Disclaimer: I am not here to judge anyone who go/ do not go to college or university. This is a plain opinion based post.
I have read some two side comments on "should people go to college", and I think it would be a good blog post as I would like to share my perspective based on the statement.
To be honest, I admit that I used to agree on high schoolers do not need to have a degree or higher education after watching some of the videos saying that college/university is a waste of money and time. I changed my mind until my senior colleague told me that "Don't you feel inferior if you do not have a degree when everybody else have it?", then I kept silent for a while. After that, I kind of consent with his words. If nobody have it, I should have it to prove I'm better than them. If somebody have it, I should have it to prove that I am as good as them. If everyone have it, I MUST have it to prove I am at least one of them.
I have seen someone said that college/university is a trend, everybody goes because of the environment which their friends are all going. They see it as a pathway to become an adult and also a ticket to secure you a job. For my opinion, people who thought of going to college/university (especially high school leavers) please think twice before you decide recklessly. A need to further study goes case by case. It is highly depends on what you plan to do in future, your dream occupation and some other factors. Work that relates to sciences is better to have a degree or even higher qualification. However, jobs such as property agent, event planner, server, photographer, flight attendant and many more does not require to get a bachelor degree. Besides, I generally do not think that attending tertiary education guarantee you a job. Have you ever heard of this statement? "A lot of college/university graduates out there are unemployed". That is true if you look at the chart, however this only applied from 2009 to 2011 which the period with the highest unemployed rate. In fact, there are 2.5% of unemployed college/university graduates while there are 5.3% for high school graduates (FEB 2017). This means people who have a degree are more likely to get a job compared to people without a degree.
For some reasons, few people also claim that they learn a lot from online course, books and also video clips. I think this is subject to the person itself as everyone has their own way of study. What I know is people are more to visualize and hands-on, a person like me would not understand a theory just by reading text. I am the type of people who need guidance, a fun and simpler way of explanation, different views and some hands on experiment in order to fully understand a theory. That is one of the reason I go to college/university, lecturers are there to help academically and counselors are there to advise for any mental issue. Nonetheless, there are people who can learn almost everything by themselves through reading, listening and watching without teaching. They do not require to go college/university then. But, are you one of them?
Other than education in college/university, the experience you had in college/university are the most important part of your life. You could barely experience club activities once you started working, joining clubs and society to get to know sincere friends instead of friends for benefits. You can't wear casual dress code to work but hell yeah for college/university. You wouldn't have to introduce yourself in public every few months (start of new semester) while working as long as you don't change your job. Working adults are NOT eligible for students discount, students save quite a lot from there! Moreover, skip class just because you are lazy or do not feel like going, you clearly can't do that often at work. The best part is college/university students have more HOLIDAYS!!!!! Besides that, you learnt a lot of soft skills and social techniques before you get bombarded by the boss after you started working. In that case, going to college/university reduce the scolding you will received from your superiors.
Maybe you could have heard of this, "Steve Jobs the co-founder of Apple, Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg the co-founder of Facebook, Oprah Winfrey the famous host of Oprah talk show are college dropouts, they are one of the richest in the world. They are so successful, and people wonder what if they did not drop out from college, would they still be as successful as now?". Less than 50% of students that enroll in college/university will graduate, which means more college students drop out than graduate. So 4 out of many (unknown, could not find a estimated number of college dropouts), this is nearly a 0.00000000001% that you can be as successful and as wealthy as them. Get it? Hence, stop spreading the false hope that your life can be as great as successful dropouts.
As I see it, attending college/university is expensive but worth it. This is because college/university grads earn more than people without degree. In other words, there are higher earnings potential in college/university grads. Read more here. Not only that, 55% of people with student debt say that college worth the cost (JULY 2016). I do think that college/university fee is a bit overpriced but if you know how much they need to run a college/university, you would be convinced with the cost.
I conclude that people who has a dream profession in science or even art should study up to tertiary education for the reasons I mentioned above. Last but not least, the choice is still up to you.
Loves, meLodyyap.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
What do you know about blood donation?
You probably see me donating blood since 2016, I hope what I am doing is inspiring each and every one of you. And I would like to tell you more about it so that you may be convinced to do it somehow. So, let's start with some background of blood donation.
Do you know that our beautiful country, Malaysia is still struggling with inadequate of blood supply? It is because our nation does not aware of this issue, there is only 2.2% of permanent blood donor in Malaysia whereas there are 3.5 to 5% in other developed countries. I have done a survey with 26 of my friends, I found out 23/26 never donate blood before with the reason - fear of needles/blood. Some of them also did mentioned that they do not see any blood donation drive and campaign around their areas.
