MENGENALI DAN MENDEKATI ANAK REMAJA ANDA

( GUIDANCE CORNER)

Pernahkah anda   mengalami masaalah menangani anak yang meningkat remaja? Perangainya berubah jadi pendiam, atau jadi pemarah dan memberontak. Masih ingat lagi kenangan masa kanak-kanak di mana anak ini sangat baik dan mendengar kata. Sejuk hati dan senang mata kita memandangnya.

Kadang-kadang ada juga remaja yang nampak sangat baik di depan kita tetapi karakternya berlainan bila bersama rakan-rakannya. Sedikit pun kita tak sangka yang anak ini merokok, berpacaran dan mengikuti aktiviti liar. Saat inilah kita akan sentiasa bimbang dan pening kepala dengan kerenah anak remaja.

Sekiranya persekitaran sihat dan memberangsangkan dapat diwujudkan, masaalah seperti di atas dapat dikurangkan. Masih ramai remaja yang berkembang dengan baik dan menjadi kebanggaan keluarga. Ini adalah kerana mereka beruntung dibesarkan dalam persekitaran yang sihat dan memberangsangkan. Ibu bapa yang peka dengan masaalah yang dialami oleh remaja akan senang menemui punca dan menyelesaikannya. Dengan ini mereka terselamat dari terus hanyut dalam alam mereka yang penuh dengan tekanan dan emosi yang tidak stabil. Ibubapa perlu melengkapkan diri dengan segala ilmu pendidikan dan juga saikoloji remaja agar senang memahami kehendak remaja.

Bagi mereka yang tidak faham akan pertukaran hormon yang dialami oleh remaja, dengan senang melabel golongan ini kurang ajar, biadab, pemalas dan sebagainya.

Video berikut memaparkan gelagat dua remaja yang suka merayau-rayau dan terlibat dalam kes ugut.

Beginilah keadaannya kalau tidak dikawal dari awal dan diberi kebebasan tanpa batas. Hafidz dan Tajrid melakunkan watak dua orang remaja yang bermasaalah ini.

Psikologi Remaja, Karakteristik dan Permasalahannya

Masa yang paling indah adalah masa remaja.

Masa yang paling menyedihkan adalah masa remaja.

Masa yang paling ingin dikenang adalah masa remaja.

Masa yang paling ingin dilupakan adalah masa remaja.

Remaja:

Menurut Hurlock (1981) remaja adalah mereka yang berada pada usia 12-18 tahun. Monks, dkk (2000) pula memberi batasan usia remaja adalah 12-21 tahun. Menurut Stanley Hall (dalam Santrock, 2003) usia remaja berada pada rentang 12-23 tahun. Berdasarkan batasan-batasan yang diberikan para  ahli,.masa permulaan usia remaja adalah sama, tetapi berakhirnya masa remaja sangat bervariasi. Bahkan ada yang dikenal juga dengan istilah remaja yang diperpanjangkan dan remaja yang diperpendekkan.

Remaja adalah masa yang penuh dengan permasalahan. Statemen ini sudah dikemukakan seawal abad ke-20 oleh Bapa Psikologi Remaja iaitu Stanley Hall. Stanley Hall berpendapat bahawa masa remaja adalah merupakan masa penuh badai dan tekanan (storm and stress). Pendapat ini masih dipakai oleh para pengkaji hingga kini.

Menurut Erickson, masa remaja adalah masa terjadinya krisis identiti atau pencarian identiti diri. Gagasan Erickson ini dikuatkan oleh James Marcia yang menemukan bahwa ada lima status identiti diri pada remaja iaitu:

-identity diffusion

-identity confussion 

-identity moratorium 

-identity foreclosure 

-identity achieved . 

Karakteristik remaja yang sedang berusaha untuk mencari identiti diri ini juga sering menimbulkan masalah pada diri remaja.

Gunarsa (1989) merangkum beberapa karakteristik remaja yang dapat menimbulkan berbagai permasalahan pada diri remaja, yaitu:

1. Kecanggungan dalam pergaulan dan kekakuan dalam gerakan.
2. Ketidakstabilan emosi.
3. Adanya perasaan kosong akibat perombakan pandangan dan petunjuk hidup.
4. Adanya sikap menentang dan menantang orang tua.
5. Pergolakan di dalam dirinya sering menjadi  penyebab menentang kedua orang tuanya.
6. Kegelisahan dalam diri mereka kerana banyak perkara yang diinginkan tetapi luar dari kemampuan mereka
7. Senang bereksperimentasi.
8. Senang bereksplorasi.
9. Mempunyai banyak fantasi, khayalan, dan bualan.
10. Kecenderungan membentuk kelompok dan kecenderungan kegiatan berkelompok.

Berdasarkan tinjauan teori perkembangan, usia remaja adalah saat terjadinya perubahan-perubahan yang cepat, termasuk perubahan fundamental dalam aspek kognitif, emosi, sosial dan pencapaian (Fagan, 2006). Sebahagian remaja mampu mengatasi transisi ini dengan baik tapi ada juga sebilangan remaja yang mengalami penurunan psikis, fisiologis, dan sosial. Beberapa permasalahan remaja yang muncul biasanya banyak berhubungan dengan karakteristik yang ada pada diri remaja itu sendiri.Berikut ini dirangkum beberapa permasalahan utama yang dialami oleh remaja.

Permasalahan Fizikal dan Kesehatan

Permasalahan akibat perubahan fizikal banyak dirasakan oleh remaja awal ketika mereka mengalami pubertasi. Pada remaja yang sudah selesai masa pubertasinya (remaja tengah dan akhir) , mereka  merasa tidak puas dengan keadaan fizikal yang dimiliki yang biasanya tidak sesuai dengan fizikal ideal yang diinginkan. Mereka juga sering membandingkan fizikalnya dengan fizikal orang lain ataupun idola-idola mereka. Permasalahan fizikal ini sering mengakibatkan mereka kurang keyakinan pada diri sendiri. Levine & Smolak (2002) menyatakan bahwa 40-70% remaja perempuan merasakan ketidakpuasan pada dua atau lebih dari bagian tubuhnya, khususnya pada bagian pinggul, pantat, perut dan pahanya .(Ketidakpuasan akan diri ini sangat erat kaitannya dengan distres emosi, pikiran yang berlebihan tentang penampilan, depresi, rendahnya harga diri, onset merokok, dan perilaku makan yang maladaptiv (& Shaw, 2003; Stice & Whitenton, 2002). Lebih lanjut, ketidakpuasan akan body image ini dapat sebagai pertanda awal munculnya gangguan makan seperti anoreksia atau bulimia (Polivy & Herman, 1999; Thompson et al).

