Sunday, November 25, 2012

News that'll make your dentist mad

LONDON: VISITS to the dentist are never pleasant. Not only do we have our pearly whites scraped, prodded and drilled, we then have to endure a telling-off for not having flossed.

Dentists insist it will keep our teeth sparkling and free from decay, as well as keeping our gums healthy. Regular flossing has even been said to protect us from heart disease. Yet, for most of us who try wrestling with the tape, it only results in a cricked neck and bleeding gums.

And now, according to a provocative new book, Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye, it seems that dedicated followers of flossing could actually be wasting their time.

The book is causing waves because it's written by United States-based Dr Ellie Phillips, who was among the first women dentists to train at Guy's Hospital here.

She says that flossing -- and that goes for whichever gizmo, gadget or bit of tape you choose to use - will do nothing to reduce your risk of tooth decay.

The science, she says, is on her side. Only one study has shown a benefit, and that involved a group of schoolchildren who did not floss themselves, but instead had their teeth flossed by a hygienist five days a week for two years.

And a study published in the British Dental Journal in 2006 found no difference in the number of cavities suffered by adults who flossed and those who did not.

So is Dr Phillips right? Surprisingly, it seems she may be - but only up to a point.

"In all fairness, there is no evidence that flossing is effective in preventing tooth decay in the long run," says Dr Graham Barnby, a dentist  who is also a member of the Simply Health Advisory Research Panel, which analyses the latest research and medical thinking.

"So in a sense, she does have a point. Yet although the benefits of flossing may be limited with tooth decay, flossing does have a role in the prevention of gum disease."

Tooth decay occurs when acid in the mouth eats away at the teeth. This acid is found in foods, but is mainly produced when bacteria in the mouth "digest" sugar - hence the reason sweets rot our teeth.

Gum disease, on the other hand, is caused by plaque - a film of bacteria on the teeth which, if not removed with brushing, irritates the gums, causing them to bleed and recede.

If left, the plaque hardens into tartar, which irritates the underlying bone of the gums and, in severe cases, can lead to wobbly teeth.

Dr Phillips argues that rather than flossing or using brushes, all you need to do is use three different mouthwashes -- one before brushing, and two after.

People often clean their teeth immediately after eating, yet this can lead to the teeth wearing away  because food softens teeth. - DM

Credit to DM and NST

Communication Style



TAKE some time to recognize how you communicate with those around you. Analyze and note down your speaking styles including tone, volume, and diction.

Identify problems, conflicts, or contradictions in how you communicate with others. These trouble areas will become the focus of your personal development and improvement.

When speaking, remember to move at a steady and appropriate pace, using pauses when needed, and enunciating words to avoid slurring. Focus on using appropriate volume and tone.

Identify opportunities to practice and look for avenues for feedback throughout the process. Self-monitoring and review is also helpful to grade your progress.

If you feel you need a helping hand, there are communication programmers and courses available.
A number of academic institutions or professional counselors and tutors offer courses and seminars that provide communication skills training.

Credit to 1Klassifieds Team, NST

Develop Your SOFT SKILLS


TO BE successful in a particular job or businesses, you have to focus on developing your soft skills.

Acquiring good soft skills is the key ingredient for anyone wanting to achieve great success in business and in life. Below are some tips on how to improve your soft skills.

STEPS
1 Develop good communication skills.
Learning to communicate effectively is a lifelong process. By communicating well, you are ensuring the other person understands you and you understand them. It is a skill that plays an important aspect in our life, to establish a good relationship with others.
Picture 1: HH Practice communicate with Generation Library Information Society (GenLIS) in Special Project Meeting

2 Make eye contact.
Whether you are speaking or listening, looking into the eyes of the person you are speaking to, makes the interaction more successful. Eye contact conveys interest and encourages your partner to be interested in you in return. Body language can say so much more than a mouthful of words. An open stance with arms relaxed at your sides tells everyone around that you are approachable and open to hearing what they have to say. Arms crossed and shoulders hunched, on the other hand, suggests disinterest in conversation or unwillingness to communicate.
Picture 2: HH being Master Ceremony at National Library for Yuna (artist) and Faculty Information Management Lecturer (Pn. A'dilla Mustaffa) slot

