Hopefully You’ve Been Waiting For Me To Post About My Progress On The Environmental Conservation Course

Suka pada seorang ibu yang menumbuhkan anaknya dengan ilmu. Manjawab berbagai hal yang selama ini dianggap lumrah dengan ilmu. Karena payahnya seorang ibu dalam belajar untuk membesarkan anaknya adalah manifestasi dan investasi tersempurna bagaimana anaknya akan bersinar nantinya.

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Ramadhan 1434 H. Alhamdulillahi Robbi atas segala karunia dan rahmat umur panjang dariMu. Bulan berbuka dan bulan urusanMu ini masih bisa ku nikmati. Allahu Robbi :')

Di malam yang indah ini marilah kita berdoa, Agar Tuhan menjadikan kita sahabat yang ramah kepada diri sendiri, yang berdamai dengan penyesalan masa lalu kita, dan yang bersemangat dalam impian dan rencana kita, Agar Tuhan membebaskan kita dari kekhawatiran dan rasa takut gagal, Agar Tuhan memelihara kebeningan hati, kejernihan pikiran, dan keindahan perilaku kita, Agar Tuhan mencukupkan sekecil-kecilnya kemampuan kita untuk menyelesaikan sebesar-besarnya tugas kita, Agar Tuhan menjadikan kerja keras dan kejujuran kita sebagai alasan untuk memperkaya kehidupan kita, Wahai Yang Maha Penyayang, Tidurkanlah kami dalam kedamaian, dan bangunkanlah kami untuk menyaksikan mengurainya rezeki baik dan jawaban bagi doa dan harapan kami, mulai esok pagi, dan hari berikutnya, dan seterusnya … Aamiin Mario Teguh - Loving you all as always ——————— Dan semoga Anda yang masih sendiri, ditemukan oleh Tuhan dengan belahan jiwa Anda yang sangat mencintai Anda, yang setia hanya kepada Anda, yang tak mampu membayangkan Anda bersedih, yang dengan rajin membangun kehidupan yang berezeki baik bersama Anda, dan yang menjadikan Anda pemilik dari semua keberhasilannya. Aamiin Jangan lupa untuk ‘Like’ atau menyertakan ‘Aamiin’ agar nama indah Anda termasuk dalam daftar yang dibagi jawaban bagi doa kita ini. Jika ada doa yang khusus bagi keadaan Anda hari ini, mohon sertakan di sini - agar kami semua bisa turut mengaminkannya. Semoga setiap bait dari doa kita ini dijawab bagi setiap jiwa yang membacanya. Aamiin

Mario Teguh (via marioteguh)

Membaca dan bepergian. Bertanggung jawab untuk memastikan bahwa yang dibaca adalah sebuah kebenaran. Reflektif. 

Note-Taking

Hey guys! So I’ve been receiving questions regarding my note-taking style and strategy for quite some time now but I believe I have never answered them in detail. The good news is, I finally decided to make a post about this (plus, I had fun making the graphics :D). Note that I am a visual learner, so my note-taking methods may not be effective for some of you, but I hope you can all learn something.

Class Notes

I only use one notebook for all my class notes, an A4 grid notebook whose pages I divide into two columns.

I use the outline method for in-class notes, which means I write information chronologically, in the order that they are taught. Some teachers do not have properly structured presentations/lessons (good thing my physics teacher does) so when in need, I use arrows to connect related information.

Abbreviations to me are one of the most important things to master when taking notes. I personally make them up as I go along. Some examples of abbreviations I use are:

w/c - which

w/ - with

cpd - compound

envt - environment

digenz - digestive enzyme

It might be confusing, but to me, knowing the context and part of speech are enough for all abbreviations to be comprehended.

Here’s an example: ‘Indonesia’s tsunami pre-warning system is made up of two types of components’ could become ‘Indo’s snmi pre-warn sys 2 type comp’.

After Class

The first thing I would do is highlight keywords and terminology (and sometimes formulas). For physics, since my teacher is relatively succinct, I don’t really highlight, but for humanities and biology, I look for words that would be expected by a mark scheme, words that are crucial to the understanding of each particular piece of information.

I would then check if the material taught coincides with the syllabus, and if not, note down any points that are missing or have yet to be taught. You could write these on a post it or on the syllabus itself, but I prefer to highlight the syllabus’ pdf file.

Rewritten Notes

My rewritten notes are arranged based on the order they appear in the syllabus unless there are pieces of information that are related to more than one topic.

I use a black pen for rewriting notes as well as colored pens to write keywords and terminology only. I know some people who write whole sentences in colored pens but to me that is ineffective; we all have our own learning styles. When making tables, I usually use different colors for different columns (see the table for different types of radiation above) which is most often the color I associate with each word. For example, water would be blue, ocean would be a darker shade, ice would be a lighter shade, and water vapor would be purple.

I still abbreviate words in my rewritten notes, but they’re not as condensed as the ones in my class notes. Another thing I find helpful is leaving a bit of space between separate points especially if the page doesn’t have a lot of diagrams. I can’t think linearly, so I can’t remember super lengthy bullet points.