Dalam masalah kesehatan tidak banyak remaja yang mengalami sakit kronik. Problem yang banyak terjadi adalah kurang tidur, gangguan makan, maupun penggunaan ubat-ubatan terlarang. Beberapa kecelakaan, bahkan kematian pada remaja adalah disebabkan oleh karakter mereka yang suka bereksperimentasi dan berskplorasi.

Permasalahan Alkohol dan Ubat-Ubatan Terlarang

Penggunaan alkohol dan ubat-ubatan terlarang sejak akhir-akhir ini sangat membimbangkan. Walaupun sudah banyak usaha untuk menangani masaalah ini, namun penggunaan narkotin masih berleluasa. Mengapa remaja menggunakan narkotin? Santrock (2003) menemukan beberapa alasan mengapa remaja  mengambil narkotin iaitu karena ingin tahu, untuk meningkatkan rasa percaya diri, solidaritas, adaptasi dengan lingkungan, maupun untuk kompensasi.

• Pengaruh sosial dan interpersonal: termasuk kurangnya kehangatan dari orang tua, supervisi, kontrol dan dorongan. Penilaian negatif dari orang tua, ketegangan di rumah, perceraian dan perpisahan orang tua.
• Pengaruh budaya dan tata krama: memandang penggunaan alkohol dan obat-obatan sebagai simbol penolakan atas standar konvensional, berorientasi pada tujuan jangka pendek dan kepuasan hedonis, dll.
• Pengaruh interpersonal: termasuk kepribadian yang temperamental, agresif, orang yang memiliki lokus kontrol eksternal, rendahnya harga diri, kemampuan koping yang buruk, dll.
• Cinta dan Hubungan Heteroseksual
• Permasalahan Seksual
• Hubungan Remaja dengan Kedua Orang Tua
• Permasalahan Moral, Nilai, dan Agama

Lain halnya dengan pendapat Smith & Anderson (dalam Fagan,2006), menurutnya kebanyakan remaja melakukan perilaku berisiko dianggap sebagai sebahagian dari proses perkembangan yang normal. Perilaku berisiko yang paling sering dilakukan oleh remaja adalah penggunaan rokok, alkohol dan narkotin (Rey, 2002).

Permasalahan percintaan remaja

Salah satu akibat dari berfungsinya hormon gonadotrofik yang diproduksi oleh kelenjar hypothalamus adalah munculnya perasaan saling tertarik antara remaja pria dan wanita. Perasaan tertarik ini bisa meningkat pada perasaan yang lebih tinggi yaitu cinta romantis (romantic love) iaitu luapan hasrat kepada seseorang atau orang yang sering menyebutnya “jatuh cinta”.

Santrock (2003) mengatakan bahwa cinta romatis menandakan kehidupan percintaan para remaja dan juga merupakan hal yang penting bagi para siswa. Cinta romantis meliputi sekumpulan emosi yang saling bercampur seperti rasa takut, marah, hasrat seksual, kesenangan dan rasa cemburu. Tidak semua emosi ini positif. Dalam suatu penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Bercheid & Fei ditemukan bahwa cinta romantis merupakan salah satu penyebab seseorang mengalami depresi dibandingkan dengan permasalahan dengan teman.

Jenis cinta yang kedua adalah cinta kasih sayang (affectionate love) atau yang sering disebut cinta kebersamaan yaitu saat muncul keinginan individu untuk memiliki individu lain secara dekat dan mendalam, dan memberikan kasih sayang untuk orang tersebut. Cinta kasih sayang ini lebih menandai masa percintaan orang dewasa daripada percintaan remaja.

Dengan matangnya organ-organ seksual pada remaja maka akan mengakibatkan munculnya dorongan-dorongan seksual. Problem tentang seksual pada remaja adalah berkisar masalah bagaimana mengendalikan dorongan seksual, konflik antara mana yang boleh dilakukan dan mana yang tidak boleh dilakukan, adanya “ketidaknormalan” yang dialaminya berkaitan dengan organ-organ reproduksinya, pelecehan seksual, homoseksual, kehamilan dan aborsi, dan sebagainya (Santrock, 2003, Hurlock, 1991).

Permasalahan dengan kedua ibubapa:

Diantara perubahan-perubahan yang terjadi pada masa remaja yang mempengaruhi hubungan mereka dengan ibubapa adalah : 

-pubertasi

-penalaran logik yang berkembang

-pemikiran ideal yang meningkat

-harapan yang tidak tercapai

-perubahan di sekolah

-pengaruh teman sebaya

-persahabatan

-percintaan

-pergaulan menuju kebebasan.

Beberapa konflik lain yang biasa terjadi antara remaja dengan orang tua berkisar masalah kehidupan sehari-hari seperti jam pulang ke rumah, cara berpakaian, mengemas bilik tidur. Konflik-konflik seperti ini jarang menimbulkan dilema utama dibandingkan dengan penggunaan obat-obatan terlarang maupun kenakalan remaja.

Sebilangan remaja juga mengeluh dengan cara orang tua memperlakukan mereka dengan kuasa autoriti atau sikap orang tua yang tidak memahami kepentingan dan perasaan remaja.

Akhir-akhir ini ramai ibubapa dan pendidik yang merasa bimbang bahwa anak-anak mereka terutama remaja mengalami degradasi moral. Sementara remaja sendiri juga sering dihadapkan dengan dilema-dilema moral sehingga remaja merasa bingung terhadap keputusan-keputusan moral yang harus diambilnya. Walaupun di dalam keluarga mereka sudah ditanamkan nilai-nilai agama, tetapi remaja akan merasa bingung ketika menghadapi kenyataan ternyata nilai-nilai tersebut sangat berbeza dengan nilai-nilai yang dihadapi bersama teman-temannya.