Not only that, one of the reason of insufficient blood packs is because the components that made up blood does not last forever. They have a short lifespan as platelets can be stored up to 7 days maximum, we can keep red blood cell about 42 days out of our blood stream and plasma can lasts for a year in a suitable condition. Besides that, we need average 2000 bags of blood to cater the country needs.
There are 4 types of blood donation which are whole blood, plasma apheresis, platelets apheresis and power red as known as red cells. Whole blood is the most common type, I was doing this since the first time. It can be separated into transfusable components and the actual donation only takes approximately 10 minutes. You are eligible to donate again after 3 months. Next, plasma and platelets donation required a machine to collect the whole blood and returns the other blood component back to the donor. It is a vital element as it helps in blood clotting to prevent massive blood loss. This takes a long time, about 1 hour. There is a machine needed for red cells donation too, it is the most transfused component. The criteria of donor are slightly higher, they need to have a higher haemoglobin rate and also higher body weight. People usually takes 40 minutes to complete the donation and able to donate again after 112 days.
After your blood is collected into a pack, it will be scanned into an online database. After that, it will be spun in the centrifuge to separate the components. The blood packs are then leukoreduced (remove white blood cell) and bacterially tested. A dozens test are performed on the donated blood, the results would be transferred electronically to the manufacturing facility. They stored positive blood packs in refrigerator and available for shipping anytime to the hospitals.
There are many benefits of being a blood donor. Here are some examples:
1) Blood donating reduces the risk of getting heart disease.
2) It also minimizes the risk of getting cancers.
3) It prevent you from getting type 2 diabetes.
4) Bloodletting burns calories. Blood donors shed 650 kcal every time they donate.
5) You will receive a free health check-up as donate blood have to go through some test to ensure the blood is safe to be used.
6) You can get a free hepatitis B vaccination if you donate twice a year. However, this only applied to blood donation at National Blood Centre and other associated hospitals.
7) Permanent blood donor who have donated above 50 times can get a treatment in first class hospital for free. Again, you will have to donate at National Blood Centre or associated hospitals.
8) Last but not least, the joy of saving life. Don't you feel proud knowing that you can save up to 3 lives for every pint of whole blood you donate? This is because whole blood can be separated into 3 components, this is also the reason the tagline "1 pint of blood save 3 lives" is used to promote and encourage people to donate blood.
The national blood centre (pusat darah negara) is located at Jalan Tun Razak, Titiwangsa, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They collect bloods and supplies them to both general and private hospitals. There is also a donation suit established by the ministry of health in the Midvalley Megamall. It is placed at the 3rd floor, beside Daiso. Moreover, Unit Transfusi Perubatan Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang, Selangor is another location that you can go for blood donation. It is also known as Klang General Hospital.
A-type blood tends to run short in the blood bank. According to the registration division head Ms Rosalind Choo, many A-blood type donors were not aware and not coming forward to donate their blood. Therefore, I suggest people who are having A-type blood should donate more often and even better to be a permanent donor to avoid low stock of A-type blood packs. In addition, I think we should set up more donation suite, run more donation drive around the country. It would be so much better if schools can organize blood campaign to teach young kids about blood as well as persuade them to be a permanent donor when they are able to donate.
Sorry, if this is a bit dry as there are no photos. I still hope you learn something from this post and convinced to be a blood donor. See you next post!
Loves, meLodyyap.
Do you know that our beautiful country, Malaysia is still struggling with inadequate of blood supply? It is because our nation does not aware of this issue, there is only 2.2% of permanent blood donor in Malaysia whereas there are 3.5 to 5% in other developed countries. I have done a survey with 26 of my friends, I found out 23/26 never donate blood before with the reason - fear of needles/blood. Some of them also did mentioned that they do not see any blood donation drive and campaign around their areas.
Not only that, one of the reason of insufficient blood packs is because the components that made up blood does not last forever. They have a short lifespan as platelets can be stored up to 7 days maximum, we can keep red blood cell about 42 days out of our blood stream and plasma can lasts for a year in a suitable condition. Besides that, we need average 2000 bags of blood to cater the country needs.