3 Speak with clarity and purpose.
The purpose of your communication should be clear from the beginning. An appropriate tone and volume can inform listeners you mean what you say, you have thought about what you are saying, and what you are saying is worth hearing.
4 Develop your writing skills.
Proofread your emails, letters, and notes. Learn correct spelling and word usage.
Vary your sentence structures. Be concise instead of elaborate.
5 Listen intently.
Not only should one be able to speak effectively, one must listen to the other person’s words and engage in communication on what the other person is speaking about. Listening requires focus and self-discipline.
We listen for many different reasons: to understand instructions, to empathize with another individual, or to judge whether a plan is good or not.
6 Ask questions.
Good questioning can ensure your understanding in a conversation. Make your questions open-ended, or come out with questions that require more than a one-word response. Take notes when appropriate. This shows that the subject matter is important to you. Practice taking notes in team meetings or staff training sessions. Do not interrupt other people. Respect them by letting them finish saying what they are saying. Pay attention to the other person’s body language. Observe their posture, tone of voice, eye contact (or lack thereof), gestures, and facial expressions.
7 Build relationships.
Interpersonal skills are important in the workplace, especially since so many organizations are designed around teams and departments. Seek to build friendship with peers, supervisors, clients, and business partners. Network with people inside and outside your organization. Ask people about their jobs. Share a bit about what you do. Note connections and ways you can potentially help each other. Exchange contact information and be sure to follow up with them.
Picture 3: HH build relationship with secondary school students from Dato' Hishamuddin's Special Programs

8 Take initiative.
Demonstrate responsibility and enthusiasm at your job by striving to go the extra mile. Do tasks without being asked by someone else. Look around, see what needs to be done, and do it. If a co-worker has a large project and you have some time on your hands, volunteer to help. Seek more challenging work. Strive to develop your technical skills and learn more about your organization.

Credit to 1Klassifieds team

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Bercuti di Besut, Terengganu

Hye, bercuti merupakan salah satu aktiviti yang mampu mengurangkan tekanan (stress). Ini salah satu cara yang sangat effective untuk masa sekarang ni.

Percutian HH bersama rakan-rakan sungguh menarik apabila sahabat kami, D'Gojess Waras ada majlis perkahwinan kakak beliau, kami menaiki kereta dari Shah Alam terus ke Besut. Pelbagai kenangan indah yang dapat kami kongsi bersama. Banyak juga tempat menari yang dapat kami kongsikan.

Makanan

Sepanjang berada di sana, pelbagai jenis makanan yang jarang sekali kita dengar dan dapat makan kat KL ni. Contohnyer nasi air, che mek molek, cote, colek, banyak la nama pelik-pelik. hahahah tapi banyak makanan yang membuatkan HH rasa terengganu ni syurga makanan. Sebab pagi-pagi sahaja sarapan bukan main berat- Nasi dagang, nasi kerabu.. wow.. Makanan orang melayu sungguh menarik dan nikmat. Tapi kalo tersilap langkah... hahahahah kencing manis la jawabnyer :)

Shopping

Banyak tempat yang HH di bawa oleh kawan-kawan di area Kelantan dan Terengganu. Jeti besut, Pasih Mas, Wakaf Che Yeh, Kuala Terengganu.. banyak la sebenarnya. Kenangan dengan kawan-kawan sungguh indah. HH tak suka bercerita sangat, HH suka berkongsi gambar dari berceloteh :)

Perkahwinan

Alang-alang dah di jemput datang kenduri perkahwinan kakaknyer Si D'Gojess Waras, apa lagi.. HH pun nak belajar la juga adat-adat Kelantan dan Terengganu ni. Rupanya di tempat mereka tak sama gan KL dan selangor. Lelaki dan perempuan mesti duduk di khemah yang berasingan. Lelaki buat kerja dapur dan mengemas, perempuan lebih keje menghias... di dapur plak, Datin Azizah, ibunya D'Gojess Waras yang meneraju masakan utama majlis. :) sangat sedap masak ayam cili, timun, arca dan sebagainya. Credit to Datin Azizah :)

