brainz

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-train-my-brain-to-work-fast

Here are 5 hacks that can help you train your brain.

Tip: Start with one. Pick something you can incorporate into your schedule today. Then, practice it throughout the week. Once you get the hang of it, try another. Experiment. Take note of how your brain reacts to the change and how it adapts. See what works best for you and which change has the biggest effect on your mental performance.

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Hack #1. Do your hard work first.

You can’t expect your brain to work fast if you leave the most complex tasks for later in the evening. Why not? The answer lies in your circadian rhythm, i.e. your biological clock. For most of us, our peak performance time for solving analytical tasks is around 2 hours after we wake up. Use this time for mental activities such as reading and reviewing, writing, problem-solving and developing your critical thinking skills.

How?

Make your mornings count. If your alarm goes off at 8, take advantage of your peak focus times which are 2 hours after, in this case between 10 a.m. and noon.

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Hack #2. Condense your time.

Don’t let a mental task take hours to complete. Just because you’ve set aside half the day to cover a certain amount of study material or work on a project does not mean that your brain will be able to pay attention the entire time. Instead, use a timer to get your mind to work within a deadline you set for yourself.

How?

Try the Pomodoro technique for short 25-minute increments to cover one assignment (homework, problem-solving, exercises), then take a 5 minute break.

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Hack #3. Make your brain prioritize.

Like everyone else, your average day probably consists of juggling multiple priorities and worrying whether you’ll get everything done in time to meet various deadlines. Why not train your brain to focus early so that it knows where to use energy on what matters most to you?

How?

Start each morning with this question: What is the one thing I am committed to completing today? Write it on a large sheet of paper, then hang it somewhere so you see it first thing when you wake up (on your bedroom or bathroom wall, for example). Then, think which task is your top priority to finish that day, and answer your question out loud.

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Hack #4. Think on your feet.

Don’t wait until later in the day to start thinking about a problem or challenge you’re facing at school or work. Instead, use some of your downtime to mull things over in your head. The benefit? When you interrupt your work with a pause, you actually improve cognitive function by creating a task-specific tension; this is a well-known concept in psychology called the Zeigarnik effect. Taking a break allows your brain to keep the problem top of mind, focus better, and easily access the information to solve the problem faster.

How?

One idea is to take a walk after your lunch or dinner break. It will give your brain a chance to reflect on what you’ve absorbed during your busy day. Another idea is to use the breaks between study or work sessions to do something completely unrelated to your work: cooking a meal, reading a book for pleasure, listening to or playing music, running an errand, making a phone call to a friend, or going outside for some sun and fresh air.

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Hack #5. Reboot your brain with sleep.

If you think that you must stay up late (or all night!) to cram for an exam or meet an important deadline for work, you’re not giving your brain the opportunity to function optimally. Over time, the odds are stacked against you, because chronic sleep deprivation can impact your concentration, reduce your cognitive abilities so you need more time to complete even simple tasks, and can even reduce your IQ. Make sure that you adjust your work schedule so you have time to reboot and renew your energy.

How?

There’s an easy way to train your brain to wind down at the same time each night: by incorporating a simple nighttime routine. The benefit? You don’t run the risk of forgetting what time it is and then feeling groggy the next morning because you haven’t rested enough. Plus, a nighttime routine helps you chill out faster and prepare for bedtime.

Circadian Rhythm – The Biological Clock Affecting Your Performance

http://www.clevork.com/2015/06/09/circadian-rhythm-the-biological-clock-affecting-your-performance/

review by Just Seeds

Much thanks to Roger and Justseeds for the highlight

"Shieko Reto’s GIFS

by Roger Peet

Interviews, Reviews"

http://justseeds.org/shieko-retos-gifs/

friend's blogs & Lagu tiga Sixpence

slowly digging through friend's blog, food and travel~
South East Asia/Malaysian
http://mamamuezza.blogspot.com/
recipes

http://maorichika.blogspot.com/
travel

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btw 2 days ago, i was playing a folk Malay song/nursery rhymes on a guitar 'Lagu tiga kupang' then my friend noticed the lyrics and told me isn't that an old nursery rhymes that she knew before, googled and found its an old English nursery rhymes Sing a Song of Sixpence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence
Lyrically similar and connected...the question is i thought it was brought by the Brits to Malaya during 1700 but a little more digging/googling, its more about Black beard's recruiting pirates....more below



The surprising truth is that this innocent little rhyme, which dates from the early 1700s, actually represents a coded message used to recruit crew members for pirate vessels!

