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Applying Science into Our Daily Lives
How do we apply scientific formulas or theories into our daily lives? According to Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University,
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happenings
Kuala Lumpur International Dragon Boat Festival
By Edrea Sun Since its inception many hundred years ago, the dragon boat race had traditionally drawn huge crowds in the thousands comprising rowers, supporters, foreign tourists, curious onlookers and locals alike. This time around the festival has come early and was held at the Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden, the first ever water activity held
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Leisure & Lifestyle
Nocturne:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
By Khoo Kok Kian Nocturne is derived from the French word, Noctunal and from Latin, Nocturnus. People usually interpret it as a music piece which is inspired by night. A very famous classical music piece by Frederic Chopin was also named based on this word. Kazuo Ishiguro, a prominent author, who is also penned The
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Talk To Us
By Conrad Edmund Bateman Mitch Albom once said that, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee, the
"Light UP Lives Charity"
Are You Who You Want To Be?
BY NAVINDRAN PALUSAMY
‘Become the Person You Always Wanted to Be’ is a self-improvement book authored by the famed public speaker and corporate trainer, Steve Chandler. The writer asserts that the failure to know the psychological and emotional weaknesses within us and the external negativity surrounding us are the reasons for our failure. To realize our full potential and lead a meaningful and happy life we need to know what these factors are.
He likens our mind to a ‘cocoon’ that traps us into negative or limited thinking about who we are and what we can become. If we can rid the mind of negative elements then we can realize the beauty, strength and true potential that lie within us. This 218-page book has 46 chapters. Each chapter focuses and examines a particular facet of human life such as the way we think, feel, relate and respond to people and environment.
The writer clearly highlights our foibles and asserts that most of us are conditioned to think in set patterns. This conditioned state of mind and social behavior imposes great limitations on our development into a wholesome human being who is able to realize his full potential.
Each chapter is narrated with interesting anecdotes, words of wisdom spiced with scientific truths. Interesting examples of real life heroes adorn every chapter. The writer taps on the wisdom of ancient and modern thinkers to substantiate his arguments and thesis.
This book is a valuable read for all of us who are full of self-doubts, self-incrimination or always blame the whole world for our shortcomings. As the writer puts it, if you want to free yourself from being feeling ‘victimized’ and become the ‘winner’ you must know yourself and discover who you really are. Then you can become what you really want.
This book is a voyage of self-discovery and a good read for the young and old as one of the quotes in the book says, “It’s never too late to be what you might have been” - George Eliot
