The Psychology of Color

Colour psychology reveal how different tones and shades affect your mood, appetite and anxiety levels. the effects of colour can include depressions or increased vigor.


Ever notice how sad you feel when you walk into a dark room that doesn’t have windows or bright colors, or how hungry you are when surrounded by red walls or red dishes? That’s the psychology of color. Certain shades, tones & colors affect our moods and emotions. Some colors suppress our appetite (which makes them good for people who are counting calories), while other colors increase our breathing and heart rate.

The Psychological Effects of Red, Blue, Green & Orange

Below are the general psychological effects of certain colors. However, if they're associated with certain personal experiences or memories, they may have different effects than listed below. Say, for instance, you received a “Dear John” or other type of disappointing or heartbreaking letter in a green envelope. From then on green may be your least favorite color because you associate it with heartbreak and sorrow. That’s a subjective perspective of color; the following are objective perspectives of color.
These psychological effects of colors may not apply equally to every individual, but they have been found to be standard in North American culture by various researchers.

The Psychological Effect of Red Colors

Red is associated with blood, heat, and vigor. Red is passionate, intense, and fierce. It’s also associated with love (Valentine’s Day), Christmas, and the element of danger.
Red hues are warm, active, and exciting. Red lights cause an increase in breathing, heart rate, and central nervous system functioning. Though red may stimulate most people, it can calm others, depending on their associations with that particular color. Red has been known to increase appetite in restaurants.

The Psychological Effect of Blue Colors

Blue is associated with spirituality, thought, and melancholy. It’s also connected to calmness, cleanliness, and wisdom. When you feel blue or “have the blues”, you’re usually a little sad for the moment – but the blues are fleeting. This color is thought to be an appetite suppressant, because blue isn’t a natural color for fruit, vegetables, or meat (even blueberries are more purple than blue).
Blue colors have the opposite effect of red colors. That is, blue causes a decrease in breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. It’s a subduing, cool color that can appear peaceful, but may also seem sad.

The Psychological Effect of Green Colors

Green is associated with nature, health, and abundance. It’s also connected to money, wealth and good luck. Green is a tranquilizing color, and is connected to the interaction between human and environmental health.
Green is an interesting color because it swings both ways (actually, most colors are contradictory). For example, green is usually associated with freshness, coolness, clarity and growth. However, if you shine a green light on human flesh, it looks repulsive. Shine a green light on criminals and you’ll elicit a confession much quicker than other colors.
The Psychological Effect of Orange Colors
Orange is associated with warmth, enthusiasm, and exuberance. It’s a lively color, associated with Halloween and Thanksgiving. Orange isn’t as intense as red because it’s blended with the cheeriness of yellow.
Orange has been touted as one of America’s least favorite colors, perhaps because it’s been associated with arrogance, danger, and overemotion. Orange is used to draw attention – such as the caution signal on a traffic light.

Color Psychology in Other Cultures & Eras

Colors in other cultures have very different meanings. For instance, black isn’t a sign of mourning in all cultures, and blue doesn’t indicate sadness in every country. Orange is a sign of royalty in the Netherlands, and green was a sign of the devil during the Middle Ages.

Malay Food In Malaysia

Variety is the spice in Malay food. The traditional culinary style has been greatly influenced by the long-ago traders from neighboring countries, such as Indonesia, India, the Middle East, and China. Malay food is often described as spicy and flavorful as it utilizes a melting pot of spices and herbs.Malay cooking incorporates ingredients such as lemon grass, pandan (screwpine) leaves, and kaffir lime leaves.

Fresh herbs, such as daun kemangi (a type of basil), daun kesum (polygonum or laksa leaf), nutmeg, kunyit (turmeric) and bunga kantan (wild ginger buds) are often used. Traditional spices such as cumin and coriander are used in conjunction with Indian and Chinese spices such as pepper, cardamom, star anise and fenugreek. Seasonings play an important role in Malay cooking as they often enhance the food taste and flavors. Many of the seasonings are not dried spices but are fresh ingredients such as fresh turmeric, galangal, fresh chili paste, onions, and garlic. A combination of fresh seasonings and dried spices are normally pounded together to make a fine paste and cooked in oil. Fresh coconut milk is often added.

Rice is the staple diet in any Malay meal. It is often served for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper too. Most meals are eaten by using your fingers, and eating utensils are kept to a minimum. All dishes are served at the same time, accompanied by a refreshing drink. Fish is popular in Malay cooking, as with other seafood such as shrimps and cuttlefish. Beef and mutton are very popular choices but never pork as it is against their religious beliefs to eat pork. The other popular white meat is chicken.