Menarik tentang perjalanan kami ni adalah, dari Shah Alam, singgah ke Melaka dan menginap di rumah sewa Scha Qir dan menanti ketibaan Kay. Kami empat orang sahaja yang merancang dan bergerak ke Besut. dalam perjalanan kami, kami sempat singgah ke UiTM Segamat, bertemu rakan-rakan junior dan menerusi Pahang, Kelantan dan terus tiba ke Besut.

HH dan AQimie Ceplos, Junior di UiTM Segamat

HH dan Mohammad Aizat, Junior paling nakal di UiTM Segamat!!

Rakan-rakan junior yang menyambut kehadiran kami di UiTM Segamat

Rakan-rakan junior ajak makan di luar, thank semua

singgah ke kedai makan di Pahang

Kay, D'Gojess Waras, Scha QIr and HH

D'Gojess menikmati nasi air

Scha Qir menambah asam limau bagi penambah perisa


Ni la rupa sebenar nasi air

Berjalan di Kota Bharu Mall

Gambar di kaunter pertayaan pun kene snap :)

Makan malam di KB

Sedap sehingga menjilat jari

Satay hidangan utama

Menginap di hotel Wakaf Che Yeh, shopping pun dekat

Sempat bergambar sebagai kenang-kenangan

Singgah ke Tesco Kelantan

Makan nasi ayam popular di Pasir Mas

Nampak sedap kan ayam ni

Nasi pun banyak


Bergambar di pantai Besut

Pemandangan yang indah

Ais krim di gerai kampung

Bertemu sahabat di Kota Bharu, Didi

Didi, make up pengantin

Pengantin Lelaki, merangkap abang ipar D'Gojess Waras

Pengantin dan kawan rapat D'Gojess Waras- Aboy Aziz

Perjalanan dari rombongan pihak pengantin lelaki

Ketibaan pengantin perempuan, merangkap kakak kandung D'Gojess Waras

HH Photoshoot

Hye, dekat sini HH nak kongsikan gambar-gambar HH masa menjalani sesi bergambar di halaman rumah sebelum halaman rumah tue menjadi taman perumahan.. huhuhuh

Kalo tak lawa tue.. huhuhu no komen... Love you all-HH











RFID Tagging Project di RTM

Pada Febuari yang lalu, saya telah mengetuai sekumpulan pelajar seramai 25 orang pelajar dari Fakulti Pengurusan Maklumat, UiTM Puncak Perdana telah menjayakan RFID tagging project yang telah di uruskan oleh WaveTech (M) Sdn. Bhd di bawah pengelolaan Perpustakaan Radio Televison Malaysia.

Dalam project ini, saya selaku pengurus telah merancang, mengurus dan melaksanakan pelbagai plan dan tindakan bagi mencapai target yang telah di rancang di mana dalam masa 16 hari, kami perlu menghabiskan segala tagging RFID sebanyak 100 ribu "tape" (Audio Visual Collection). Namun kejayaan yang membanggakan dari rakan produksi kami, telah menjayakannya awal 2 hari :) Tahniah di ucapkan.

