My Saturday Night is About TED Talks

After reading the title above, I know some of you think it is a miserable thing when you have nothing to do in your free saturday night. Yeah, and no. Actually I had plans for this night, to meet some of my friends and hang out. But you know, things don't always work the way you wish to. So my friends cancelled it and I ended up in here. It was such a bad day when you worn out after doing 3 hours workout in the morning then you found out that your crush dating someone else. And this was how my saturday night rolls : do some work-read books-and binge watching amazing TED Talks. 

It was a good coincidence when I scrolled my timeline, twitter account of TEDxUnivBrawijaya (yeah, i know. finally my campus organize the first TEDx Event tomorrow!!) and they tweeted about a TED Talks playlist about public speaking. Thanks to my cheap but not cheesy internet modem, I could binge watching them and share my favorites ones. Here they are :

1. Julian Treasure - How to Speak So People Want to Listen

In TED Talks, you will meet a bunch of powerful, interactive, and awesome speakers whose jobs are mostly the ones you never thought exists. In this talk, the speaker-Julian Treasure- is a Sound Expert and the chair of a Sound Agency. His job is giving advises to bussiness worldwide --offices, retailers, hotels -- on how to use sound.

This time, he spoke about how to speak so people want to listen. He explained few things that make people don't want to listen. First, the content. Second, our sound. He also advised us to do warming up before speaking in front of people. Watch him and get inspired. 

2. Amy Cuddy - Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

I always mesmerized by women who has terrific level of public speaking. Amy Cuddy is one of them. She is a social psychologist, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School. In her 20 mins of talk, she gave me sight of how body language can change our mind and then it would change the outcomes. This body language she meant is the Power Pose, which is the gesture or pose of powerful people. Power posing can make us feel more powerful and later be more successful in what we do. She explained the magic of fake it until you become it not fake it until you make it. 

Along with her exciting topic, she also has brought many evidence and researches which support the talk. She mentioned about the level of hormones in our bodies, mainly testosterone and cortisol, which govern our body to be powerful or powerless. Moreover, she also share her personal story about her being judged not capable to finish her college due to brain injury. But she proved to them she can, eventually, after struggling and changing the way she pose into the power pose. All in all, I adore how she speaks, the topic she brought was also rare yet it was atrractive.

3. Megan Washington - Why I live in Mortal Dread of Public Speaking

Megan is one of Australia's performers/songwriters. Surprisingly, she has had a stutter since childhood. In the beginning of her speak, she spoke her first sentences haltingly. I thought she was joking or pretending to have a stutter but she wasn't. Having a stutter since early age make her afraid to speak with people. Until she found out when she sings is the only time when she can speak fluently. She said it is tricking her brain. 

“Megan's edifying admission will help others who struggle with speech impediments that may be hiding in the shadows to embrace life and not let their difficulties hold them back. ” — Woman's Day

That's it. Happy watching and get those ideas worth spreading!

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People Smuggling and Its Social and Humanitarian Implications

Smuggling is a crucial issue in the world, with a large number of countries affected by it. According to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the number of convicted smugglers of migrants rose significantly, from 589 in 1995 to 2,457 in 2004 (UNODC, 2011). Meanwhile, about 65,000 illegal migrants landed in Italy, Malta and Spain in 2006 (UNODC, 2009). In Indonesia, people smuggling cases increased 24,78% in 2012 according to Polri. It is truly a serious threat for transnational security and stability since the smugglers constantly violate migration laws, cross border regulations, and visa requirements.

People smuggling has brought many negative impacts, especially to the countries of origin, transit, and destination. Smuggler migrants are not properly identified since they have no legal documents. It would be serious security and criminal concerns as they commit crime in one country and could be remain undetectable. Besides, the smuggler migrants might be carrier for infectious disease or other health risks to the citizen. It is possible because they evade national border control.

The smuggler migrants are also prone to human rights abuses and violation. They are willing to travel through unrecognized routes without any guarantee for their safety. In some cases, smuggling leads to human trafficking and exploitation. It could cost them their lives and totally not worth the money they had paid to the smugglers.

Those implications of people smuggling highlight the importance to fight against it. In order to increase international cooperation, United Nations is the essential component. UN can accelerate the solutions people smuggling, such as encourage cooperation between international law enforcement agencies, enable information sharing between country officials, or conduct joint immigration surveillance.  

Picture source : google.com

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My Favorite Glee Episodes, Tribute to Cory Montheit

Hey guys!

I bet you all have heard the sad news about Cory Montheit, the sexy man who play Finn Hudson on Glee. He was found dead in a hotel in Canada, aged 31. He had struggled for his addiction to alcohol and drugs since teenager. It was pretty shocking for people around the world, especially Gleeks. Never thought that he'll gone this soon. Deep condolence for him. In tribute to Cory, I wrote this post about Glee just to remind my good times when watching it.
 

