FRUITS AND GREENS HOLD THE KEY

Healthy eating advice for the British is for a diet that provides five portions of fruit and vegetables a day - three to five of vegetables and two to five of fruit.




Dr Katherine Rice-Evans ways that supplementing the diet may be sensible for children and for people who lead busy lives.




Her advice ti people who decide to take supplements is to read the labels carefully and select brands that give 75mg of vitamin E, 100mg of vitamin C and 15mg  of beta-caratene.




She said yesterday the for protection against the big killers, cancer and heart disease, vitamin E, C  and beta-carotene were emerging from various research projects as important.





Vitamin E is found in nuts and seeds, including bread made with whole wheat, wheatgerm, almonds, walnuts, corn oil, margarines and sunflower seeds.




Vitamin C is found in citrus fruits, and a range of fruit and vegetables including potatoes, cabbage, kale, spinach, tomatoes and water cress.




Beta-carotene is found in green, yellow and orang fruit and vegetables including carrots, apricots, broccoli and lettuce.




Selenium is found in cabbage and broccoli and also in garlic, liver kidneys, milk, onions, whole grain foods and seafood - The Independent.

HOW WORRYING AFFECTS THE BODY

Are you an excessive worrier? Perhaps you subconsciously think that if you "worry enough," you can prevent bad things from happening. But the fact is, worrying can affect the body in ways that may surprise you. When worrying becomes excessive, it can lead to feelings of high anxiety and even cause you to be physically ill.

What Happens With Excessive Worrying?

Worrying is feeling uneasy or being overly concerned about a situation or problem. With excessive worrying, your mind and body go into overdrive as you constantly focus on "what might happen."

In the midst of excessive worrying, you may suffer with high anxiety -- even panic -- during waking hours. Many chronic worriers tell of feeling a sense of impending doom or unrealistic fears that only increase their worries. Ultra-sensitive to their environment and to the criticism of others, excessive worriers may see anything -- and anyone -- as a potential threat.

Chronic worrying affects your daily life so much that it interferes with your appetite, lifestyle habits, relationships, sleep, and job performance. Many people who worry excessively are so anxiety-ridden that they seek relief in harmful lifestyle habits such as overeating, cigarette smoking, or using alcohol and drugs.

What Is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Ongoing anxiety, though, may be the result of a disorder such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or social anxiety. Anxiety disorders are commonplace in the U.S., affecting nearly 40 million adults. Anxiety manifests itself in multiple ways and does not discriminate by age, gender, or race.

Stressful events such as a test or a job interview can make anyone feel a bit anxious. And sometimes, a little worry or anxiety is helpful. It can help you get ready for an upcoming situation. For instance, if you’re preparing for a job interview, a little worry or anxiety may push you to find out more about the position. Then you can present yourself more professionally to the potential employer. Worrying about a test may help you study more and be more prepared on test day.

But excessive worriers react quickly and intensely to these stressful situations or triggers. Even thinking about the situation can cause chronic worriers great distress and disability. Excessive worry or ongoing fear or anxiety is harmful when it becomes so irrational that you can’t focus on reality or think clearly. People with high anxiety have difficulty shaking their worries. When that happens, they may experience actual physical symptoms.

Can Excessive Worry and Anxiety Cause a Stress Response?

Stress comes from the demands and pressures we experience each day. Long lines at the grocery store, rush hour traffic, a phone ringing nonstop, or a chronic illness are all examples of things that can cause stress on a daily basis. When worries and anxiety become excessive, chances are you’ll trigger the stress response.

There are two elements to the stress response. The first is the perception of the challenge. The second is an automatic physiological reaction called the "fight or flight" response that brings on a surge of adrenaline and sets your body on red alert. There was a time when the "fight or flight" response protected our ancestors from such dangers as wild animals that could easily make a meal out of them. Although today we don't ordinarily encounter wild animals, dangers still exist. They’re there in the form of a demanding coworker, a colicky baby, or a dispute with a loved one.

Can Excessive Worry Make Me Physically Ill?

Chronic worry and emotional stress can trigger a host of health problems. The problem occurs when fight or flight is triggered daily by excessive worrying and anxiety. The fight or flight response causes the body’s sympathetic nervous system to release stress hormones such as cortisol. These hormones can boost blood sugar levels and triglycerides (blood fats) that can be used by the body for fuel. The hormones also cause physical reactions such as:

• Difficulty swallowing
• Dizziness
• Dry mouth
• Fast heartbeat
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Inability to concentrate
• Irritability
• Muscle aches
• Muscle tension
• Nausea
• Nervous energy
• Rapid breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Sweating
• Trembling and twitching

When the excessive fuel in the blood isn’t used for physical activities, the chronic anxiety and outpouring of stress hormones can have serious physical consequences, including:

• Suppression of the immune system
• Digestive disorders
• Muscle tension
• Short-term memory loss
• Premature coronary artery disease
• Heart attack

If excessive worrying and high anxiety go untreated, they can lead to depression and even suicidal thoughts.