Sepanjang perjalanan menjayakan project ini, telah banyak ujian dan rintangan yang terpaksa Mizi dan rakan-rakan harungi, pertamanya koleksi dari RTM tersebut, di mana koleksinya berhabuk dan berbau kimia, agak bermasalah bagi kami mengatasi masalah ini kerana pihak Library RTM sendiri kurang mengambil inisiatif ini untuk mengatasi msalah habuk dan kimia ini. Yang keduanya kerjasama dari pengurusan Perpustakaan RTM. Susah untuk bekerjasama dengan mereka yang benar-benar mahir tentang perpustakaan, sokongan padu sungguh sifar. Kami terpaksa merekodkan segala tindakan kami sebagai bukti kami telah melaksanakan segalanya, jika tidak kami di persalahkan atas ketidak bertanggungjawab kami. Contohnya rekod keluar masuk pita dan kotak, penggunaan pita selari dengan kerja kami untuk di tagging kan, namun apabila pihak Perpustakaan mengambilnya tanpa merekodkan, menjadi masalah pada kami apabila sesi pemulangan, pekerja perpustakaan ini mencampurkan segala tape yang telah di tagging dengan yang belum. Alhamdulillah usaha bagi mengatasi masalah ini berjaya apabila saya dan rakan-rakan mengunakaan kaedah yang lebih sistematik dalam bentuk rekod. Alhamdulillah.

Yang ketiganya masalah psycho dari kalangan pekerja RTM itu sendiri, ada yang tidak kene mengena dengan project ini, tetiba datang nak ganggu kerja kami dan memarahi rakan-rakan saya. Contoh paling mudah adalah, apabila production sedang di jalankan, bagi mengejar target, rakan-rakan pasti berada dalam keaadaaan stress, apabila salah seorang staff RTM sendiri buka TV tiap-tiap pagi bagi menyaksikan rancangan hiburan mereka, kami tidak sesekali melarang dan mengganggu rutin mereka, namun menjadi isu apabila rancangan yang di pasang lalu kami saksikan bersama, secara tiba-tiba staff perpustakaan lain datang mengatakan tempat kerja itu tidak di benarkan memasang TV, malah di katakan kami tidak di benarkan sesekali buat bising dan pegang harta RTM. Kami terkesima seketika, tatkala kalian bekerja dengan penuh hiburan dan kenikmatan, kami di seksa bagaikan berada di neraka di tambah dengan tuduhan yang membabi buta, patutkah? Tindakan ini dapat di atasi apabila pintu utama kami kunci dan kami hanya menggunakan pintu alternatif dan notis di tampal bagi semua staff tidak mengganggu segala urusan dalam masa tertentu. Alhamdulillah. Harap hal sedemikian tidak akan berlaku di pengurusan perpustakaan RTM tersebut.

Post saya ini bukan untuk memburukkan mana-mana agensi kerajaan atau perpustakaan, lebih-lebih lagi Perpustakaan RTM itu sendiri, saya berharap dengan post yang saya lakukan ini menjadi iktibar dan pengajaran untuk semua. Malah di ambil sebagai tindakan yang positif bukan hanya memandang pada sudut yang negatif. Saya berani kerana benar, dan bukan saya sahaja yang mengalaminya, ramai yang berada di luar sana mengalami masalah yang sama. Walaupun perpustakaan ini hanya di gunakan dari segi internal, namun user internal juga perlu di hormati dan di hargai.

Sebelum mengambil tindakan yang bukan-bukan, saya tanya kembali persoalan yang berbalik kepada sesiapa yang terasa.. Tolonglah.. ukur baju di badan sendiri, sebelum menjahit baju untuk diri dan orang lain... apa-apa pun saya memohon ribuan ampun dan maaf kepada seluruh producsi, WaveTech (M) Sdn. Bhd, Perpustakaan RTM dan seluruhnya jika ada kata-kata saya ini menyinggung mana-mana perasaan. Love you all-HH

HH dan all produksi di Special Project RFID Tagging at Perpustakaan RTM

HH dan Alya (My classmate)

One of work station in RTM Library

Get opportunity be in camera lens by crew RTM

Belajar merakam, Julia, Ilya Nur Fatin and HH

HH apabila ceria :)

Work station at Broadcast RTM Library and Archive

Produksi di taman International Broadcast Centre

Me with my produksi :). Alin, HH and Izzati Roshika

Sempat merakamkan kenangan bersama Props Olympian 2012

Berada di International Broadcast Centre (IBC)  di saksikan oleh Ain Shuhada

Sebahagian dari koleksi RTM di IBC