Pengawasan terhadap tingkah laku remaja oleh orang dewasa sangat sukar dilakukan kerana lingkungan  pergaulan remaja sudah sangat luas. Pengasahan terhadap hati nurani sebagai pengendali internal perilaku remaja menjadi sangat penting agar remaja bisa mengendalikan perilakunya sendiri ketika tidak ada orang tua maupun guru dan segera menyadari serta memperbaiki diri ketika dia berbuat salah.

Dari beberapa bukti dan fakta tentang remaja, karakteristik dan permasalahan yang menyertainya, semoga dapat menjadi wacana bagi orang tua untuk lebih memahami karakteristik anak remaja mereka dan perubahan perilaku mereka. Perilaku mereka kini tentunya berbeza dari masa kanak-kanak. Kadang-kadang  perkara sebegini memberi tekanan pada orang tua. Kesabaran yang tinggi sangat diperlukan demi membangunkan diri remaja menjadi generasi yang bakal memimpin agama, bangsa dan negara.

rujukan penulisan:
http://netsains.com/2009/04/psikologi-remaja-karakteristik-dan-permasalahannya

HOW TO MAKE HOMESCHOOLING EASIER FOR PARENTS

( GUIDANCE CORNER )

One of the main benefits of homeschooling is the freedom and flexibility it allows.We can always travel, having fun with field trips, become crazy and full with ideas during science experiments of your own choice, turning your kitchen into amazing cooking class and thousands of adventures. You feel bless for what Allah has made you to choose homeschool for your beautiful kids. Besides all these good things, homeschooling is not always easy. I admit that, sometimes  stress and work from homeschooling really burden me to my bone if I don't make a good preparation for. After 2 years home schooled my kids, I can figure out some solutions to make it easier for parents.


1- Always refer to Internet
Internet is always my best friend. If you are in doubt about your method of homeschooling or home school curriculum use the internet to seek another method. In fact, you can use the internet to help you in regard to nearly everything homeschool related. Do you need something to keep your little one busy while you’re working with an older child? The internet has coloring sheets galore, as well as worksheets, mazes, and puzzles. There are thousands of homeschooling blogs all over the world for you to use as reference. You can always copy their ideas and turn it in your own way and become yours forever.

2. Choose a complete homeschool curriculum
Complete curricula will also make homeschooling easier on you as a parent. Instead of having to search through multiple catalogs to find just the right curriculum, choose a complete curriculum. Not only will it save you time, it may even save you money, in the long run.

3. Cut yourself some slack
Don’t expect yourself to be the perfect teacher. Unless you have an education degree, you most likely will make mistakes along the way. Don’t beat yourself up about them. Learn from the mistakes and try not to repeat them again.

4. Allow your children to help themselves
You can’t be expected to know everything, so if your child wants to learn something you don’t know, give them the freedom to follow their interests. You might be pleasantly surprised to find that they learn more on their own than they did while you were more involved.

5. Seek help from others
When in doubt about anything dealing with homeschooling, seek the advice from those who have been homeschooling for longer than you. Even though they may not have dealt with exactly what you’re dealing with, chances are they will be able to give you advice or point you in the right direction. Take advantage of your homeschooling peers’ offers of help, there might be a time where you’ll be able to return the favor.

6. Online communities are available
If you don’t know people that homeschool in your local area, there are literally hundreds of homeschooling communities on the Internet. Search online for homeschooling groups or forums. They can be found in every state, and even some outside of the United States. You may have to register to join a homeschool group or forum, but you can be as active as you like and remain anonymous if you like.

Let's ask Hafidz about his idea as homeschooler in order to make homeschool fun and easy for parents.

These are Hafidz's suggestions for parents:

1- Do a lot of experiments. You can find lots of good experiments in youtube. Just buy all the things needed and let your kids do it by themselves.

I love doing experiment especially with light.

2- Ask your kid do "tapping". Tapping is good for everybody especially students.  After 40 days doing it, you can see the significant result on you. Tapping can change you to be a better person.

 3- Make a cooking class in other word, have a fun with your kids in the kitchen. Ask them to choose their favorite food and go for it. Sooner or later, they will master the cooking and serve you just like in a restaurant. I mean it !!

I love cooking class.

4-Let your kids listen to "english programme" or any other language that you want them to master in youtube. Make it daily. Save your time for at least 2 hours a day while your kids are at the computer.

5- Introduce Science Garden to your homeschooling curriculum. Let your kids explore what is in the garden and plant their own trees. Maybe they can plant some vegetables and cook it in their cooking class. Wow!! I really feel proud when plucking my ripe chillies and  use them in my favorite recipes.

Coconut tree is one of my favorite.  I'm going to make many coconut bonsai and sell it one day.

Trimming bonsai tree really need you to be patient.

 6- Arrange lots of field trips for your kids. You just stay at home doing your things. Lets others do it with your kids. They can be a father, big brothers or big sisters.

I followed my father and brother for island hopping around Langkawi Island. We were searching for bonsai.

7- Give your kids some space to do their hobbies. There are lots of good hobbies that really can make your kids learning something new. Motivate them to make some research about the hobbies in internet. I like fishing, taking videos and pictures, swimming and gardening. I wish to make it as a business one day.

Photography has become my new passion. I love the art of photo editting

8- Painting is always close to the heart of children. They can really sit down for hours to experiment with colors and experience the miracle of colors on the paper. Even though I am not a good artist, painting really pin me to the chair for quite a long hours. Try this with your kids and you will thanks God for all the comfort.

Painting the leaves of tree is the easiest.

9- I really love to watch all the survival programmes.  There are lots of them in youtube such as man vs. wild, dual survival and man and woman vs. wild. They can always try some of the acts at home such as how to light fire without matches, how to make a raft from the tree trunks and lots more. From my own experience, I did learn many survival tricks that I can use in future. We never know what is waiting for us. Just pray for all the best!!

