Dec 2015 - Terengganu

Orang lama disanjung tinggi
Seloka Pensyarah2 Bidang
UiTM(T) Kampus Bukit Besi Orang baru sentiasa dihormati
Assalamualaikum dan salam
sejahtera
Menyusun madah ingin bercerita
Di Bukit Besi al-kisah bermula
Bahagian Bidang yang penuh ceria
Penolong Rektor menerajui kami
Orangnya tegas, namun baik hati
Gigih menjaga kebajikan universiti
Dr Khalipah yang dihormati
Koordinator Bidang ketua jabatan
Sungguh berwibawa dan
berkepimpinan
Mengetuai kami dengan penuh
keihlasan
Cik Nor Ashikin menjadi
kesayangan
Haji Ahmad ilmunya tinggi
Menjadi tempat rujukan kami
Pensyarah ACIS ada dua di sini
Comel seorang dan lagi satu tinggi
Suka mengusik, peramah sekali
Ustaz Daud & Ustaz Bad nama
diberi
Hitam manis, indah senyuman
Ikhlas mendidik dengan berkesan
Suka mengusik dalam berkawan
Hafiz dan Amiruddin pensyarah
idaman
Bijak bertutur pensyarah ELC
Dua wanita dan seorang lelaki
Azrina dan Hanith lama sudah di
sini
Puan Ruzana, selamat menyertai
kami
Seloka Ramadhan
(Nukilan: Syahrul HIsyam Marwan)
Bagaikan pungguk rindukan purnama
Hembusan angin dingin terasa
Syaaban berlalu Ramadhan menjelma
Selamat menyambut ibadah puasa
Bulan Ramadhan bulan yang dinanti
Cahaya Ramadhan amatlah berharga
Ibadah puasa wajib dan mesti
Merupakan Rukun Islam ketiga
Saujana senja tersergam indah
Bunyian Kicauan burung riuh rendah
Marilah kita melakukan Ibadah
Mengharap redha maghrifah Allah
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B CUBE December 2015
Tidak lupa pada Kak Hasmida
Pencinta kucing yang berkaca mata
Puan Najdah senyumnya mesra
Di sini baru minggu kedua
Bijak mengira dan lincah sekali
Pensyarah Matematik tugas hakiki
Kedua-dua sudah bersuami
Itulah Sarah dan juga Nursyazni
Waktu cuti tak nampak di mata
Mula semester baru bersua
Sungguh tak lengkap tanpa mereka
Fatimah Mamat dan juga Ainaa
Berakhir sudah seloka saya,
Terima kasih kerana membaca
Maaf andai terkasar bahasa
Ikhlas dari saya, Nur Afriza.
Bulan Ramadhan bulan berpuasa
Bulan mulia menggamit kesuma
Ramadhan mulia meruntuh dosa
Baraqah menitip ibadah maksima
Menahan diri dari lapar dahaga
Ramadhan itu amat berharga
Menutup rapat pintu neraka
Menguak luas pintu syurga
B Cube
M A K A 15
SUATU PERMULAAN
T
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Penulis: NORKAMRUZITA SAADON, NOR ASHIKIN MOHD YUSOF & HASMIDA MOHD NOOR
arikh 5 Disember 2015 telah menjadi
salah satu tarikh yang bersejarah
di dalam dunia akademik UiTM
(Terengganu) Kampus Bukit Besi. Tarikh ini
adalah tarikh di mana buat pertama kalinya,
Kampus Bukit Besi telah menganjurkan
MAKA (Majlis Kecemerlangan Akademik)
sendiri. Alhamdulillah, berkat kerjasama
yang kuat di antara ahli jawatankuasa yang
begitu komited di dalam menjalankan tugas
masing-masing, kami berjaya mengatasi
segala ranjau dan duri dengan begitu tabah
dan sabar.
MAKA 2015 mungkin dipandang
remeh oleh sesetengah golongan tanpa
mereka sedari bahawa program yang kecil
ini sebenarnya membawa erti yang besar
di dalam setiap insan yang terlibat secara
langsung dan juga tidak langsung.
Kampus Bukit Besi sangat bertuah
kerana ramai di kalangan para pensyarah
yang sanggup menjadi ahli jawatankuasa
bagi meraikan pelajar-pelajar yang telah
berjaya dengan cemerlangnya di dalam
Ramadhan diisi dengan amal ibadah
Untuk mendapat ketenangan hati
Solat dan amal bersulam indah
Quran suci pengubat hati
Ibadah dilakukan tanpa henti
Moga mendapat keredhaan dari-Nya
Perginya Ramadhan tiada pengganti
Sambutlah ia dengan hati gembira
December 2015 Edition
Ahli Jawatankuasa MAKA 2015
peperiksaan mereka. Sebagai wakil kepada
semua AJK program ini, kami merasa bangga
melihat rakan-rakan AJK yang sanggup
mencurahkan masa, tenaga serta kepakaran
mereka di dalam menjayakan program ini dan
keluh kesah serta rungutan tidak langsung
menjadi “budaya kerja”. Syabas kepada
semua ahli jawatankuasa yang terlibat!!!
