nylon strings. Chapey Dang Veng was inscribed on the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list on November 30, 2016. Chapey Dang Veng has four main functions: Important in demonic orchestras, this instrument has been used in conjunction with other instruments during demonic feasts since time immemorial. Important in the classical orchestra, which is the tradition of our ancestors for thousands of years.Important for accompanying the poetic songs in which the singer jumps and sings the most popular. Important in the early mahogany orchestra, but now chapei dong veng is no longer present in the mahogany orchestra. )
* Dr vichet translated khmer poems to foreign doctors, they admired the khmer heritage poems. After listening to the first poem, they clapped and took a group photo with a villager by the soldiers. Get ready and get in the car Suddenly the uncle who had had the accident before grabbed the crutch and tried to run towards them with his son. He handed over Khmer cakes that his wife tried to bake as a token of thanks, thanking them for saving his life and his son with tears in their eyes. The Korean doctor was emotional and received with a warm smile. They watched the villagers say goodbye from the back of their car until their eyes were out of sight. Travel for several hours until evening, arriving in Siem Reap. They rested in a tent in front of the Siem Reap bridge. At three in the morning, they left for a village near Phnom Kulen. On the way, they worshiped the Preah Ang Check Preah Ang Chorm statue for the safety and happiness and saw the beautiful sunrise at Angkor Wat. But they don't finish the visit because they think that when the mission is over, they will come back to visit. They take a break in a market to buy supplies before entering the village. During the shopping, gunshots broke out in the neighborhood, causing serious injuries and deaths. The rebels then took Dr Min, Bhopa and two other French doctors hostage and ordered them to board another car and go into the forest. Two Cambodian soldiers were killed and several others were seriously injured when they fell near a car. Another French doctor and a group of Cambodian doctors and Dr Ryu were shopping, so there was no danger. When the gunfire subsided, they rushed to their car and rescued the survivors. In the car, the rebels beat them unconscious by tying their hands with a krama and forcing them to walk deep into the forest to an old hut. The rebels pushed them into the hut, causing the bopha to moan in pain. they sink into fatigue. Dr. Min heard gunshots and loud orders outside their hut. As he tried to look through the small hole in the wall, he saw women enslaved by the rebels, and many young girls and boys were forced by the rebels to learn to carry arms and use the gun violence against them. He was shocked and angry that the rebels were abusing children. the girl who had been beaten by the rebels fainted and carried them to their hut. He pretended to be asleep when the rebels opened the door and made the girl fly like an animal.
* Bopha and a team of French doctors woke up saw dr min is examining a girl with a full body injury. She asked him about the girl and he told them what he had seen. They end up speaking when they hear the little girl speak softly, "Please stop beating me I'm afraid , I will do as what you said with tears rolling down her cheeks while she doesn't wake up." Seeing this, Bopha went to hug her sympathetically and told her that she was fine, there was a sister here who will protect you. Then she sang a lullaby calmed the girl to make her sleep. the team of doctors who survived the accident, everyone is very worried about their friends. One of the rescued soldiers rushed to call to inform his leader, and several soldiers descended from their area. The soldiers forced questioning of some villagers, only to discover that it was a pre-set trap by the rebels in exchange for their leader. The villagers were forced to cooperate because their wives and children were taken hostage. After receiving the order from the superiors to send the leader of the group for the exchange, they did not wait long and hurried to enter the forest. They were divided into two groups, the first for the hostage exchange and the other for the rescue of the villagers.