Pirates (or corsairs, privateers whose activities were sanctioned by letters of marque from a sovereign) did not spend all their time at sea: they cruised the waters in areas such as the Mediterranean, the Spanish Main, or the Atlantic coast of North America, looking for prizes, and they returned to port when the need for supplies or repairs demanded it. Upon reaching port, the ship’s captain paid off the crew (primarily by dividing the spoils of whatever they had captured), and the crew members then dispersed ashore (usually to spend all their pay on alcohol and prostitutes as quickly as possible). Some crewmen tended to stay in the vicinity, but others left for other regions, caught on with other ships, died, were killed, or simply disappeared. Thus, much like the captains of naval vessels and merchant traders, the captains of pirate ships needed to recruit new crew members whenever they embarked on yet another venture. Since piracy (as opposed to privateering) was against the law, pirates devised codes that could be used to advertise for crew members without openly revealing their illegal affiliations.

The nursery rhyme “Six a Song of Sixpence” was a coded message that evolved over several years’ times and was used by confederates of the notorious pirate Blackbeard to recruit crew members for his prize-hunting expeditions. Like many other messages passed down to us over hundreds of years by oral tradition, there is no one “official” version, nor is there a “correct” interpretation for any particular variant. In general, however, the most common form of this rhyme bore these veiled meanings:

Related news:
On another note, i blogged something about 'Pantun' or old Malay folks of rhyming that were translated into English by French poets in 19th century previously...
"When French poets rediscovered the form in the nineteenth century, they were drawn to the pantun berkait- a pantun form made up of interlocking verses."
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2014/07/mcsweeneys-pantunpantoum.html

nostalgia sound = time-stamp/bookmarks

The sound of nostalgia / music as a bookmark of the past human experience

Imagine your body is a spaceship speeding towards the unknown in the universe which is life and at the back of your mind, you'll know the spaceship will someday coming to halt and uncertainties is a bitch. The only temporary comfort you can find in the eternal uncertainties is remembering the pocket of times and memories which already became certain in the past.

Some of the music that evokes nostalgia and a sense of longing like looking into the tropical rain cleansing the world by the window holding warm chocolate drink, getting lost in the visual fields of mirage of the neon city lights.

Way way back i often question why some of the people i've come across like to put on same old music over and over again, and guessing why they seemed trapped in a pocket or bubble of time and evidently some hint on the clothing they wear. Later sailing through life i noticed i too have a collection of music that evokes a sense of longing and familiarity when played it feels like reclaming the youth, the energy or the previous innocent form that we use to have. Music that served as a bookmark to how we feels at a certain time in the past where when its played now, its like time travelling back instantly back at the same spot, same tangible memories that hold the truth of our life and existence in this time and age. Music that evokes nostalgia and a sense of longing. Everyone should have a different kind of music that they come scross that they remember and bookmarked. What's yours?

When i was growing up living in Malaysia/Melaka/Ujong Pasir/Kuala Lumpur. i felt lucky to have been exposed to many cultures, including local ones, pop cultures of different neighbouring and far countries and their exports (cultural practise, language, subconscious propaganda). Early 80s american, british, japanese, hong kong, china, india, indonesia, thailand. Their cultural products in music, tv series, radio programmes, cartoons, anime. 

Japan has always been a soft spot in my heart. I dont know how to say but the word 'nostalgia' is the one word best to describe the energy i felt from her. When i get the chance to go there for my research in 2014, one thing that i think miss doing is kissing the groud when i landed there like an old friend that i knew who kneel and kissed the ground when he reach Vietnam airport as if he use to be born and lived there in his previous life.

I also get to make few good friends and again when Genmai san played a few songs for me with his guitar, the nostalgia feeling buzzing like a phone on silent and vibrate mode.

