Monday, February 8, 2010

Kena tindih / Sleep paralysis



Janganlah kite ni selalu tuduh hantu le, jin le....tahyul semua tu. Fenomena kene tindih adalah kepercayaan dan kebenaran. Just wanna to share, aku terbaca segmen pengalaman menyeramkan dalam buku, byk sgt orang sibuk bercerita pasal pengalaman kena tindih ni........ betul ker kena tindih disebabkan gangguan makhluk seperti jin atau hantu?

Orang ramai describe kena tindih seperti tidak boleh menggerakkan seluruh
badan, hujung jari, terasa berat kat dada...nampak mender2 pelik2 (hantu, makhluk hitam dan sebagainyer) ni aku nak citer sket pasal fenomena hempap/tindih atau nama medical nyer 'sleep paralysis' Sleep paralysis atau dimelayukan 'lumpuh waktu tidur' adalah condition yang terdiri daripada of course la paralysis (lumpuh) yang temporary (sementara) yang mana temporary paralysis ni selalu berlaku bila time2 nak tido (hypnagogic paralysis) atau baru2 bangun dari tido (hypnopompic paralysis)

ok, normal badan manusia bila tido, bila masuk stage tidur yang nyenyak
atau REM (rapid eye movement.... .waktu nyenyak ni, bijik mata kiter gerak2) stage.....otak akan bagitau badan kita suruh rehat...so, badan kite kira macam switch off kejap.....REM atonia (tader muscle tone).......

ok, otak kiter pun ader switch off button yang dipanggil reticular activating system RAS. bila otak dah switch off badan, dia pun auto switch off RAS ni......so tinggal automatic function (degupan jantung, bernafas etc.) jer yang on. kirenyer screensaver laaa or hibernate. so, bila kita bangun, RAS switched on balik......kita sedar fully awake state tapi kadang2, electrical signal tak diactivate kan oleh otak suh switch on balik badan kiter. maka masa tu laa badan kita lumpuh seketika... before otak activate balik, mmg menakutkan tapi benar..... tapi paralysis tu tak semestinyer complete atau full kadang2 partial atau sebahagian jer...tu ader yang boleh gerakkan ibu jari, tp badan lain lumpuh etc....


Satu lagi, sleep paralysis ni selalu jugak datang skali dengan
hallucinations( halusinasi la) either dalam bentuk auditory (dengar bunyi pelik2), visual (nampak mender bukan2) atau tactile (deria sentuhan, terasa mender sentuh/hempap dll..)

Sebab2 atau mender2 yang boleh mentrigger sleep paralysis:

1. tidor dalam posisi terlentang terlalu lama

2. jadual tidur yang tak tentu arah (irregular sleep clock)

3. sleep/rest deprivation (tak cukup tidor la ni...penat sgt)

4. stress yang byk kat otak...masalah keluarga, kewangan bla2

5. pertukaran gaya hidup secara tiba2 ( macam biasa dok rumah jer, tetiba
esok gi panjat gunung, kayuh beskal....heheh extreme sgt contoh aku ni)
6. orang yang ader penyakit narcolepsy


So jangan lagi kata kena hempap ngan hantu... Korang lagi hantu
sebenornye.. ........

Sunday, February 7, 2010

How can I be a better son/daughter?


IT DOES NOT COST MUCH TO BE A BETTER SON OR A DAUGHTER ...

I was teaching one day a leadership course for a large healthcare company at the Oakland Convention Center.

There were about a thousand managers and union leaders in the room. One women sitting near the front, was given a microphone and rose speak to me and to the entire room.

It takes a lot of courage to speak up in front of thousands leaders- including top executives - so I was curious to hear what she was about to say.

"I have read many of the things that you have written and have been to your course a couple of times before," she said. "There is one thing that
you have always left out in your teaching that I believe you should add." I leaned forward with interest to learn that what I have been leaving out for all these years.

You always talk about the value of asking direct reports, 'How can I be a
better manager?'

Or asking co-workers,
How can I be a better team player?'

Or asking customers,'How I can be a better supplier?'

And even asking partners or children,
How can I be a better partner or better parent?'