Although these effects are a response to stress, stress is simply the trigger. Whether or not you become ill depends on how you handle stress. Physical responses to stress involve your immune system, your heart and blood vessels, and how certain glands in your body secrete hormones. These hormones help to regulate various functions in your body, such as brain function and nerve impulses.

All of these systems interact and are profoundly influenced by your coping style and your psychological state. It isn’t the stress that makes you ill. Rather, it’s the effect responses such as excessive worrying and anxiety have on these various interacting systems that can bring on the physical illness. There are things you can do, though, including lifestyle changes, to alter the way you respond.

What Lifestyle Changes Might Help Excessive Worriers?

Although excessive worrying and high anxiety can cause an imbalance in your body, there are many options you have that can re-establish harmony of mind, body, and spirit.

• Talk to your doctor. Start by talking with your primary care physician. Get a thorough physical exam to make sure other health problems are not fueling your feelings of anxiety. Your doctor may prescribe medication such as anti-anxiety drugs or antidepressants to help you manage anxiety and excessive worry. 
• Exercise daily. With your doctor’s approval, begin a regular exercise program. Without question, the chemicals produced during moderate exercise can be extremely beneficial in terms of enhancing the function of the immune system. Regular aerobic and strengthening exercise is also a very effective way to train your body to deal with stress under controlled circumstances. 
• Eat a healthy, balanced diet. Stress and worrying provoke some people to eat too little, others too much, or to eat unhealthy foods. Keep your health in mind when worrying nudges you toward the fridge. 
• Drink caffeine in moderation. Caffeine stimulates the nervous system, which can trigger adrenaline and make you feel nervous and jittery. 
• Be conscious of your worries. Set aside 15 minutes each day where you allow yourself to focus on problems and fears -- and then vow to let them go after the 15 minutes is up. Some people wear a rubber band on their wrist and "pop" the rubber band if they find themselves going into their "worry mode." Do whatever you can to remind yourself to stop dwelling on worries. 
• Learn to relax. Relaxation techniques can trigger the relaxation response -- a physiological state characterized by a feeling of warmth and quiet mental alertness. This is the opposite of the "fight or flight" response. Relaxation techniques can offer a real potential to reduce anxiety and worries. They can also increase your ability to self-manage stress. With relaxation, blood flow to the brain increases and brain waves shift from an alert, beta rhythm to a relaxed, alpha rhythm. Practiced regularly, relaxation techniques can counteract the debilitating effects of stress. Common relaxation techniques include deep abdominal breathing, meditation, listening to calming music, and activities like yoga and tai chi. 
• Meditate. Daily meditation -- instead of worrying -- may help you move beyond negative thoughts and allow you to become "unstuck" from worries that keep your body on high alert. With meditation, you purposefully pay attention to what is happening at the present moment without thinking of the past or future. Meditation decreases hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, which are released during the "fight or flight" or stress response.
• Have a strong social network. Loneliness may be as much a risk factor for disease as having high cholesterol or smoking cigarettes. People who are happily married and/or have large networks of friends not only have greater life expectancies compared with those people who do not, but they also have fewer incidences of just about all types of disease. 
• Talk to a professional therapist. Psychological counseling can help you develop appropriate coping strategies to deal with issues that trigger excessive worrying. Psychological intervention can give you coping methods that you can use either within or outside other treatment programs. The therapist will help you identify what types of thoughts and beliefs cause the anxiety and then work with you to reduce them. The therapist can help you by suggesting ways that may help you change. But you have to be the one to make the changes. Therapy is only successful if you work on getting better.

HABIT TIDAK BAIK UNTUK KULIT

Gambar: healthspablog.org

Ada beberapa perkara yang anda tidak sedar dan sangka ia membawa kesan buruk kepada kulit anda. Apa dia? 

Terlebih Cuci Muka

Anda fikir semakin kerap anda mencuci muka makin bersih kulit anda. Sebenarnya tidak, kerana mencuci wajah lebih dua kali sehari sebenarnya akan menyingkirkan minyak asli yang diperlukan oleh kulit. Dan saranan ini adalah untuk anda yang mempunyai kulit berminyak juga, kerana semakin kerap anda mencuci wajah makin banyak minyak terhasil kerana kulit mendapat isyarat kondisi kulit anda kering dan perlukan lebih minyak.

Scrub wajah kasar

Anda sangka dengan menggunakan scrub wajah yang kasar maka makin dalam proses pembersihannya. Tidak! Scrub wajah seharusnya halus dan tidak menyebabkan kulit menjadi kemerahan. Scrub wajah yang kasar juga boleh menyebabkan pori tersumbat, tompok hitam dan juga kedut. Scrub wajah anda sekali atau dua kali seminggu. Jangan lebih!

Berjaga malam

Semua orang tahu pabila kita kurang tidur makan wajah akan nampak sembap, kusam dan penat. Jika boleh elakkan menonton TV atau membelek telefon bimbit hingga larut malam kerana ia akan menghapuskan melatonin iaitu hormon yang membuatkan kita mengantuk dan mengawal ritma sirkadian (circadian) yang akhirnya menyebabkan wajah kusam dan berkedut. Oh ya, anda dinasihatkan tukar sarung bantal anda seminggu sekali kerana sarung bantal mengumpul minyak, sel kulit mati dan bakteria yang akhirnya melekat ke wajah anda.

