Pol Pots By Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone reading this post, this last entry for my assignment is about a politician called Pol Pots. Pol Pots was a one the notorious leaders I encountered when I googled it. He was rank among the infamous Joseff Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Vlad "the Impaler" Tepes and many more.

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Pol Pots was a leader in politics whose communist Khmer Rouge government led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. At that time, an estimated of 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork. S-21 was a detention center that is known to be so notorious that only seven of the roughly 20,000 people imprisoned there are known to have survived. The Khmer Rouge, took particular aim at intellectuals, city residents, ethnic Vietnamese, civil servant and religious leaders. Even some historians claim that Pol Pot regime as one of the most barbaric and murderous in recent history.

Pol Pots real name is Saloth sar, was born in 1925 in the small village of Prek Sbauv, located about 100 miles north of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. He moved to the capital in 1934 until 1949, he went to Paris on a scholarship. In Paris, he studied radio technology and became active in communist circles.

the fall Phnom Penh, Google

Via Google

Y'all can find a more detail about Pol Pots in the net. What I would like to share with you all is the Cambodian genocide. After the Khmer Rogue evacuated Phnom Penh's 2.5 million residents. Former civil servants, doctors, teachers and other professionals were stripped of their profession and forced to toil in the fields as part of a re-education process. For those who defy the system will be tortured in a detention center, such as S-21, and then killed. During the Cambodian genocide, the bones of millions of people who died from malnutrition, overwork or inadequate health care also filled up mass graves across the country.

Under Pol Pot, he controlled all aspects of a person's life. Money, private property, jewelry, gambling, reading materials outlawed and many more. He became the prime minister and renamed the country of Democratic Kampuchea. During his reign , borderly skirmishes were occurring regularly between the Cambodians and the Viatnamese.

In 1997 a Khmer Rouge splinter group captured Pol Pot and placed him under house arrest. He died in his sleep on April 15, 1998, at 72 due to heart failure. A United Nations-backed tribunal has convicted only a handful of Khmer Rouge leaders of crimes against humanity.




All of the pictures are from Google images.

The man who open our eyes, Capt. Jacques Cousteau by Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone who accidentally open my class blog. Since you have opened it, please go through our contents especially mine (Siddiq). My topic for this post is the famous Capt. Jacques Cousteau who I admire and idolized because this very man open everybody's eyes in the wonders of the underwater world and led me to Scuba diving. Without further adieu, let me share with you guys what kind of leader of Capt. Jacques Cousteau is.

A little biography about the man who opened our eyes, he was born 11 June 1910, Saint-Andre-de-Cuzbac, France. In 1945, he started the French Navy's undersea research group. In 1951, he began going going on yearly trips to explore the ocean on the Calypso. He recorded his travels and findings on the TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. His ship sunk in 1996. He died on June 25, 1997, in Paris, France.


Capt. Jacques Cousteau was a proud soldier for his country. For the first few years of the World War II, he quietly continued his underwater experiments and explorations. In 1943 he met Emile Gagnan, A french engineer who shown a common passion for discovery. Cousteau and Emile experimented on snorkel hoses, body suits and breathing apparatus. He was also the key person on developing the waterproof camera that could withstand high pressure of the deep sea. During the French Resistance movement, he joined the resistance and spy on the italian armed forces and documenting troop movements. He was recognized for his resistance efforts and awarded with several medals. He also work with the French navy to clear the underwater mines.

Not only a soldier but he was also a researcher of the sea, he developed a device called Aqua Lung, a twin-hose underwater breathing apparatus. With this device, Cousteau and his crew were able to explore and film parts of the ocean depths that had never been seen before. His underwater documentaries brought a new world of viewers. Oscar winning films such as The Silent World, The Golden Fish, and World Without Sun. These documentaries had common goal "Their message was 'Come with me and look at this wonderful thing and see how it acts and behaves," said by Merrriam, a spokesperson for the Cousteau Society. Merraim also said " It was a deep and complete introduction for the general public to the undersea world." All Cousteau and his society work so hard is too enlighten us with the diverse creatures that dwells beyond our sight living deep in the dark blue sea.

Capt. Jacques Cousteau, was Late-Blooming Environmentalist, restricts commercial whaling in 1986. The moratorium remains in place today, though some countries still hunt whales in the name of scientific research. Not only that, he organized a popular campaign against a French government plan to dump nuclear waste products into the Mediterranean Sea in 1960 - and took his fight straight to the president of the republic. His efforts was always to conserve the beauty and well being of the sea, as he know that, the ocean also known as the Blue Garbage by seafarers, could offer us humans more that we thought.

Capt. Jacques Cousteau efforts shall die in vain, his legacy is continued by his children and the next generations to come.  All pictures are taken from Google, none of them are my own.

Unsung heroes of Malaysia by Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone who opened this blog. Today's topic will be about the unsung heroes of Malaysia. Unsung heroes means a person whom names are not in the text books but made quite an impact to the development of our country. I found nine articles about these unsung heroes but I am not going to talk about of all them. Since I found 3 articles so I am going to talk about these heroes of Malaysia

image via Victoria Institution

              Flight lieutenant Cyril Talalla was the first Asian to pass and the only non-European to pass the strict  entrance examination of the Royal Air Force and enrolled in a government flying school. His brother , followed Cyril's footsteps six months later and later becoming a Sergeant Pilot. Henry Talalla skills was noticed and was the one of few to flew an American fighter plane called Typhoon.

