Physically Black vs Visually Black

Hello and assalamualaikum people!

I am home after a hectic semester. Well, every semester as chaotic as it is. I've just safely arrived here in my home last Friday after finishing up my examination paper. Yeah, but I still have another examination paper to be taken on next Monday. not really this coming Monday but the other Monday in the following week. Back to the topic, 'Physically black vs Visually black' was my topic for my first ELC590 presentation. Since I was too busy to be updating about it and some of my classmates did posted their slides on blogs, I think it is good to share it here too.

If you are wondering what is my topic about, it is about coffee. And nap. 'Physically black' is the metaphor for coffee while 'Visually black' is the metaphor for napping. I was going to use a simply direct title like "Coffee vs Nap" but my Prof. suggested that we must choose at least a catchy title to make the topic sounds interesting. Okay..now let see some of the content I've provided for my presentation. We needed to provide visual aids to help audience understands and keeping interest in our topic.

A good speaker must have a good attention grabber to capture your audience attention. As for me, I cited a poem. An old poem about coffee but it was far less interesting I guess because I didn't get high score for my first attention grabber attempt. As you can see below, is my introduction slide, a little info about the history of coffee.

The three main headings for my speech was coffee and nap would give amazing effects on improving moods, boosting your performance level and last but not the least lowering the level of sleepiness.

There a lot of vitamins that can be found in coffee. Some of it are listed in the next slide I've provided.

Researchers have found that women who drink 4 or more cup of coffee per day have lower the 20% risk of being depressed. As reported by the Harvard University study in 2011.

Next, I am going to tell you how coffee helps in boosting our performance level. 

Coffee enters our system through the blood stream which means it reaches the brain in the range of 8-15 minutes after consumption. Originally, the adenosine supposed to bind with the adenosine receptor which would later making us feeling drowsy.

But, when caffeine came in, the receptor binds with caffeine instead of adenosine because the caffeine molecules are almost the same with adenosine.

Putuitary gland will now sees that and thinks there is an emergency going on. So, it tells the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline and then BAMMM. 5 minutes later you will get more energy.

My last point of speech is the effects of coffee and nap. As far as I concerned, both coffee and nap have can helps with sleepiness. .Especially during 'post dip lunch' which is the sleepiness that occurs in the mid afternoon after lunch. This happens due to dropping of cortisol, a natural chemical that helps to keep us in state. 

As a conclusion, both coffee and nap have restorative properties. Coffee can wears off especially when you've used to it but the combination of coffee and followed by a nap gives double energy in lowering the level of sleepiness.

That's all for my first ELC590 presentation. I'll be updating about my second presentation soon. Thank you for reading and don't forget to leave comments if you find this is interesting!

here's the references I've used. ^.^

Online Books

1. Debry, G. (1994). Coffee and Health. Retrieved from http://books.google.com.my/books?id=uZaaCk-8s9sC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false on 19th March 2014.
2. Chu. Yi Fang, (2012). Coffee: emerging health effects and disease prevention. Retrieved from http://books.google.com.my/books?id=y0qA89vCr3MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=coffee+benefits&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-28qU_aVIoeQrge2rYCYCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=coffee%20benefits&f=false on 25th March 2014.

Magazines

1. Gregory, V. (2013, August). Which is better: coffee or a nap? Reader’s Digest. Retrieved from http://www.rdasia.com/coffee-or-nap?icm=toppicks&icn=Coffee+or+nap on 18th March 2014

Journal article

1. Hayashi, M., Masuda, A., Hori, Tadao. (2003). The alerting effects of caffeine, bright light and face washing after a short daytime nap. International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, doi:10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00255-4
2. Gunnars, K. (2013, November 25). Top 13 Evidence-Based Health Benefits Of Coffee. Authority Nutrition. Retrieved from http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee/ on 10th April 2014.

final semester

assalamualaikum!

hari ni aku tak ada idealah nak update so aku nak share assignment aku sem lepas yang berbentuk resume dengan design portfolio. saja je nak eksen kat junior-junior. hahaha..takdelah..before aku nak esaimen ni dulu jenuh meraba-raba nak carik guidelines. so i guess this could be some guidelines and benchmark to my juniors yang bakal ambil subjek LA Practice ni. hehehe.

kat atas ni adalah contoh resume aku. sebab course aku ni course tentang design so lecturer pun nak resume yang ala-ala designer sikit. jenuh jugak la google sana-sini carik inspirasi. tapi tiba-tiba datang idea nak buat resume ala-ala postcard. sebab masa tu jealous kawan aku dapat postcard dari Paris. tak memasal dapat ideakan? hihi..tapi butir-butir dalam tu dah selamat aku ubah dengan jayanya. *siapa nak dedahkan maklumat peribadi dekat umum kann?*

kat bawah ni pulak compilation of my artworks dalam bentuk design portfolio. amaran: sila abaikan cover depan yang sama dengan skin blog ni. aku tunjuk ni random je tau. taklah semua nak tayang kan sini kan. hehe

terrarium punya project untuk subjek Horticultural Practice masa part 2. kitorang batch last ada subjek ni. junior-junior semua dah tak ada subjek ni. seronok gila wa cakap sama lu. belajar buat terrarium, trellis dengan bonsai :D

ni brochure untuk site design process untuk studio part 3. brochure pasal proses yang terlibat dalam design dari bubble diagram sampai la ke final documentation.  