Di dalam menjayakan program yang
pertama kali dianjurkan oleh sebuah kampus
yang baru, banyak kekangan yang terpaksa
dilalui dan ditempuhi, namun setiap halangan
yang tiba dihadapi dengan muafakat serta
disulami dengan komitmen, tolong menolong
dan bertolak ansur. Inilah kebaikan yang
dapat dikecapi oleh ahli jawatankuasa MAKA
2015 dan kejayaan menganjurkan program
ini buat pertama kali telah mengukuhkan lagi
ukhwah di kalangan ahli jawatankuasa serta
meningkatkan kepakaran kami di dalam
menguruskan sesuatu program. Pengalaman
yang diperolehi tidak mungkin dapat ditimba
dengan hanya sekadar mengajar sahaja.
Namun, kami sedar, banyak lagi kekurangan
yang perlu dibaiki dan kekurangankekurangan ini akan menjadikan kami,
sebagai AJK yang pertama, menjadi lebih
cekap dan produktif di dalam pengendalian
program yang seterusnya.
Bagi para pelajar yang diraikan,
mereka merasa lebih bersemangat untuk
meningkatkan usaha mereka di dalam
semester yang mendatang kerana mereka
merasa berbangga dan gembira serta terharu
menyaksikan kejayaan mereka ini diraikan
dan diberikan penghargaan. MAKA 2015
telah berjaya menaikkan semangat untuk para
pelajar ini untuk terus berjuang mengekalkan
prestasi kecemerlangan mereka sehingga
ke semester terakhir di dalam pengajian
mereka kerana mereka menyedari bahawa
perjuangan mereka ini diiringi dengan doa
serta sokongan dari seluruh warga kampus
Bukit Besi.
Bagi pelajar-pelajar yang lain, MAKA
2015 telah berjaya mencetuskan semangat
baru di kalangan mereka apabila mereka
melihat sahabat-sahabat mereka diraikan
dan diberi peghargaan di atas segala usaha
yang telah mereka curahkan. Mereka juga
ingin berada di tempat sahabat-sahabat yang
diraikan dan mereka juga ingin mengalami
kegembiraan yang dirasai oleh mereka yang
dijemput ke atas pentas bagi menerima
anugerah. Semoga kejayaan sahabatsahabat mereka ini dijadikan sebagai galakan
untuk mereka mengikuti jejak rakan-rakan
yang telah berjaya.
Di dalam MAKA 2015, bukan
sahaja pelajar-pelajar yang cemerlang telah
mendapat anugerah tetapi juga pensyarahpensyarah
yang
telah
menunjukkan
prestasi yang membanggakan. Anugerahanugerah ini perlu bagi menghargai mereka
yang telah begitu aktif serta gigih di dalam
kerjaya mereka sehingga menghasilkan
pelajar-pelajar yang cemerlang. Diharap
penerima-penerima anugerah khas ini akan
lebih cemerlang dan lebih ramai lagi yang
akan menjadikan mereka contoh di dalam
membantu pelajar-pelajar di kampus Bukit
Besi.
MAKA 2015 adalah satu program
yang julung kali diadakan di kampus
Bukit Besi. Namun, kami percaya bahawa
program ini mampu mendorong pelajarpelajar untuk berusaha dengan lebih gigih
lagi bagi mendapatkan keputusan yang lebih
cemerlang dan kejayaan mereka nanti akan
dikongsi bersama oleh semua warga UiTM
(Terengganu) Kampus Bukit Besi. Adalah
diharapkan lebih ramai lagi pelajar-pelajar
Kampus Bukit Besi yang akan dijemput
sebagai penerima anugerah cemerlang
akademik di semester yang akan datang dan
seterusnya menaikkan nama kampus yang
disayangi.
Perasmian MAKA 2015
Penyampaian Cenderahati
B CUBE December 2015
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Advisor’s Column
Assalamu’alaikum
wbr
to all B Cube readers,
Alhamdulillah, 2015 has
almost come to its end
and our campus, Kampus
Rekreasi
Bukit
Besi
(KRBB) has been filled
with lots and lots of its own
constructive activities since
January 2015 and I could
say that the campus has
never slept. Its people, the staff and the students, have worked
hard to make the campus alive. Thank you to all who have done
their part in creating KRBB as a dynamic and efficacious campus.
Conforming to UiTM Transformation (2014-2020), until now, KRBB
has been putting a great deal of efforts to actualize it through the two
key concepts of Academic and Research Assimilation (ARAS), which
are to be holistic academicians and to lead by example. Quite a number
of activities and programs, such as research and writing workshops,
CDIO (conceive-design-implement-operate) syllabus workshop and
student activities, computer application trainings and community
activities, have been conducted to nurture the required concepts.
Apart from the strenuous life of fellow academicians, they have given
a great commitment in their participations and I am proud of that.
The beginning of 2015 was filled with planning since KRBB is a new
Words from the Chief
Editors
Have we been prolific in 2015?
We are so thankful to Allah, the most
gracious and the most merciful, for giving us
the opportunity to write in this column once
again. 2015 has almost come to its end and it
is time for us, the academicians, to evaluate
ourselves on our productivity. Have we been
productive throughout this year? Have we
Advisor PM Dr. Hjh Khalipah Ibrahim
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campus and it needs profound plans to achieve its vision. One of the
plans made is the KRBB Strategic Planning for 2016-2020, which allows
both faculties at KRBB, i.e. Chemical and Mechanical Engineering
faculties, and also other departments and units to have a main reference
in developing their own strategic directions. The strategic planning is
based on the 11th Malaysia Plan and UiTM five strategic thrusts, which
are teaching and learning, research, innovation and commercialization,
academic, industry and society, leadership and entrepreneurship.
Another important plan which was made at the beginning of
the year is the KRBB Master Plan for 2016-2025. This plan was
prepared with the intention to provide recommendations on
KRBB physical and academic developments, which are based
on the current needs and the development plans until 2025.
