FIKIR KRITIS #10

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10 Cara Membahagiakan Ibu Bapa Buat renungan

Setiap anak wajib berbakti dan mentaati ibu bapa bertujuan membahagiakan kehidupan mereka melalui hari tua. Ajaran Islam meletakkan ibu bapa pada kedudukan yang mulia.

Banyak bakti yang boleh dilakukan kepada ibu bapa. Bakti itu dalam bentuk metarial dan hubungan kasih sayang. Ini bersesuaian dengan fizikal ibu bapa yang semakin uzur dan memerlukan lebih perhatian.

Terdapat sekurang-kurangnya 10 bakti perlu dilakukan setiap anak terhadap ibu bapa.

1. Memberi nafkah. Terdapat ibu bapa yang berdepan dengan masalah kewangan. Mereka tidak dapat lagi melakukan tugas seharian disebabkan faktor usia. Kalaupun berkerja, tetapi tidak mencukupi untuk menampung perbelanjaan keluarga yang semakin meningkat. Justeru menjadi tanggungjawab anak memberi nafkah atau bantuan kewangan kepada ibu bapa. Sumbangan itu tidak seberapa berbanding yang dibelanjakan ibu bapa untuk membesar dan mendidik anak.

2. Menyediakan tempat tinggal. Dalam kes ibu bapa yang hilang tempat tinggal, atau tidak sesuai untuk didiami, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab anak menyediakan tempat tinggal yang lebih sesuai kepada ibu bapa. Paling baik jika ibu bapa dibawa tinggal bersama agar dapat menjamin keselamatan dan keperluan harian mereka diuruskan dengan baik.

3. Memberi kasih sayang. Kasih sayang adalah sebagai membalas kasih sayang yang selama ini telah dicurahkan ibu bapa. Kasih sayang ibu dan bapa tidak pernah padam terhadap anaknya. Jadi seharusnya kasih sayang itu dibalas dengan sebaik-baiknya.

Anak yang baik tidak melupai jasa dan kasih sayang kedua ibu bapa. Anak soleh sentiasa memohon kepada Allah agar ibu bapa mereka diberkati dan dicucuri rahmat.

Firman Allah bermaksud: ?Wahai Tuhanku! Cucurilah rahmat kepada mereka berdua sebagaimana mereka mencurahkan kasih sayang memelihara dan mendidikku ketika kecil.? (Surah al-Isra, ayat 24).

4. Memberi perhatian. Ibu bapa yang diabaikan akan merasai kesunyian. Mereka terasa disisih dan dan seperti tidak diperdulikan. Hal ini memberi tekanan perasaan dan menyebabkan kemurungan. Keadaan ini jika berterusan memberi kesan kepada kesihatan fizikal dan mental ibu bapa.

Penerapan amalan memberi perhatian terhadap ibu bapa perlu disemai, dibajai serta disuburkan dalam kehidupan masyarakat kita. Kes anak yang membuang ibu bapa semakin meningkat. Anak memandang jijik terhadap ibu bapa sendiri.

Banyak ibu bapa yang disisihkan dan dihantar ke rumah rumah penjagaan orang-orang tua. Sukar diterima akal anak mendakwa tidak mampu menjaga ibu bapa. Sedangkan, ibu bapa mampu menjaga dan membesarkan beberapa orang anak.

5. Memenuhi permintaan. Ibu bapa seringkali memerlukan bantuan anak untuk melaksanakan sesuatu keperluan. Permintaan itu mungkin dalam bentuk kewangan, tenaga dan masa.

Memenuhi permintaan ibu bapa perlu diutamakan berbanding melakukan tugas lain. Sesungguhnya, memenuhi permintaan ibu bapa lebih baik berbanding melakukan ibadat sembahyang sunat, berpuasa sunat, dan seumpamanya.

Malah keutamaan berbakti kepada ibu bapa lebih utama berjihad di medan perang. Diriwaytkan daripada Bukhri dan Muslim, Ibnu Umar berkata: ?Saya telah bertanya kepada Nabi Muhammad: Apakah perbuatan disukai oleh Allah??

