Sand Play Therapy

Dah lama rasanya tak menulis dalam blog ni. Saya sekarang dah jadi senior... Dah masuk semester 2, kira senior lah tu! Insya Allah banyak lagi nak kena belajar. Dan harapan saya agar diri ini dan rakan2 sekelas yang lain sukses dalam pengajian dan semua dapat mengenggam scroll yang tertulis Master in Counseling nanti.

Saya terbaca dan 'ter'lihat di internet tentang Art Therapy yang digunakan oleh counselor atau therapist. Cukup seronok kerana melaluinya kita boleh membantu client dalam permasalahan mereka. Salah satu art therapy ialah Sand Play Therapy. Kaedahnya ialah, kita kena ada pasir (yang elok sikit la) yang diletakkan di dalam satu bekas, seperti laci. Dasar bekas tu mestilah berwarna biru melambangkan sungai atau laut. So client akan diminta untuk meletakkan beberapa benda di atas pasir itu, ubah susunan pasir dan buatlah apa sahaja yang dia fikir 'kena' dengan dirinya pada waktu itu.

Contohnya, kalau dia sedang berasa kecewa, client itu nanti akan ambil patung orang sedih ke, yang melambangkan kekecewaan. Lepas tu mungkin dia akan letak patung itu di kawasan seperti pulau yang melambangkan beliau sedang bersendirian. Mungkin dia nak letak benda lain, atau mungkin juga dia letak satu patung itu sahaja. 

So tugas kaunselor or therapist nanti ialah untuk merungkaikan apa maksud sand play itu. Kita akan tolong client untuk dia luahkan perasaan hatinya melalui sand play.

Cukup seronok! Tapi saya kena mahirkan diri untuk therapy cara ini. Saya kena hadiri kursus certification untuk faham apa bendanya sand play therapy ni. Hmmm... nanti kalau saya dah competent, boleh la kita cuba ye!

Weisure (Work + Leisure)

       I heard about 'work should be fun' term about 4-5 years ago. Well... actually I heard about it since I was in school (that was 20 years ago), but am not giving any thoughts about it. And now, I am so curious to know more about that concept. How true is it... that work should be fun? Can we actually combine both and come out with the term WEISURE?
       It is a fact that one cannot just leave work at work; not all of us can do that. In fact about 70% of Malaysian are so connected with work during their non-working day. For those who are so happy to be call a 'workaholic', this is not a bad thing to them. They can manage to cope with it easily. So why can we (the others) just mix the two and work with fun? What can't we work with leisure?
       For me BALANCE is the key work that we need to use if we are going for weisure. Do not get stress while you are so commit with your work. I will not tell you on how to relax; it is your choice. But it is very important to know how to relax and when to use it.
       Can't live without you hand phone? Why? Because you need it to update your status in Facebook, tweet with friends, play Candy Crush again, and again...? Well that is normal. So you (and me) really need your HP around with you all the time. But surely there is a time when you feel like throwing away your HP and smash it to the wall! Whats the reason? Because you have been chase by your boss all night long... by the supplier who asking about their payment... Or it is just you bad day.
       If any of you forget about this, let me just remind you... human creates the device, so let us be the one who control it. Keep in touch with your work, but spend your time wisely to do other things as well. So, nothing wrong if you can leave your work at work. Be genius in planning and managing your time.
       HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 TO ALL!