I pray and I hope that KRBB will be a renowned campus in the future.
I believe this can be accomplished if, and only if, every member of
KRBB, be it who you are, gives his or her infinite commitment and
cooperation in every plan which has been endorsed. As Paul J. Meyer
has once said, “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result
of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”
Last but not least, let 2016 be a prosperous year for every member of KRBB.
Thank you.
B Cube Advisor,
Associate Professor Dr. Khalipah Ibrahim,
The Assistant Rector,
UiTM (Terengganu) Kampus Bukit Besi
achieved our targets or goals in our career?
As academicians, preparation for teaching
should be one of our priorities in life. An
effective teaching material will produce
ingenious learners, which most academicians
are cognizant of it. Hence, in 2015, a few
KRBB academicians took the challenge to be
involved in preparing E-Content, an electronic
teaching material evolution through certain
applications. Despite their full plate at work,
these KRBB academicians put their nose to
the grindstone and this is an involvement
which KRBB should be appreciative.
In 2015, KRBB academicians have been
unremittingly involved in research and
innovations, and they have shared their
findings through a few conferences and
competitions, like EPIC 2015.
EPIC
(Educational Project and Innovation
Competition) 2015, organized by UiTM
Terengganu, was participated by many KRBB
academicians and they won gold, silver and
bronze medals. This is another attainment
which all KRBB members are proud of.
The involvement of KRBB academicians
in student and social activities is another
Alahai kamu,
Bila berjumpa asyik mengantuk
Kepala tersengguk-sengguk
Nanti ilmu tak mudah masuk
Merajuk dikata sikap buruk..
Teguran banyak buat kamu gerhana
Bila tak ditegur kamu asyik lupa
Niat hati melihat kamu berjaya
Mendidik kamu sehabis daya
Alahai kamu,
Tiada niat gila kuasa
Mengerah kamu setiap masa
attribute which makes KRBB to keep
“soaring upwards”. Many academicians have
been actively involved in student activities,
like canoeing, food selling, and debating,
and some have participated in social events,
like cooking Bubur Asyura (a special sweet
rice porridge cooked in the first month of
the Islamic year), accompanying students to
orphanages and also organizing activities at
neighboring schools.
Hence, we could surmise that our
academicians are holistic academicians. They
have not only involved themselves in academic
events but also non-academic ones and if this
perpetuates, KRBB would produce globally
competitive graduates in the future.
Warmest regards,
Norkamruzita Saadon
The Chief Editor (Bahasa Malaysia) Halimaton @ Nor Ashikin Mohd Yusof
The Chief Editor (English)
Chief Editor (English)
Editors (English) Halimaton @ Nor Ashikin Binti Mohd Yusof Hanith Bin Iskandar
Editors (Bahasa Malaysia)
Wan Azrina Binti Wan Azaman
Nursyazni Binti Mohamad Sukri
Nurul ‘Uyun Binti Ahmad
Chief Editor (Bahasa Malaysia)
Helmisyah Bin Ahmad Jalaludin
Norkamruzita Binti Saadon
Layout/Graphic
Hanith Bin Iskandar
B CUBE December 2015
Coretan Seloka
Bulan Indah Bulan
Mulia
Ramadhan….
Saban tahun pasti ia kembali
Ramadhan bulan indah
yang dinanti
Seluruh umat islam amat
merinduimu
Bulan yang membawa seribu
kebaikan
Ramadhan…
Ayuh rakan-rakan
seagamaku
Marilah kita mengerjakan
ibadah
Tingkatkan amal dan
hindari maksiat
Mudah-mudahan kita
Ketahuilah kamu satu yang nyata
Tak ke mana kita tanpa usaha
Sempurna solat dan mengaji
Pupuk hati displinkan diri
Masa harus ditepati
Restu ayah ibu itu pasti
Alahai kamu
Setiap peluh jua keringat
Bukan kerana mengimpikan pingat
Demi memberi kamu semangat
Walaupun nanti kamu tak ingat
Nukilan : Nur Afriza Baki
mendapat keredhaan-Nya
hidup dunia akhirat
Ramadhan…
Sedarlah kita datangnya
bulan mulia
Basahkan lidah dengan zikir
dan tasbih
Hidupkan malam dengan
tadarus Quran
Kerna itu pengubat
ketenangan hati dan jiwa
Moga peroleh pahala
berlipat ganda
Ramadhan….
Pergimu pasti ditangisi
Sama ada yang hidup atau
mati
Kerna keberkatan bulanmu
tiada pengganti
Tiada tandingannya dengan
bulan-bulan lain
Nukilan :
Syahrul Hisyam Marwan
Ramadhan ….
Marilah kita bersihkan hati
Sucikan jiwa dari segala
prasangka
Tingkatkan keimanan
tingkatkan kesabaran
Moga peroleh keberkatan
B CUBE December 2015
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Working Out But Not Losing Weight?
HAZARDS IN OFFICE
By Nur Afriza Baki and Wan Azrina Wan Azaman
By: Mohamad Ridzuan b. Mohamed Rashid
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering UiTM (T) Bukit Besi Campus
W
orking in an office environment is generally considered as low-risk workstations, but this doesn’t
mean you should ignore your body health and job safety. Offices always contain health and safety
hazards which need to be monitored and controlled. Just the same as any workplace, offices need
to have hazards identification and risk assessments practice in order to reduce the likelihood of a workplace
incident occurring. So, do you know how to keep your office safe?
