left brain and right brain...which type are you?

Which Type of Learner Are You ?

LEFT (Analytic)	RIGHT (Global)
Successive Hemispheric Style	Simultaneous Hemispheric Style
1. Verbal	1. Visual
2. Responds to word meaning	2. Responds to tone of voice
3. Sequential	3. Random
4. Processes information linearly	4. Processes information in varied order
5. Responds to logic	5. Responds to emotion
6. Plans ahead	6. Impulsive
7. Recalls people's names	7. Recalls people's faces
8. Speaks with few gestures	8. Gestures when speaking
9. Punctual	9. Less punctual
10. Prefers formal study design	10. Prefers sound/music background while studying
11. Prefers bright lights while studying	11. Prefers frequent mobility while studying

TEKS UCAPAN YAB TUAN GURU DATO’ HJ. NIK ABD. AZIZ BIN NIK MAT, MENTERI BESAR KELANTAN DI MAJLIS PERASMIAN KONSERT ANTARA DUNIA PADA 10 SYAABAN 1430/1

Firman Allah S.W.T. yang bermaksud :

“Hai anak Adam, pakailah pakaianmu yang indah di setiap (memasuki) masjid; makan dan minumlah, dan janganlah berlebih-lebihan. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang berlebih-lebihan.” (Surah Al A’Raaf : Ayat 31).

Mari kita mengucapkan syukur yang sebanyak-banyaknya ke hadrat Allah S.W.T. diatas setiap nikmat yang telah Dia sediakan kepada kita selama ini. Di antara banyak-banyak nikmat, satu daripada nikmat ialah nikmat menghargai pelbagai keindahan yang diciptakan oleh Allah S.W.T. Sesungguhnya setiap benda yang dicipta oleh Allah penuh dengan keindahan.

Diatas nama sabda Nabi S.A.W. yang bermaksud “Allah itu Maha Indah dan Dia sukakan keindahan”, izinkan saya berbicara pada malam ini menggunakan kehalusan bahasa orang Melayu melalui gugusan pantun indah sepanjang berkata-kata.

Rendang kayu kerana daunnya
Terpandang Melayu kerana pantunnya.

Sidang hadirin yang dihormati sekalian,

Kalau berladang kurang tekun
Lesap padi ditelan belukar
Kalaulah hilang tukang pantun
Senyap sunyi bandar yang besar.

Kapal belayar dari Arakan
Selit besi jadi kemudi
Mati ikan kerana umpan
Mati “ambo” kerana budi

Tuan Puteri ke Tanjung Keling
Bilah mengkuang dianyam tenang
Biar isteri benci menjeling
Tetaplah abang terkenang-kenang.

Naik bertamu di Pulau Tawar
Singgah menjala di Kg. Bantal
Pahit jeling jadi penawar
Abang simpan di bawah bantal.

Ujung rusuk patah tulang
Kena tindih kayu rasak
Kalau sungguh rindukan bulan
Tunggu dulu lepas Isya’.

Tebuk kayu dengan pahat
Kelek mangkuk pakai topi
Kata mahu keluar jihad
Nampak tersangkut di kedai kopi?

Anak ayam turun lapan
Mati seekor tinggal tujuh
Harap berdoa kepada Tuhan
Supaya terang jalan bersuluh.

Tiang sehasta dibuat galah
Berpanjang lengan kait melati
Berjuang kita ke jalan Allah
Biar dengan sepenuh hati.

Manis sungguh dokong tuan
Malam resah pelita mati
Payah apa sokong bulan
Mungkin susah tapi tak mati.

Apa dirisau hantu jembalang
Quran dibaca berhari-hari
Tubuh besar janggut panjang
Bunyi wisel kenapa lari?

Dayung sambil pasir kemudi
Air deras di Ulu Tersat
Jangan diambil jalan Yahudi
Itu sah menuju sesat.

Ikan belanak ditutup saji
Saji dianyam oleh Pak Mahat
Orang khianat jangan dipuji
Makin dipuji makinlah jahat.

Sejak kera masuk negeri
Anak merbah mati tersepak
Sejak ketua sibuk mencuri
Anak buah jadi perompak.

Burung punai burung kelicap
Hinggap berkawan di hujung dahan
Tiada guna lawa dan kacak
Jika melawan hukum Tuhan.

Tanam halia tumbuh lengkuas
Semak daun si api-api
Apa guna kaya rasuah
Esok dipanggang di atas api.

Terbang kunang di tengah malam
Hinggap masuk di tiang seri
Tangan kanan ajak bersalam
Apa maksud pisau di kiri.

Hujung kota patik menanti
Orang Kaya Laksamana Bentan
Tuan berkata sesuka hati
Karamlah saya tujuh lautan.

Tuanku umpama emas segetus
Segak bertempat indah seorang
Hamba umpama selipar yang putus
Tiba bertempat dilupa orang

Bermamah sirih di tengah pelita
Pahit mulut sampai ke pagi
Terbit suluh batilpun pergi.