There are 4 types of blood donation which are whole blood, plasma apheresis, platelets apheresis and power red as known as red cells. Whole blood is the most common type, I was doing this since the first time. It can be separated into transfusable components and the actual donation only takes approximately 10 minutes. You are eligible to donate again after 3 months. Next, plasma and platelets donation required a machine to collect the whole blood and returns the other blood component back to the donor. It is a vital element as it helps in blood clotting to prevent massive blood loss. This takes a long time, about 1 hour. There is a machine needed for red cells donation too, it is the most transfused component. The criteria of donor are slightly higher, they need to have a higher haemoglobin rate and also higher body weight. People usually takes 40 minutes to complete the donation and able to donate again after 112 days.
After your blood is collected into a pack, it will be scanned into an online database. After that, it will be spun in the centrifuge to separate the components. The blood packs are then leukoreduced (remove white blood cell) and bacterially tested. A dozens test are performed on the donated blood, the results would be transferred electronically to the manufacturing facility. They stored positive blood packs in refrigerator and available for shipping anytime to the hospitals.
There are many benefits of being a blood donor. Here are some examples:
1) Blood donating reduces the risk of getting heart disease.
2) It also minimizes the risk of getting cancers.
3) It prevent you from getting type 2 diabetes.
4) Bloodletting burns calories. Blood donors shed 650 kcal every time they donate.
5) You will receive a free health check-up as donate blood have to go through some test to ensure the blood is safe to be used.
6) You can get a free hepatitis B vaccination if you donate twice a year. However, this only applied to blood donation at National Blood Centre and other associated hospitals.
7) Permanent blood donor who have donated above 50 times can get a treatment in first class hospital for free. Again, you will have to donate at National Blood Centre or associated hospitals.
8) Last but not least, the joy of saving life. Don't you feel proud knowing that you can save up to 3 lives for every pint of whole blood you donate? This is because whole blood can be separated into 3 components, this is also the reason the tagline "1 pint of blood save 3 lives" is used to promote and encourage people to donate blood.
The national blood centre (pusat darah negara) is located at Jalan Tun Razak, Titiwangsa, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They collect bloods and supplies them to both general and private hospitals. There is also a donation suit established by the ministry of health in the Midvalley Megamall. It is placed at the 3rd floor, beside Daiso. Moreover, Unit Transfusi Perubatan Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang, Selangor is another location that you can go for blood donation. It is also known as Klang General Hospital.