The following figure is a selection of some of the hazards most frequently found by the government office
during the recent inspections. Avoiding these potential problems in the workplace helps ensure that you
and other staff stay much safer.
I
t has been almost a year since we spent our time doing some
vigorous physical training to reduce a few kilos in order to have
an ideal weight. However, after all of those workouts, we only
managed to lose three kilos in two months and regained a kilo back
after a week. We discovered some explanations on the net that might
lead to this. Here are some of the reasons for not losing weight even
though we struggled ourselves doing the workouts:
•
Calories consumption is greater than calories burned.
Losing weight is always related to calories consumption. One session
of workout between 30 minutes to one hour helps us to burn 100 –
200 calories. We usually do one session of workout before going to
work or after work. However, the calories that we consumed per day
were much greater than the calories we burned. This has made our
workouts ineffectual. According to Kevin Zahri (2012), one of the
famous health and fitness experts in Malaysia, one piece of banana
fritters contains 170 calories, whereas an hour of workout only burns
between 150 to 200 calories. Hence, it is crucial to maintain a healthy
diet together with daily workout in order to lose weight efficiently.
•
“Day-break”
We usually do workouts four to five times per week and have “daybreak” on weekends. In addition, sometimes we skip the workout
especially during hectic months. During this period, we are still
unable to lose even a kilo of our weight even with a proper diet plan.
Inconsistency of our efforts has resulted negatively in our journey
of getting an ideal weight. This is also supported by Nichols (2013)
as moderation is also essential, not just the frequency and amount
of workouts. Therefore, to overcome this problem, we have found
another way on how we can burn calories even we are tied up with
busy schedule. It is called as Non-exercise Activity Thermodynamics
(NEAT). According to Levine (2007), NEAT is energy expenditure
of all physical activities other than volitional sporting-like exercise
such as walking to work, gardening, and cleaning the house. We
have done an experiment on NEAT by walking from the parking lot
to clock in and then to the office, where we managed to burn 24.8
calories. For the whole day without heavy workout, we were still able
to burn as much as 385 calories from our daily activities. Cintron,
Friendship, Guarino and Roy (2007) in their study listed the amount
of the calories burned for a person weight 150 pound by doing some
daily activities in 30 minutes as below:
It is possible to make office environment hazard free and comfortable for employees by following the steps
discussed above. Some simple changes of bad habit in the workspace can be effective in eliminating hazards
and reducing the number of injuries in an office as in any workplace.
Reference:
United States Department of Labor. (2000). Hazard Communication Guidelines for Compliance
file]. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3111.html.
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[Data
Activities
Calories burned
Reading
34
Typing
51
Cooking
68
Driving
68
Grocery shopping
78
Ironing
78
Cleaning the house
102
Vacuuming
119
Sweeping or Gardening
136
•
Stress management
Torres and Nowson (2007) stated that chronic life stress seems to
be associated with a greater preference for energy and nutrient
dense foods; those that are high in sugar and fat. In other words,
stress lead to hunger and fatigue. As lecturers, we experienced more
stress during the lecture weeks and this has affected our appetite
and sleeping order. Unable to deal with the stress, we always
have the tendency to sleep during noon-break and eat heavily for
dinner. Moreover, we skip workout and this has contributed a lot to
weight increment. Therefore, it is important for us to manage stress
effectively. There are a lot of studies including Federal Occupational
Health (2004) and Salmon (2001) that suggest physical trainings
are not the only contributors to stay fit and healthy, but also good
emotional management.
References
Cintron, A., Friendship, D., Guarino, A. and Roy, H. (2007). Eat
Vegetables, Move More: Alternative Ways to Burn Calories. Nutrition
News, 6(7). Retrieved 19 May 2015 from URL: https://www.lsuagcenter.
com/NR/rdonlyres/80EA131F-E94F-4275-8A1B-2549B6A29C98/38209/
Vol6No7NutritionNews.pdf
Federal Occupational Health (2004). Let’s Talk. Retrieved 17 May 2015 from
URL: https://www.foh.hhs.gov/Library/letstalk/summer2004.pdf
Kevin Zahri (2012). 10 Makanan paling menggemukkan Malaysia. Retrieved
15 May 2015 from URL: http://kevinzahri.com/health-fitness/10-makananpaling-menggemukkan-malaysia
Levine, J. A. (2007). Nonexercise activity thermogenesis – liberating the lifeforce. Journal of Internal Medicine, 262, 273-287. Retrieved 18 May 2015
from URL: http://www.steelcase.com/content/uploads/2015/01/Research_
JIM_Review_British_Journal_0108.pdf.
Nichols, N. (2013). 8 reasons why you’re not losing weight. Retrieved 10
May 2015 from URL:http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=8_
reasons_why_youre_not_losing_weight
Salmon, P. (2001). Effects of Physical Exercise on Anxiety, Depression and
Sensitivity to Stress - A Unifying Theory. In Clinical Psychology Review,
21(1), 33-61. Retrieved 17 May 2015 from URL: http://www.researchgate.
net/profile/Kirk_Cureton/publication/14040103_Increased_finger_
arterial_blood_pressure_after_exercise_detraining_in_women_with_
parental_hypertension_autonomic_tasks/links/0a85e530f0f59581f6000000.