Biar bersambung bedilan ferenggi
Takku tinggal ini kota
Islam berbumbung di awan tinggi
Mengatasi segala mainan kata.

Gua Bama sungai hulu
Kuala Damak berbatu karang
Hamba umpama dagang lalu
Nasi ditanak milik orang.

Rata lapang gunung Tahan
Bukit Rapat Bukit Cekati
Kita menumpang bumi Tuhan
Jangan dibuat sesuka hati.

Daun palas ikan kelah
Mari diikat dengan tali
Niat ikhlas kerana Allah
Syirik tidak sekali-kali.

Papan tualang mari diukir
Buat tongkat sikayu jati
Siang malam hidup berzikir
Kuat ibadat sebelum mati.

Akar tersat jambu batu
Ikat kolek bertali kain
Resam ibadat niat bertentu
Bukan boleh dibuat main.

Jalan bengkok terkial-kial
Sambil mengupas limau langkap
Tengokkan songkok bagaikan kiyai
Kenapa membaca tergagap-gagap?

Apa guna berkain batik
Jika labuh berbayang-bayang
Apa guna beristeri cantik
Jika Subuh tidak sembahyang.

Teluk Rokan tempat memancing
Angkat raga berisi gelas
Jika ikan umpannya cacing
Syarat Syurga ialah ikhlas.

Tunas selasih dibuat rebung
Asah belati diasap damar
Bercerai kasih boleh disambung
Berpisah mati putuslah amal.

Putus amal jika mati
Itu muktamad dari Allah
Cuma ada 3 kecuali
Anak soleh, ilmu dan sedaqah

Lantang bersahut burung bebarau
Kayu jati dibuat sarang
Adab hidup kita bergurau
Sudah mati terguling seorang.


Dari Demak ke Mekasar
Bergalah perahu tidak berbaju
Maafkan hamba jika terkasar
Allah jua tempat dituju.

Pinang dusun kacip cekati
Sirih dibilas luar rumah
Saya berpantun dari hati
Tuan balas tiba dirumah.

Indah sungguh Tanjung Sedeli
Pulau Seratus dilambai Nyonya
Sepanjang mana seutas tali
Akan ada tirus hujungnya.

Dengan sehimpun pantun berkias yang enak dikunyah sebentar tadi, saya mengajak diri saya dan tuan-tuan sekalian untuk terus berfikir mengenai diri kita, keluarga dan negara kita; bagaimana untuk bahagia di dunia dan selamat terus menerus dari azab Allah di akhirat kelak.

Mari kita sama-sama rasmikan Konsert Nasyid Antara Dunia pada malam ini dengan lafaz “Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim”. Wabillahi Taufiq Walhidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.


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How to improve your intelligence

A healthy brain is not only an important factor for social success, it has also an impact in the way we enjoy life, maintain a good relationship with our family and friends and overcome every day challenges. Just like everything, this amazing tool that we use for basic and complex daily tasks needs care to perform at its maximum potential. And potential, it has…

Here are 10 tips that will help you improve the power of your brain.

1- Read and learn – I like to say that a book is an infinite universe in itself. Diving in somebody else’s ideas is a great way to nourish your mind and thoughts. All books have their values. But for a novel, I suggest an author that not only knows how to tell an interesting story, but can really use words to trigger emotion, imagination and questions. Also read to learn. Learning is like renovating an old apartment. You provide your brain with new tools, new concepts, new ideas, just like a growing baby.

2- Challenge your brain – Our brain is made of a very complex network of neurons. Challenges like brain teasers, puzzles or any problems that require deep logic thoughts to be solved, put at work unused and lazy neurons, forcing them to create other connections with other neurons, creating at the end shortcuts in your brain. You will be more and more comfortable finding solutions to complex problems. You can find brain teasers in a lot of places on the internet like on my website youpeez for example.

3- Unleash your creativity – You are more creative than you think you are. You just have to force it. The best way to do that is to free yourself from your usual straight forward perceptions. For example a match can be lit. It can also be put in your nostrils. Two matches can be a X. How many matches do I need to put together to go to the moon? A skinny man, dressed in white, with a red cap? Must be a match! Pay more attention to your craziest ideas.

4- Write- Writing helps you give an external life to abstract ideas. It forces you to arrange and discipline frivolous thoughts. This will make you more comfortable in the way you categorize ideas and thoughts. It increases your logic and judgment. When I say writing, I don’t mean writing books. It’s just for example taking notes in a diary, writing simple paragraphs where you group and link different thoughts.

5- Sleep- Proper sleeping habits will be beneficial for your mental health. Sleep early and wake up early. Don’t sleep for more than 8 hours. In the middle of the day each time you can take a 10 - 15 minutes nap.

6- Exercise – Controlled physical activities are not only good for your body but also for your brain. Your hearth at that time provides to your brain a more consistent supply of oxygen. This will relax you, dismiss negative stresses that block your concentration.

7- Practice relaxation - In the morning or before sleeping or at any time where you can find loneliness and peace, sit or lay down on the floor, close your eyes, breath calmly. Focus on anything thing that inspires you or any object that just inspires nothing. Focus. Don’t let your mind wander around. At some point you can also review all the things you have seen or heard during the day. Remind yourself of strangers you have seen on the bus or in the street. This is a good way to improve your memory.