Gather all the dry sticks into a pile

Start to make a very vigorous friction of stick and dried plank

 Friction between the stick and the plank will produce a smoke

Keep on blowing the smoke until it produce a fire

Transfer the fire to the pile of dry sticks.

10- It is good to make home project for your kids. Home project is an advantage for a teenager like me. Doing something that introduce you to the reality of life is very important in order to build self confidence. Home project can be a small business at home, become a dealer without capital on-line, home renovation and many other things. I am lucky to have 2 home projects that are still in the progress....building double storey house and making homemade health products that we sell on-line.

I learn lots of things about house building.

I also learn how to use this concrete machine

Thank You Hafidz For Making My Work Easier!
I Love You My Son.

RAHSIA KEAJAIBAN MOLEKUL AIR DAN AIR ZAMZAM

Firman Allah S.W.T :

“Dan KAMI jadikan daripada air, segala sesuatu yang hidup”
(Surah Al-Anbia, ayat 30 )

Maha Suci Allah yang telah mencipta mahkluk yang bernama air ini! Sesungguhnya ia adalah makhluk yang paling setia dan amat peka sekali dalam menjalankan perintah Tuhannya!

Di dalam Al-Quran ada menyatakan peratusan Hydrogen (air) ini adalah 72% dan bakinya tanah adalah hanya 28% sahaja. Tubuh badan manusia adalah kunci kepada rahsia air ini. Rahsia manusia ada jaluran elektrik yang dinamakan AURA adalah kerana rahsia air ini juga! Lupakah kita sewaktu dalam kandungan perut ibu di dalam kandungan air semata-mata?

Air diperakui oleh saintis sedunia sebagai alat perakam terbaik. Air sebenarnya boleh merakam setiap bunyi gema getaran yang dihadirkan kepadanya dengan baik termasuk dengan kata-kata dan juga dari hanya niat kita (tanpa kata-kata). Itulah keistimewaan air yang kita sangka hanya untuk pembersihan semata-mata. Islam mendidik kita mengambil wuduk dengan air dengan niat, begitu juga dengan mandian dari hadas kecil ataupun besar yang harus di letakkan dengan niat. Tidakkah kita pernah terfikir air itu sedang merakam niat kita? Molekul air mempunyai struktur yang mudah. Namun begitu, struktur ini dapat menghasilkan tindak balas yang kompleks. Air terdiri daripada satu atom oksigen dan dua atom hidrogen.

Molekul air zam-zam

Kajian saintifik di Jepun : Dr. Masaru Emoto dari Universiti Yokohama dengan tekun melakukan penyelidikan tentang perubahan molekul air. Air murni dari mata air di Pulau Honshu didoakan mengikut tradisi agama Shinto, lalu didinginkan sehingga -5 °C di makmal, kemudian ia diambil gambar dengan mikroskop elektron dengan kamera halaju tinggi. Ternyata molekul air tersebut membentuk kristal segi enam yang indah.

Ujikaji diulangi dengan membacakan kata, “Arigato (terima kasih dalam bahasa Jepun)” di depan botol air tadi. Kristal yang terbentuk sangat indah. Lalu dicuba dengan menghadapkan tulisan huruf Jepun, “Arigato”. Kristal membentuk dengan keindahan yang sama. Selanjutnya ditunjukkan kata “syaitan”, maka molekul air berbentuk buruk. Diputarkan muzik Symphony Mozart, kristal muncul berbentuk bunga. Ketika muzik heavy metal diperdengarkan, molekul kristal air itu terus hancur. Ketika 500 orang berkonsentrasi memusatkan pesanan “peace” di depan sebotol air, kristal air tadi mengembang bercabang-cabang dengan indahnya. Dan ketika diuji dengan dibacakan doa Islam,kristal bersegi enam dengan lima cabang daun muncul berkilauan. Subhanallah!

Punca air Zam-zam

Semasa di suatu seminar yang rata–ratanya dihadiri oleh bukan Islam, Prof. Masaru Emotomenunjukkan beberapa molekul air yang buruk rupanya. Kemudian yang terakhir beliau menunjukkan molekul-molekul air yang begitu indah, berbentuk kristal yang bercabang-cabang dan berkilauan. Beliau kemudiannya bertanya kepada hadirin tentang molekul air tersebut. Hadirin senyap. Dengan yakinnya seorang peserta seminar dari Malaysia bangun dan berkata “Itu molekul air zam-zam, air yang paling mulia”. Prof. Emoto menggangguk dan berkata “Saya tidak pasti sama ada itu adalah air yang paling mulia atau tidak tetapi memang benar itu adalah molekul air zam-zam”. Dr. Emoto akhirnya mengelilingi dunia melakukan percubaan dengan air di Swiss, Berlin, Perancis, Palestin, dan ia kemudian diundang ke Markas Besar PBB di New York untuk membentangkan hasil penemuannya pada bulan Mac 2005 lalu. Ternyata air boleh ”mendengar” kata-kata, “membaca” tulisan, dan boleh “mengerti” pesanan.

Di dalam bukunya iaitu "The Hidden Message in Water", Dr. Masaru Emoto menghuraikan bahawa air mempunyai sifat yang boleh merakam pesanan, seperti pita magnetik atau compact disk. Semakin kuat konsentrasi yang diberikan oleh pemberi pesanan (contoh pembaca doa perubatan menggunakan air) maka akan semakin kuat dan berkesan rakaman yang dirakamkan pada molekul air berkenaan. Maka air itu boleh memindahkan pesanan tadi melalui molekul air yang lain.

Penemuan ini menjelaskan air putih yang didoakan mampu menyembuhkan penyakit mengikut bacaan dan niat. Air berkemampuan untuk menangkap pesanan dan niat doa untuk penyembuhan penyakit lalu dipindahkan pesanan dan niat itu kepada molekul air yang ada dalam badan pesakit itu contohnya kepada molekul cecair darah. Tubuh manusia terdiri daripada 75% air. Otak mempunyai 74.5% air, Darah 82% air. Tulang yang keras pun mengandungi 22% air.