pdf
Torres, S. and Nowson, C. (2007). Relationship between stress, eating
behavior and obesity. Nutrition, 23(11-12), 887-894. Retrieved 17 May
2015 from URL: http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30007279/torresrelationshipbetweenstress-pp-2007.pdf
B CUBE December 2015
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Stretching Tips to Avoid Fatigue in Office
oleh:Nursyazni Binti Mohamad Sukri dan Wan Azrina Binti Wan Azaman
By: Mohamad Ridzuan b. Mohamed Rashid Often when we imagine the kind of employees who get workplace injuries, we think of those who need to exert a lot of physical
energy on the job or of those who work with heavy machinery. It is true that employees in these work environments may be at
greater risk for injury, but office workers are also at risk. Many office injuries are caused by the repetitive tasks that put strain
on our muscles and joints. Sitting at a computer for long periods often causes neck and shoulder stiffness, eyestrain and also
lower back pain. Thus, here are a few points you may want to keep in mind to overcome the problem during working in office:
a)
Use the Pomodoro technique @ 30 minutes. 25 minutes is used to focus on doing the work and 5 minutes for us to take
a break.
b)
See the green landscapes or take a few seconds every hour, focus on something farther away (e.g. a clock 20 ft. away)for
relaxing dry eye due to prolonged used of computer monitor screen.
c)
Perform simple exercises (see Figure 1) to stretch the muscles of the body in our work space.
S
Orang Tua
emakin meningkat dewasa semakin banyak petua
daripada orang yang lebih tua diperturunkan atau
dikongsikan kepada kita seperti petua di dapur, petua
untuk kecantikan kulit wajah dan sebagainya. Petua-petua
yang dikongsi ini kadangkala terus terselah kebenarannya
dan kadangkala perlu dipikirkan maksud tersirat disebalik
petua yang disampaikan. Bak kata orang bijak pandai,
orang yang bijak adalah orang yang belajar daripada
pengalamannya dan orang yang lebih bijak akan belajar
daripada pengalaman orang lain. Petua-petua ini boleh kita
guna pakai dalam kehidupan seharian selagi ianya tidak
bertentangan dengan syariat agama Islam.
Ini adalah di antara petua-petua yang telah diturunkan
kepada kami oleh ibu, saudara-mara serta sahabat handai:
Beras tidak rosak.
Beras akan cepat rosak dan berbubuk jika disimpan terlalu
lama. Bagi mengelakkan beras cepat rosak atau diserang
bubuk, gaul segengam cili kering bersama beras yang
disimpan di dalam bekas tertutup. Petua ini sangat berguna
kepada wanita yang bekerjaya yang jarang memasak di
rumah.
Menghilangkan batuk.
Hidup menjadi tidak selesa jika kita diserang batuk. Batuk
juga boleh menyebabkan kita kurang selera makan dan
kurangnya kualiti tidur. Bagi menghilangkan batuk, minum
air suam yang dicampur madu dan beberapa hirisan limau
nipis atau lemon. Batuk akan cepat hilang.
Try these easy movements every hour or so during the day, or at any time you experienced inflexible or stiffness. Also, be sure
to get up and move around the workplace when you think of it. You’ll get better! But if you are experiencing terrible pain and
suspect a work-related injury, see your therapist or doctor to overcome the problem immediately.
REFERENCE
Workers’ Compensation Board-Alberta (2007). Office Ergonomics[Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.whscc.nl.ca/
download. aspx?ID=39e58b27-c237-424d-bac7-42d28fb2e785.
Menurunkan suhu badan bayi.
Bayi yang demam memerlukan pemantauan yang rapi.
Suhu badan yang
tinggi
bagi
bayi
adalah
sangat
berbahaya
dan
merisaukan
kerana
akan
menyebabkan
sawan. Bagi
menurunkan
suhu dengan
cepat, orangorang tua ada
berkongsi
caranya.
Kepala atau
ubun-ubun
bayi
disapu
dengan
air
ramasan asam
jawa atau pucuk
daun bunga raya
untuk menurunkan
suhu dengan cepat.
Kulit wajah bersih dan tidak berjerawat.
Petua ini boleh diamalkan bagi mendapatkan kulit wajah
bersih dan tidak berjerawat. Wapkan muka dengan
mengadapkan muka pada bekas yang diisi air panas.
Kemudian lumurkan kulit wajah dengan beberapa helai
pucuk daun jambu batu yang ditumbuk sehingga lumat.
Namun, terdapat juga petua orang tua yang memerlukan kita
memikirkan maksud yang tersirat kerana jika difahamkan
secara tersurat, maka akan terserlah betapa salahnya
petua ini. Begitu juga jika dilihat dari sudut akidah, ia boleh
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merosakan akidah kita sebagai seorang yang beragama
Islam kerana meyakini perkara-perkara seperti jodoh, rezeki,
soal hidup atau mati dan sebagainya sedangkan perkara itu
hanya Allah sahaja yang tahu. Antara petua yang dikongsi
ialah:
Jangan duduk di atas bantal, nanti naik bisul.
Petua ini selalu kita dengar semasa kita kecil. Ibu pasti
akan pesan untuk tidak duduk di atas bantal apabila kita
sedang bermain dengan adik beradik di dalam bilik tidur.
Jika difikirkan logiknya, apa kaitan antara bisul dan bantal?
Adakah penyakit bisul ini datangnya dari bantal yang kita
duduk? Pastinya tidak. Terdapat maksud tersirat yang
memerlukan kita berfikir mengenainya. Jika bantal kita duduk
di atas bantal, bantal akan cepat rosak dan seterusnya akan
terkeluar kekabu yang ada di dalamnya.
