Reward system

Have been doing some readings about Parkinson's Disease, which is the topic of my PBL presentation in this term. Came across a term about " Reward Pathway" and thus try to wikipedia it to have a glimpse what is it about. It is really interesting to know some trivia facts about how our brain works in the reward system.

"In neuroscience, the reward system is a collection of brain structures which attempts to regulate and control behavior by inducing pleasurable effects.


A psychological reward is a process that reinforces behavior — something that, when offered, causes a behavior to increase in intensity. Reward is an operational concept for describing the positive value an individual ascribes to an object, behavioral act or an internal physical state. Natural rewards include those that are necessary for the survival of species, such as eating, drinking, sex, and fighting. Rewards induce learning, approach behavior and feelings of positive emotions."


And most importantly,


"Rewards are generally considered more effective than punishment in enforcing positive behaviour.^[2] "


This sentence reminds me of what Ajahn Brahm said before which sounds like this, " Forgive yourself of whatever mistakes you did before and set yourself free. You don't learn from your mistakes! You learn most from what that can inspire you most. "


Perhaps that can be quite true! Now looking back our education system, the exam system tend to deduct marks and punish those who make mistakes. Consequently, we as students are really scared to make even a single bit of error, because we are scared of losing marks. It is said that this forms a kind of habit of being afraid and avoiding making mistakes and hence we become less and less creative in our way of thinking. We are somehow trained to do things that we are familiar with, excellently, and we are so afraid of trying new things, exploring unknown stuffs because we are fear of the unknown that increases the possibility of making errors! 


Anyway, I digress too much! I just found out that I lost quite some marks in my studies and I was in real grief about it. Now i am not inspired at all to be a better pharmacist from the mistakes i made. They should give me some rewards e.g. sweets, chocolate for realising my error instead of deducting my mark then. Hmph~ :P

Live.Love.Let go.

I had been seeing this big title on the advertisement board for 3 months during my last summer, on my way to UCSI. And it attracted me so much that I kept on telling dudu that I wanna watch this movie. And I never knew this is not the title of the movie actually. I have totally overlooked the big font of Charlie St Cloud. XD

Finally watched it during dinner today. hehehe. Would rate 3.5 out of 5.

Tmr would be Valentine's Day! Happy Valentine's Day!!! I don't know where the excitement comes from but..it's just sth worth happy-ing...heheh..Last few weeks when we were walking back home, I was on my imagination roller coaster how romantic it can be where Yean became the spoiler of my script! Isk! I said the prince will bring the girl to the candle light dinner. He poured a glass of wine for her. Then Yean said, he accidentally poured on her dress. Ish Ish. spoiler. haha.

And few weeks more it would be Pancake's Day!! There's absolutely  no reason not to have pancake on that day.

Too bad Valentine's Day is not a public holiday. That means I gotta stop dreaming and continue printing my notes. Bye sweeties. =)

Welcome the new family member!

We have a new family member~~~~~

Ta-da!!!

Her name is..not yet think, just call her yong meh meh! And she is from University of Harvard o!
Presented by a senior who just came back from his placement in Harvard.
Oh my, the soft toys are increasing ( Jes has one new toy to abuse )

踮脚的习惯

今天我的housemates们严重地告诉我that
我有站着踮脚的习惯！
而且，她们还研究到
我在外面时是不会那么失礼的，
而是当我感到非常relax的时候才会不知不觉地把一边的脚踮起来！
还有当我站在楼梯上时
我都会把一只脚放在上一层的楼梯
dudu说很粗鲁窝
可是事实证明也有女子是这样站的
（我们在地铁电梯偷偷看别人的站姿hehe）

然后她们讲我走路也很奇怪耶！
很不好看吗？
可是我觉得还好耶！！而且这么站真的满舒服的
脚板也可以通通风
哈哈哈~~

后来我自己回房反省一下，
发现我在折衣服，停下来时都会这样哦！
而且那时候我的心情是很开心的
ohmy~~ 真的有那么难看吗？
哈哈哈~~
有时真的要别人才看得到自己的习惯！
暂时觉得不怎么样窝
下次我会踮得斯文一点啦！


This is how i like to stand gua!

从心开始

新的学期开始了，生活渐渐变得有规律。
每一个开始，新的心态，都让我别有一番的冲劲！哈！

今天第一次走到大大的阳台那里，顶着大大的太阳
吃厚厚软软的Braces面包，
瞻望而去是一片绿色的草原和湖水
还有一群在蓝空中回旋的鸟儿
wahseh，真的有那种常常在电视看见的
外国人很悠闲地坐在cafe外面喝着咖啡
要么写写小说，要么看看世界的心情
那种我常常憧憬的感觉终于给我体会到了！哈哈！
虽然我的脸皮曝晒在强烈的紫外线下，
但是天气依然是冷的。再暖点就好了。

因为新的开始，一切的感觉是如此新鲜，
希望自己有一颗不会容易疲惫的心，
每天都是一个新的开始。加油噢！^^

前年的秋天，生涩的我们。

新年要比旧年好。=)

Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Now only I am reminded that Chinese New Year also means the coming of Spring!
Last year I read the article below; And Chinese New Year reminds me of the article again.

新年要比舊年好

--佛使比丘文，山人譯

新的心，比新的年好，

也就是：比以前明白更多，智慧更宽广，

让自己能够

超越痛苦、站起来。

新的一年比旧年好，

只要新没有好，也不好。

口说得好，但心不好，有何用？

被鬼笑，值得吗？

更清净、更光明、更安详，

才叫做“新”，向前进，别惺忪愚昧。

更靠近涅盘，别迷失。

若这样：我们才算有真正的“新年”。

The first day of Feb 2011

Have gone to Sainsbury to buy groceries for Chinese New Year today.
Have an early dinner and the fried chickens that we bought from Co-op were really nice!

The thick soft bread with peanut butter or Red pepper Houmous spread on is sooo delicious. The thick bread particularly reminds me of the roti bakar that I ate in Singapore with Otak otak on it.

Have recently fallen in love with baking. How can I live without a lovely oven? Gonna ask my mom to buy an oven when I get back to Malaysia. haha.

Tmr gonna have little Hovis pancakes and a cup of Hot Nescolate ( Nescafe plus hot chocolate ) as my breakfast. Am looking forward to tmr's night reunion dinner too! Yay! 

Good night!