A-type blood tends to run short in the blood bank. According to the registration division head Ms Rosalind Choo, many A-blood type donors were not aware and not coming forward to donate their blood. Therefore, I suggest people who are having A-type blood should donate more often and even better to be a permanent donor to avoid low stock of A-type blood packs. In addition, I think we should set up more donation suite, run more donation drive around the country. It would be so much better if schools can organize blood campaign to teach young kids about blood as well as persuade them to be a permanent donor when they are able to donate.
Sorry, if this is a bit dry as there are no photos. I still hope you learn something from this post and convinced to be a blood donor. See you next post!
Loves, meLodyyap.
Penang 保育之旅 2k17
哟，好久不见了呢！终于考完试了，终于放假了，终于空闲了，终于轻松了！去槟城是个临时的活动，就是爸爸他叶氏宗祠的朋友邀约的一个我们认为既有意义，也能让我们好好放松的2天1夜槟城游。
四月十五号当天我们6点出发到 “ 沙登叶仁肉骨茶 ” 等候全部人的到来，结果我们是最后出现的。聊了一会儿后，我们5辆车便出发到霹雳州美罗（Bidor）的街场里吃早餐。点了2碗安顺加料猪肠粉配猪皮和咖喱鸡，我还是第一次吃有包沙葛的猪肠粉，满心期待的享用才发现其实味道普普而已，就加了沙葛比较特别（有可能是因为我不爱吃肠粉）。妹妹和表亲他们各叫了一块roti canai来吃，他们的评语是难吃，印度饼又硬，酱料又不好吃（也许是他们不喜欢美罗他们的吃法吧）。价钱两条肠粉和一配料（猪皮/咖喱鸡）为约5零吉，roti canai是1块1++零吉。如果各位以后经过的话，可以来试试看，说不定你会喜欢。地址：1, 35500 Bidor, Perak。由于我们还没认真睡醒所以没有拍到照片。
经过爸爸和他朋友一番讨论后，他们决定弯进去怡保二奶巷看看。我们就在那里逗留约50分钟，拍拍照，喝饮料，还吃了盘鸭蛋炒粿条（7零吉）。我们就在二奶巷头隔壁买waffle的咖啡店，买了些饮料和一个冰淇淋面包，到对面的kopitiam吃粿条。小提醒：请在那个kopitiam叫上和人数对比饮料和食物，否则你会得到老板嫌弃的眼神。三奶巷的话可以不用去了，虽然它隔一条街，可是那里真的没有东西可看。你要是有时间是可以到二奶巷对面的plan b所在那个广场走走逛逛，风景是不错的，拿来当照片背景很好。详细的怡保行程可以按这里看我上个怡保之旅。
过后，爸爸朋友要留在怡保吃鸡饭作午餐。我们便自行到太平湖，话说上一次也是唯一一次到太平湖也是好久的事了。那里没什么人，天气也不错，凉爽的下午。反正有时间，妈妈提议我们骑水上踏船，然而她害怕水所以不跟来了。两艘踏船的费用共为30出零吉。
在太平某个餐馆吃了面条就上车到 Sungai Acheh 港口集合。这一次旅行的目的是保育计划，把鱼苗和虾苗放到 Sungai Acheh。由于人类大量捕鱼类和海鲜类来吃和作为其他用处，才造成现在缺少的情况。除此之外，我们还习惯隋地丢垃圾，一些无良工厂往水里释放有害物品像是黑油，肮脏液体和不能腐化的物体。这些行为严重破坏海洋的自然生态，最后对我们人类也没好处，我们应当检讨和重塑这唯一适合人类居住的星球好让我们的下一代能够与我们一样住在一个干净健康的生活环境。真正去坐船放鱼苗和虾苗的只有我爸爸，弟弟和表弟，因为船坐不下那么多人哈哈。下一站我们跟随爸爸朋友的车抵达红树林，走一趟，四处观望这个被人类污染的树林。当时在退潮的情态下足以让我们清楚看见垃圾的存在。非常糟糕，我们真的必须作出补偿给地球了，还回他以前的状态。
四月十五号当天我们6点出发到 “ 沙登叶仁肉骨茶 ” 等候全部人的到来，结果我们是最后出现的。聊了一会儿后，我们5辆车便出发到霹雳州美罗（Bidor）的街场里吃早餐。点了2碗安顺加料猪肠粉配猪皮和咖喱鸡，我还是第一次吃有包沙葛的猪肠粉，满心期待的享用才发现其实味道普普而已，就加了沙葛比较特别（有可能是因为我不爱吃肠粉）。妹妹和表亲他们各叫了一块roti canai来吃，他们的评语是难吃，印度饼又硬，酱料又不好吃（也许是他们不喜欢美罗他们的吃法吧）。价钱两条肠粉和一配料（猪皮/咖喱鸡）为约5零吉，roti canai是1块1++零吉。如果各位以后经过的话，可以来试试看，说不定你会喜欢。地址：1, 35500 Bidor, Perak。由于我们还没认真睡醒所以没有拍到照片。
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| 加料猪肠粉长这个样子 |
经过爸爸和他朋友一番讨论后，他们决定弯进去怡保二奶巷看看。我们就在那里逗留约50分钟，拍拍照，喝饮料，还吃了盘鸭蛋炒粿条（7零吉）。我们就在二奶巷头隔壁买waffle的咖啡店，买了些饮料和一个冰淇淋面包，到对面的kopitiam吃粿条。小提醒：请在那个kopitiam叫上和人数对比饮料和食物，否则你会得到老板嫌弃的眼神。三奶巷的话可以不用去了，虽然它隔一条街，可是那里真的没有东西可看。你要是有时间是可以到二奶巷对面的plan b所在那个广场走走逛逛，风景是不错的，拿来当照片背景很好。详细的怡保行程可以按这里看我上个怡保之旅。
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| 这是必须拍照打卡的招牌 |
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| 爹地叛逆没穿制服 哈哈哈 |
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| 附近看到的一幅壁画 |
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| 渴了吗？来包怡保白咖啡吧！ |
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| 咖啡店 |
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| Rasberry Ripple Ice-cream |
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| 没什么精神的我们 |