Makan beralih tempat nanti kahwin ramai.
Makan dan kahwin. Apa kaitannya makan dengan kahwin?
Jika dilihat dari maksud yang tersirat, petua ini sebenarnya
mengelakkan banyak tempat yang akan bersepah dan
menggalakkan setiap rumah mempunyai tempat makan
yang tersendiri. Semua akan berkumpul di tempat makan dan
seterusnya akan mengeratkan lagi hubungan kekeluargaan
di kalangan ahli keluarga.
Tidak boleh potong kuku waktu malam, hantu akan datang.
Larangan memotong kuku pada waktu malam secara
tersiratnya bukan berkaitan dengan hantu tetapi larangan
ini bertujuan untuk mengelakkan kita tercedera ketika
memotong kuku. Pada zaman dahulu, tiada lagi cahaya
lampu elektrik yang menerangi rumah. Mereka hanya
menggunakan pelita minyak tanah. Oleh itu, memotong kuku
dalam keadaan ini amat berbahaya dan risiko tercedera itu
amat tinggi.
Jangan menyanyi sewaktu memasak, nanti kahwin dengan
orang tua.
Adakah bakal suami yang tua itu telah mendengar nyanyian
si dara di dapur lalu terus jatuh hati? Jawapannya pastilah
tidak. Larangan ini bertujuan untuk memastikan anak gadis
yang memasak di dapur melakukan kerja dengan baik
memandangkan anak-anak gadis selalunya masih belum
mahir dan memerlukan tumpuan yang penuh supaya
tidak berlaku sebarang kejadian yang tidak diingini seperti
makanan hangus, tercedera akibat terkena pisau dan
sebagainya.
Semua petua yang memerlukan kita berfikir secara tersirat
lahir kerana kebanyakan orang tua menggunakan kefahaman
mereka berdasarkan segala yang ada di sekeliling mereka.
Mereka menggunakan petua-petua ini untuk mendidik
anak-anak mereka. Hal ini memudahkan anak-anak terdidik
kerana proses dan alat pendidikan adalah perkara yang di
sekeliling mereka.
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TIME, TIME AND TIME!!!!!!!
By Dr Sarifah Fauziah Syed Draman
Students’ Evaluation of the Desired Teaching
Qualities among Lecturers of Higher Learning
Institutions in East Coast Malaysia
Written by: Hasmida Mohd Noor, Siti Haryati Shaikh Ali and Noor
Malinjasari Ali
E
ducation can be considered as one category
in “service marketing field” (Hennig-Thurau,
Langer & Hansen, 2001). An analysis of
international trends in higher education shows
that the globalization of the economy and the
commodification of knowledge continued to
have significant effects on higher education
(Schugurensky, 1999). The Malaysian higher
education sector has grown tremendously in the
past decade and Malaysia is fast becoming an
educational hub for excellence in the Asian region.
The fast growth of Malaysian higher education in
the past decade is proven by the increase numbers
of international students to the country. With such
development, the vision to make Malaysia as an
important education hub in the world map will
never be an unachievable dream. The vision is to
create a higher education environment that fosters
the development of academic and institutional
excellence in the region and the whole world.
In order to work towards its position as a regional
education hub, two new initiatives were proposed.
The first is the development of Educity in Iskandar
Malaysia, a new major multi-dimensional
development next to Singapore, which is planned
to have eight international universities that offer
various study programs in selected fields. The
second initiative is Kuala Lumpur Education City
(KLEC), which is actually a strategic education
initiative incorporated into a new commercial and
residential project in the Klang Valley.
Another important aspect to look into is that the
world economy is fast becoming a knowledgebased economy. As a result, higher education is
increasingly being viewed as central to national
strategies for securing shares of global markets.
The role and value of higher educations are
regarded as the important contributors towards the
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development of social and economic arrangements
which will give a competitive edge to the country.
Most importantly, universities are seen as the
repositories of much of the scarce and valuable
human capital for the nation (Slaughter and Leslie,
1997).
Such growth has led to the various developments of
various public and private universities together with
formation of many colleges, with the aim to fulfill
the new higher education landscape in the country.
This new environment has led to new challenge to
our university landscape, which is the challenging
situation of competition. It has forced Malaysian
universities to compete between one another. Being
one of public universities in Malaysia, universities
in the East Coast of Malaysia too will have to take
up the challenge and compete.
East Coast was chosen due to its uniqueness in
terms of the development and well-being of the
society. Overall, people in the East Coast are
known for their timid and very reserved attitude.
The attitude is said to be translated into the
students’ way of studying. Comparing performance
and standard of living, East Coast of Malaysia is
somehow a bit behind as compared to other rural
parts of Malaysia. This study is very important as
it tends to uncover that special needs and wants
of public universities students in East Coast of
Malaysia (To be continued in the next publication).
Reference
Hennig-Thurau, T., Langer, M.F. and Hansen, U. (2001),
Modelling and managing student loyalty: an approach based
on the concept of relationship quality, Journal of Service
Research, vol 3 (4), pp 331 – 44.
Schugurensky, D. (1999), Higher education restructuring in
the Era of Globalization: Toward a heteronomous model? In
R.F. Arnove and C.A.Torres (Eds) Comparative Education:
The Dialetic of the Global and the Local. Lanham: Rowan and
Littlefield
Slaughter, S., and Leslie. L. (1997) Academic capitalism:
Politics, policies, and the entrepreneurial university. The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21218-4319.