One of the most unique Malay dishes is the "roti jala" (lacy pancakes), which sometimes replaces the staple rice. Roti jala is an ideal accompaniment to any dish with lots of rich gravy and is often served during special occasions. It is made from a mixture of plain flour and eggs, with a pinch of turmeric powder and butter. Desserts are a must for any Malay meal. Easily available at most local restaurants and roadside stalls, Malay desserts are invariably very sweet and include ingredients such as coconut milk, palm sugar, and flour.

Popular Malay dishes include: -

Akak

Cooked in a mold over a fire, there are two versions of this finger food. One sweet (akak manis) and the other savory (akak berlauk). The former has a generous dose of sugar as an ingredient while the latter has a filling of cooked beef.

Ayam Goreng

This is a popular chicken dish. Simply meaning fried chicken, this dish is prepared by first marinating the chicken with various spices like turmeric and curry powder. It is then deep fried in hot oil and served.

Keropok Lekor / Keping

A popular and the most visible fried snack in Terengganu, the keropok is made of fish meat, ground to a paste, and mixed with sago. Coming in two main different forms, the long chewy ones are called 'lekor', while the thin, crispy ones are called 'keping'. Keropok is best eaten hot with its special chili dip.

Ketupat Sotong

A popular tea-time dish, it features squids stuffed with glutinous rice, bathed in a sea of cooked thick coconut milk. The stuffing is first soaked in coconut milk for an hour and a half before it is stuffed into the squids. Little skewers of coconut leaf rib hold the stuffing in place.

Laksam

A delightful yet simple dish, the laksam is akin to the western pasta dish. Like the latter, it has both the flour dough and the gravy that goes with it. However, unlike the pasta, laksam is made using both wheat and rice flours, and the dough is steamed instead of boiled. Laksam's gravy is made of fish meat, which is boiled, pureed, and later mixed with coconut milk.

Nasi Dagang

The dish is made by cooking rice and glutinous rice together, to which coconut cream is added once it is cooked. Nasi Dagang is eaten with its own specially made side dishes of tuna fish curry and a light vegetable pickle.

Pulut Lepa

Made of glutinous rice and fish, this snack food is prepared over a barbecue. Boiled fish meat is mixed with sliced onions, and dried chilies and coconut. The mixture is cooked until it is dry. This is then used as a filling for the glutinous rice rolls. Wrappings of banana leaf cover the food before it is cooked over the fire.

Rendang

A meat dish that is prepared with coconut milk, chilies, onions and other condiments. Eaten with rice, the tasty tender meat is a delectable dish, a must at most Malay function.

Sata

A savory dish, the sata is cooked wrapped in a banana leaf over a low-fire barbecue. Fish meat, shallots, and ginger are pounded to a paste. This paste is then wrapped in banana leaf before it is cooked.

Satay

Satay is another popular Malay dish. Pieces of marinated chicken or beef are skewered and cooked over a charcoal fire where they are periodically brushed over with oil. The skewered meat is then served hot, accompanied

The Dangerous Of Virus

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can only spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive. Viruses can increase their chances of spreading to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by another computer.

The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, most rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, and other malicious and unwanted software, including true viruses. Viruses are sometimes confused with computer worms and Trojan horses, which are technically different. A worm can exploit security vulnerabilities to spread itself to other computers without needing to be transferred as part of a host, and a Trojan horse is a program that appears harmless but has a hidden agenda. Worms and Trojans, like viruses, may cause harm to either a computer system's hosted data, functional performance, or networking throughput, when they are executed. Some viruses and other malware have symptoms noticeable to the computer user, but many are surreptitious.
Most personal computers are now connected to the Internet and to local area networks, facilitating the spread of malicious code. Today's viruses may also take advantage of network services such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, Instant Messaging, and file sharing systems to spread.

Self-modification

Most modern antivirus programs try to find virus-patterns inside ordinary programs by scanning them for so-called virus signatures. A signature is a characteristic byte-pattern that is part of a certain virus or family of viruses. If a virus scanner finds such a pattern in a file, it notifies the user that the file is infected. The user can then delete, or (in some cases) "clean" or "heal" the infected file. Some viruses employ techniques that make detection by means of signatures difficult but probably not impossible. These viruses modify their code on each infection. That is, each infected file contains a different variant of the virus.

Creating Wealth Of The Heart

You are not wealthy until you have something money cannot buy. What is that ’something? Find out…

Search for happiness
Happiness is within us. It is a state of mind. It is not in gaining material wealth that a person becomes happy. However, most of us keep struggling for earning more and more money presuming that it will make us happy. The end result — people feel more stressed, strained, discontent and unhappy. The need is to understand the true source of happiness and put efforts in the right direction.

Firstly, all our actions need to be directed by our intellect. Actions should never be impulsive or inspired by our likes or dislikes, but initiated by logic and wit. Actions based on intellectual discrimination may initially appear unpleasant but they yield joyful and long-lasting results.