Lalu baginda bersabda: Sembahyang pada waktunya. Kemudian apa?? tanya saya lagi. Baginda menjawab: Berbakti kepada kedua ibu bapa. Saya bertanya: Apa lagi. Jawab baginda: Berjihad pada jalan Allah.

6. Melakukan apa yang disukai. Ibu bapa sudah tentu mengharapkan anaknya melakukan sesuatu yang baik pada pandangan mereka. Melakukan perkara yang tidak sukai ibu bapa bermakna melakukan perbuatan derhaka.

Anak derhaka kepada ibu bapa tidak mendapat keberkatan dalam kehidupannya. Sesiapa derhaka kepada ibu bapa disegerakan balasan di dunia dan tidak terlepas di akhirat.

Sabda Rasulullah bermaksud: Dua kejahatan yang disegerakan balasan di dunia ialah zina dan menderhaka kepada dua ibu bapa.(Hadis riwayat Tirmizi).

Dalam hadis lain diriwayatkan al-Hakam bermaksud: Semua dosa akan ditangguhkan Allah, yakni balasan menurut kehendak-Nya hingga ke hari kiamat, kecuali balasan menderhaka kepada kedua ibu bapa. Maka sesungguhnya Allah menyegerakan balasan kepada pelakunya pada masa hidupnya sebelum mati.

7. Bercakap dengan lemah lembut. Satu cara menjaga perasaan ibu bapa ialah bercakap lemah lembut dengan mereka. Suara hendaklah direndahkan dan jangan membantah permintaan mereka.

Firman Allah bermaksud: Tuhanmu telah memerintahkan, supaya kamu tidak menyembah selain Allah, dan hendaklah berbuat santun terhadap kedua orang tua. Jika salah seorang telah lanjut usianya, atau kedua-duanya telah tua, janganlah sekali-kali engkau berani berkata cis! terhadap mereka dan janganlah engkau suka menggertak mereka. Tetapi berkatalah dengan sopan santun dan lemah lembut. (Surah al-Israk, ayat 23).

Sesungguhnya, anak ditegah membantah kata-kata ibu bapa dengan suara tinggi atau bermaksud merendahkan kedudukan ibu bapa. Lebih baik berdiam diri daripada berkata- kata yang mungkin menyinggung perasaan ibu bapa. Kemudian jika ada kesempatan, gunakan cara yang lembut untuk menjelaskan keadaan sebenar.

8. Menghadiahkan kejayaan. Ibu bapa sentiasa mengharapkan kejayaan anak mereka. Anak hendaklah berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk mencapai kejayaan agar dapat dikongsi kegembiraannya bersama-sama dengan ibu bapa.

Jadi, jika memperoleh kejayaan dalam pelajaran, mendapat pekerjaan, dinaikkan pangkat dan seumpamanya, seharusnya dimaklumkan kepada ibu bapa. Ibu bapa dibawa bersama-sama dalam majlis untuk meraikan kejayaan itu.

9. Meluangkan masa bersama-sama. Anak yang tinggal berasingan dengan ibu bapa perlu kerap meluangkan masa mengunjungi ibu bapa. Ibu bapa berasa senang menerima kunjungan dan menatap wajah anaknya.

10. Mendoakan kebaikan untuk ibu bapa. Anak perlu sentiasa mendoakan kebaikan untuk ibu bapanya. Amalan mendoakan kebaikan untuk ibu bapa perlu diteruskan biarpun ibu bapa telah meninggal dunia.

Sabda Rasulullah bermaksud: Apabila meninggal seseorang itu, maka terputuslah segala amalannya, melainkan tiga perkara iaitu sedekah jariah yang berterusan memberi manfaat, ilmu yang memberi kebaikan diajarkan kepada orang lain dan anak yang soleh yang sentiasa mendoakan kebaikan kepada kedua ibu bapanya. (Hadis riwayat Muslim).