Same sense tingling when visiting Nakano broadway that serve as an archieve of old and new Japanese manga and anime. Sound and visual. Heaps of nostalgia. Going through Yoyogi park on Sunday, you will find the usual Rockabilly dancers showing off their moves. Probably their sense of nostalgia towards American pop culture or the romantisizing of it, like i romantisizing some part of japanese culture and music. Probably it has to do with what i want in my culture when i was growing up, where everybody respect each other but instead i was surrounded and growing up in a masculinze, tough, crass environment, language and behaviour which is quite ok too. Probably too much of it that i felt my surroundings need to be a little bit more zen hence the feeling of longing and nostalgia and i find comfort looking at the rain cleansing and give birth to a new world again. Pluviophile is the word i discovered later recently to describe this sense of being. 

Some music that discovered later also evokes some sense of nostalgia, not just 80s, 90s but later in 2k.

to be continued...

Genmai san mixtape:

http://time.com/4149478/happiness-neuroscience-simplicity/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

YEE I-LANN: 2005-2016 (teaser video)

Yee-iLann's current exhibition in Manila after her New York show:

YEE I-LANN: 2005-2016 (teaser video) from Silverlens on Vimeo.

Slumb-a-Chamber digest

Curator / artist Dhiyannah take on her last exhibition
https://forwardslashsea.wordpress.com/

“Slumb-a-Chamber, an exhibition curated by Dhiyanah Hassan, was a week-long installation feature, part of Lightforge’s Northern Hemisphere event for George Town Festival 2016.

The installation ran from 13th to 19th August at Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, with an opening night on the 13th August, 6pm, organized by our sponsor and featuring a spoken-word performance by Bali-based Canadian poet, Skid More.

‘Slumb-a-Chamber’ was partially sponsored by Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC). Northern Hemisphere was sponsored/supported by Epson and George Town Festival.”
– quoted from a project report for the purpose of documenting and archiving. 

CONCEPT NOTE in past tenseVisual and poetic elements meet in ‘Slumb-a-Chamber,’ where audiences were invited to explore the subtle commentary of how personal and public merge in a woman’s life.

The word ‘chamber’ is used today to describe a space made for the purpose of formal meetings or official events. It was, however, historically used to denote a more private space, specifically a bedroom. In this installation, the Northern Hemisphere dome was transformed to look like a bedroom. A mattress lay in the center, blanket and pillow ready for strange heads to rest on – a clothes rack held painted shirts in which the titles and blurbs for each artwork could be found. The artworks themselves were projected on a loop onto the inner wall of the dome, distorting and dancing in a play of light, color, and shadows.

Here, a woman’s bedroom acts as symbolism for how the private issues of her life are often turned into matter for public scrutiny. What happens behind closed doors reflect how she navigates the public, and vice versa. Gender-based prejudices accumulate and her daily life is a constant compromise between herself and spaces that are easily hostile towards girls and women.

‘Slumb-a-Chamber,’ at the very core of it, is a creative execution of stories that resist the alienation of women’s narratives from the universal human experience.

Playing with conventions of Fairy Tales, slam poetry and stand-up comedy, Skid More presents ‘Madelyn,’ a live performance that asks, how old is too old to have a baby?

The performance was strong and engaging, delivering a powerful message through an ecstatically sharp humor. The audience easily followed Skid’s voice, her gestures and expressions, as she switched from being spotlit, to being projected via a live video feed onto the wall behind her, to whipping out a flashlight and squirting water from a syringe on her face.  It was immersive and engaging, a delicious extension to the featured artwork in the installation.

“They said she was too old to have a baby – truth be toldMadelyn never really wanted toA Husband? I do?Sounds a lot like a free pembantuThen a baby? Going into labour?Labour? ….there’s more unpaid work?”

Side note: Skid’s performance was such a big treat for opening night. Fortunately, the press had left by then so we could experience the uncensored poem of the show. Not so fortunate was the last-minute cancellation of the performance on Sunday night. I found out later that, despite no one showing up before the scheduled performance, some peopledid try to catch it. And in the team’s utter exhaustion, I didn’t think to make a cancellation announcement. Now there’s a lesson to learn.

ART SERIES

Four visual art series were commissioned for the installation’s projection. Each series of projection highlights an aspect of the lived realities of women, forming a narrative that invites viewers to look, listen, and question the oppressive social forms they witness in their own day-to-day lives.