Secondly, one must place a higher ideal in life -wherein there is selflessness in whatever one does. And never get shaken up by trivial setbacks. Happiness is a by-product, not a goal. If you want to be happy, you will become unhappy: the very wanting will create unhappiness. That’s why people are unhappy. Everybody wants to be happy and everybody becomes unhappy. Happiness cannot be desired. You desire, and with desire comes misery. Happiness is a state of no desire. It is the great understanding that desire brings misery.

There are two ways to be happy. The first demands happiness, refuses all else, and so lives between hope and fear, dream and rejection.
The second way takes happiness when it happens but does not demand it and accepts all else too. It is in the acceptance of all else that happiness comes. One is no longer bound by the fearful wish to have, nor by the frantic will to hold, nor by the fervor to clutch at straws of certainty.
Forget about happiness, happiness cannot be achieved directly. Rather, think of what you enjoy, what you must enjoy doing, and get absorbed into it. And happiness will come on its own.

Resolve to be happy now. Life is not meant for worrying about something or the other every time. Make a resolution. “Today I am just going to be happy come what may. I will not let anything disturb my happiness. I am going to be contented, happy.”
We often presume success and happiness as synonymous. Happiness is living in the moment, the present and not the past or future. I am happy when I am able to convert someone’s tears to smiles, when I am able to feed a hungry person. Having less desires and doing my best in whatever I am into gives me pleasure. I live life wholeheartedly and sportingly. Happiness can make one successful because one values what one gets.

Happiness is a state of mind when we are positive, confident, lighter and true to ourselves. Not living in a dream world and having a broader perspective towards life is what makes one happy. I am happy because I don’t want extreme happiness. I can find pleasure in small things. And then I keep myself so engrossed in work that I hardly find time to think whether I am happy or not. I get unhappy when I find any one dear to me in some pain or misery. There are many successful and rich personalities who end up committing suicide. So even success and money might be a failure in making one happy. It is one’s basic approach towards life.

Happiness is a broad term that might be found in small things and not found in big achievements. It is how one perceives things. Unhappiness is a temporary phase wherein the person need to show his conviction. I am happiest when my work is praised by anyone. My most unhappy moments are those when I am misunderstood. It hurts when my close friends turned into foes. But then these things are quite temporary. What is permanent is one’s belief is his own self. And this is what keeps one going.

Happiness and sorrow come in equal proportions in every person’ life. After every sad moment, there comes a happy moment. One must always remember that others have much more sorrow than us. It is one’s patience and affirmative attitude during tough times, that help favorable times to come sooner. I am happy because I have true love around me. What makes me unhappy is the moment when any friend of mine betrays me.

Live in the moment. Try and keep office and home separate. Don’t think about office at the breakfast table and about children in the office. Don’t plan too much in advance. Be flexible. Be yourself. Don’t try to please everybody all the time. Forgive and forget - easier said than done but do try.

What Is Homosexuality?

In helping people overcome homosexuality, we've found that many are in confusion about what homosexuality actually is. There is no agreement among the scientific community, religious groups or homosexual people themselves as to the definition of homosexuality. Lawrence J. Hatter, author of Changing Homosexuality in the Male, has given this definition: "One who is motivated, in adult life, by a definite preferential erotic attraction to members of the same sex and who usually, but not necessarily, engages in overt sexual relations with them." We've found this to be a good working definition, though a full explanation of the condition of homosexuality goes much deeper.

The majority of homosexuals believe they were born "gay." This belief often supplies them with comfort, relieving them of any responsibility to change. However, there is no solid scientific evidence that people are born homosexual. The overwhelming majority of gay people are completely normal genetically. They are fully male or female.

Learned Behavior
We believe homosexuality is learned behavior which is influenced by a number of factors: a disrupted family life in early years, a lack of unconditional love on the part of either parent, a failure to identify with the same-sex parent. Later, these problems can result in a search for love and acceptance, envy of the same or the opposite sex, a life controlled by various fears and feelings of isolation. One thing that does seem clear: homosexuality is brought about by a multitude of root causes. It is simplistic thinking to lay the blame on any single area. Fears of the opposite sex, incest, or molestation, dominant mothers and weak fathers, demonic oppression: all of these may play a part in causing homosexuality, but no individual factor alone can cause it. Along with outside factors in a person's life, his own personal choices have played a key role in forming and shaping his homosexual identity, though few will admit this.

The problem of homosexuality involves much more than simply a sexual act. Those caught up in this sin usually have entered the homosexual lifestyle to some degree. To better understand the circumstances of the homosexual person seeking help, we've divided homosexuality into four components: behavior, psychic response, identity and lifestyle.