Kebaikan dilakukan anak terhadap ibu bapa sebenarnya amat kecil Anak tidak mampu untuk membalas jasa ibu bapa sepenuhnya biarpun dia berbakti sepanjang hayatnya. Gunakan kesempatan yang ada untuk melakukan bakti terhadap ibu bapa sebaik mungkin. Masa untuk anak berbakti kepada ibu bapa sebenarnya semakin suntuk. Lambat laun ibu bapa akan meninggal dunia. Bertindaklah sebelum terlambat, selagi ibu bapa atau salah seorangnya masih hidup.

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FIKIR KRITIS #9

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CHANGE THE BABY

After a young couple brought their new baby home, the wife suggested that her husband should try his hand at changing diapers. "I'm busy," he said. "I'll do the next one." The next time came around and she asked again. The husband narrowed his eyes as he looked at his wife. "I didn't mean the next diaper. I meant the next baby.

WHY YELLING AT A MAN DOESN'T WORK

What a woman says: This place is a mess! C'mon! You and I need to clean up! Your stuff is lying on the floor and you'll have no clothes to wear if we don't do laundry right now!

What a man hears:
blah,blah,blah,blah, C'MON
blah,blah,blah,blah, YOU AND I
blah, blah,blah,blah, ON THE FLOOR
blah,blah,blah,blah, NO CLOTHES
blah,blah,blah,blah, RIGHT NOW

DECISION MAKING - Which one will you choose?

The story given below is quite interesting and really. A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.

The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make.

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess.

Exactly, I thought the same way initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally.

But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who choose to play where the danger was.

This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community,in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are.

The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track!

Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."

A CUP OF TEA (water)

A group of working adults got together to visit their University lecturer.

The Lecturer was happy to see them. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

The Lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups - some porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite.

The Lecturer offered his former students the cups toget drinks for themselves. When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the Lecturer spoke: "If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups."

"Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change." "If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it."

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CHANGE YOUR LIFE : THE 90/10 FORMULA

What is the 90/10 Principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you.90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us.We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic.We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let's use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens during the rest of the day will be determined by how you react over the next 30 seconds. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast to catch the school bus. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to her school.Because you are late, you drive 70 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After getting a traffic summons and another 15-minute delay, you finally arrive at her school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terribly. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse.You look forward to coming home but when you arrive home, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is D.

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 30 seconds is what caused your bad day.

Here is what could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time." Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different. Why? Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction. Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc. How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off! Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive? Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it. You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials,problems and heartache. There never seem to be a success in life. Bad days follow bad days. Terrible things seem to be constantly happening. There is constant stress, lack of joy, and broken relationships. Worry consumes time. Anger breaks friendships and life seems dreary and is not enjoyed to the fullest. Friends are lost. Life is a bore and often seems cruel. Does this describe you? If so, do not be discouraged. You can be different! Understand and apply the 90/10 principle. It could change your own life.

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Why do ours never resign?

WIDE ANGLE
By HUZIR SULAIMAN

By global standards of ministerial responsibility, Malaysia’s performance leaves much to be desired.

THE Westminster Parliamentary system, for better or for worse, is our former colonial masters’ gift to us, and to many Commonwealth countries. According to its conventions, Cabinet ministers are bound by both collective and individual responsibility.

Collective ministerial responsibility means that the Cabinet must speak with one voice. Whatever disagreements may take place behind closed doors, there must be a united front on policy matters in public.

A rare example of a Malaysian breach of the convention of collective responsibility occurred in 2005 when Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Dr Sothinathan questioned the Government’s decision not to recognise Ukrainian medical degrees, and as a consequence was suspended for three months.

The Westminster principle of individual ministerial responsibility, however, is probably of greater concern to Malaysians. It is explained by Rodney Brazier in his 1997 book, Ministers of the Crown:
“Broadly, each Minister is responsible for
(1) his private conduct,
(2) the general conduct of his department, and
(3) acts done (or left undone) by officials in his department.”

Let’s look at the first responsibility: private conduct. When confronted with evidence of personal impropriety, Malaysian ministers – with the recent exception of Chua Soi Lek – usually do not resign. In other democracies, resignation, though reluctant, is still the norm.