Rasulullah saw, bersabda, "ZamZam Lima Syuriba Lahu," maksudnya Air zam zam akan melaksanakan pesanan dan niat orang yang meminumnya. Barang siapa yang meminumnya untuk merasa kenyang, dia akan berasa kenyang. Barang siapa yang meminumnya dengan niat untuk penyembuhan, InsyaAllah dia akan sembuh.

Persidangan Air Sedunia baru-baru ini di salah sebuah Universiti di Malaysia membuktikan segala fakta tentang air. Sewaktu persidangan itu, air dari merata dunia diambil dan diperiksa akan “kehebatannya“. Kamera berfrekuensi tinggi berjarak jauh digunakan untuk melihat akan gambaran yang terjadi kepada air yang sedang di uji itu. Maka air dari Sungai Ganges dan juga termasuk Air Zam-Zam diuji dan dikenal pasti. Sesuatu yang nyata adalah Air Zam-Zam sahajalah air yang begitu kukuh dalam merakam segala perubahan pada kadar gelombang alam semesta ini dan strukturnya begitu kukuh (segi tiga). Keunikan Air Zam-Zam ini juga adalahstrukturnya tidak berubah, ia tidak akan terjejas di dalam apa sekali pun tekanan yang sedang diberikan padanya. Ia tetap utuh sehinggakan seorang Professor dari Jepun memeluk agama Islam kerana keunikan Air Zam-Zam yang beliau ketahui hanya ada di Kaabah. Lagi satu kehebatan air Zam-Zam ini adalah ia sahaja didapati boleh merakam dengan tepat gelombang warna alam yang sering bertukar pada waktu-waktu yang tertentu.

Rahsia kehebatan air begitu terserlah apabila rahsia di Kaabah disingkap. Di bawah 4 penjuru (4 segi) bentuk Kaabah ada terkandung rahsia air yang bersifat Alkali. Itulah dia Air Zam-Zam, air yang merakam segala niat jemaah-jemaah yang datang secara gema gelombang, penyerahan yang harus diniatkan dan sebaliknya bukan niat yang negatif umpama menunjuk-nunjuk, angkuh-sombong, riak-takbur dan sebagainya. Betapa ramai yang telah kita dengari akan jemaah yang tersesat daripada dapat keluar dari pintu Masjidil Haram, juga yang tersesat balik ke Hotel, juga hilang entah ke mana, hanya menyimpan niat yang negatif, maka terakamlah segala niat kita maka dimakbulkan akan permintaan tadi sebagai suatu ujian getir dan diterbalikkan segala niat kita agar menjadi suatu peringatan supaya insaf dan sedar!

Hanya mereka yang benar-benar ingin mengambil tahu dan mempercayai tanpa ragu akan rahsia kehebatan air zam zam ini sahajalah yang akan mendapat ganjaran kehebatan dan keunikan air zam zam ini.

Di Kaabah, apabila niat kita benar-benar ikhlas, memohonkan ampun dan taubat, maka dengan sendirinya, kekuatan air iaitu Air Zam-Zam merakam niat jemaah tadi. Setelah ia melakukan tawaf 7 kali pusingan ke kanan, maka di situlah berlaku resonan (pusingan dengan geseran sesama manusia) maka penyerapan dosa-dosa itu terjadi, Insyaallah iaitu rahsia Kaabah yang memegang rahsia hitam serta Hajar Aswad yang juga hitam. Jemaah itu akan terasa begitu hening, tenang serta lapang jesteru akan terasa sebak lalu menangis teresak-esak kerana dapat merasakan kebesaran Allah SWT semata-mata.

Sebenarnya rahsia Kaabah dan Hajar Aswad ini adalah rahsia pada kejadian manusia di dalam perut. Majalah Medical Journal keluaran tahun 2000 ada menyatakan bahawa saintis mendapati apabila air mani dari lelaki memasuki ruang rahim wanita, berjuta-juta sperma berenang ke arah kanan ke kiri sebanyak 7 kali pusingan sebelum hanya satu sperma yang berjaya bercantum dengan telur maka persenyawaan pun terjadi maka samalah dengan rahsia pusingan jemaah di Kaabah iaitu apabila penyerahan adalah bersungguh-sungguh, penyerapan dosa akan terjadi, ciuman Hajar Aswad seakan-akan kita baru sahaja dijadikan iaitu bersih dari segala dosa! Maha Suci Allah yang Maha Pencipta, Maha Pengasih, Maha Penyayang pada hamba-hambanya. Apa yang disangkakan alam yang besar di dunia ini rupa-rupanya hanyalah kecil sahaja kerana “alam pada diri manusia” itu jauh lebih besar dan memegang segala rahsia luaran dan dalaman.

Air adalah sumber penyucian. Ia berupaya merakam gema serta niat, umpama kita mengambil wuduk sambil membaca niat, mandi wajib berniat dan sebagainya. Setiap tempat yang sudah pun Bertekanan Rendah, akan berlaku pelbagai istilah “musibah” yang “berbunyi” umpama taufan, ombak, gempa bumi dan pelbagai lagi untuk menyerap/seimbangkan semula gema/getaran kepada tahap tenaga asal tempat-tempat itu. Tidak lain tidak bukan Allah Maha Pengasih Maha Penyayang menghantar suatu “Isyarat” agar jangan kita “terbuai dan terhanyut jauh” oleh nafsu nafsi dan kembali ke pangkal jalanNya!

Apabila kita renungkan berpuluh-puluh ayat Al-Quran tentang air, kita akan tersentak bahawa Allah rupanya selalu menarik perhatian kita kepada air. Bahawa air tidak sekadar benda mati. Air menyimpan kekuatan, daya ingatan, daya penyembuh, dan sifat-sifat aneh lagi yang menunggu disingkap manusia. Islam adalah agama yang paling melekat dengan air. Solat fardhu wajib air wuduk 5 kali sehari, ketika solat sunat, malah untuk memegang Al-Quran.

Persetubuhan, suami isteri wajib mandi wajib. Wanita yang datang haid selepas itu pun wajib mandi. Setelah matipun jenazah wajib dimandikan. Oleh itu kita mestilah menghormati air. Jaga kebersihan dan jaga adab–adab serta jangan membazir. Seorang ilmuwan Jepun telah merintis. Ilmuwan muslim harus melanjutkan kajian kehidupan ini berdasarkan Al-Quran dan hadis. 