             These Brothers were war veterans as they battled in the World War II. Henry was struck down by a German tank unit and passed away on 25 July 1944 ten miles south of Caen, the capital of northern France's lower region Normandy region. Cyril Talalla's death was on 18 August 1973 at Wales.

image via google

image via google

           

             The next hero or heroin I'm going to talk about is Datuk Siti Rasmah Kasim. You might never heard about her name and what she had done for our country. She is the contributor of the Independence Day of Malaysia. Her actions of the greater good of the nation is called "The Bangle of Independece". She donated her Gold bangle to support Tunku Abdul Rahman's trip to London to obtain the country's Independence. Because of Datuk's actions, many others also contributed their jewelry or accessories to fund our first Prime Minister's trip.

pictures via Google

pictures via Google

              The last hero of Malaysia is called Sybil Medan Kathigasu or also known as the Florence Nightingale of Malaysia. We all remember when the Japanese invaded our beloved country way back when. Their tyranny was cruel to every single soul to our people. these particular hero saved our people medically from the invaders. As the soldiers show no mercy to women and children at Papan, Perak, Sybil with her husband, Dr. AC Kathigasu, she supplied medicine, medical assistance and information to the resistance forces. Unfortunately she was captured by the Japanese soldiers in 1943.

               She received devastating tortures by the Japanese soldiers but never once spill out the beans regarding the resistance forces. Even her daughter had been tortured in the process but she never told them anything. Sybil was awarded with the George Medal of Gallantry, making her the first and only Malayan woman to receive the medal. 12 June 1948 in Lanark, Scotland, she succumbed to her injuries and to commemorate her bravery and loyalty , a road in Fair park, Ipoh was named after her.

               They are a lot more stories that we may not know of. If any of you know any please enlighten every Malaysian to know they effort and sacrifice for our future now an

Teamwork by Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone , this entry I will talk about teamwork, not among men but among animals. I want to show to all of you even beings of no free will or the ability that human has needs teamwork to cope with life. Now let us begin!


The first animal I want talk about is ants. Yes ants. Ants may not be big in size but they go through any challenges as a swarm or colony. Small in size but large in numbers can make a difference in the animal kingdom. Ants only have one queen and army to protect its queen and the larva's. I know you have seen ants trying to save it colony but making a raft on top of the water during rainy season. Instead of running around frantically , the ants work together to achieve a common goal which is to SURVIVE.

taken at google images

Now lets discuss about the second animal is orca or in other name killer whale. Killer whale work together to find food mostly. their main food is seals. Orcas always hunt in formations. Formations varies on situation on prey. They are quite an intelligent animals and can manage how to get their food

Last astonishing animal that conveys teamwork like no other are *drum rolls* BEES!!!!!! Let me tell most of the traits I found in the internet. First, Good communication is the heart of any team, bees uses pheromones and vibration to communicate to each other. Second, Bees moves like a single organism when performing a task. We can learn from them and actually know how your colleagues think and act, single organism remember? Third, bees are prepared for the worst conditions, proof of that is they store as much honey as they can during daylight. Us humans must bee-prepared just like the bees. We never know what could happen in the future. Like a saying sound better safe than sorry.

That is the end of blog , all of the pictures were taken at google images. Thank you everyone and assalamualaikum.

Leadership by Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone who is reading my humble entry. I was given a task about leadership of a person or any type or anything that shows leaderships skills. What is a leader? According to Google dictionary it says that a person who leads or command a group, organisation and country. This entry, I'll show you how Malaysian Maritime Academy showed  me how to be competent leader.


I was active in MMA (ALAM) joining various activities but one event really test my leadership and shape me as a proper one. I'm not saying that I am the best but I know how handle it when the situation comes. The event was called First years Camping for ALAM intake. I was appointed as Head facilitator of the camp by ALAM Sport Trainer Mr. Zangi Bin Yaakob who had been a father figure to me. Alright! Enough with the intro and let me enlighten all you that what a leader must have.

Traits That A Leader Should Have 

1. Self motivated

               A self motivated leader who always has drive to accomplish the task or job given to him. This kind of leaders will push his limits and try to reach a splendid work. Self motivated person comes with pride, passion and desire to become better and bring everyone from his team and rise together.

2. Confidence

              Confidence is born with someone but not all of them. Some need to be nurture before they bloom. Confidence is a perception of yourself to fulfill the task being given to you. Confidence also comes with time and experiences. To build confidence you need to accept new challenges, willing to fail by doing something and push your limits so that you can improve.

3. Optimism and positivity 

               Being positive is important for a leader. Why you ask? It is because a leader should be positive at all times to make his followers adhered to him in any conditions. The leader always sees the good of and outcome or event and even a person. What drive that positivity is called optimism.

4. Good communication skills
               A good leader is always the one who can speak in front of people fluently. Someone who has this speaking skills always has a way of convicing people to do something. Their message is understood easily.

This is some of the traits that leaders must have. Hope the information I with you all is helpful and accurate, The pictures was all mine.