model making rooftop garden  untuk subject Construction I. kat bawah ni board dia. from concept to master plan and section. mine guna concept the sweet escape. mini library atas rooftop. bestnya kalau betul-betul ada. :D

ni masa part 1. huu..sakit nak siapkan satu drawing A2 ni. mula-mula masuk dah terpaksa jadi zombie. masa nilah nak adapt life as a LA student. ni pun last buat A2 size drawings. junior sekarang buat A3 je. so unfair. hahaha

dah. ni back cover je pun. saje nak tunjuk jugak. hihi. okay..supposedly aku dah grad dah. tapi sem depan kena kembali ke sana untuk final studio. yup..studio part 6 sahaja. means aku dah part 7. studio life ni ada up and down dia. so i've been in the downs so now I'll be in the ups. failed masa studio part 1. so I can't go on to the next studio sebab subject core ni dia prerequisite. siapa yang studio base tu pahamla. aku tak ada masalah dengan subjek lain pun. studio sahaja yang aku paling sayanggg. aku tak lepas dari part 1, tapi ada jugak yang dah final year tiba-tiba tak lepas. lagi sedih. on the bright side, cgpa makin naik. i did improve myself and then i met inche jimmy. :)

selalu ingat pesan lecturer yang once being a repeater too. dia pesan, 

jangan sedih sebab rezeki orang lain-lain. mungkin awak tak lepas sebab kami tahu awak boleh buat lagi bagus kalau awak betul-betul faham. awak nak kalau saya lepaskan awak untuk benda yang awak sendiri tak faham? and how would you survive then?

lagipun rektor kata..student yang extend ni selalunya otai. kahkahkah.

p/s--> untungla budak kos lain failed tapi boleh ambil shortsem and grad on time. to those extend student macam aku. jangan sedih. there's a silver lining among each cloud. 

examination week

assalamualaikum. :)

this is a quick update about my current activity. since I am in the middle of examination week, plus we have to exhibit our artwork all along the semester next week, I do not have much time to greet and visit you, the handsomes and beautifuls who came to this blog. feel free to drop your comment and greetings. I will visit you soon..kalau nak follow pun sangat-sangat la dialu-alukan. I will follow you back. :)

p/s--> wish me luck guys. :)

studio works!

studio housing and community design. dah masuk mode final project. wee..baru sebulan kat sini. tapi rasa macam dah lama. i remembermy promise to adik pyka. nak tunjuk assignment tu macam mana. well, lain course lain la assignment dia. tapi kalau course landscape architecture takkan terlepas dari assignment yang bertopengkan board yang perlu di colour dan dilukis.. 
*makin senior, makin besar la board ye*
assignment taip-taip pun ada macam report, essay and whatever tu. tapi..huuu. sangat malas nak fikir apa nak taip tu. presentation guna powerpoint pun banyak. tapi sem ni tak ada rasanya. ehh..adalah. tu pun satu subject je. cultural geography. :)


ahh..malas explain banyak-banyak. ni ada board assignment 2 yang dah lepas dah presentation dia hari khamis dulu. empat board wa cakap lu. haha. lepas tu ada gambar sikit pasal trip ke penang awal julai lepas. inventory and analysis at kampung nelayan, teluk bahang, penang. syok wa cakap lu.

board 1st. 

board 2nd. case study

board 3rd. precedent study

board 4th. precedent study II

ini kerja group taw. sebab tu la besar gedabak. kalau individu tak mampu den nak buat dalam masa seminggu setengah. board ni present lepas balik dari penang aritu. memang pecah rekod la aku dengan jimmy tengok wayang 3 hari berturut-turut dekat 1st avenue dengan queensbay mall tu.

classmates

girlfriends

the three movies we've seen. haha

okay bye semua. jumpa lagi esok. esok adalah hari penting buat saya. :)

My Small Garden

PROPOSED ROOFTOP GARDEN AT THE CURVE, DAMANSARA
tengok tajuk..nak gempak je. muahahaha
well, tu tajuk final project untuk studio construction aku. tak gempak pun. tapi aku bangga sebab aku berjaya siapkan model dia seorang diri dalam masa seminggu. well, ini kerja individu bersaiz A2. siapa tak tahu a2 tu ape..pegi amek 4 helai kertas a4 tu pastu camtumkan. dah jadi dah kertas saiz a2. keh3.
i personally choose the mini library in the green theme and came out with the concept of the sweet escape. :) best apa ada library kat rooftop. boley layan novel sambil berangan sebab dah jauh dari hiruk pikuk traffic kat bawah tu.

 pandangan atas model gua.

dari tepi

pool side.

 string garden.

 swimming pool and its decking.

 wooden cubicle.

 wooden cubicle from top.

 from the pool side.

 yang ni..nama dia floating garden. ilham dari real landscape in china.

 tensile yang bagi teduhan untuk rak buku

tu rak buku curve saya.

at last settle pun kerja ni. now busy dengan studio and planting pula. plus my final papers. penat tapi enjoy. :)