{"id":3793,"date":"2015-03-26T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2019-01-29T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:31:24","slug":"meet-the-team-kimhak-hun-ticketing-and-customer-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/meet-the-team-kimhak-hun-ticketing-and-customer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team: Kimhak HUN, Ticketing and Customer Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Meet the Team: Kimhak HUN, Ticketing and Customer Service<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>By Emily Martin<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kimhak HUN is our 21-year-old customer service star at the ticketing desk. He\u2019ll greet you with his signature grin\u2026 he\u2019s awesome with English so why not strike up a conversation with him while you wait for your tickets, he\u2019s always more than happy to chat.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How did you start working at Phare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I actually saw an announcement for a job here and I felt I really wanted to work for an organisation&#8230; it was for a position in customer service and after I applied they called me to come in for an interview. I was successful and I have worked for Phare for almost a year now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I like my job a lot. Sometimes I feel strange with the guests and the costumers\u2026 they make me feel strange because they have a different culture to me. That\u2019s why I want to know about their culture so when they come here I will try and talk to them about it. I want to know more about them and I want to find out what is different between Cambodians and other people around the world. How do they communicate with each other etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What do you like about learning new cultures?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When I know the culture of another person it means I can relate to them more and adapt how I communicate with them. Sometimes when we don\u2019t know about their culture we can make them feel uncomfortable without knowing it\u2026 if we understand then we can make them feel comfortable, that\u2019s why I have to find more about cultures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I have never been outside of Cambodia but I would really like to\u2026 I\u2019d like to go to France and the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">France is a big country and it\u2019s a modern country, also its economy is higher than Cambodia. I want to know why it\u2019s higher than the other countries and why it\u2019s different to here.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3793 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-6\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun in his hometown - Puok District, Siem Reap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-6-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-6-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-6-1-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-9\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-9-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun with his family - Puok District, Siem Reap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-9-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-9-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-9-1-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Why do you like to work with people so much?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Why do I like it? It just comes naturally to me I guess\u2026 I don\u2019t know why exactly. When I meet new people I want to speak to them, I want to hear everything, I want to know new information. In my job, in my position, it\u2019s always with the people so that\u2019s why I applied here so I could learn more and interact with people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tell me about your family life\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I was born in a small village, it\u2019s about 16 km from Phare to my home. I come back home every night on my moto and it takes about 30 minutes if I drive moto fast\u2026. I don\u2019t go so fast just 60km\/h really.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I live with my parents and my younger and older brother, they haven\u2019t married yet so they still live at the family home. I also have an older sister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My father is a fisherman and my mother is a farmer. They can do some agriculture and after they have free time so they can go fishing and take some fish to sell in the markets. With 4 children it\u2019s a big family to feed and look after!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Do you have to help them with the fishing and the farming?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yeah! When the rice is ready to cut down I come and to help them harvest the rice. When I have free time I also go to the river and get water to help with the irrigation of the crops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We use the canals but sometimes we use buckets to take the water to the fields. Today usually most of the people use machines so it\u2019s easier than before. Before they used cows and humans energy but now-a-days, after the development of science, there\u2019s easier and quicker ways to farm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My family still use man power though, we can\u2019t afford one of the machines. We sometimes borrow machines from other people if they have it though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I also used to go out on Tonle Sap Lake with my father a lot. I would get up in the morning and the sun would rise and any many birds would fly around me&#8230;. it made me feel so amazing. I still want to tell the world about the wonders of the Lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What about your brothers and sisters?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My older sister now works at a factory. I think it\u2019s difficult for her because she\u2019s a girl\u2026 I don\u2019t know how to explain\u2026 it\u2019s difficult in the factories. You may know that the workers in factories work very hard and are not treated well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">She stopped school after Grade 9\u2026 in Cambodia we have 12 grades. After that she could not get a bachelor or certificate from the school so she doesn\u2019t have enough knowledge. Especially English because in Cambodia most of the economy depends on tourism. If we can\u2019t speak English or have a specific skill then we cannot get a job. If we don\u2019t graduate from grade 12 they cannot offer you a good job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My younger brother is still at school and he\u2019s studying in grade 10 right now. He\u2019s a good and clever student. I support him and I learnt before him so now he\u2019s learning and I can give him advice and help. If he doesn\u2019t finish school I will be so disappointed! I want the people to get a good education. Good education can make the life better. If you don\u2019t have the knowledge and a good education you will have to work very, very, very hard\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3793 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun poses with colleagues\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-1-1.jpg 870w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun with performers and musicians on stage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-3-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-3-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Where did you learn your English, you\u2019re very good!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I mostly learnt under the tree at the pagoda and so the monks teach us the English for free!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How often did you go?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the morning I studied at public school and then from 5 \u2013 6pm I studied at the pagoda. In the afternoon I went to a place called the dream centre. It supports the Cambodia children so they can study. It\u2019s a Christian organisation and they support children with pens and books and clothes\u2026 everything! Not food but they support all the student supplies for school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The school that supported me taught me the Christianity as well. I think it\u2019s good\u2026 you know I can say I am Buddhist, I can say I am Christian because I am like a snake, weaving in and out. I want people of all religions to love and not look down on each other because they think they are better. Buddhism and Christianity are both good, they just want the people to walk on a good way and work in a good way\u2026 but the difference between Christians and Buddhists is the Buddhism is like a science as well, it is a science not just a belief but a science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I want to learn more about Buddhism and I plan to go to Battambang to do meditation. I will go in May for 10 days. I think it\u2019s good, good, good for me because I want to\u2026 it\u2019s difficult to say why I want to. You know we want to know ourselves inside, how does it work inside. If we want the world to get peace, we have to make peace inside first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What do you want to do in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Can I hide it? I want to keep it as a secret\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Why do you like Phare then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You know, I work here\u2026 I find the answer for this in my heart, not in my brain\u2026 why do I like Phare? I like to work with the people here, and I see hare always supports the children and so that is what I want when I was young. I wanted people who lived in difficult situations to improve their lives and their economic situations. Phare helps the children in Battambang and so they can give a better life to them, that\u2019s why I love this place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I have only one or two words. I love Phare and I want Phare to grow and go up. So I want especially the artists and the arts sector to get a new face and be able to show others &#8211; how is Cambodia, what is Cambodia, who is Cambodia\u2026 I want them to know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3793 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-7\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-7-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun navigates boat through flooded forest\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-8\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-8-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun poses next to rice field - Puok District, Siem Reap\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/kimhak-10\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kimhak-10-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phare Circus staff Kimhak Hun poses with sisters next to rice field - Puok District, Siem Reap\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/about\/\">the social mission of Phare, The Cambodian Circus<\/a> and how is supports PPSA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Interested in reading about an <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/gender-vulnerability-power-womens-circus\/\">empowering women\u2019s circus<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Meet Jean-Noel, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/meet-team-jean-noel\/\">performing arts manager<\/a> at Phare Ponleu Selpak\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Team: Kimhak HUN, Ticketing and Customer Service By Emily Martin Kimhak HUN is our 21-year-old customer service star at the ticketing desk. He\u2019ll greet you with his signature grin\u2026 he\u2019s awesome with English so why not strike up a conversation with him while you wait for your tickets, he\u2019s always more than happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}