BINTIK HITAM

Tentunya anda segan dan dalam masa yang sama geram dengan bintik-bintik hitam yang ada pada hujung hidung dan beberapa lagi kawasan wajah. Namun menghilangkannya bukan semudah membersihkan wajah dengan pencuci muka atau skrub, malah ramai yang berkunjung ke pusat kecantikan untuk sesi facial yang turut membuat prosesextraction untuk mengeluarkan bintik hitam.






Kini anda tak perlu bazirkan duit lagi kerana EH! ada lima cara yang jauh lebih murah dan juga berkesan untuk anda lakukan sendiri di rumah. Jom cuba!






Cara 1

Ambil telur putih mentah (pastikan tiada telur kuning tercampur), pukul sehingga kembang dan ratakan pada bahagian hidung yang ada bintik hitam. Letakkan lapisan nipis tisu diatasnya. Biarkan ia kering dan buang tisu tersebut. Bersihkan wajah seperti biasa dan sapu pelembap.

Cara 2

Pukul 2 biji telur putih dan perah 1 camca teh jus lemon. Sapu pada wajah biarkan selama 15-20 minit dan bersihkan setelah ia kering.

Cara 3

Campur satu camca teh baking soda, garam halus bersama pencuci muka gel. Ratakan pada wajah yang telah dibasahkan. Biarkan selama 5 minit dan bersihkan wajah.

Cara 4

Perah jus lemon dan campurkan dengan baking soda sehingga ia menjadi pes. Ratakan pada bahagian bintik hitam selama 20 minit dan bersihkan dengan air sejuk.

Cara 5

Potong buah lemon kepada separuh, letakkan beberapa titik madu di atas permukaan yang dipotong tadi. Kemudian sapu pada kawasan bintik hitam.




Can?







Selamat mencuba and keep glowing ladies!

SESALAN KETIKA USIA SENJA : BEWARE!

Waktu itu sangat pantas berlalu, oleh itu waktu yang kita ada sekarang sebaik-baiknya di manfaatkan dengan melakukan banyak perkara yang kita inginkan.


Pandang kehadapan, apakah kedudukan kita yang kita mahukan 3 tahun, 5 tahun atau persaraan kita yang bagaimana yang kita kehendaki.


Manusia kadang takut menua, meski belum benar-benar memikirkan masa tuanya. Ketika kita menua, memang semakin banyak keterbatasan yang kita miliki. Oleh karena itu, perlu sekali kita melakukan 10 hal ini, sebelum kita menyesal tak melakukannya.





Traveling


Kata orang, setidaknya sekali dalam setahun, pergilah ke tempat yang tak pernah Anda kunjungi sebelumnya. Maka Anda akan mengalami hari yang tak terlupakan dalam hidup Anda. Traveling sangat sesuai dilakukan saat kita masih muda dan kuat, karena saat itulah energi dan semangat masih berapi-api dalam diri.



Bad Relationship

Ini  yang paling bahaya. kadang kita memilih untuk setia pada cinta, namun ternyata kita berada dalam hubungan cinta yang buruk. Hubungan cinta juga merupakan pelaburan seumur hidup. Bila memang pasangan Anda sekarang tak mungkin  menjaga hati Anda dan satu sama lain, sebaiknya Anda mulai menilai kembali sedalamnya dengan hubungan tersebut.



Tidak Serius di Bangku Sekolah



Sekolah adalah salah satu masa yang menyenangkan. Namun sekolah di masa kecil dan remaja tentunya berbeza dengan kita yang mulai dewasa. Bagi Anda yang masih di bangku sekolah atau kuliah, nikmati masa-masa ini dengan banyak belajar dan berprestasi cemerlang. Percayalah, Anda tak akan menyesal ketika dewasa nanti.



Tidak Mendengar Nasihat Orang Tua



Mungkin Anda belum memerlukannya ketika Anda masih bersama orang tua, namun ketika Anda mulai hidup berdikari sendirian dan orang tua sudah tak ada di sisi, kadang Anda akan berkata dalam hati, "Ayah, ternyata kau benar." Well, jangan remehkan nasihat orang tua kerana sekalipun zaman berubah, ada banyak budaya yang tak berubah.




Tidak Segera Move On



Sekarang mungkin Anda masih keras kepala dengan perasaan Anda yang tak mau move on. Namun ketika Anda menyedari bahawa Anda di antara usia 20-an atau bahkan 30-an, Anda akan mulai menyesal. Move on memang tidak mudah, namun boleh dilakukan.   Bangun kembali impian  Anda untuk kehidupan dan cinta yang lebih baik.




Terlalu Banyak Bekerja



Masa dewasa Anda memang akan lebih sering dihabiskan untuk bekerja. Agar lebih seimbang, jangan lupa  bercuti dan habiskan banyak waktu dengan orang-orang tersayang. Dengan demikian ketika Anda tak bekerja lagi nanti, Anda masih punya kerabat dan kegiatan menarik untuk dilakukan.