I use mildliners and a drawing pen to make my diagrams (more of these in my biology notes) but I only start with pencil if it’s a complex diagram. I rarely highlight my rewritten notes, but even if I do, it’s usually only the headings and formulas.

I don’t have a rough draft for my notes, but I try to visualize the layout. I try to alternate between words and pictures/diagrams so that when I’m sitting for an exam, all I have to do is imagine that I’m looking at that page and I can remember where everything is.

Well, that’s all from me. I hope that this information could be of some use to every single one of you. Don’t hesitate to ask me questions if you’re confused about note-taking or any other problems you might have :)

Solar System: 10 Things to Know This Week...Halloween Edition!

This week, we’re getting into the Halloween spirit with 10 spooktacular things to let your imagination run wild. 

It’s not Halloween without our favorite scary characters, but what if they could stop bothering us Earthlings and go far, far away? We begin with where Dracula, Frankenstein, and other creepy creatures might choose to live if the galaxy were theirs to claim…

1. The dark (k)night.

The prince of darkness himself, Dracula, can finally seek sweet respite from the Sun. We think he’d love to live on a rocky planet named YZ Ceti d that orbits so close to its red star that it’s tidally locked keeping one side of the planet in perpetual nighttime and the other side in perpetual daytime, with a brilliant red sky (though we can guess which side Dracula will prefer). 

2. Where art thou, werewolves? 

Home sweet home for our furry Full Moon friends might just be on Trappist-1, a planetary system with seven planets—and where standing on one planet would mean the other planets look like six moons (some as big as our Moon in the sky). 

3. Left in the dust. 

We couldn’t think of anyone better to live on Proxima b than The Mummy. Hopefully this ancient monster can finally rest in peace on an exoplanet that scientists theorize is a desert planet once home to ancient oceans. 

4. Cloudy with a chance of Frankenstein.

One scientific experiment we’d like to conduct: whether Frankenstein would rather live on HAT-P-11b or Kepler-3b, theorized to have fierce thunderstorms and lightning. 

5. The walking dead. 

We’re pretty confident that if zombies were to pick a planet, they’d want one that shares their love of death and destruction. We think they’d feel right at home on one of the pulsar planets, which are scorched by radiation because they orbit a dead star. 

6. Rest your weary bones. 

Skeletons need look no further: Osiris, an exoplanet that’s so close to a star that it’s “losing its flesh” as the star destroys it, seems like a perfect match. 

7. Enough of the scary stuff. 

For kids out there, turn pumpkin decorating into an out-of-this-world activity with space-themed stencils, from Saturn to the Sun. 

8. Spooky sounds. 

Cassini’s radio emissions from Saturn could give creaky doors and howling winds a run for their money. Listen to the eerie audio recordings here and find more HERE.

9. Pumpkin-carve like a NASA engineer. 

NASA engineers design and build robots that can fly millions of miles to study other planets for a living—so on Halloween, they can’t help but bring that creative thinking to the grand old tradition of pumpkin carving. Take a cue from their creations with these insider tips.

10. Detective for a day. 

From blades of ice on Pluto to a fuzzy, white “bunny” photographed on Mars, become a solar system sleuth and see if you can solve the stellar mysteries in this slideshow (then compare with how scientists cracked the case). 

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

Terus berfikir dan mengekori dirimu. Tapi sampai kapanpun rasanya mustahil. Tak mungkin orang seperimu tak memiliki kualifikasi yang tinggi. Yah, Mau bagaimana lagi? Aku wajib berekspektasi melebihi dirimu jika memang kamu tak mungkin.

Ketidaktahuan

Masih saya merasa ada yang aneh. Ini tidak tahu kenapa semakin hari semakin saja banyak yang menggajal. Sesak rasanya. Saya tahu ini sedikit banyak karena cerita-cerita itu. Sesak karena banyak sekali yang belum saya tahu. Tapi yang membuat saya geram adalah saya sesak tentang hal yang berbau 'bukan kesederhanaan'. Lalu semuanya mengabur dan itu semakin menempel di sela-sela sel otak yang bodohnya semakin membuat resah dan gelisah. Aaaaah... Jujur saya benci perasaan ini. Perasaan keingitahuan yang entah bagaimana cara mewujudkannya. Bukan hanya sekedar tahu tapi benar-benar ingin tahu. Ya Allah jangan bebankan ketidaktahuan ini menjadi sesuatu yang menggerogoti jiwa. Sungguh, ketidaktahuan ini membuatku sangat lelah. Bagaimana kalau ketidaktahuan ini selamanya tidak terjawab? Apakah saya akan menjadi gila?

Ada yang berkontempelasi. Ada yang berdialog relasi. Ada yang mencari-cari. Manusia-manusia internal selalu bangga akan me- dan ber- bahwa mereka yang mengendalikan keadaan bukan dikendalikan keadaan.

Nau

Ini gecko tapi lebih mirip bunglon atau kadal :|

Madagascar Day Gecko, Maui Photo: Lauren Hogan