Palm Tree

Palm tree which has the common name in Khmer word is Thnoat. We can take many advantages from this kind of tree. 

 

Palm trees is approximately 10-25m height; its trunk is rough and dark in color with diameter around 20-60cm. Midrib of palm tree is thick and smooth; has yellow-green color when it is young; yellow-brown color when it is older; and has thorns along both edges in the form of chainsaw teeth. There is also a different between Male and Female flower. Male flower of sugar palm has long and rounding form with size of 2-4 cm and length of 30-50 cm, whereas female flower has a form of rounding fruit with the length of 50-70 cm which yield fruits from 20 to 50. Sugar palm fruit is round and dark-brown color on the bottom part and green color on the top; and changes the color to dark-yellow when it ripens.

Since the ancient time up to the present, Cambodian people have taken the advantages from palm trees in different ways. According to the document, male flowers of palm tree have been used for traditional medicine to cur malaria, sexual diseases, anesthesia of hand and leg. We also take this tree to build the house, shelter for animals, boats, or some other construction materials. The leaves can be used to build the roof and wall of the houses, braiding mats, hats, boxes or trunks; furthermore, people in the past using its leaves for inscribing or writing the Sanskrit for monks to practice. Palm tree fruit and juice has delicious taste and it is popular within Khmer society. The production of sugar from palm tree juice is a tradition of Khmer People since ancient time until present.

 By BA01472

Friendship & Love

Some people may think friendship and love is completely different. Some may view love as the feeling between two people, especially between men and women, and friendship as the relationship between friends. I used to think like that too when I was just a small girl. But when I am growing up, I give friendship and love a definition in a different way.

In my idea, when two or more people care, help, understand, and support each other no matter what the situation is, it is called “Friendship.” What makes me surprised is that, love is the same as friendship. The relationship between parents and children, friends and friends, and between men and women all involve friendship and love mixed together in those kinds of relationship. Because each person have feeling love and care for each other, it makes their relationship become stronger.

For me, both friendship and love are equally important because no one can live alone on this world without contacting with other people and without any help from others even me. I always try to keep my relationship and make it become stronger, but it sometimes makes me feel tired because I seem to care and love other people around me too much before I think about myself. However, I never give up. 

By 01638

Cambodia is Lack of Human Resource Because of Its Weak Educational System

Education system in Cambodia is considered out of standard and unqualified enough to compete with the other nearby countries, and it leads to lack of human resource.

I think that Cambodia high school, even primary and secondary school, seems to be responding for training corruption to Cambodian new generation, for schoolboys and schoolgirls are required to buy candy or cakes sold by teachers, or to pay party for teachers, or to buy gifts for teachers at the end of each year. Most of Cambodian people are now complaining about the weak of its educational system. Because of corruption has spread in Cambodia’s school. High school examination is cogitated as a very important event that is held once a year, but the bad smell of irregularities, cheating, and corruption always appeared during the day of exam while students spend some money to the controller in order to get the allowance for cheating, copying and having answered checked by other students.

Besides taking money daily from students at school, buying passing certificates are available for students even they did not attend any examination which can cause the ability to increase the human development and education curriculum unsuccessful. However, it is not one hundred percents the teachers’ faults, but because new teachers often face a many months delay before they receive their salaries, David Coleman, education chief of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) for Cambodia, told IRIN. Hence, teachers need to earn more money by the way described above (Integrated).

These issues caused many problems to Khmer society, and Cambodia will not be a developed country because of the lack of human resources. People follow the bribery form of the previous generation, then the economy growth will jump down and the country may face with unbalanced society (low standard of living, disagreement, and have no good aspiration). It shows clearly that people are not treated well, for they are not provided a high standard of education system. It is difficult for Cambodian people to accept this situation. There should have no more bribery at school. In order to solve this problem, law in force should be strong obliged the people to follow. For those people who are working in the education system should be punished whenever they are noted that they broke the rules.    

By BA01472

References

Forcefidele, Kien. “What Are the Main Problems in Cambodian Education System? What should we do to solve those problems?” Scribd.com. 2010. 05 Jul. 2012.  

<http://www.scribd.com/doc/33883112/Main-Problems-in-Cambodian-Education-System>

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). “Cambodia: Children miss out on school because of corruption” unhcr.org. 5 Dec. 2008. 05 Jul. 2012.                      

<http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4938f32214.html>

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How to be a good leader

    Everyone always thought to become a good leader is easy. In fact to become a good leader it is very difficult. Some people have their talent from nature to be a leader but some people not. Leadership can be learn and practice in a real life.

     To be a good leader we have to follow some point :

• Care your team: it mean that as a leader have to worry and think about their team the most. Leader have to know about members problems even their health, personal problem or else..
• Stay close to your team: every time we meet each other or while we are working together we have to say "hi" to other member and ask them about problem or what is their concern about team and give them back a good solution.
• Meet your team: make sure that your team have plan to meet each other every day, every weekend, or every month depend on type of your team job. As a leader have to prepare it for the team.
• Train your team: you cannot let your team down or leave any of member alone when they doesn't have enough ability to complete a task for team. Leader have to train them as much as we can do in order to make sure that team are going toward together.
• Grow your team: through many experiences and training, you should develop each team members to have equal ability to make one task done with successfully.
• Celebrate with your team: this might be a personal event, such as a member's birthday or anniversary, or a professional occasion, such as completing a project or winning of contract.
• Really listen: to be a successful leader you have to be open mind and try to listen to your member as much as you can because you cannot know everything without asking your member.
• Plan your success: you won't be there forever and you may not be in control of the timing and circumstance of your departure. So start now to mentor and train at least one colleague who could take over from you.

     All of these point is not enough for the good leader but it is some way to become a good leader if you can practice and follow it. Remember to be a good person is not easy but if you want to be a bad person is easier than take a piece of banana to your mouth. 

Posted by: ID 00912