Adakah anda tahu 60-70% daripada badan manusia terdiri daripada unsur cecair (air)? Cuba anda bayangkan bentuk molekul air dalam badan anda jika anda membuat sesuatu perkara yang positif atau negatif? Dan setiap perkara pasti ada kesannya maka apakah kesannya pula terhadap diri anda jika anda membuat sesuatu perkara yang positif atau negatif? Muhasabah dirilah kita bersama-sama.

Menurut Ustaz Zamri, jika kita melakukan atau mendengar perkara-perkara yg tidak berfaedah dan negatif molekul air dalam badan kita berubah menjadi sesuatu yang ‘tidak cantik’. Apakan akan terjadi dengan rohani dan jiwa kita? Jiwa kita juga kacau seperti molekul air itu, rasa tidak tenang. Jika kita mengalunkan zikrullah, membaca Al-quran, berfikiran positif dan membuat kerja-kerja yang diredhai oleh Allah, insyaAllah rohani dan jiwa kita menjadi tenang seperti molekul air zam-zam yang cantik dan berkilau yang telah dibuktikan melalui bacaan ayat suci alquran yang dijalankan oleh Dr. Masaru Emoto dari Universiti Yokohama . Wallahua’lam..

Marilah kita menonton pula sedikit sedutan video berkaitan molekul air yang hebat ini terutamanya molekul air zam zam yang dijumpai oleh Profesor Dr. Masaru Emoto dari Universiti Yokohama :

SOURCE:
http://misteridankeajaibanalam.blogspot.com/

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LANGKAWI PADDY FESTIVAL 2011 BY FCUPRODUCTION

Established since June 1999, theiis the most comprehensive exhibition center displaying artifacts, charts, photographs as well as actual rice-planting tools. A visit to the Museum provides a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the role and significance of padi and rice in the life of Malaysians.

According to Shamsuddin Shuib, LADA's Economic Affairs Officer, the purpose of having the festival every year was to make Laman Padi lively with local and international visitors.

"Laman Padi is a complex where we show all the paddy activities. As we know paddy field farming is seasonal activity where we can see farmers prepare the land, harvest and do activities after harvesting only once a year. But here at Laman Padi, we can see all the activities at once throughout the year," said 

Shamsuddin.

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Among the activities held were playing soccer and netball in the mud, catching catfish using traditional fishing equipment, riding old bicycle on paddy field's track and many more.

According to him, all the activities on paddy fields at least described how paddy fields being used by farmers and youngsters.

"A long time ago, catching catfish are common as everyday food and farmers used to catch them at paddy fields," he said.

The activities held not only attracted locals but international visitors from Australia, Czech Republic, New Zealand and many more.

"It has been so much fun and it has been something really different, something I wasn't expecting to do in Langkawi but really good," said Jenni Zierk, a Monash University student who took part in playing soccer in the mud.

There were also different kind of rice-based food that visitors could try. Among the unique things to see was a display of 100 different types of ready-cooked rice.

"The food is beautiful, very fresh, lovely ingredients," said Coren Leckie, an Australian who came with his wife to experience the culture in Malaysia.

Laman Padi Langkawi was established since 1998. It showcases the history, heritage and development of the nation's rice growing industry.

"We are welcoming anybody, locals and international visitors, please come to Laman Padi and experience the life of farmers in Langkawi," said Shamsuddin.

As one of the crew of FCUPRODUCTION.

Taking some of paddy to bring home.

It was not easy to ride through this narrow path.

It seemed that all races taking part in this festival.

 

I loved this game the most.

source:

 http://www.langkawistory.com

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THE CANNIBALISTIC TREE PEOPLE OF PAPUA (home education)

This time I choose  Papua New Guinea as my destination to explore in internet. This country is very unique with its 250 tribes that has different costumes

Papua is the Indonesian half of New Guinea Island, one of the last places on earth that still has blanks on the map. About 250 languages are spoken in Papua. Most groups are made up of just a few hundred people; some have been contacted by the outside world only very recently.There are 4,000 or so members of the Kombai, most of whom live in isolated family homesteads in tree houses. As well as providing an escape from the heat and mosquitoes, the tree houses probably originated as their height is a defence against flooding during heavy rains as well as offering protection in times of conflict.

The tree people, Korowai and Kombai, live in the basin of the Brazza River in the vast lowland jungles. This is situated in the foothills of the Jayawijaya mountain range, which is in the southwest part of the New Guinea Island in the Indonesian province Papua (Irian Jaya). Mosquitoes and age-old rivalry forced these tribes to build houses in the tops of trees. Some of them are placed as high as 40 m.

High above the forest floor, deep in the swampy lowland jungles of Papua, tree houses greet the eyes of explorers trekking into what remains one of the last remote corners of the globe. The tree houses tower overhead at heights of over 80 feet above the ground, appearing to teeter but held firm by Sago palm tree fibres. These constructions are the homes of the Kombai and the neighbouring Korowai, tribal people numbering in the thousands who decorate their bodies with bones and may still count cannibalism among their customs. 

The tree houses stand in clearings cut out of the forest by the tribespeople, who fell trees using only the most rudimentary of stone axes. These dwellings offer an escape from the heat and biting insects below the jungle canopy, and are thought to have originated as a safeguard against flooding during heavy rains while also providing protection in periods of conflict. Enemy headhunting tribes like the Asmat from the south used to maraud through these regions and the trees may have been the only refuge for the Korowai and the Kombai.

The Korowai and the Kombai are distinct ethnic groups, each with their own language, but they do manage to interact and also share similar cultural practices. They are skilled hunter-gatherers whose men track prey including cassowary and wild boar. They still trade in objects like bone jewellery and knives, and may have only been introduced to metal and our idea of clothing in the 1970s, when the first missionaries arrived. Utensils such as bamboo shards are used to slice meat, shells to hold water, and heated stones in place of cooking vessels

Cannibalism is also common to the histories of both the Kombai and the Korowai. For the Kombai, it is apparently a form of tribal punishment, with only men identified as witches killed and eaten by the community in retribution for the souls devoured by the accused. Cannibalism is steeped in similarly supernatural belief for the Korowai and may also have been practiced as part of their criminal justice system. It seems these tree dwellers do not believe in natural death, but death caused by sorcery – also believed to be a cause of inter-clan warfare.