Tidak Berani Mengambil Resiko




Anda perlu mengambil resiko dalam hidup ini walaupun sedikit. Dalam cinta misalnya. Kalau berani jatuh cinta, bersiaplah bahawa Anda boleh dikecewakan meski bukan itu  matlamatnya. Begitu pula dalam beberapa hal lain seperti pekerjaan atau kehidupan sosial. Kebanyakan orang menyesal karena mereka menyerah pada keadaan.





Terlambat Untuk Bersyukur




Jadilah orang yang menempuh banyak hal yang Anda inginkan dan akhirnya bersyukur. Jangan sampai Anda melakukan banyak hal yang sia-sia karena akan berujung pada penyesalan. Bila perlu, syukurilah setiap momen karena itu yang membuat Anda menjadi hebat seperti sekarang.




Jangan takut melakukan apapun selagi muda, selama itu akan menjadi hal yang menambah nilai kepada kehidupan anda. Biarkan adrenalin itu mengalir dan kehidupan Anda jadi lebih seronok. Agar Anda boleh meningkat tua dengan jayanya kerana anda menperlakukan hidup anda dengan sebaik-baiknya.

Keep on Glowing Ladies!

KEHEBATAN GARAM DALAM KECANTIKAN

Garam kebiasannya digunakan untuk memasak tetapi tahukah anda garam juga sangat berguna dalam dunia kecantikan? Ibarat mendapatkan rawatan di spa, semuanya boleh dilakukan dirumah sahaja.

Gambar: wanista.com

Skrab Wajah – Campurkan garam dengan minyak zaitun, gosokkan pada wajah. Ia dapat menanggalkan sel kulit mati dari wajah.





Kaki – Rendam kaki dalam air suam yang dicampur dengan garam selama 15 minit. Kemudian gunakan kayu skrab untuk skrab kulit mati pada kaki. Merendam kaki didalam air garam mampu menghindari kaki dari dijangkiti bakteria.





Gigi – Sesekali sesekala, gosok gigi menggunakan campuran garam dan serbuk penaik serta air. Garam akan bertindak sebagai penyah-bakteria manalakala serbuk penaik mampu menghilangkan kotoran pada gigi dan gigi akan jadi putih.



kEEP GLOWING LADIEs!!

BOTOX SEMULAJADI HI HI...

Totok Wajah Cara Alternatif Untuk Botox

Totok wajah ialah teknik pemijatan di bahagian wajah dengan penekanan kepada titik aura wajah dan melancarkan peredaran darah di sekitar wajah. Teknik ini mula diperkenalkan di negeri Cina bagi melancarkan peredaran darah di bahagian wajah dan menjadi amalan untuk mengekalkan awet muda. Amalan menotok wajah dapat menyegarkan seseorang dan mengurangkan penyakit yang biasa dialami di sekitar wajah dan kepala terutamanya migrain.

Gambar: rumahcantikmela.wordpress.com

Kelebihan menotok wajah:

• Menjadikan otot-otot wajah kenyal dan anjal
• Merangsang sirkulasi darah membuatkan wajah menjadi segar dan bersih
• Merangsang regenerasi kulit wajah
• Meredakan sakit kepala, ketegangan dan lelah

Totok wajah merupakan alternatif kepada amalan botox kerana ia dapat menegangkan kulit muka, mengurangkan kendur serta garis halus pada wajah. Yang pastinya ia dilakukan secara semula jadi tanpa perlu menggunakan suntikan. Efek dari menotok wajah juga akan membuatkan kamu kagum dengan teknik ini.

RAHSIA WAJAH BERSERI

RAHASIA WAJAH BERSERI :

Tipsnya Senang Sahaja .


Tak Perlu Beli Pencuci Muka Yang Mahal - Mahal


~ Bangun awal pagi untuk solat subuh . Air wuduk yang mengenai muka boleh menegangkan kulit .

~ Menunaikan solat DZUHUR di tengah hari . Air wuduk yang mengenai muka boleh mencerahkan mata .

~ Tidak melalaikan solat ASHAR di waktu petang . Air wuduk yang mengenai muka boleh membersihkan kekotoran asap & DEBU siang

~ Tidak berlengah untuk sholat maghrib . Air wuduk yang mengenai muka boleh menghilangkan bau di hidung & mulut .

~ Sentiasa ingat solat Isya' di waktu malam . Air wuduk yang mengenai muka boleh menceriakan wajah dari kemungkaran .

~ Memang Banyak Rahasia Dan Kebaikan Jika Kita Selalu Mengikuti Apa Yang Disuruh Allah S.W.T .
Tapi , Sayang . Masih banyak Belum Menyedarinya.