The initial idea was to have these projections triggered by an electronic contraption. This fixture could not be finalized on time for the show and so we decided to proceed with a streaming slideshow of the series, projected on a loop – the show must go on!

‘In My Own Space’ by ERYN
A series of drawings depicting the inner world of a female character – the quirks, charms, and mystique that happens in an individual’s personal space. There are conversations with little mind-creatures. Acts of searching, exploring and mending are gleaned in the intricate worlds spun by ERYN’s pen.

The drawings were compiled into a video presenting each in their original black and white format. As each drawing spins across the dome’s wall, the colors change into inversions accented by a sequence of hues ranging from blue to red. 

Check out some of these drawings on ERYN’s Facebook and Instagram. You can also find out more about her works on her website.

‘Maybe Baby’ by Kim Khaira
A series of illustrations addressing the ridiculous pressure a woman’s community (friends, family, society) places on her to ‘settle down’ into motherhood. She faces these pressures and grapples with the stress of having her own decisions nearly taken away from her. In the sequence of drawings, she contemplates these external expectations while trying to find her own voice.

The illustrations were projected with their colors inverted, the high contrast and movements creating an experience wherein the audience could be immersed in the emotional atmosphere of the images.

Here’s a short video of the projection, you can find some of Kim’s art on her Instagram.

‘Working Gal’ by Shieko Reto
This series of animated GIFs highlights the reality of a woman in the professional work environment. Her abilities are questioned and her personality under social surveillance, just because she’s a woman. She works just as hard – or sometimes harder – than her male peers, and still gets less acknowledgment or compensation for her work.

The GIFs were lined up in a streaming projection, dancing around the inner walls of the dome. Each GIF presented a short animation of an instance of gender-based prejudice in the workplace. 

You can view the full set on Shieko’s blog. She is also on Instagram.

‘Warrior Walk’ by Dhiyanah Hassan
An audio-visual poem capturing the anxieties of a woman as she steps out of her private space into the public, peopled world. This piece aims to highlight long-term effects of gender-based discrimination, how these prejudices result in hostile spaces for girls/women. Every step then becomes a battle cry resisting aggression in favor of the hope for kindness.

Fore more on this piece, check out this post.

Full coverage here: https://forwardslashsea.wordpress.com/

Siri 'Bercakap dengan skrin' zine

Just uploaded 'Bercakap dengan skrin'zine that was made early this year on Feb 2016 and can be read online and downloaded for free here: http://puissy.blogspot.com/

'Bercakap dengan Skrin' or directly translated 'Talking to the screen' is a title taken from an old Malay compilation of urband legends or horror stories during the 80s and the 90s, the title chosen because of the sense of nostalgia. It's just a dialogue between me and the other person thousand kilometers away via laptop screen, some spontaneous dialogue, some just thought that resulted from a dialogue. 'Bercakap dengan skrin' also is a reflection of today's human phenomena in communication between human, dialogue that could be another 100 years urban legend printed in a tabloid read by migrants in a new land as a comfort from stress and harsh reality in between hard labour in the future...

when you hit rock bottom, the only way is up, up, up

note to self

U_U

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essence

The lesson i learn from being a trans person is to look at another person's soul or essence or energy they produce, kindness, love rather than their outer appearance. That's what we always wanted the world and our surrounding to see us since we were young after constantly being judged every minute, every hour everytime within our parameters/social/sphere. - mak Anon

Slumb-a-Chamber

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https://www.facebook.com/events/1555128554796628/

The word ‘chamber’ is used today to describe a public space made for the purpose of formal meetings or official events. It was, however, historically used to denote a more private space, specifically a bedroom. In this installation, a woman’s bedroom acts as symbolism for how the private issues of a woman’s life are often turned into matter for public scrutiny. 

Combining electronic experimentations of Lightforge with the creative vision of curator, Dhiyanah Hassan, ‘Slumb-a-Chamber,’ is an interactive execution of a theme that resists the alienation of women’s issues from the universal human experience. Featuring art by ERYN, Kim Khaira, and Shieko Reto.

The installation will be running at Level 2, Wisma Yeap Chor Ee on:

13th - 14th August, 6pm - 10pm

with a performance by word-based artist, Skid More at 8pm on both Saturday and Sunday

&

15th - 19th August, 10am-6pm.

