Insomnia

         Like the nights before, I could not sleep again tonight. I do not know what's wrong with my body I'm supposed to be doing such a piling job. But unfortunately my laziness is greater than my desire to complete the task. So instead I did some things just to kill time or to wait until my drowsiness came. I started insom since becoming a student, but when I was a high school student I always sleep at 10 pm. Early on my return to my home I always slept early, but over time my insom relapsed too. In fact, I've only slept at four-thirty in the morning. Especially now that the month of fasting, I was like an alarm that always woke people home for sahur. I know this is not healthy, but I also can not sleep just like that. Because I am not sleepy. Once I was forced to sleep, as a result I just rolled around for two hours.

I do not know how long I'm like this. Though the time for skin rejuvenation was from 9 pm-1 am. If it's like this, I would not be surprised if my skin is wrinkled when I just stepped 30 years early.

Perhaps in addition to being an alarm, I can also serve as a guardian to the house or security. How lucky my family is.

I'm not not sleepy, it's just that even though I lie still will not fall asleep. In conclusion, sleepy but unable to sleep. There is one thing that makes me wonder, I'm always sleepy and can sleep if close to Mama. Or I would really fall asleep in the morning or during the day. Because when the night comes, my sleep will evaporate.

Of course I had to change my sleep patterns. It's just that I do not know how.

Terry moore

           Terry moore tells about the question of why the letter X represents the unknown. Such as "the X prize" "the X files" "project X" "TEDx". In 2006 he decided to study Arabic. According to him Arabic is a very logical language. According to terry moore writing Arabic like assembling an equation, because each part is very precise and carries a lot of information. He first explains the origin of the word algebra, which comes from the word al-jebr, and al-jebr is roughly translated into "a system for matching different parts". Al-jerb finally came to England as algebra. In the 11th and 12th centuries, Arabic manuscripts containing mathematical policies to Europe were Spanish. By the time the text arrived, there was an extraordinary interest to translate the Arabic into the European language. but there is one problem that emerged at that time, that there is some noise in the Arabic language which is difficult to be pronounced by the Europeans without much practice. For example the letters "Shin", like the word shalan meaning "something". Which became the problem of medieval spanish scholars in charge of translating the language is the word sheen and shalan that can not be changed into Spanish. Because spanish does not have the SH. But they make sosuli lend CK sounds from classical greek in the form of Chi letters. After changing it, this material forms the basis of mathematical textbooks for nearly 600 years. Now we have an answer to the question why X becomes the unknown. The answer is, X becomes the unknown because we can not say "sh" in spanish.

Shaolan hsueh

          Shaolan hsueh is great in taiwan as the daughter of a calligrapher. He taught about how easy it is to learn Chinese characters that are so famous that they are hard to learn. But he has a quick way for us to understand Chinese. At the age of five, he studied every scratch of the script in the correct sequence that continued for fifteen years. But this time he taught 8 letters, from the script is enough to help us to read traffic signs, restaurant menus, and understand the main idea on the internet or newspaper pages. First, he taught about the characters of the mouth, people, fire, trees, mountains, sun, moon, and door, and he also showed pictures of the form of the script. After mentioning the eight letters, he describes to make many other characters. Such as the translation of the script of a person into several characters, for example follow, crowd, and big. Then tree alphabet, which is translated into woods, foundation, and idiot. Up to the 8 alpha characters mentioned earlier. Of the 8 letters that teach really help us to understand the language.

Then and now

         Tonight is the night of Eid, where takbir reverberates and everyone greets with joy. Although there are actually feelings of sadness because Ramadan has passed. When I heard the takbir, I remembered my childhood, where the night of Eid is a night so happy, tradition like burning candles, fireworks and fireworks only done on that night. First, me and all santri in pesantren join in takbiran parade to welcome Eid. We went around the village with a torch made of bamboo and takbiran, after tired we usually share a pack of noodles and eat it together at the pesantren location. Such a time will not happen again, even though we used to celebrate takbiran night simply but it all feels good. Now very different, the meaning of the evening takbiran has been greatly reduced, where no more small children who go around the village to takbiran, even they prefer to neglect with hp or around the motor. As well as with silaturrahmi, which we used to go around to the neighbors and now other places such as cafes are more interesting to come in compared to the home of teachers or relatives. Sometimes want to feel back to the past, where the sense of togetherness is so strong and the only activity that I do just to play with a piece of cookware. All seem different now and all we can do is try to restore the old habits starting from ourselves.

Regardless of the difference first and now, Eid fitri remains a thing in waiting by all Muslims in the world.