#  Jangan sesekali aniaya orang, doa  orang teraniaya tiada hijab di hadapan tuhan.




# Sentiasa tersenyum, ahli shurga itu orangnya yang sentiasa tersenyum.




# Stress?  Wooots apa yang tidak mungkin menjadi milik kita tidak akan mungkin menjadi milik kita.  Belajar untuk let go ok.  Satu pintu tutup buat kita masih ada 10 pintu yang terbuka untuk kita terokai.  Apa yang ada di belakang pintu yang tertutup itu tuhan jadikan bukan untuk kita.  Belajar redha/ikhlas dengan ujianNya.




Tidak mungkin tuhan itu mau menyusahkan atau merendahkan kita. Kita ini semua kekasih-kekasih yang amat dikasihiNya.  Jika tuhan ambil sesuatu dari kita pasti dia sudah punya rencana yang lebih baik buat kita.  




Belajar tersenyum di dalam setiap keadaan.  Lihat ia sebagai satu peluang untuk kita membuktikan kekuatan mental dan kebolehan kita kata Joe brown




#Belajar self-talk untuk menenangkan diri sendiri Cth: I fear nothing except One boleh menaikkan kembali semangat yang sudah jatuh merundum.  Menurut kajian pakar sosial orang yang mengamalkan self-talk lebih bijak, cerdik, awet muda kerana mereka fokus di dalam hidup mereka berbanding mereka yang tidak mengamalkan self talk.


# Sentiasa baik hati.




Tidak usahlah berkira sangat di dalam hidup kita yang sangat singkat ini.   Apa-apa yang menyakitkan hati tutup sebelah mata dan teruskan memandang ke hadapan.  Kita tidak rugi apa-apa pun tetapi setiap kebaikan yang kita lakukan akan kembali kepada kita berganda. Saham akhirat beb hehehe.......





Amalkan, pasti wajah kita akan berseri-seri dan menarik ramai orang untuk masuk ke dalam kedai kita........hehehe 





Hati mesti baik beb..........

FLATBELLY?

Flat Belly Fast—No Crunches! Four moves that guarantee you'll get abs in six weeks 4 ... Single-arm Bent-over Row Hold a dumbbell in your right hand, bend your knees, and lean forward from your hips (a). Brace your abs and pull the weight up to chest height without rotating your torso (b). Return to start. That's one rep.

Do this for 2 weeks and watch your tummy flatten and thighs/butt get toned... all you need is a wall.

KEMULIAAN WANITA HAMIL

14 KEMULIAAN WANITA ‘‘ISLAM’’ YANG SEDANG HAMIL’’




Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Rahiim...
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh...




1. Apabila seseorang perempuan mengandung dalam rahimnya, maka beristighfarlah para malaikat untuknya. Allah SWT mencatatkan baginya setiap hari dengan 1,000 kebaikan dan menghapuskan darinya 1,000 kejahatan.




2. Apabila seseorang perempuan mulai sakit hendak bersalin, maka Allah SWT mencatatkan baginya pahala orang berjihad di jalan Allah SWT.




3. Apabila seseorang perempuan melahirkan anak, hilanglah dosa²nya seperti keadaan ia baru dilahirkan.




4. Apabila telah lahir anaknya lalu disusuinya, maka bagi ibu itu setiap setegukan dari pada susunya diberi 1 kebajikan.




5. Apabila semalaman si ibu tidak tidur dan memelihara anaknya yang sakit, maka Allah SWT memberinya pahala seperti memerdekakan 70 orang hamba dengan ikhlas untuk membela agama Allah SWT.




6. Rakaat shalat wanita yang sedang hamil adalah lebih baik dari pada 80 rakaat shalat wanita yang tidak hamil.




7. Wanita yang memberi minum air susu ibu (ASI) kepada anaknya dari diri nya sendiri akan mendapat 1 pahala pada tiap² tetes susu yang diberikannya.




Tips Kehamilan informasi lengkap dari dr Rosidana Ramli, SpOG dapat diklik di ----->> http://goo.gl/sKK1x



8. Wanita yang tidak cukup tidur pada malam hari karena menjaga anaknya yang sakit akan diampunkan oleh Allah SWT seluruh dosanya dan bila ia menghibur hati anaknya Allah memberi 12 tahun pahala ibadah.



9. Wanita yang hamil akan dapat pahala terus berpuasa pada siang hari.



10. Wanita yang hamil akan dapat pahala terus beribadah pada malam hari.



11. Wanita yang bersalin akan mendapat pahala 70 tahun shalat dan puasa, serta setiap kesakitan pada 1 uratnya Allah SWT mengkurniakan 1 pahala haji.



12. Sekiranya wanita mati di masa 40 hari selepas bersalin, dia akan dianggap sebagai mati syahid.



13. Jika wanita menyusui anaknya sampai cukup tempo (2,5 tahun), maka malaikat² dilangit akan kabarkan berita bahwa syurga wajib baginya.



14. Jika wanita memberi susu dirinya pada anaknya yang menangis, Allah SWT akan memberi pahala 1 tahun shalat dan berpuasa.



Subhanallah...


Betapa mulianya wanita hamil, tentunya dengan jalan kehamilan yang diridhai oleh Allah SWT. Bukan dengan cara kehamilan yang Na'udzubillah...