* The rebels took them out of the hut to talk to their leader. But Bopha and Dr Min asked to take care of the girl in the hut. They stare at each other for a while and agreed because they think they can take another advantage later. For many hours after Dr France entered the forest, the sound of gunfire and bombs exploded in the forest and moved closer to their huts. Suddenly two rebels grabbed dr min and bhopa out of the hut before they ran through the gunfire. They saw many dead soldiers and the villagers taken hostage. The soldiers also claimed the lives of rebels. A boy who was injured in one eye cling one of the rebel leg who were preparing to cross the waterfall to ask for help to save his life. But the rebels kicked the boy to the side and hit a tree so as not to interfere with their movement. Seeing cruel actions like this, Dr. Min tries to move against rebels to save the boy. rabel pointed his gun at Dr Min, but Bopha stepped through the protective of Dr Min. she was shot in the stomach, and they slipped and fell from the waterfall.
* A group of French medics were successfully rescued with minor injuries. Villagers and surviving children were rescued immediately and the rebels were killed. leaving only the rebels who capture Dr Min and Bopha to run towards the waterfalls area. The soldiers have tried to drive out the rebels and can capture them not far from the waterfalls. but they do not see dr min and bopha. After listening rebels to them information of dr min and Bopha , the captain of the soldiers ordered his members to rush to the bottom of the waterfall to find them. Even the corpses must be seen. As God helps them, even though they fell from a height, they survived. both floating and stuck on ivy. dr min whose awake first tried to look for bopha. He saw her unconscious not far from him, so he rushed over to the bopha and took an emergency breath. He unconsciously shed tears and was terrified as he checked her very weak pulse and not yet awake. Suddenly she started to vomit water out and said quietly that it was cold and pain. He was a little excited and released his arms around her because her blood was running down her stomach. then He took her to a safe place. Fortunately, he saw weeds growing near the ivy, he plucked the weeds, chewed them on her wound, and tore his clothes to cover her wounds. then he picked up the dead wood to set it on fire, took off their clothes and dried it. he sleeps next to her and hugs her to warm her.
* The soldiers found them the next day, and dr min brought her blouse back and slept on the emergency bed. because he also had a lot of injuries. Arriving in the soldiers' truck, his medical team rushed to treat them, each feeling free from nightmares. They arrived at Siem Reap town hall, where the last mission was canceled and replaced by a team of military medics. French doctors left for their homeland, and Khmer doctors and Dr Ryu returned to Phnom Penh before Dr Min and Bopha. After recovering for a week, dr min visited Angkor and other temples with Bopha. This time, he confessed to loving her and asked her to marry him. She also did not deny this as through many stories together she also felt in love with him. They both fell in love and swore in front of a Buddha statue in Angkor. Return to Phnom Penh at the same time as Doctor Vichet and Bopha's chief medical officer marry. He also invited a group of Korean doctors to attend a Khmer-style wedding. In the evening, music is played in the traditional and famous rhythms of Mr. Sin Sisamouth to entertain guests and dance. Since his return from Siem Reap, dr min stayed with Bopha every day until the day of his return. He does not seem to want to return, but he has to give information to his father for permission and return to betroth her according to Khmer tradition and promised to get married in Khmer and Korean fashion. She didn't say anything because she believed in their love for both of them. On the day of departure, he handed her a necklace and kissed her goodbye before entering the airport. Bopha collapsed in tears as the plane flew through the sky.
* When he arrived in Korea, he was immediately informed that his father was seriously ill, so he had to take care of his father. Over the months, he didn't have enough time to write her a letter like the first time, making her even more anxious, and she put her hands rubbing her stomach with a sad face. Bopha passed the exam and returned to her hometown to take care of her health and pregnancy. She didn't tell anyone but only told her parents. Because at that time women had strict customs and became a scandal when they had children before marriage. Even her parents were angry with her. A year later, Dr. Min was able to treat his father successfully. he also returned to Cambodia as promised, but unfortunately she passed away after giving birth. He just cried and apologized to his grave and went home with his daughter. He read the letter on the plane with tears in his eyes as his daughter held his finger. From then on he became the director of the hospital and he did not marry a new wife and raised his daughter like mum and dad. In 2021 he visited Angkor Wat with his daughter, and he spoke to her with a smile, it was the place where my memories first love between me and your mom.