A
gree or not, time is one of the most valuable assets. However, it is
always slipped away. All of us get the same 24 hours a day, but it seems
that there is never enough time in the day. Some people achieve so
much more with their time but the others don’t. Why is it happening? The
answer relates to good time management.
Good time management needs to focus on results instead of activities since
being busy isn’t the same as being effective. Unluckily, the opposite situation
occurs in our daily life. Spending a day in an annoyance of activity often achieves less. This is because attention is being
divided between so many different tasks. Good time management leads to work smarter instead of work harder. As a
result, more tasks can be done in less time.
Generally, good time management skills can help people to find freedom from deadline pressure and stress. Therefore,
the worker is more productive, delay less and has more time to relax. Thus, this can help further decrease stress and
anxiety.
Time management skills are different for each person. Table 1 shows a few tips to improve time management tips.
Table 1 : Tips to Improve Time Management Skills
Tips
Remarks
1. Make a list
Prioritize the needs and plan accordingly. It is
suggested to make three lists — personal, home and
work
2. Set deadlines
Set a deadline and try the best to stick to it. Set the
deadline a few days before the task absolutely has to
be done
3. Stop multi-tasking
Multitasking is not an efficient way of getting things
done. Focus and concentrate on one thing.
4. Delegate responsibilities
Delegation is a sign of intelligence in place of a sign
of weakness. Find competent, reliable people and
share some of the responsibilities. Less stress and
become more productive.
5. Start Early
Get up early to be more calm, creative and clearheaded. As the day progresses, the energy levels
start going down, which affects the productivity and
performance
6. Reward yourself
When accomplishes something, celebrate it. Make
sure it’s something that really enjoys.
7. Take Some Breaks
Take a break for 5-10 minutes after a 1 hour work.
Too much stress can take a toll on the body and
affect productivity. Take a walk or do some quick
stretches.
Happy managing our own time more efficiently. It will save time in the future.
References :
Mind Tools: Essential Skilla for Excellent Career from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_00.htm,
retrieved on 30 Mac 2015
Donna M. White, 6 Tips to Improve Your Time Management Skills from http://psychcentral.com/lib, retrieved on 30
Mac 2015
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Grilled Food…the hidden danger!
By: Hanith Iskandar
THE BEHAVIOURISTS: HOW DO THEY LEARN
By Wan Azrina Wan Azaman & Nursyazni Mohamad Sukri
“What theory implies, quite simply, is that language acquisition, first or second, occurs when comprehension of real messages occurs, and when the acquirer is not ‘on
the defensive’... Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and does not require tedious drill. It does not occur overnight,
however. Real language acquisition develops slowly, and speaking skills emerge significantly later than listening skills, even when conditions are perfect. The best methods
are therefore those that supply ‘comprehensible input’ in low anxiety situations, containing messages that learners really want to hear. These methods do not force
early production in the second language, but allow learners to produce when they are ‘ready’, recognizing that improvement comes from supplying communicative and
comprehensible input, and not from forcing and correcting production.” (Krashen, 1981: 6-7)
E
ver since people accidently confronted with fire for the
first time, eureka… they started cooking their food on
direct fire. This method of cooking had been going on for
ages without any dispute and considered as one of the healthiest
cooking methods of all time. Who hasn’t enjoyed and embraced
the moment where you are barbecuing in good company of friends
and relatives with perfect weather and good food cooked on hot
charcoal flame or a gas fire at home, in the park or even at a
campsite. According to Li (2013) more than 80% of American
owns a grill at least and half of the amount is found to grill
at least 1 to 2 time during summer. Alas! Grilling is fun, easily
executed, affordable for family and friends. Amidst this, people are
actually forgotten about the probable cause of exposing themselves
at the barbecue. Here are some of the grilling dangers hazardous
to health#1 : The Char
The char mark on meat and other food might look
appealing and leave great temptation on people
and without knowing, it consists of cancer-causing compounds. This mark is formed when meat met with high heat that caused
blackened crust. The more the crust is created the more
substance called carcinogens coating your grilled food.
Epidemiological studies indicate that consuming charred meat
might contribute to high risk of having colorectal, pancreatic
and prostate cancer (Li, 2013)
#2 : The Smoke
Grilling your food could cause a big amount of smoke
containing polycyclic aromatic hyrocarbons famously known
as PAHs to evaporate into thin air. This smoke will leave your
attire and hair to have smoky smell. During grilling, fat will drip
onto coals and create PAHs that waft into the air we inhaled.
The more smoke your grill creates, the more smoke or PAHs is
generated and would produce toxin your meat.
#2 : Harmful byproducts
In barbecuing, meat especially is cooked on high
temperatures on direct coal. This will cause a process called
chemical chain reaction where there is an occurrence of inflammatory products namely “glycation enproducts
(AGEs). Thess byproducts are harmful to humans that are associated with cellular stress and aging. This agent will
accumulate in your organs and it is hard to get rid of them. At
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the end, they will cause great damage to the body.
Tips on avoiding these dangers:
•
In spite of grilling your meat in bare, why not coat it
with tasty coating either wet or dry one. Marinating and rubbing
your meat decrease the tendency of dripping fat and smoke to its
minimum level and definitely will lower down the creation of the
dreadful carcinogens in the food. The idea here is to boost flavour
and lower the risk.
•
Before grilling, pre-cook the meat halfway using low
heat to ideally reduce the fat that could cause dripping and smoke.