Admin doakan semoga yang membagikan status ini dimurahkan rezekinya... diberi kesehatan ,dimudahkan untuk bunda yang belum punya momongan..Aamiin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin

WHEN U R 17 - CINTA ATAU PELAJARAN?

 When my beautiful and inteligent daughter back from her class reunion, she shared something with me:



"Ibu, tadi jumpa boyfriend  masa  tingkatan lima dulu, dia sekarang di Universiti Malaya, dahlah bijak, bertambah handsome....."



"Oh, macamana  dia layan kamu?"




"Biasa aje, mesti dia disukai ramai  kan ibu..........."




"Sayang, kita tak ambil balik apa yang telah kita lepaskan........dia ada kehidupan dia sendiri sekarang, kita pandang ke hadapan ya..."




"It's ok ibu, hanya sukalah pulak tengok dia hihihihi....."




Kisah budak perempuan ini memang kecoh, dia telah mengurung diri di dalam bilik, entahkan makan entahkan tidak selama seminggu,  dan telefon adiknya tidak henti-henti berbunyi, dan sebagaimana biasa Abdullah akan meminjam telefon ibu atas apa jua urusan kerana berjimat cermat melainkan urusan peribadi di antara dia dan girlfriend.




Dari pesanan-pesanan di kotak pesanan Ain telah menganggak bahawa budak perempuan ini telah memutuskan tali persahabatan dengan seseorang yang istimewa, oleh kerana menghormatinya Ain tidak bertanya, hanya menunggu masa dia membuka mulut.




Hanya selepas 2 tahun baru sekarang dia menyentuh isu ini.




"Kenapa ya putuskan hubungan dulu?"




"Masa tu nak ambil SPM, kami sangat sibuk, dia kalau nak study tak kira pukul berapa dia ajak Aisha study sama, of course, dia kat rumah dia, kita kat rumah kita.  Kalau dia bangun pukul 4 pagi dia kejutkan Aisha, mula-mula tu so sweet study sama lama kelamaan rimas lah, kita baru habis study nak tidur, dia baru bangun dan kejutkankan kita ajak temankan dia study dan bincang pasal pelajaran.   Dia hanya melambatkan pergerakan pembelajaraan Aisha, so Aisha fikir lebih baik tak ada boyfriend, itu yang putus tu........."




"Ooooo.......itu yang seminggu tak keluar bilik tu hihihihi........."




"Ibuuuuuuuuuu........hihihi........."






Begitulah  kisahnya anak bertuahku, pelajaran lebih penting dari cinta, bagaimana kisah anak bertuahmu?



Semoga semuanya baik-baik sahaja.

MEMBENTUK MUKA YANG CANTIK

1. Lakukan senaman muka anda setiap pagi,petang dan malam dengan menyebut a,e,i,o,u sebanyak 40 kali. Semasa lakukan ini anda hendaklah berada di hadapan cermin.

2. Menepuk dagu menggunakan belakang tangan anda setiap pagi/petang/malam sebanyak 40 kali dan mengadap cermin. Ini bertujuan untuk mengelakkan dagu berlapis.

3. Setiap pagi letakkan siku di atas lutut anda sementara tapak tangan anda menupang dagu anda..Ini dinamakan berteleku di tepi katil. Lakukan ini selama 10 minit.





4. Tundukkan kepala sambil menadah muka dengan telapak tangan sambil siku di atas lutut anda.(penuhkan muka dengan telapak tangan)Lakukan ini selama 10 minit bertujuan untuk mengurangkan muka sembab dan menaikkan tulang pipi.

WHEN U R 17 -Usahawan Muda

Ketika menunggu keputusan SPM, sebagaimana remaja di kota metropolitan ini, Abdullah tersangat sibuk dan selalu pulang lewat malam, adakalanya menjengah 2 pagi.




Apalagi, lepaks-lepaks and merempitlah ibu.



Apabila semua nasihat, pujukan, ancaman secara praktikalnya tidak memberi kesan,  Ain menyekat elaun harian hanya diberi rm6 sehari, rm12 jika ada pasar malam dan jika mahukan duit lebih dia harus bekerja sambilan untuk menampung perbelanjaan peribadi.




Selalunya dia mengemas rumah dengan diberi upah rm60 jika membersihkan keseluruhan rumah.  





Dia juga  boleh meminta dari Ibu dan itu dikira hutang yang mana dia wajib membayar balik setiap ringgit yang dia pinjam dari ibunya.





Itu sahaja cara yang Ain nampak untuk mendisiplinkan budak yang terlebih manja ini.

Suatu malam dia dan 5 kawan-kawan telah ditahan dan di bawa ke balai Polis berdekatan kerana dianggap merayau selepas pukul 12.00malam.  Selama 2 jam di pejabat polis tersebut mereka telah diberikan tajkirah selama 2 jam oleh Bapak-Bapak Polisi, setelah itu dilepaskan selepas semua biodata diambil dengan amaran keras jika sekali lagi ditangkap kerana merayau selepas jam 12:00malam  mereka akan dihantar ke Balai Sentul dan ibubapa akan dipanggil.