As we know, Glee is one of the most successful TV series that airs on Fox in the United States. Started its first episode in 2009, now it's been 4 years with 4 seasons and 88 episodes. From the first time I watched Glee, I know that I fell in love with it. I was in the high school age that time and amazed by the light comedy, love, friendship, family conflict, fashion, ambition, dreams, Glee brought all together in. In my opinion, the Glee stories are so modest, simple, but actually really fit into modern-teen-real life. 

Yes, we are Glee!

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Cross Border Medical Education : Prague, Czech Republic

Dobry den! I was lucky enough to experience a professional exchange to Prague at July 2012. I got a chance to meet other students, doctors, and health professionals at Third Medical Faculty Charles University of Prague. As one of the out-goers, I had a secret mission to get to know how was the medical educational system in Prague like. This was quite a hard mission due to the only-a-month-exchange-period I had. Anyway, I've done the mission so I'd like to share it with all of you. Happy reading :D

Prologue

Czech Republic is one of the countries located in Central Europe. It is widely known for its rich ancient histories and amazing architecture. Its capital and largest City is Prague. There are a lot of famous cultural attractions with stunning architecture in Prague. Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Astronomical Clock, Prague Castle and so many others had made Prague as the sixth-most-visited city in Europe.The economy condition in Prague remains high and stable with a GDP per capita of 80% of the European Union average.

Prague amazing view

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Get to Know More About Guillain Barre Syndrome

Guillain Barre Syndrome, is a rare yet severe disease that commonly affect the peripheral nervous system. It is a group of autoimmune syndromes consisting of demyelinating and acute axonal degenerating forms of the disease (Newswanger, 2004). It means that Antibody can't barely differ the Antigen, which is supposed to be attacked, and our normal body cells.Therefore, Antibodies attack our cells, in GBS is in peripheral nervous system, and cause damages to the nerves itself. This is often happened after an acute infection.

Damaged myelin (nervous system) caused by autoimmune mechanism.

Gradually the patient will lose his reflexes and leading to complete body paralysis. Paralysis in lower limb and legs are commonly called rubbery legs or tingling and numbness in legs. Afterwards this syndrome travels in upper part of the limb (http://www.guillainbarresyndrome.net/).

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An Epic Article : Tips for Surviving Medical School

This article is taken from medscape site, and I was told by my classmate about it. I read it for sure and it really represents med-students' life, as I've got thru that since a year ago. These simple tips may lead you to a better quality of your study, whether you are a med-student or not.
So, Enjoy it !

Tips for Surviving Medical School

Farook W. Taha; Adeleke T. Adesina

Authors and Disclosures

Posted: 02/04/2011 

Remember when you were a premedical student in college? It seems like a century ago for many of us who have just completed the first year of medical school. It feels that way because our lives have changed dramatically. Normal life seems to have vanished, and suddenly, 24 hours in a day are not enough to get through the enormous volumes of information that we are expected to learn for every exam. It seems virtually impossible. We barely have time to eat or sleep.

Medical school is not the end of the world. Take it from us, 2 students who have been there, when we say that medical school is what you make of it. Do not let medicine define you; instead, you should tailor medicine to your lifestyle. Otherwise, you might become overwhelmed by the demands of your new life and lose the sense of why you chose medicine in the first place.

How do you survive medical school? From the beginning, time management must be a major priority. If you can manage your time successfully, you can still enjoy your life to a certain extent. Studying in med school is not the same as it was in college; this is a new world where you have to explore different techniques and find what works best for you. In medical school, it is all about studying smart, not studying hard. If you don't know this at the beginning, you will learn it the hard way.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Hi everyone !

It's me again writing a lil bit heavy topic now, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Have you heard it ?
It's not about people drunk and died, it's maybe called Moron Alcoholic Syndrome LOL. Anyway, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the birth defect or congenital malformation. Malformation is likely to happen during the third until the eighth week of gestation, because at the time, organogenesis occur.

So, this is what will happen to your beauty-innocent-fetus when you consume alcohol constantly during pregnancy, even the moderate alcohol ones. The central nervous system is particularly sensitive to alcohol, and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) may result from exposure. Furthermore, it also can cause  short palpebral fissures, maxillary hypoplasia, heart defects, mental retardation. 

Pictures above show the characteristic of children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). They may also suffer from cardiovascular and limb defect.

I'm not gonna tell you complicated things cause I hate it too actually. In the end, I hope this article give you a snapshot about FAS and I really hope to you, especially girls, to stop drinking alcohol. This is just one of million bad things you may get from drinking alcohol.

Ciao :)

 

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