过后，爸爸朋友要留在怡保吃鸡饭作午餐。我们便自行到太平湖，话说上一次也是唯一一次到太平湖也是好久的事了。那里没什么人，天气也不错，凉爽的下午。反正有时间，妈妈提议我们骑水上踏船，然而她害怕水所以不跟来了。两艘踏船的费用共为30出零吉。
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| 姐妹花 |
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| 马来西亚新女团-yappie |
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| 乱也是一种美 |
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| 夫妻样 |
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| 我们看见你咯，四脚蛇！ |
在太平某个餐馆吃了面条就上车到 Sungai Acheh 港口集合。这一次旅行的目的是保育计划，把鱼苗和虾苗放到 Sungai Acheh。由于人类大量捕鱼类和海鲜类来吃和作为其他用处，才造成现在缺少的情况。除此之外，我们还习惯隋地丢垃圾，一些无良工厂往水里释放有害物品像是黑油，肮脏液体和不能腐化的物体。这些行为严重破坏海洋的自然生态，最后对我们人类也没好处，我们应当检讨和重塑这唯一适合人类居住的星球好让我们的下一代能够与我们一样住在一个干净健康的生活环境。真正去坐船放鱼苗和虾苗的只有我爸爸，弟弟和表弟，因为船坐不下那么多人哈哈。下一站我们跟随爸爸朋友的车抵达红树林，走一趟，四处观望这个被人类污染的树林。当时在退潮的情态下足以让我们清楚看见垃圾的存在。非常糟糕，我们真的必须作出补偿给地球了，还回他以前的状态。
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| 三万条鱼苗和两万条虾苗就在透明袋里 |
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| 排队上船 |
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| 出发咯 |
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| 要把袋子浸到河里，让鱼苗和虾苗适应水的温度后才把它们放进河里 |
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| 走进红树林的路上 |
其实在那里有个简单的晚餐，不过我们看见食物不多，所以决定到了槟城岛再吃。一路赶到Gelugor, 从白天到黑夜的变化就在1小时内看见了。我们这次因为很临时，所以book到一间看是不错的airbnb。Century Bay Private Residence, 我们对这间有点不太满意。原因是网站给的地址是不正确的，还我们花了半小时兜兜转转，然后我们book的房间竟然被别人入住了（我还特地sms和message告诉他们我们会在晚上check-in。不过经过讨论后，他们让我们upgrade到六楼的pent house借宿一晚。房子除了有点久，有点肮脏之外其它方面都很好。Facilities很多，其中包括游泳池，篮球场，鱼池，桌球，乒乓台，2幅壁画，免费的咖啡和开水，桑拿，还有苹果电脑和x-box借玩。可惜我们时间不充足，所以都没使用到。在晚上九点，一班人便去吃晚餐。关仔角 （Gurney Drive) 果然人山人海，食物包罗万象，看得我们口水直流。点了著名的炒粿条，asam laksa, 白咖喱面，蚵煎，鱿鱼翁菜，瓦煲鸡饭。饮料也叫了罗汉果和果汁。再来甜品有冰的么么喳喳和四果汤（就像吉隆坡的清保凉一样）。都蛮好吃，挺推荐的。来槟城一定不要错过咯！
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| 外面的景色，能看见槟城大桥 |
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| 早上有点饿，就泡科学面来吃 |
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| 我承认我是有点自恋哈哈哈 |
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| 头发难看，脸还丑 |
第二天早晨，一家人来到姓氏桥，只有周家桥比较多东西看而已，在最尾那里有个庙可以去拜拜。壁画呢就在对面那几条街，所以我们走过去，租了个大型脚踏车，足以让我们7位都坐上去。一个小时租金是30零吉，不过这是蛮多余的。因为街道的路是很窄，车子也很很多，还倒退艰难。我建议走路或是其单人脚车会更方便，也因为这个原因，我们只拍到几幅壁画而已，途中有很多特色小店和零食/饮料档口。没来过的朋友可以去观光，是个满意的行程。
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| 7零吉的酷炫干冰饮料 |
整个上午都耗在槟城岛，大约一点就回吉隆坡咯。一路上有说有笑，笑累了睡觉，睡醒了又继续说笑。原本打算停在怡保吃午餐，可是却错过了路口，再回去的话很浪费时间和车油。结果就在金宝（Kampar）的游记面包鸡吃午餐。8道100令吉有找，不错吃，但是我们没点面包鸡，我们都不爱吃。过后，爸爸突然心血来潮想去Kellie's Castle 传说有鬼城堡探险，才怪咧，去观光啦。我们都是第一次去，除了我妈妈。
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| 天空灰灰的 |
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| 宏伟而漂亮 |
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| 他们家客厅 |
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| 顶楼风景好 |
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| 舒爽，凉快 |
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| 我离不开自拍 |
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| 看见影子了（我们的） |
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| 走廊 |
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| 扮淑女失败因为我是少女（真无耻） |
这就是我们最后一站了，回到家也已经晚上9点了。所以今天就睡到自然醒，才起来写部落格咯。又是个好玩的旅程，下一篇见咯。
Loves, meLodyyap.
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