Abdullah dan kawan-kawannya masih di bawah umur.




Selepas kejadian itu, baiklah sekejap dua atau tiga bulan, selepas itu May God Bless you  anak.





Abdullah meminta izin untuk bekerja di workshop membaiki motosikal.  Untuk memberi galakan kepadanya supaya bekerja dengan penuh minat dan bersemangat, Ain akan memberi tambahan sebanyak rm300 sebagai galakan jika dia bekerja penuh sebulan.




Suatu hari Abdullah announce:




"Ibu, adik nak jadi macam ibulah..............abang kedai cakap kalu adik nak belajar semua berkenaan enjin motosikal, dia ajarkan."



"Whoa, cannotla, adik  mesti pandai belajar sampai diploma........."



"Ibu, dia ada 4 buah kedaila, adik beradik dia semua ada tiga  atau empat workshop la ibu.  Suatu hari adik pergi ke kedai dia yang lagi satu untuk ambil spare part, Ibu tau dia dan adik beradik dia imported mesin dari German RM1.5 juta, khas buat spare part  engin motor, terkejut besar adik...................."




"Really?, kalau adik nak jadi macam itu, nanti kita cari institusi kemahiran ya"



Setelah mendapat keputusan SPM, sebagaimana yang semua orang tahu Abdullah hanya mendapat 2A dan yang lain semuanya lulus.



Apa yang A tu Abdullah.



"Sains dan Matematik......."





"Alhamdulillah"




"Ibu, kalu adik belajar betul-betul mesti adik dapat macam kakak ya"




Kakak dijanjikan sebuah kereta jika mendapat A yang cantik dan banyak.




"Ya sayang, yang lepas jangan disebut lagi, kita pandang ke hadapan ok"




Adullah tidak pernah membaca buku, kerja sekolah dia akan dibantu oleh ibu atau kakak disebabkan kesibukannya yang entah apa-apa itu.   Semua subjek yang melibatkan banyak membaca surely dia gagal, tak pernah buka buku pun, melainkan subjek Sains dan Matematik yang memerlukan fokus dan memahami fakta.




Selepas setahun dan mendapat sijil membaiki engin kereta, Abdullah meminta izin untuk bekerja sambil belajar di sebuah workshop membaiki engin Mercedes.  Ganjaranya Rm3000 sebulan setelah mahir.




RM3000 sebulan untuk budak berusia 19 tahun?   Banyak tu...............





Setelah dipujuk dan diyakinkan adalah lebih baik mengambil Diploma selama 2 tahun lagi, Abdullah akur.





Nanti kita mulakan bisnis sendiri dan setiap tahun akan buka satu cawangan.




Ini kisah anak remaja ku, bagaimana kisah anak remajamu, harap semuanya baik-baik sahaja.

10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Business

By David Weck



When I started BOSU Fitness I had no experience in business, I didn’t write a business plan, and more than a few people thought I was nuts. But I had a great product concept, unyielding passion and a clear sense of purpose that helped make up for my inexperience, and ultimately led to my success.

Below are 10 things I wish I knew when I started my business instead of having to learn along the way — by making and overcoming mistakes.

1. Don’t be afraid.

Fear can make you indecisive. It takes courage to open a business, and you will make mistakes, guaranteed. Sometimes I would labor over making a decision that could have been handled more efficiently, and I died a thousand deaths in the early years worrying about things as they unfolded. When you feel it, stop and examine where the fear coming from. If you can get to the root of what’s causing it, you can overcome it more easily. You can learn to channel fear and transform it into fuel and motivation.

2. Pace yourself.

Life and business are more like marathons than sprints. I didn’t know how to pace myself in the beginning, and I ran my business like I was running a sprint. I sacrificed my own health by working long stretches without breaks, and would choose to do things differently if I were to do it again. You do have to work hard and often long hours when you're starting a business. But you also have to take care of yourself and find a sustainable balance. The bottom line is that moving at 100 miles per hour all the time will burn you out and cause you to be less effective.

3. Plan the work, work the plan.

I was so excited to get things going in the beginning that I didn’t spend as much time outlining and filling in the details of my plan as I do now. Planning is critical if you want to be successful. Actually writing out your plan is a discipline that will help clarify and organize your thinking. Today I construct detailed plans, work according to those plans and make adjustments as necessary based upon the success of failure of those plans. You'll get further faster when you begin with a detailed plan.

4. Another problem is always around the corner.

Solving problems is what being in business is all about. Accept the fact that bad news will hit you when you least expect it. In the beginning I wasn’t as psychologically prepared for this fact as I am now. You have to learn to take problems in stride and keep a cool head when they arise to solve them efficiently.

5. Boil it down to dollars.

One of the advantages (and disadvantages) many fitness professionals have is that they truly love their work. The advantage of this is increased motivation, a positive attitude and a genuine sense of fulfillment. The disadvantage of loving your work so much is sometimes it creates a willingness to accept less compensation than you rightfully deserve. I had to learn how to put an appropriate value on my time and services. I see a lot of fitness professionals making this same mistake. Ultimately business has to be measured in dollars, or you probably won’t be in business too long.