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Tingtongketz-Femmecoat gig 2016

The lyrics mostly based on personal experience also regarding the Syariah laws that governed the country and its effect on Malay born Trans person. And 1 song about the environmental/illegal logging and toxic waste issues and the current social media issues. Tingtongketz or used to be TingtongTranz was formed for the sole idea of band members consists of Transperson that exists in Kuala Lumpur based on mutual friends that we've come across and to spread the message or educate simply gender is not the same as sexual orientation.

TTK-L.O.G.O.U.T.

Don't forget to save your file, Don't forget to Log out,
Don't upload anything, Step back and stop posting
Ch:L-O-G-O-U-T Slow down singularity, L-O-G-O-U-T Enjoy the scenery
Forever uploading, towards singularity,
resist and log out, step back and get out
Ch:L-O-G-O-U-T Slow down singularity, L-O-G-O-U-T Enjoy the scenery
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TTK-Berubahlah

Berubah, berubahlah, berubah, berubahlah,
Apa nak jadi dengan kau ni Shika? Bila nak nerubah?
Inilah diri Shika sebenarnya mak, Shika bukan transformer

Berubah, berubahlah, berubah, berubahlah
!^@(^$#($#^$#)$#)*)$#^&$&#)$^)#^)#$

Kau tak takut api neraka ke Shika, bila nak berubah?
Inilah evolusi Shika sebernya mak, Shika bukan transformer

CH: Berubah, berubahlah, berubah, berubahlah
!^@(^$#($#^$#)$#)*)$#^&$&#)$^)#^)#$
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TTK-Aman naw-naw

Hutan botak, pokok tarak, Satu bangsa monoculture, Carigali, egonomi,
Cukur meshia aman...

CH:
Korek, korek, tebang pam,pam, tanam, tanam, pam, pam, jahanam
Korek, korek, tebang pam,pam, tanam, tanam, pam, pam, jahanam

Tak koser, diPEKOSA, dipandu PEMANDU, senang di PERKUDA, skim cepat gaya,

CH:
Korek, korek, tebang pam,pam, tanam, tanam, pam, pam, jahanam
Korek, korek, tebang pam,pam, tanam, tanam, pam, pam, jahanam

Tanah tumpah nya dara, Bruno Manser jadi baja,
cukur bukit kepala sawit, korek boskit, hidup toksik
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TTK-Aparagi Taufufa

Apa lagi aku mau, apalagi kamu mau? Apa lagi kami mau? Hari-hari mau-mau,

CH: Ulaw melingkaw di atas pagaw, ulaw melingkaw...

Apa transwomen mau? Apa transmen mau? Gender identity tau? Sexual orientation tau?
CH: Ulaw melingkaw di atas pagaw, ulaw melingkaw...

Apati apa tau? Kena amek pot tau? Bukan busy body tau? Boleh bah kalau kauuuu
1....2....3.....4.....
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TTK-GIESO

Gender bukan di celah kangkang...anda x4
GIESOx4 GIESOx4 GIESOx4 GIESOx4
Gender bukan di celah kangkang...anda x4
GIESOx4 GIESOx4 GIESOx4 GIESOx4

Gender bukan dicelah kangkang andaaaaaa....1 more time?
Gender bukan dicelah kangkang andaaaaaa....is it me you looking for?
Note:*GIESO - (Gender Identity & Expression. Sexual Orientation)
         *SOGIE - (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression)
           For Transwomen & Transmen, what matters to them is 'Gender Identity'
           For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, what matters to them is 'Sexual Orientation'
           For effeminate men and masculine women is 'Gender Expression'
           For Queer people is 'fluidity & non-binary, no traditional roles'
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TTK-Menjana

Estradiol Valerate, Cypeterone Acetate, what you don't understand, do not hate,
Pusing kiri, pusing kanan, jalan cari pangkal jalan, Can't be neutral on moving train,
CH: Menjana transformasi, marilah kita SOGIE, Agenda-Gender Identity...Agenda-Gender Identity

Progynova, Spiro, Premarin, Androcur, Pil Cina, Pil Thailand,
Potong puki, potong tetek, potong muka, potong hidung, pasang kepak, migrate,

CH: Menjana transformasi, marilah kita SOGIE, Agenda-Gender Identity...Agenda-Gender Identity
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TTK-Pulang

