Old hag syndrome

Believe it or not, your body is virtually paralyzed during your sleep – most likely to prevent your body from acting out aspects of your dreams. Glands begin to secrete a hormone that helps induce sleep and neurons send signals to the spinal cord which cause the body to relax and later become essentially paralyzed.

Sleep Paralysis is thought to be demons or ghosts sitting on ones chest, while the sleeper is aware of what is happening. Here are some of the symptoms of Sleep Paralysis:

Buzzing in ears
Unable to move or call out
Hallucinations
Sense of danger
Pressure on chest or face

During an episode, the sleeper can see everything in the room but some things my look distorted. Sometimes the victim will feel a presence or even see a figure in your room and begin to panic. These are very frightening and I even experienced a few.

Sometimes it is associated with a few sleep disorders. Here is a list of factors that can cause such an episode:

Sleeping on your back
Irregular sleeping patterns
Stress
Depression
Anxiety
Lucid dreaming

Have you ever experienced this “Old Hag Syndrome?”

Does my nation have no identity in writing?

As I watching a historical Korean drama on TV, I felt so proud of Korean King, Sejong The Great for his effort in creating easier alphabet for his people. He wanted all of Joseon’s people are able to read and write.

As we know, Korean dynasty is influenced by Chinese culture – one of them is writing system. Since the Chinese characters have thousand of alphabet and quite difficult, most of Korean are illiterate. Furthermore, writing and reading skills are mostly being mastered by the aristocrat.

Eventually, King Sejong created a simple 28 words called Hangeul for the sake of his people, although it has been opposed by most aristocrat.

Then I was thinking about my own nation identity. Many people said that our original writing is Jawi. But it has been abolished in 1960′s and substituted by Romanization writing.  All of country matters, including education system are writing in Roman ever since. Even if it was Jawi, I don’t think that is our identity (I am Malaysian). Because Jawi script is based on Arabic words, which is imported from Middle East – during the spreading of Islam in our land by the Middle-Eastern merchant.

After seeking the information on net, I found that our earlier writing was Rencong Alphabet. But still, it was not originally from our land. It’s origin was from India. Now, does my nation really have no writing identity? Should I proud of it, after widely known that our language had loaned many words from foreign language? Plus, we have Arabic influence on our names, words, particular dressing and so on. Yes, majority of Malay are Muslim, but it doesn’t mean we have to be Arab. Let Malay be Malay, let Arab be Arab. Arab is race, Islam is religion – and this religion is not belongs to Arab – but Islam is for all.

Back to the writing, nowadays most of us are using Roman words in daily writing. Jawi script has been forgotten by this generation. Only minority of Malay know how to read and write in Jawi. Including me. Luckily I mastered it when in Primary school (equivalent with Elementary school).

Book of the Year

 

The Great War For Civilization by Robert Fisk

Rest in peace

 

 

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Finding Job

I’ve finished the final examination in last month. I’m now finding the temporary job before my graduation. But still, I’ve not found it yet. Pray for my success