6. Listen more.

One thing so many successful people have in common is an ability to listen to other people to gain as much information as possible. In my excitement to share my product with people, I often spoke more than I listened and now I make a conscious choice to listen more. You'll be able to formulate better ideas when you understand situations more fully and listening will do this for you.

7. Target a specific market.

The dilemma I had launching BOSU is that the product really is for everyone. Without even knowing it, I targeted a very specific customer — the US Ski Team — to make my first sale. After that I targeted all of the championship teams in the four major US television sports: football, baseball, basketball and hockey. These sales set the whole thing in motion and enabled me to target fitness professionals and eventually reach the larger consumer market. Be very specific about who you're trying to reach with your business so you can focus you efforts and be successful.

8. Sales are the lifeblood of your business.

My favorite things to do in my business are: inventing new products and programs, training athletes and promoting my products. I don’t enjoy “selling” and have had to learn to feel comfortable asking for money and closing a deal. Everything you want to do with your business requires sales to keep you in business. Ultimately nothing else moves forward without sales so make sales a priority.

9. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

Many fitness professionals, including myself, start out as independent operators who perform most of the tasks required for the business. I had a hard time delegating a lot of things to other people at first, which meant I couldn’t devote as much time to the things I'm best at. Fortunately I had a business partner who was better than I was at opening doors and getting me in front of new customers. I also hired a very good patent attorney whose expertise I could count on, because intellectual property is the crux of my business. I’ve heard so many successful people say they hire people who are better than themselves and delegate responsibilities to them so they can perform the leadership role of a CEO.

10. Speak your mind and don’t be shy.

Business is business, which means you don’t want to make decisions based upon friendships or family ties. I’ve seen more than a few young entrepreneurs make this mistake, and in some cases it led to the demise of the business. It can be hard delivering bad news to people — I know I hate to do it. But if you want to succeed you have to understand that business is business and it is best to separate other aspects of your life when it comes to who you hire and how you interact with colleagues and clients. Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want; you may ruffle feathers, but you can always work through those problems if you're coming from a good place.

Rich People Think Differently

The common rhetoric is “the rich get richer” and the one percent are simply a small and very “lucky” minority.

But for those few self-made millionaires, dedicated and determined to becoming wealthy, the secret to prosperity rests completely in one’s mindset.




These rare folks resolutely believe they can go from John or Jane Doe, blue collar shelp to Jay Z with a little bit of passion and a hefty attitude adjustment—taking them all the way to the bank.

1. The wealthy believe in themselves—plain and simple.  Modern day boot strap millionaires like Oprah, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg, all share one major similarity—they have an indefatigable belief they can sell their ideas and use their creativity to make money doing what they love. According to best-selling author Steve Siebold of How Rich People Think, who has spent more than 20 years interviewing self-made millionaires, the cause is belief and the affect is money.  “Rich people believe in possibility, whereas the average person believes in poverty.  That’s what holds poor people back,” Siebold says.
2. The flush take a “no guts, no glory” outlook on risk management. Rich people avoid mass conscienceless like the plague.  They zig when the masses zag. When stock markets indicate investing, they divest. When businesses are shutting down, the rich open a business. Affluent people will do the polar opposite of average earners.
3. Of the only three-million self-made millionaires in the US almost 90% eschew formal education, preferring to focus on learning enough to be experts only in their fields. “On average, they’re heavily educated in only one area. Instead of college, many focus on very specific forms of education, like internships. And their houses are filled with books. They’re single-minded in a desire to learn all they can about their given fields,” Siebold says.
4. The moneyed look for a problem and solve it. Siebold says, “that while the masses are waiting to pick the right numbers and praying for prosperity, the great ones are solving problems”.
5. Well-to-do spend little time thinking about investing or saving money, rather than earning it.  They leave the investment concerns to their financial planners and money advisers. “The rich know that the primary emotions that drive financial markets are fear and greed, and they factor this into all trades and trends they observe,” Siebold writes. “This knowledge of human nature and its overlapping impact on trading, gives them strategic advantage in building greater wealth through leverage.”
6. “Rich people all have a really positive relationship with money. They think about money in terms of freedom, as opposed to the negative relationship a lot of people have with money,” Siebold told Money US News.com. In other words only the poor fear being rich.

Other points Siebold makes in this article:

You can have it all.




“The masses have been brainwashed to believe it’s an either/or equation,” Siebold writes. “The rich know you can have anything you want if you approach the challenge with a mindset rooted in love and abundance.”

Rich people set virtually unreachable goals for themselves.  




“Before they make their first $1 million, they may not believe they can make it. But once they overcome that hurdle, it seems to get easier. They get that one big success, which everyone told them they couldn’t do, and then they replicate it. They take these nonlinear leaps of success, where they go from $1 million to $10 million to $30 million, and the catalyst is their belief that it’s possible. I don’t think it’s their competence, because a lot of people are competent, but they’re confident in themselves. At some point, they stopped listening to anyone but themselves. They learned to trust themselves so much because of their success.”