Gaylang, Pinko hai gaylang, Gaylang si rama-rama,
pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Undi parti pelangi, janji dicapati,
pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Kondom pakailah kondom, sebelum buat seks,
pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Biru, pink dan putih, bendera transgender
pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
Pulang marilah pulang, marilah pulang kepangkal jalan, TAKNAK!
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TTK-Melukis itu terapeutik

Bulat kecik, bulat kecik, bulatlah besar, sayang papa, sayang mama, sayang semua,
section 66, mansuh,mansuh
Bulat kecik, bulat kecik, bulatlah besar, sayang papa, sayang mama, sayang semua,
section 66, mansuh,mansuh

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tingtongketz

archived:
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/02/tingtongketz-archived-uu.html

gender bukan di celah kangkang anda

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Art KLitique reviewed

Terima Kasih KL ArtKlitique

Art KL-itique

Browsing visual arts in Kuala Lumpur

http://artklitique.blogspot.fi/2016/08/pixel-gifs-by-shika-corona-shieko-reto.html
"Shika’s use of pixel GIFs is a wonderful extension to her art repertoire, which complements a vivid and incisive style; it is also an especially relevant medium to comment on current issues. A religious officer bursts into a transgender beauty pageant, only to be awarded ‘best dressed’. An iconic image of the Merdeka declaration, sees tears streaming down one Prime Minister’s face. Light reflects off the ‘Puncak Purnama’ sculptures, to give a federal minister an eyesore. Pokemon Go is hilariously translated into Malay, with a poke at religious authorities to boot. Irreverent colloquialisms like the Malaysian favourite 'otw' (on the way) also get an animated update, the medium particularly great for representing speed."

pecah berkecai/fragmented to bits

pecah-berkecai-hancur-muklisin/
'Msia is divided by race, religion, sex, gender, class, language, so fragmented down to the last bits and everyone is on their own.' - mak Anon 

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/malaysia-deserves-better-abdul-hasib

AUGUST 19 — Malaysia is in dire states. The economy is in a rut. Homes are unaffordable. Car prices are through the roof and to top it off, Malaysians don’t get along with one another.

Each distinct group has its own issues. Malaysians are so focused on the micro-aspect that the bigger picture is often time neglected.

Going into 60 years of independence, and our education system is still one big joke. You have one group who refuses to embrace English and you would have another group supposedly defending an identity.

Moving forward, you have Malaysians who are unable to even string simple sentences of Malay despite it being the national language.

Things are fast becoming unhealthy. Each group is waging its wars but there is no uniformity between the groups due to the different wars and skirmishes.

Malaysia is left unattended. There exist common enemies but its citizens are too preoccupied with nonsense to smell and spot the truth.

This Malaysia that we are living in today is only borrowed from the eventual owners that will be our children. We are giving them one big mess and is it this legacy that we want to leave behind?

The wedge between the people is worrying. The people should come together. This, however, is easier said than done.

It is easier said than done simply because you have one group who feels they are being discriminated while another group feels slighted that there are monopolies by a certain group on the economy.

But is this all true?

Education is the way forward but the education system is in shambles. The main objective for education should be unity. It should be unity first and foremost instead of the usual rates like literacy and mathematics.

What good is a Malaysian who can read and count but is racist and to top it off, is racist to fellow Malaysians?

People keep saying that Malaysia in the past was a totally different place. I wouldn’t know a thing being that I was born in 1987 but if what is said was true, why did those that lived during the good times produced offspring nothing like them?

A friend who still plays music says that the scene is different but outside the scene it is status quo as usual. Different individuals from different groups have no problems as their war is music.

They are more preoccupied on bending techniques, stomp box pedals and what amps has the best gains instead of the usual rhetoric.

Malaysia. It’s a nice place with nice people. The food is abundant and fabulous. I am not a huge fan of the weather though but that’s bearable. We need a common enemy. The enemy is there but why are we fighting each other?

Malaysia is made up of many different people. This is our strength and we should play to it. But this isn’t the case.

Happy 60th birthday Malaysia. You deserve better.

* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of Malay Mail Online.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/malaysia-deserves-better-abdul-hasib#sthash.nh0yNGMn.MUCwrvaS.dpuf

marilan bercucuk tanam

demi masa depan kita bersama
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/thyme-to-garden?utm_term=.qfX7XleJp#.ns5q2LRjY

recycle daun bawang
http://101gardening.blogspot.fi/2016/06/how-to-grow-green-onions-in-jar.html?&cuid=15164859248ec9f729245e5473829aa6

2013 Quezon City. Taxi.

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2013 Quezon City.
Before i went to the Manila, i was warned when taking the train not to stare at people's eyes, like Americans they can carry guns. Another safety precautions is when taking taxi immediately lock the door and take the taxi number, make sure when you snap the photo, turn on the sound so the taxi driver know you're passing the information to your friends and know your whereabouts. I did this most of the time and so far nothing happened. There are a few cases iheard school kids got kidnapped and they jump from the taxi. And also i found out when using English they will know you're not local and can get cheated easily like my first time from airport to my destination. So i try using my simple tagalog that i can remember. 'Opo'. When the taxi driver talking to me, i just 'Opo' all the way until he turn his head or look at the mirror and realized i'm not local. Some how i can blend in easily.
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December 7th 2013 - Manila Pride

December 7th 2013 - Manila Pride
I think i can say that on this date that it was the best time that i had here in the Philippines. Its the 19th Manila Pride March 2013. I was just cameback from a long trip up north to Ilocos (Navarcan & Gregorio Del Pilar). And apparently i heard they organize this last minute. Quezon City initially where its original location was cancelled by the mayor in remembrance of the typhoon Yolanda but last minute the organizers trying to contact all other LGBTQ organizations for the new location in Malate before 2-3 days and the turn up was really amazing. Many organizations ive known and some new to me was there. I tag along ATP group members Dindi, Krizia again. Went to Dindi's house early in the morning, the to Krizia's house, pick up ATP banner, fetch Aryan from the LRT which she came all the way from Ilocos to Quezon City, took a cab and straight for Malate.

I never thought in my life i would have attend pride march before and this was my first experience attending pride march and in Philippines it was really in huge numbers. I notice people here are more aware of everyday poitics and also what's happening in the US. Most people from all walks of life are participating because they know the inequality in the economy is directly connected with people in power.
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Quezon City 2013.

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Quezon City 2013. 
I love it whenever it rains especially here in Philippines. Just like in Msia. The hard rain seems to wash all the filth and sadness in this world with a hard scrub and after that everything seems fresh and new. I learn that people here and later in Japan as well, are more in tune and aware of their weather forecast everyday (typhoon) and bring the umbrella. (In Msia guys seldom carry umbrella,probably not macho). I also learn not to use the smartphone in public because of petty theft. Because of poverty many people using the old Nokia phone and carry digital camera separately rather get robbed using the smartphone and of course the thieves know about this, i read in an interview with a guy who got robbed, he said the thief knows he's carrying his smartphone in the bag and eventually have to surrender it at a knife point at his throat. That's the reason i bought this cheap digital camera when i took this photo it was blurry because of slow in making the image sharper... Inequality sucks, life goes on, people have to survive. As i was told, poor people here can be poor and happy at the same time because your neighbor will feed you. Resilient and perseverance here are doubled or tripled not just because of economy, also because of the typhoon that often knock on the door.‪#‎api2013diary‬ ‪#‎shikanostalgia‬

Quezon City 1st January 2014.

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1st January 2014, Cubao Quezon City 
new year fireworks aftermath next afternoon...like a post apocalyptic wasteland...you can hear water drips from the pipe #‎api2013diary‬ ‪#‎shikanostalgia‬

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Punx for Seitan fest 2016

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Vampires is the second single from our upcoming album "Endless Summer".

lyrics

Strangers in a dark room, laughing at jokes they didn't quite hear
Frosted window panes and cheap champagne a face appears
And anything could happen in these cathedrals we roam
Where shadow people dance and trade their glance and walk home alone

She's staring out the window of the Roosevelt Hotel
Watching midtown empty out and I kiss her farewell
They say we come from nothing and to nothing we'll return
And in between is gravity and bridges left to burn

credits

released June 10, 2016
Music & Lyrics: Tim McEwan & Tyler Lyle
Saxophone: Thomas Edinger

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