
"Real power and Justice cannot be given. It must be taken! "
Problem-Solving Model
Stage 1 : define the problem
I started to realize that I have neglect about my study (revision, doing tutorial) because I am more focus to do my assignment and other commitment. A question from my Academic Advisor really makes me think that final exam is just around the corner and yet I still did not do anything to prepare for the final. The main problem is I have trouble to manage my time on study, assignment and other commitment.
Problem statement: in this case, the problem is that I should start managing my time more effective to prepare for my final exam. However, the reality is I did not manage my time effectively and this makes me neglecting my study.
Stage 2 : Analyze the problem
Answering some of the question from Kepner-Tregoe:
How big is the problem?
For this problem is very big since it is about my study and it will effect my CGPA if I do not perform well during the final exam.
What event cause this problem?
My bad time management really make me to not doing revision since I ‘m more focus on assignments and commitment to other activity I have joined.
How long has it existed?
This problem already existed since the middle of this trimester where I started to ignore on my study (did not do revision, tutorial, etc). However, I only realized about this situation today and it really make me worried.
Stage 3 : Identify possible solution
Solution 1-focus only on study
Solution 2-make timetable to manage my time more effective
Solution 3-just go with the flow
Stage 4 : Decide on the appropriate alternative
Solution 1-focus only on study (2:2)
Advantage: make me well prepare for final, do not have to think about other commitment.
Disadvantage: people will say I am not committed with my commitment of the program I have joined, might get bored if only focus on study all the time.
Solution 2-make timetable to manage my time more effective (2:1)
Advantage: still can join other activity, still can focus on my study.
Disadvantage : must follow the timetable
Solution 3-just go with the flow (1:2)
Advantage: I can decide when I should study anytime I want
Disadvantage: time management is still bad (problem is still not solve), might make me not prepare for final exam.
After doing my analyzing, I decided to chose solution 2 as my solution because I still can concentrate on my study and other activity if I have prepare timetable for my study and as long as I follow the timetable.
The name Malaya was then changed to Malaysia when the country was officially made a federation of 13 states including Sabah and Sarawak. There is one article states that "The federation shall be known, in Malay and English, as Malaysia". Although Singapore broke away and became a nation of its own in 1965, the rest of the states have remained firmly together, combining to make Malaysia the harmonious melting pot of cultures it is today. Because of this beautiful knowledge and history from our grandparents, Me and few friends decide to go to Putrajaya to watch the marching shows of all organizations.
In the story above, i use the word Although which is including in Contrary relationship and because of this in Causal relationship.
PETALING JAYA: The perennial dilemma of overweight and obese Malaysian adults does not seem to be improving with the Health Ministry expressing fears that more than 50% of Malaysian adults could now be saddled with the problem.
Its minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said while the National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2006 revealed the combined prevalence of overweight and obese adults was 43.1% - almost double the figure a decade ago, the current numbers could have already increased over the past two years.
The estimated number of Malaysian adults above the age of 20 is about 13 million.
Liow pinned the disturbing situation down to the lack of proper health knowledge where Malaysians need to be better informed and motivated to stay healthy in terms of diet, physical activity, stress management and disease prevention.
He said Malaysians had also grown accustomed to an affluent lifestyle where they were more comfortable sitting at home and watching television or being in front of the computer instead of enjoying the great outdoors.
"For example, how many people know that losing even a modest 5% to 10% of their weight can result in reduced sickness and death?" he said in his speech Saturday when launching Nutrition Month Malaysia 2008.
Liow, who took a jibe at his own weight problem where he weighed 75kg instead of the desired 70kg, added that Malaysians took "eating right" lightly where they did not know what to eat, when to do so and how much they should consume.
"There is plenty to eat but, unfortunately, many of us are not making wise decisions with regards to what and how much we should eat. Instead of using common sense, we act on impulse," he added.
"With our busy lifestyles, we would rather eat out than at home, opt for fast food rather than cook at home. And, too often, we spare little thought about the health and nutritional value of what we put into our tummies, if we remember to eat at all."
Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity president Prof Dr Mohd Ismail Noor later revealed that about 90% of overweight and obese adults in the country were "very likely" to develop diabetes.
"What is worrying is that younger people who have diabetes and are also overweight. You do not have to wait until you are 40 to have this disease. They are now as young as 25," he said.
He warned the problem had to be nipped in the bud because the combined access to food 24 hours a day and lack of exercise was a "recipe for disaster".
"Look at the West. They have promotional health campaigns and yet it is not working there," he said.
He also said if one parent is overweight or obese, the chances of the child being in a similar situation was 40%.
The chances increased to 80% if both parents are either overweight or obese, he said.
Genetic predisposition, he said contributed to between 10% and 15% of those who faced the weighty problem in the country.
Hence, this article has prompt me to relate it with my critical thinking studies,