8- Eat brain food - Essential nutrients for the brain are carbohydrate (fruits, grains, and vegetables), omega-3 (salmon, sardines, trout, herring, anchovies), protein (milk, meat, cheese), Acetylcholine (egg, milk, peanuts, liver, fish, wheat germ, and vegetables like broccoli and cabbage), Dopamine (meat, fish, milk, cheese, beans, soy), Serotonin (cereals, breads, potatoes).

9- Avoid monotony – Doing the same thing again and again doesn’t stimulate your brain. Broaden your perspectives. Get out. Meet friends. Travel. Avoid wasting too much time and energy in front of a television.

10 - Be optimistic – I think that the greatest force in human nature is the will. Believing that you can do something or that you can reach your goal will tremendously boost your brain. Even when obstacles will be in your way, you will be constantly searching for new solutions. Don’t underestimate this last point in my list. Most successful people have this in common.

Two Powerful And Unstoppable Psychological Techniques To Persuade Almost Anyone To Do Anything

There are two powerful and almost irresistible elements of persuasion that when used correctly, can have a profound effect on the target of your influence. Without these two items, you will have to put a gun to somebody's head, or implicitly promise some kind of sexual or monetary reward in order to move their thinking towards what you want them to do.

The fact that many advertisements you see today blatantly (and some very covertly) use sex in any way possible to promote products and services shows that even huge marketing and advertising companies are unaware of the power of these two elements.

Because you've come across this blog today, you are about to learn them. When you finish reading this, you'll have a firm understanding of how and why they work, and some sneaky tricks that will allow you to use them starting today to get other people to do what you want.

So what are they?

Social Proof, and Authority.

Humans are hard wired to make decisions quickly. Back in the old days, before agriculture, people lived in small groups of around 200 people. If you made a wrong decision, you usually didn't last long. Because the environment and living conditions were extremely dangerous, you couldn't afford to make any mistakes.

Imagine going out chasing a woolly mammoth, and you always had the fear that if you twisted your ankle, or tripped over a rock, or got an infection from a small cut on branch, you were done. Game over. You'd likely be left behind, and probably wouldn't last long. That's hard to imagine today when almost any kind of medical ailment is easily treatable.

So humans developed a few shortcuts in decision making. One was social proof. Social proof is a powerful influential factor that causes people to get rid of logic and rational thinking and simply follow the crowd.

This worked beautifully on a woolly mammoth hunt. It kept everybody together and safe from predators. It worked terribly in Nazi Germany when everybody agreed it was ok to murder Jews. It is still working everywhere you look today, from fashion trends, to car styles, to popular restaurants. People don't like to admit it, but at our core, humans are pack animals.

The second "shortcut" in thinking is authority. Whoever is recognized as the authority in the group will usually be obeyed without question. This goes hand in hand with social proof. The more people follow a leader, the more authority he will have, which of course gives him or her more social proof as a leader.

If you were walking down the street and some homeless guy that reeked of alcohol asked you for your drivers license, you'd laugh. But if a well built police officer with two smaller officers following obediently behind him asked for your drivers license, you probably couldn't get it out quick enough.

If the man that collects your garbage told you that eating three raw onions a day is the secret to a hundred and fifty years of good health, you'd think he was a nut case. But if you heard a famous doctor, who has written several best selling, and well regarded books on health, say the same thing, you'd likely head straight over to the onion shop. And if you saw many others buying onions by the cartload, that would cement your decision even further to eat three raw onions a day.

The same message from two different sources can have a widely different effect, based only on the source. Shortcuts in thinking.

So how do you apply this to your own persuasion? Simply suggest that some kind of authority agrees with whatever you are saying. And suggest or imply that many people have already done what you are suggesting your target (or mark) do.

For example, if you are selling cars, which do you think is more persuasive:

This is a great car. It gets great gas mileage and will fit nicely in your garage. It's got many safety features that will keep you and your family safe. It's red, and red is a good color. I think you should buy this car. Whatta ya say?

Or,

Car and Driver is just one of many leading consumer magazines that has given this car a five star rating, based on many factors. When this model first came out it won three awards at the International Car Show in Italy. And of all the thousands of people that have bought this car already, two of the reasons they like it is the great gas mileage, and the incredible safety features. Of course it's red, which is a very popular color. Many people have found that when they drive a red car, for some crazy reason they feel a boost in self-confidence. Leading Psychological experts have shown that driving a red car boosts your sex appeal as well. Of course, because this model is so popular, you'll have to make a decision pretty quickly. I have three more appointments today that want to take a look at this car.

Which do you think is more persuasive?

Many experts in the science of persuasion have shown time and time again that the leading sales people who use these two powerful techniques of social proof and authority have quickly become the leaders in their field. Not only that but they get a lot more money and sex. And when you begin to use these powerful techniques in your daily conversation, you'll be amazed how effective you will be.

Have fun.