Pigs too figure largely in the rituals and belief systems of the Kombai and the Korowai. Domesticated, these animals are a kind of sacred currency in Kombai culture, used in dispute-settlements between families, and also sacrificed in complex ceremonies when their blood is let into the river as an offering to one of the gods. Pigs play a role in the religious life of the Korowai, too, which is filled with all kinds of spirits – above all the revered spirits of their ancestors to which the beasts are sacrificed in times of trouble.
A more festive custom enjoyed by both the Korowai and the Kombai is the eating of the Sago grub, the succulent larva of the Capricorn beetle, which is a delicacy the tribes harvest from rotting trees. Very occasionally the Kombai host parties to which guests from other tribes are invited and fed Sago grubs, while even more seldom still the Korowai will host a Sago grub festival to encourage fertility and prosperity. Such rituals seem to anchor the deeply spiritual lives of these people, who see spirits in the forest where outsiders would see none.

 Revealingly, for Kombai clans, strangers are themselves referred to as ghosts, and yet such ghosts are becoming an ever more concrete reality as filming crews and adventure tourists make their presence felt in their territory. The traditions of these once undisturbed tribes have been affected by contact with the outside world, with some Korowai even now paid to offer tours.

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LANGKAWI GEOPARK CARNIVAL 2011 BY FCUPRODUCTION

The 5 days event of Langkawi Geopark Carnival 2011 was celebrated with joy and happiness throughout the island. The event that started from 31st of May was filled with educational and fun activities.

The opening of the carnival was held at Tuba Island where there were about 2000 people from the Tuba Island and 200 people from the main island of Langkawi having a feast under the program called 'Feast of The People". People from both islands cooperated  in preparing the food and the place.

"Thanks to God, we have about 400 people that work together. Today feast organized by LADA was really successful with the support from the people of the main island of Langkawi and the people from Tuba Island," said Abdul Rani Awang, the Chairman of JKKP Tuba Barat, Tuba Island.

The second day of the carnival saw about 100 local people participated in a free Guided Tour where the participants were given a tour to two main Geoforest Park in Langkawi which were Kilim Karst Geoforest Park and Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest Park.

"By having this kind of Guided Tour, we provided tourist guide along the journey where the local are introduced what Geopark is all about," said Ikhwan Mohd Said, the Assistant Manager of Information at Geopark Department.

"The Geopark Department really concern to share the knowledge to the local people and we hope that this kind of exposure will help the local people to get more information and at the same time they will start to promote among their friends or among their relative that come to Langkawi," said Othman Ayeb, one of the Langkawi nature guide with more than 20 years of experience. He is also a snake expert and he was featured as a snake handler in November 2001 edition of National Geographic magazine.

Othman believed that the exposure about Geopark to the local people are very important for the future of Langkawi Geopark.

"We hope that our future generations of age 10 to 12 already can talk about Geopark. They are not going to say, 'that is Machincang' but they're going to say 'that is Machincang Cambrian which has limestone formation during the Ordovician'," he added.

The Guided Tour helps the local to get to know and appreciate the beautiful nature of Langkawi. The theme for this year's carnival is 'Savoring The Nature, Nurturing The Culture'.

"I hope the people here will keep the nature of Langkawi and being polite to tourists. Here, we promote Langkawi as ecotourism, so the people here must keep the nature of Langkawi so that they don't simply cut the trees and spoil the water," said Dato' Azman Umar, the General Manager of LADA.

"Geopark is not only about rock but it is more about people. If our younger generation understand about our culture and our ancestor, I think they are the one that will start to protect all these things, forests, rock and nature, for their future generation," said Othman.

According to Ikhwan, all the activities planned in the carnival have its own message that the organizer wanted to convey to people.

"As an example, the Geohunt on the third day of the carnival, where we tried to promote certain locations in Langkawi so that people will get familiar with the places in Langkawi," he said.

According to Mohamad Zuhri Abd Rashid, the Assistant Manager of Conservative Unit at Geopark Department, the Geohunt applied the concept of treasure hunt where participants had to answer the questions that were based on the locations in Langkawi.

"We have the element of Geopark where participants have to answer the questions related to Geopark. As an example, we are highlighting the Machincang location where we have the oldest rock in Southeast Asia which is 550 years old," said Zuhri.

The activities on the fourth and the last day concentrated mostly at Dataran Lang where thousands of people came to see and take part in the activities. There were more than 15 activities took place during the carnival. Among the activities were futsal tournament, beach volleyball, fruit carving, cultural performances, sales, bike fest and competition, exhibition and many more.

The two days exhibition gave a chance for the people to get to know more about Geopark and the agencies involved.

"This carnival indirectly bring the community closer to understand the role played by Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG) and its close relation with Langkawi Geopark," said Muhammad Mustadza Mazni, a Geology Officer at Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG) for Kedah, Perlis and Penang.

"We work closely with LADA to recognize the locations that have potential to become geological heritage for Geopark development and we monitor and conserve the existed Geopark sites for the future generation," he added.

Every four years UNESCO will reevaluate the status of its Global Geopark. This year, the time has come for UNESCO to reevaluate the status of Langkawi Geopark. Langkawi was accorded the Global Geopark status by UNESCO on June 1st, 2007 for its significant geoheritage feature consisting of stunning landscapes, majestic limestone karsts, mysterious caves, sea-arches and stacks, glacial dropstones and fossils.

"With the activities and participation in this carnival, we can show to UNESCO that Langkawi Geopark programs are supported by the people in Langkawi," said Dato' Azman.

The UNESCO Global Geopark status puts Langkawi in good standing in respect of nature conservation and sustainable development, outstanding geoheritage, biodiversity as well as rich culture.