Happy idul fitri to all of muslim friends.

part of life

        Today is a day that I think is a bit strange, because there are people who ask me about "how to be confident". So early when I was a master of ceremonies (MC) in one of the offices in my area, as usual I brought the show with my own style, and after the event there was someone who asked how I could perform casually in front of the crowd Even many I do not know. At first I was surprised when asked such a thing because honestly I was a person who quickly panicked and least confident. Okay, let me tell you a bit of my experience in the field of MC which he said without nervous. The first time I became an MC in my yard, only a small event, at that time the real MC was not present and I do not know for sure why. All the committee began to panic because the show will start 5 minutes later, after trying to find a replacement suddenly my teacher appointed me to become an MC, initially I refused because I had never been a MC before, but after my teacher forced and I had to succumb so I Take the courage to stand in front of the crowd with no experience at all. That day could be said to be an embarrassing day for me because of my nervousness so much I am wrong in reading the text. Many people are laughing at that time but I have to finish it. However, the thing that makes me sad is not the laughing of the people but I overheard some people belittling me with their quite painful words. From there I determined to fix all the errors that day. As time goes on I continue to learn how to be a good MC and until now MC has become part of my life. Until one night I was shown to be the inauguration of one of the organizations. I and my colleagues managed to bring the event as expected, and the thing that made me happier was when I was appointed to be the main MC at MTQ XXXII Aceh last year. There I can prove that I can be better for people who have underestimated me.From that incident I understand that what makes us able is not just because of hard work but because we love what we do.

the linguistic genius of babies

The linguistic genius of babies

by Patricia Kuhl

 

          Patricia Kuhl discusses the genius of a baby or what actually happens inside a baby's little brain. He gave an example of a mother who is from India and who speaks Koro which is a newly discovered language. To preserve the language koro then he recites to the baby. Because a study shows that babies and children have a strong capability compared with adults until they are seven years old, and then experience a systematic decline. After puberty, we are not in the picture anymore.

The first critical period in development is the period where babies master which sound is used in their language. For example, the English “l” and “r” sound is rarely used in Japanese. All babies from all over the world can discriminate all sounds of any language while adults can only discriminate only sounds of their own language and not of other language. Hence, Patricia Kuhl calls adults “culture bound listeners” while babies are “citizens of the world”. For this reason, it is more difficult for an adult to learn new language because they are only able to discriminate sounds of the language they already know.

            A study on American and Japanese babies show that there is a critical 2 month period around 8 to 10 months babies. At 6 till 8 months both American and Japanese babies have similar score on performance on English sounds but when they are 10 till 12 months the American babies perform better and the Japanese babies perform worse. She claims that babies are listening intently to sounds while taking “statistics” on the sounds of the language they hear. They will then use these statistics of sounds as a model to learn a language. A follow up study shows that bilingual babies, who are exposed to 2 languages, keep 2 sets of statistics at once and can differentiate between them. The study tested Taiwanese and American babies on mandarin sounds and found similar results as in the previous study. They had similar score at 6 till 8 months but the Taiwanese babies perform better than American babies at 10 till 12 months. However when they had American babies exposed to mandarin they performed just as well as Taiwanese babies in the mandarin sound test at 10 till 12 months. This proves that babies are learning sounds rapidly at this critical period. Parents should expose their children consistently to different languages at this critical period around 8 till 10 months so the children can learn languages at more ease.

In the end she introduces the MEG. It is a new machine that allows provides the ability to examine babies’ brains while they are learning. It is a safe, non-evasive and silent machine so it is ideal as using it to track a baby’s brain. This new technology opens up the possibility of future research direction for early language and brain development.

how to make stress your friend

 How to make stress your friend 

by Kelly Mc Genial

Kelly Mc genial is a health psychologist, and her mission is to help people become happier and healthier. He is fighting stress problems that occur in people, stress increases all risks, ranging from common cold to cardiovascular disease. A study looked at 30,000 adults in the United States for 8 years, and they started by asking questions like "how often do you experience stress during the past year?" And "do you believe that stress is harmful to your health?". The bad thing that happens to people who are experiencing stress the last year is the risk of death increased by 43 percent. But it only happens to people who believe that stress is harmful to their health.
Researchers estimate that in more than eight years they observed death registration, 182,000 people in the United States died faster not because of stress, but because of the belief that stress was harmful to them. That means more than 20,000 deaths per year. Top cause of death (U.S) said that stress was ranked 15th cause of death in the US last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV / AIDS, and murder.
            A Harvard University study suggests looking at stress reactions as something useful, because it can make a person less restless and more confident. Not only that, it can also affect physically, as blood vessels remain relaxed, the heart remains pounding but this is a much healthier cardiovascular profile, and it is the same as when someone is feeling joy and courage.
Aspects of stress reactions are less appreciated, namely, stress makes a person socialize. This is caused by the hormone oxytocin, the nerves. This hormone improves the social instinct in the brain and triggers a person to strengthen the relationship. Oxytocin makes a person need physical contact with friends and family. This hormone also increases empathy that makes a person more willing to help and support those who are loved.

Then results of stress are changed by your mindset. When you think of stress as a benefit it acts that way, when you help others, you build resilience to stress. When given a choice between a stressful job and one that is less stressful, she recommends that we follow the one that gives you the most meaning, and trust yourself to handle the stress that results.