I am amazed at how much traffic that were generated to my site because of the post prior to this and i think that the people are constantly on the look out for tips and tricks, therefore i think i will post tips and tricks that i know and found out in between my regular posts.

Okay, now that’s out of the way, let’s get into business. May maybe a month that is stressful for college and university students since it’s final examination month. Yikes. I’m currently facing my final exams too and i know what kind of pressure and stress that is burdening our mind.

The good thing about stress is that it keeps us motivated and we’ll be on our best game to conquer our objective,but, it also has it negative side. Long-term and prolonged stress will cause the cardiovascular and the immune system to undergo negative changes and wear out the body’s reserve. This negative stress could, over time, take a toll on your health.

Well, i searched on the internet on how to fight stress and here I done a quick summary for you guys so that you guys don’t have to read the whole thing, just the main points

HOW TO FIGHT STRESS

1. STOP. Stop and take two or three minutes to close your eyes, take several deep breaths, and allow the situation to melt from your mind. Allow yourself a chance to think, calmly and peacefully.

2. MOVE. You don’t even need to exercise to relive stress, even though exercising would help decreasing stress. Start moving, walk around, jogging or just a brisk walk somewhere peaceful. Walk along a road that has green sceneries, clean air or even just walk around a place that doesn’t have so much people. This will surely take your mind off of your problems.

3.SLEEP. 8 hours of sleep is the average amount of sleep time for people. A good night sleep is when the body can fully repair itself and prepare you for tomorrow’s challenges.

4. DIET. A balanced and healthy diet can help to decrease the amount of stress that you are facing. Eat foods that contain high vitamins so that your body can increase it’s power to fight bad energy a.k.a stress. Don’t eat a heavy meal too close to bedtime, as it may interfere with your sleep.

5. WHAT YOU LOVE??. Do things that you love/like most in life. Maybe you can put in 30 minutes a day to do things that you love most. Maybe reading,watching TV,surfing the net, ANYTHING that you love. This will release endorphins(the happy juice for your brain :P) and keep you happy and keep your mind of the stress-causing problem.

I hope that these tips that i given you helps. It worked for me!!

-GnomeFan-

Well, the Malaysian government is at it again. Now, trying to implement stricter rules against cars that has windows that is too darkly tinted. Well, i’m kind of afraid of this rule since the 2 back windows of my cars is tinted TOTALLY black. You can’t even see a white man in there through it!

There are pro’s and con’s for using tinted windows and I think that the people that make up these decisions should consider each one and put a higher priority towards the Malaysian general’s needs. Not only catering this creation to a “certain few” of people that were given the right to put on tinted glass.

Here are some of the pro’s and con’s that i could think of.

PRO’s:

1. Malaysia is a hot country. So, putting on tinted windows can help to decrease the heat and reduce the UV rays that enter the car through the windows.

2. Some tints also help to increase the window’s integrity. It means that it’ll be a  bit more difficult for the window to break either by natural causes of people trying to break in.

CON’s

1. You can’t even see the inside of a car if the tint value is so high (>60%) and this means that people could do anything inside the car without the outside world knowing. They could rape a person,kidnap and do other illegal and dangerous things.

2. It would decrease the viewing capability for the owner/driver of the car. This would also cause a problem and even worse, an accident.

Well, i personally think that the general public should be given the right to use tinted windows cause it brings a LITTLE bit more PRO’s to the table.

So, what do YOU think about allowing tinted windows to the general public??

P/S : wanna tint my windows XP. Can get summon for that ah??

What a catchy title eh? If that really happened, I’m sure, my blog will reach it bandwith’s limit and I’ll be broke paying for the extra bandwith. Haha. Here’s the actual story;

Yesterday, around 11 am, I boringly channel surfed through ASTRO and was attracted on what topic The Oprah Winfrey Show is discussing, which was “Online Scam”. To my amusement, many people from the US fell for this stupid scams such as the Nigerian Scam, Transfer Money Scam, Orphan scams and such. They literally give away almost every single dollar  they have stupidly and without research to …..UNKNOWN people! I was shocked to find out how much money they ‘forfeited’ to such scams, from mere 8K to the sum of 80K. Woah.

Ok ok, let’s cut it short. I watched and ‘learned’ some tips of the trade for these scammers, from the experts that Oprah invited on the show. Then, later that night, to my surprise I received SCAM MAIL too! Not one but TWO!! haha. I was like WTF and laughed so hard reading the email. Not that I haven’t received such email before but this time,it’s like a coincidence. The morning time, watching Oprah Show and the night time, receiving such email that was ‘exposed’ in the show!

Here is the screen shot for one of the email;

For those out there that received similar emails, IGNORE it and report it to such spam-report-sites that accept reports on such emails.

Wow. After a few years of being an Internet user, i can now officially call myself a fully functional GEEK!! I gained that title because, i now own my own domain!! My page,blog and domain is now www.gnomefan.net . OFFICIALLY OWNED!! miahahahaha (evil laugh).

I will try and remain this domain (even though i don’t think that anyone wants my domain),heh. I am happy that i now own my own domain and run my own blog. Now i only go by MY RULE!!(and also Malaysian rules..heh)

Okay.. As a kick-start to my new domain and blog, i want to share with you guys something that is quite interesting and meaningful to me. Last week (Friday), me and my AGAMA classmates go to Dusun Eco Resort in Bentong,Pahang for a motivational talk with orphans that we organized. It was a agama class project that we need to organize our self. All the organizing,planning and fund raising are all up to us, after all, it’s almost like an assignment. The motivational talk or ‘event’ went on for 1 day only. We went there on Friday evening and came back Saturday evening. There were many activities that was done there. We created many activities so that we, the students can get close with the orphans and teach them information on Muslim subjects and such. It was almost an emotional ride for me. Since, i gone through tiredness,happiness,and sadness. Almost like my soul is a little bit purified. Heh. After listening to the motivational talks given by my ustaz, it touched me and really made me think. Hmm.

Other than the programs that we did there, the camp, Dusun Eco Resort, is a really,really nice place. The camp is quite big and surrounded by Malaysia’s lushes forest. This means that the air there is fresher,cleaner, and colder than the air in cities. That was a refreshing experience. I never felt more relaxed being there. And oh, don’t even get me started on the water that they use there. The whole camp used water from natural sources,meaning water from the mountains. The water is clean, cold and so REFRESHING!! I looked forward to bathing every time because of the water alone!!

Here are some pictures to give you more information on what we did there and what type of activities held. Enjoy! (click on image for larger view)

                 ****Arrival****

                ****Activities****

               ****Last Day****