The one thing that you have always left out that you should start teaching
everyone is to ask their parents, *'How I can be a better daughter or a better son?'"* She went on with her personal story.

"After my last course with you, as you suggested, I asked my daughter, 'What can I do to be a better mother?' We had a wonderful discussion. Then I
thought, why not call my mother? I called and asked her, 'What can I do to
be a better daughter?'


"Mom said 'Now that Dad is dead, I live all alone. Every day I walk up
that long drive to go to the mailbox. Almost every day there is nothing in it. This makes me feel very lonely. It would mean so much for me if you
could send me some cards; or pictures, or notes.'

"After our talk, I started sending cards, pictures and notes to my mother so when she walked to the mailbox there would be something there. What did that cost me? Nothing. What did that mean to my mom? Everything. Please
teach the people you meet to ask their parents,' what can I do to be a
better daughter or son?"

I still get tears in my eyes when I think about this women and her mother, and I have included her story in almost every class I have conducted for the past year.

This good advice for three reasons:

1) It is good for them. Even if they say," There is nothing you can do to be a better son or daughter," they will be happy that you cared enough to ask.

2) It is good for you. The No.1 regret that children have when their parents
die: "why didn't they let them know how much I appreciated all that they did for me?"

3) If you have children, asking your parent(s) how you can be a better child
is good for your children, too. You know that old person-your parent-whom you're calling on the phone?

p/s : This story is from a friend and I am honored to share it with you. Hopefully it will be a lesson to us as a child/parents to always appreciate the sacrifices that parents have given to us all.

Pakai Sabun Ape Cik ?




Bored at work? II

Bored at work? (version yang sama sebab yang mula tidak kelihatan gambar sepenuhnya)

1. Kill a few flies.

2. Put them in the sun to dry for one hour.

3. Once they are dry, pick a pencil and paper... Let your imagination flow.

Here are a few examples...











Makes me wonder, though: where does someone work that there are these many flies?
Could be a piper at a sewer plant. I wonder if they are hiring?

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

hasad dengki

Perasaan hasad,dengki, ujub dan riyak adalah perasaan kotor yang ada di dalam hati manusia kecuali Rasulullah SAW yang telah dicuci hatinya semasa peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj.

Berikut adalah tips dari Syeikh Abdulkadir Al Jailani untuk sentiasa bersangka baik sesama insan.

Jika engkau bertemu dengan seseorang, maka yakinilah bahawa dia lebih baik darimu. Ucapkan dalam hatimu :
"Mungkin kedudukannya di sisi Allah jauh lebih baik dan lebih tinggi dariku".

Jika bertemu anak kecil, maka ucapkanlah (dalam hatimu) :
"Anak ini belum bermaksiat kepada Allah, sedangkan diriku telah banyak bermaksiat kepadaNya. Tentu anak ini jauh lebih baik dariku"..

Jika bertemu orang tua, maka ucapkanlah (dalam hatimu):
"Dia telah beribadah kepada Allah jauh lebih lama dariku, tentu dia lebih baik dariku."

Jika bertemu dengan seorang yang berilmu, maka ucapkanlah (dalam hatimu):
"Orang ini memperoleh kurnia yang tidak akan kuperolehi, mencapai kedudukan yang tidak akan pernah kucapai, mengetahui apa yang tidak kuketahui dan dia mengamalkan ilmunya, tentu dia lebih baik dariku."

Jika bertemu dengan seorang yang bodoh, maka katakanlah (dalam hatimu) :
"Orang ini bermaksiat kepada Allah kerana dia bodoh (tidak tahu), sedangkan aku bermaksiat kepadaNya padahal aku mengetahui akibatnya. Dan aku tidak tahu bagaimana akhir umurku dan umurnya kelak. Dia tentu lebih baik dariku."

Jika bertemu dengan orang kafir, maka katakanlah (dalam hatimu) :
"Aku tidak tahu bagaimana keadaannya kelak, mungkin di akhir usianya dia memeluk Islam dan beramal soleh.
Dan mungkin boleh jadi di akhir usia diriku kufur dan berbuat buruk.

p/s: Tak salah klu antara kita semasa Islam saling ingat mengingati.