Looking at House of Commons research papers, for example, we find that of the 125 British ministerial resignations in the 20th century, no fewer than a dozen were for reasons of “private scandal” and two were for “private financial arrangements”.

In many democracies, even unproven allegations are sufficient to provoke resignation. In November 1997 the Portuguese Minister for Defence, Antonio Vitorino, resigned following accusations that he had not paid the full property tax on his country house.

“If there are doubts or suspicions over my behaviour, the situation must be fully clarified and therefore I must take responsibility as a citizen,” Vitorino said. “In view of the way I have always conducted myself in political life, I think it is impossible to hold public office at my level under any type of suspicion.”

Among legislators more sensitive to questions of honour and shame, the desire to minimise the stain on one’s reputation can lead to tragedy. Last year, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, the Japanese Agriculture Minister, went a step further then mere resignation when, embroiled in allegations that he filed false expense claims, he hanged himself in his Tokyo flat.

Perhaps the most stringent standard for private conduct was set by Mick Young, the Australian Immigration Minister who resigned in the 1980s. His crime? He failed to declare a stuffed toy in his suitcase to customs officers when he returned to the country.

The “Paddington Bear Affair” led to his resignation but established in the minds of many the international standard of conduct for ministers – a standard of probity to which I think even Barisan Nasional supporters would agree our Cabinet does not hold itself.

So much for private conduct. What of a minister’s responsibility for “the general conduct of his department, and for acts done (or left undone) by his department”?

As Noore Alam Siddiquee of South Australia’s Flinders University wrote in 2006 in the International Public Management Review, “the principle of ministerial responsibility as seen in mature democracies is either weak or missing in Malaysia. The principle means that the minister accepts responsibility for any lapses or irregularities within his ministry and resigns from the office.

“Despite reports of numerous irregularities in various agencies at different levels, misappropriation of funds by individuals and groups and increasing volume of complaints received from the public on the quality of services and responsiveness, rarely has a minister chosen to accept responsibility for such irregularities.”

Siddiquee points out that despite the 2004 public outcry over shoddy construction projects, the then Works Minister “not only rebuffed calls for him to step down, he practically took no responsibility for the defective projects and other anomalies, and has had no problem retaining his ministerial office.”

But Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu was able to rebuff those calls for resignation – which came not just from civil society groups and Opposition lawmakers, but also from BN backbenchers – in large part due to the unwillingness of his Cabinet colleagues to apply the doctrine of individual ministerial responsibility to him, perhaps lest they themselves be judged by the same standards.

In Cabinet Governing in Malaysia (2006), Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim reveals how they protected Samy Vellu: “Finally, after what was a prolonged episode that almost cost him his job, the Cabinet found that he took it upon himself more than he should have shouldered. ?. The Cabinet session of 20th October 2004, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, discussed at length the background of this public outcry. Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s extensive reports to the session were noted by the Cabinet with the view that the Minister ought not to take it upon himself all the blame hurled by the public as there were various parties that were responsible like consultants, contractors, engineers, architects, etc.”

Following this logic, it would appear that a Minister only need resign if he were a one-man ministry, doing everything himself. In reality other parties, whether external or in the civil service, are always there to take the blame.

In Cabinet Governing Dr Rais repeatedly talks about the difficulties that ministers have with the civil service, shifting the responsibility onto them:

“It takes years to rid a public servant who misbehaves or who does not perform and by the sheer procedural rigmarole it involves, bosses are quite reluctant to effect the actual brunt of the General Orders.

It is instructive to know, lacking in acumen and productivity are not listed as grounds for dismissal. Neither is the inability to achieve results put in as a factor to dismiss or suspend.”
While this might perhaps be true, it is distinctly at odds with the principle of ministerial responsibility in the Westminster system, and it leads to a complete abdication of a minister’s duty of ultimate supervision.

Contrast this Malaysian blame-shifting with the 1954 resignation statement of Sir Thomas Dugdale, the British Minister for Agriculture:

“I, as Minister, must accept full responsibility to Parliament for any mistakes and inefficiency of officials in my Department, just as, when my officials bring off any successes on my behalf, I take full credit for them.