"I'm glad that Langkawi has the status of Geopark. Our island is known worldwide even though our island is small. I'm proud to be born in Langkawi," said Kalai Arasi, one of the visitors from Langkawi.

SOURCE:
http://www.langkawistory.com/

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WELCOME TO LANGKAWI GEOPARK

( GUIDANCE CORNER )

The announcement of Langkawi as a 52nd Geopark in the world on June 2007, has made Langkawi the first Geopark in South East Asia and Malaysia. The declaration by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organisation) marks another milestone to Langkawi being a premier tourist destination in this region under the geopark brand.

Langkawi (Duty Free Port) is one of the unique island geoparks with 99 island and the region’s oldest rocks which can be found within the island, dating back more than 550 million years.

UNESCO has given its approval to extend Langkawi's status as a geopark, until 2015 after a review by two Unesco officers in last July 2011.

LANGKAWI GEOPARK:

Langkawi was born in the Cambrian era as a broad sedimentary mound at the bottom of a turbulent sea just north of the equator. Tectonic plate movements carried the mound, as part of the Gondwanaland super continent, south to the cold Antarctic regions where the sea froze above it and this moving glacier crushed the limestone, sandstone and siltstone into a base of hard granite and marble. There it was built on again over a period of some 400 million years through a series of deposits of various materials from sea life skeletons to glacial droppings. Then, during the Permian time some 290 million years ago, its underlying plate broke away from this continent and moved northward back across the equator and eventually, in a cataclysmic event accompanied by exploding volcanoes and hot lava flows, it crashed up against the East Malaysia/Indochina block in an earth shattering collision which pushed whole blocks of it all the way to the surface to from the Peninsular Malaysia.


From then,during the Jurassic age of the dinosaurs, this newly exposed land experienced severe alterations due to chemical reactions and erosion and a series of  uplifting eruptions. The land was carved and gouged and hills were formed and valleys drained. Later during the extreme climatic conditions coinciding with the last ice ages(1.8 million to 10 thousand years ago),sea levels were pushed up and down drastically as a result of glacial melting and global cooling. So now above the rain forest we find caves full of sea life : Shells, corals and ancient fossils some hundreds of feet above sea level. Also among the island of marble,shale and limestone, we find caches of semi precious stones and crystals and even odd, cold water Brainchild clam fossils. We see amazing towers of limestone soaring hundreds of feet above the sea at tanjong Rhu, inland lakes as on Dayang Bunting where the roofs of huge caves have collapsed and strange mud stone boulders, which look like layered cakes, lie baking in the sun. This is the land that has been proved to be the oldest in the penisular Malaysia the “Birthplace of the Nation” so to speak and the cradle of ancient life form which have evolved to some of the world’s most rare and unique species. But first came the jungle.




MAT CINCANG CAMBRIAN GEOFOREST PARK:
Mat  Cincang Cambrian Geoforest Park hosts the oldest geological formation in Malaysia known as the Mat Cincang Formation(550 million years old). Among the important geosites in the park are Teluk Datai, Pantai Tengkorak,Tanjung Buta/Pulau Jemuruk and Tanjung Sabung.

Gunung Mat Cincang is a mountain in the northeastern part of Langkawi island. Though only 710 meters in elevation, the mountain provides an impressive backdrop to Langkawi Island due to its sheer mass and size.

Langkawi Sky Hanging Bridge is a 125 metres curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge on top of Gunung Mat Cincang.

The steep cable car ride .Once on the top, you can finally enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding horizon; the island’s landscape, skyline and seas beyond.

Teluk Datai where the oldest grains of sand rest

Tanjung Batu where the graveyard of the oldest life forms in the country

Pantai Pasir Tengkorak where old continent has been sebmerged-exhibiting text book examples of sedimentary structures




This classic waterfall on the slopes of Gunung Mat Cincang drops 90 metres into a succession of seven natural pools. The pools get progressively more scenic the higher you go.




The Temurun waterfall is the tallest waterfall in Langkawi. It is a seasonal fall, best to be visited in September-October.

DAYANG BUNTING ISLAND MARBLE GEOFOREST PARK:

The Dayang Bunting Geoforest Park is mainly made of Permian marble overthrusted by the older Setul Formation limestone. These world finest marbles were resulted from ther baking of Chuping limestone by Triassic (220 - 200 m.y.) granite intrusion underneath.

Tasik Dayang Bunting or The Lake Of The Pregnant Maiden as it is better known, is the largest lake in Langkawi. Located on the beautiful and wild island of Pualu Dayang Bunting, Tasik Dayang Bunting is believed by the natives to be guarded by a white crocodile that bestows good luck on those entering its waters.

This lake is believed to have some magic 'mystical power' to improve fertility among those who dip into it and drink its water.

The fresh water lake Tasik Dayang Bunting is very unique because it is surrounding by the sea and only separated by a thin ridge of limestone.

Tasik Dayang Bunting is the largest fresh water lake in Langkawi Island.

KILIM KARST GEOFOREST PARK:
The Kulim Karst Geoforest Park in the eastern part of the main Langkawi Island features magnificently formed landscape of nearly vertical to subrounded limestone hills with pinnacles of various shapes and sizes, can be viewed on limestone Setul Formation. The Kilim Nature Park is spread over an area of 100 sq. km including the river banks up to the river estuary. The park features a beautiful mix of well protected green

Limestone forests of Kilim Geopark, Langkawi

A scenic view along the Kilim River (Sungai Kilim) of Pulau Langkawi's UNESCO Geopark. The domed shaped hill is one of the geopark's highlights, said to resemble a silver back gorilla.

Several areas of mangrove forests can be found all over Langkawi. The forests comprise networks of waterways and caves that are habitats to a profusion of endemic wildlife.

Watch Brahminy Kite Eagle and White Belly Sea Eagle in action trying to outwit each other during the "Eagle Feeding". The name "LANGKAWI" is said to have derived from the Brahminy Kite bird which is the most dominat faunal species in the area.

The "Hole in the wall" limestone cave of GUA CERITA

Source:
http://lada.gov.my/tourism/index.php/2010
http://www.langkawi-geopark.com/the-geoforest-parks

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