Thus, this will shorten the time the meat being put on the grill
and reduce the hazardous dripping fat that cause smoke fluttering
around in the air. Simultaneously, this will also shorten the
process of grilling and feeding hungry mouths could be expedited
a lot more.
•
In order to reduce dreaded dripping fat that cause smoke,
aluminium foil is advised to be used throughout the process. This
foil will function as layer of barrier that helps prevent dripping
that causes smoke and of course, will help reduce the creation of
PAHs circulating into your food. Theoretically, aluminium foil
will keep the food moist all the time.
•
Instead of grilling meat, why not use other materials
healthier than meat like vegetables. Vegetables are known to
contain any carcinogens even when charred on a grill. Variety of
vegetables is nutritious and can be turned into great food because
they do not create harmful substance that proven to be detrimental
to humans.
Reference:
Li, W. W. (2013) The hidden dangers of grilling,retrieved on
Nov 1st, 2015 from http://blog.doctoroz.com/oz-experts/
the-hidden-dangers-of-grilling
Humans acquire their first language without having much trouble, as long as they are exposed highly to the language before the critical period. First-hand teachers,
i.e.
parents,
grandparents and siblings, are the most influential people that affect us in developing our language since we were born.
However, when
people are getting older and are acquiring their second language, linguists have come out with their own perceptions
in regards of the
pattern observed in second language acquisition. Brown (2000) states that second language acquisition, which is a “subset
of
general
human learning” that involves cognitive variations and closely related to one’s personality type, is intertwined with
second culture
learning, and involves interferences, the creation of new linguistic systems and the learning discourse and communicative
functions
of
language. According to him, these are the foundation for structuring an integrated theory of second language acquisition.
One of the
oldest theories in language learning was founded by B.F. Skinner, who put the focus on the changes pattern of a learner’s
b e h av i ou r.
Skinner believed that language learning is a mechanical process where the input must be done by the process of habit
formation
especially drilling and imitating. Back in 1950s and 60s, behaviourism was prominent and influential even though new
theories
had
started to be significantly accepted by many. Since it is an approach that emphasizes observable measurable behaviour,
o p e r a n t
conditioning is implemented to show the result of repeated training. According to Sawani (n.d), habits are formed by
receiving
the
linguistic data from the surrounding environment and by the reinforcement received for the good attempts made to
repeat or imitate certain patterns. By having the process of stimulus-response-reinforcement-repetition, the behaviourists believed that learners will slowly develop the
language skills.
This can be seen through the diagram and explanation as follow:
A teacher showed his learners a picture of mosque (stimulus) and asked them to name it. The learners responded by saying, “/mɒskju/” (response). The teacher corrected
them, “No, it is /mɒsk/. /mɒsk/. Say it again” (negative reinforcement). The learners repeated after him and said, “/mɒsk/”. The teacher praised them (positive reinforcement)
and the learners kept on repeating the word to get familiar with the pronunciation.
As the acquisition process of first and second language is viewed similarly by the behaviourists, they treat errors that have been made by second language
learners as interference from first language habits. It seems that the habit formation in first language acquisition is interrupted by new habit. For any second language
that shares quite similar structure and grammar as the first language, the learners are expected to successfully acquire the second language if they use their existing first
language knowledge to learn the target language (Lightbown and Spada, 1993).
From the writers’ teaching experience, children are the best target group to implement this theory. They are the only group who are open to any kind of
reinforcements; be it positive or negative. They enjoy praises and rewards, and they are willing to be punished if they make mistakes. As a result, they know they have done
wrong and that kind of mistake should not be allowed to happen again in the future. As compared to teenagers and adults, they are more rebellious especially when they
are punished. Praises and rewards given are widely accepted by these groups, but only some who actually realise that they are supposed to reinforce them to do better or
at least, maintain the good work. The writers have actually tried this in the classroom, and beyond their expectations, their teenage learners did not really like it. In the
lessons, they drilled the learners to pronounce some words correctly. They turned out to protest silently and did not do the task full-heartedly. As a result, they did not get
anything learnt from their mistake.
On the other hand, to instil the positive reinforcement, their learners were praised when they did a good job in their assignments, but unfortunately, they
did not like it to be in public. They were embarrassed and afraid that their friends would make fun of them by calling them teacher’s pet. If the writers were asked for
their personal view whether this theory is appropriate to be applied to their young-adult learners, they certainly would say “no”. Skinner’s idea in shaping the behaviour
has resulted negatively in their classes but somehow they found that this would work fine on children and toddlers. As long as the teachers can control the rewards and
punishments which the environment gives in response to behaviours, then only the behaviour can be shaped. However, Sawani (n.d) has stated in his research paper that
there are three major weaknesses observed in the imitation and reinforcement perspectives which are high tendency of children to create words that do not exist in the
adult language and to make errors that are not heard in adult’s speech, and this theory also cannot guarantee that imitation and habit formation can be counted for the
complex knowledge that the children acquire. Based on these too, other language acquisition researchers and psycholinguists have turned to more acceptable theories of
language acquisition, as they claimed.
References:
Brown, H. D. (2007). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. (5th Ed.). Pearson Education.
Krashen, S. D. (1981). Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. English Language Teaching series. London: Prentice-Hall International (UK) Ltd.
Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (1993). Issues in Applied Linguistic. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 November 2015 from URL: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2t48927v
Sawani F. M., (n.d). Views on Language Acqusition: A Differentiated Analysis. PhD Report, University of Essex. Retrieved 26 March 2012 from URL: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~fmsawa/
views_on_language_acquisition.htm
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