Precious Moment

Being a student is one of the most precious moment in our life.

Good Health Habits

A dramatic illustration of the importance of good health habits in maintaining good health is provided by a classic study of people leaving in Alameda County, California, conducted by Belloc and Breslow (1972). These scientists began by defining seven important good health habits:

• Sleeping 7-8 hours night


• Not smoking


• Eating breakfast each day


• Having no more than once or two alcoholic drinks each day


• Getting regular exercise


• Not eating between meals


• being no more than 10% overweight

~ Shelly E. Taylor~

*Taylor, S. E. 2003. Health psychology, fifth edition, Boston: McGraw Hill

Positive Thinking

When people start talking about you, they care about you.

But, when people stop talking about you, they might be boredom or frustrated with you.

Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting

1. What you do matters

2. You cannot be too loving

3. Be involved in your child's life

4. Adapt your parenting to fit your child

5. Establish rules and set limits

6. Help foster your child's independence

7. Be consistent

8. Avoid harsh discipline

9. Explain your rules and decisions

10.Treat your child with respect

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~Laurence Steinberg~

Refference:

Steinberg, L. 2004. The basic principles of good parenting. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Good Word

Do you not see how Allah gave the example of comparing a good word with a good tree, whose roots are firm and its branches are in the sky? It yields its fruits in every season by Allah's leave. Allah cites these examples for men so they may learn lesson from them. But the example of an evil word is that of an evil tree which is torn out from the earth and has no stability...

~ Surah Ibrahim, 24-27 ~

*Al-Qura'an, 1997. English Translation of the Meaning of Al-Qur'an: The Guidance for Mankind, Translated by Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Mallik, Texas: The Institute of Islamic Knowledge

Mother vs Children

Mothers are considered as the primary caregivers and thus one of the most influential persons in the life of their children either in this life and the hereafter. Mothers determine the happiness of their children. Every single step that mothers take to educate and raise their children contribute to the well-being of their children.

~Siti Aishah Hassan et. Al, 2005~

*Refference:

Siti Aishah Hassan, Abdullah Seif Abdullah, Hasan Langgulung & Noriah Ishak, 2005. Fostering mother-child relationship via creator-creature relationship: A structural equation modelling analysis, Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, (19), p69-82.

Diploma Syndrome

"Today, our universities is only teach career. For example, if a student learns to become engineer, he will not be taught the broader function of education and the aim of becoming an engineer. These students should be educated to think intellectually the purpose of becoming an engineer, how should he contribute as a good citizen, and how could he help the nation in uplifting the quality of life."

~Prof. Syed Husein Alatas~

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*Syed Husein Alatas in Mohamad Zahir Zainuddin, 2003. Empowering education in Malaysia: Continuing the tradition of excellence, Malaysian journal of social policy and society, (3) p136

In The Most Courteous Manner

Call people to the Way of your Rabb with wisdom and best advice, and reason with them, if you have to, in the most courteous manner: for your Rabb knows best who strays from His Way and He knows best who is rightly guided.

~An-Nahl, 125~

*Al-Qura'an, 1997. English Translation of the Meaning of Al-Qur'an: The Guidance for Mankind, Translated by Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Mallik, Texas: The Institute of Islamic Knowledge

Yin & Yang

"Our progress, then, has been largely a rational and intellectual affair, and this one-sided evolution has now reached a highly alarming stage, a situation so paraxidocal that is borders insanity.

We can control the soft landings of space craft on distance planets, but we are unable to control the polluting fumes emanating from our cars and factories.

We propose Utopian communities in gigantic space colonies, but (we) cannot manage our cities...

Those are the results of overemphasizing our 'yang', or masculine side - rational knowledge, analysis, expansion - and neglecting our 'ying', or feminine side - intuitive, wisdom, synthesis, and ecological awareness "

~Fritjof Capra, 1982~

**From Prof. Dr. Mohd Yusof Othman during his lecture on "Human Capital as a Nation Building Factor", National Counselling Workshop, UKM

Family Tragedy: Divorce

Although divorce has increased for all socioeconomic groups, those in disadvantaged groups have a higher incidence of divorce. Youthful marriage, low educational level, low income, not having religious affliction, having parents who are divorced, and having a baby before marriage are associated with increases in divorce

~Popenoe & Whitehead ~

If a divorce is going to occur, it usually takes places early in a marriage; most occur in the fifth to tenth year of marriage

~National Center for Health Statistics in Santrock (2008) ~

Refferences:

Popenoe, D. & Whitehead, B. D., 2005. The state of our unions: 2005. Pistacaway, NJ: the national Marriage Project, Rutgers University.

Santrock, J. W., 2008. Life span development, 11th edition, Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education.

SEBUMI 2008

The Internationalization of Malay