“Any departure from this long-established rule is bound to bring the Civil Service right into the political arena, and that we should all, on both sides of the House, deprecate most vigorously.”
Similarly, when in 1982 the junior British Foreign Office Minister, Richard Luce, resigned along with his two ministerial colleagues, accepting responsibility for the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, he said, “It is an insult to Ministers of all Governments, of whatever colour or complexion, to suggest that officials carry responsibility for policy decisions. Ministers do so, and that strikes at the very heart of our parliamentary system.”

In November 2002 South Korea’s Justice Minister and the prosecutor general both resigned to take responsibility for the death in policy custody of a murder suspect.
In the same year, Britain’s Education Secretary resigned because the nation failed to meet targets for child literacy and numeracy.

Last month, the South Korean Prime Minister and his entire Cabinet offered to resign in response to public unhappiness about the beef import deal South Korea has made with the United States.

Would our ministers do any of that?

Huzir Sulaiman writes for theatre, film, television, and newspapers.

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1. Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.
2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.
3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!
4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried- but they wanted cash.
5. A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.
6. Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
7. Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without... but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.
8. You can't buy love. . But you pay heavily for it.
10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me.
11. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
12. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
13. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.
14. Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
15. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.
16. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
17. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.
18. Saving is the best thing. Especially when y parents have done it for you.
19. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
20. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

THE SEVEN DANGEROUS ACTS

DON'T ACT THE 7 ACTIONS BELOW AFTER YOU HAVE A MEAL

1. Don't smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).

2. Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

3. Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

4. Don't loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.

5. Don't bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

6. Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

7. Don't sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

Psychopath Test

Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in
love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

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She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer.

Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.
If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know ...

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Decision making in the book Management Information Systems 6th edition by Kenneth C Laudon and Jane P Laudon, Prentice Hall 2000 pp109-120.

1. Levels of decision making
- Strategic Level
- Management Level
- Knowledge Level
- Operational Level

2. Types of decisions
- structured
- unstructured
- semistructured

3. Stages in decisions making – accoding to Herbert Simon
- Intelligence – when the individual collects information to identify problems
- Design – when the individual conceives of possible alternative solutions to a problem
- Choice – when the individual selects among the various solution alternatives
- Implementation – when the individual put the decision into effect and reports on the progress of the solution.

4. Individual models of decision making
- Rational Model – model of human behavior based on belief that people, organizations and nations engage in basically consistent, value maximizing calculations or adaptations within certain constraints.
- Bounded rationality – idea that people with avoid new, uncertain alternatives and stick with tried-and-true rules and procedures.
- Satisficing – choosing the first available alternative to move closer toward the ultimate goal instead of searching for all alternatives and cosequences.
- “muddling through” – method of decision making involving succesive limited comparisons where the test of a good decision is whether people agree on it.

5. Organizational models of decision making
- Bureaucratic model – model of decision making where decisions are shaped by the organizaton’s standard operating procedures (SOP).
- Political Model – model of decision making where decision result from competition and bargaining among the organization’s interset group and key leaders.
- Garbage can model – model of decision making that states that organizations are not rational and that decisions are solutions that become attached to problems for accidental reasons.


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FIKIR KRITIS #2

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A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

FIKIR KRITIS
1. Don't change horses ................................. until they stop running.
2. Strike while the ........................................ bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before ...................... Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of ....... termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but ......... How?
6. Don't bite the hand that .......................... looks dirty.
7. No news is ................................................. impossible
8. A miss is as good as a .............................. Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ............. Math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ........... stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust .......................................... Me.
12. The pen is mightier than the ................ pigs.
13. An idle mind is ........................................ the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's ................ pollution.
15. Happy the bride who ............................. gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is .................................... not much.
17. Two's company, three's ......................... the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what ........... you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ........... You have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as ................... Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not .......... spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed .................. get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you ........................... See in the picture on the box
24. When the blind lead the blind .............. get out of the way.
25. A bird in the hand .................................. is going to poop on you.

And the WINNER and last one!

26. Better late than ...................................... Pregnant

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