Behavior. Often, it is assumed that all homosexual people engage in homosexual acts, but this is not always the case. Because of fears or strong religious convictions, some may refrain from sexual behavior, yet experience an intense battle with homosexual attractions. Another wrong assumption is that all people who engage in homosexual acts are homosexual. There are huge numbers of heterosexual men who engage in homosexual acts for a variety of reasons, such as being in prison or anywhere where heterosexual sex is unavailable.
Also, we do not believe that a child who is involved in homosexual acts early in life will necessarily become homosexual unless these acts fulfill needs that are not being met in other ways, such as needs for love, acceptance, security and significance. In these cases, the child's involvement in the act is viewed as a "trade-off" for the non-sexual needs he is obtaining. It is possible that the act and the fulfilled needs could become synonymous, which could lead to the development of a homosexual orientation. However, statistics have shown most children who experience homosexual acts leave them behind, growing up to lead a normal heterosexual life.

Psychic Response. A brief definition of this term is, "sexual excitation (stimulation) caused by visual perception or fantasy speculation." Psychic response is also what people refer to as a "homosexual orientation." Though many people claim that they have experienced visual or sexual attraction for the same sex "as long as they can remember," there is a progression in a person's life that leads to a homosexual psychic response. A child may start out with a need to compare himself with others to see if he measures up to societal standards. When he feels he doesn't compare favorably with others, he develops admiration for those traits and physical characteristics he feels he does not possess. Admiration, which is normal, may turn to envy. Envy leads to the desire to possess others and finally, to consume others. This strong desire becomes eroticized somewhere along the way, eventually leading to homosexual psychic response. As psychic response begins to grip someone's life, a certain amount of scheming takes place. Sexual situations are pictured in the mind. When the first sexual encounter takes place, it may be the result of several years of planning and fantasy. However, homosexual behavior can precede psychic response, which may develop as a conditioned response to pleasant encounters with those of the same sex.

Identity. Some people enter into homosexuality through "identity". These are people who may not have experienced sexual attraction for the same sex or have had any homosexual encounters. However, from an early age, they have felt they were "different" from other people. They feel abnormal, like they do not fit into the heterosexual world. They reason, "If I'm not heterosexual, then I must be gay" and they accept the homosexual label onto their lives. Of course, this is a misinterpretation. A person troubled with shyness, fear of the opposite sex, lack of athletic or social skills need not accept the label "homosexual." However, people do grow into labels. Once a label is accepted, the implied characteristics of that label begin to develop in a person's life. What we believe about ourselves is of extreme importance.

Lifestyle. A homosexual may insist that he bears no responsibility for his identity, his psychic response or even his first sexual encounter, which may have been forced upon him. However, every homosexual person must bear the responsibility for his or her choice to enter the homosexual lifestyle. People enter this lifestyle to varying degrees. Some live in the heterosexual world for the most part, seeking out only sporadic, impersonal sexual encounters. Others immerse themselves in the total "gay subculture," a setting in which the person works, lives and socializes in a totally gay environment. There are all the varying degrees in between these two extremes, but the gay lifestyle, for many people, is the first place where they have experienced any form of acceptance on a below-the-surface level. In spite of the acceptance that is available, however, the homosexual lifestyle often proves to be a painful and unrewarding way of life, particularly for older gays who are no longer desirable sexually.

As you can see from looking at these four components, homosexuality is a complex problem with many definitions and variations. If someone tells you, "I am a homosexual," he has really told you very little about himself. It takes a deeper look into his life to determine the degree to which homosexuality has become a part of his identity. This also illustrates why homosexuality can be a difficult problem to overcome.

It is true that the way out of homosexuality is not easy, yet there are thousands who have left homosexuality behind and have become "new creatures in Christ." Many have married and raised families, while others remain celibate, yet lead joyful lives devoted to God's service. God gives us the desires of our heart. Satan is not pleased when someone sees through the deception of homosexuality and discovers the way out. There are many battles to be fought, but "greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world."

"Do not be afraid or discouraged...for the battle is not yours, but God's."

WHY SOME FRIENDSHIP ENDS???

The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.

Why do friendships end when you need that friendship to be lasting? It’s a mystery of friendship. As quoted, if there is a friendship it will end at one point or other. But why it is ending when things going perfectly with both friends. Lets see the Insights here as to why friendships end.

Simple answer and also commonly accepted answer is friendships end because of the situations the friends are into or even the friends themselves change. Mostly all friends will accept this. As time is an important factor for building friendships. Situation is the important factor in end of friendship. The situations faced by two friends may differ from persons. One friend may relocate for higher studies or job can't help but it will affect friendships. The new friends circle formed may make the persons to end the friendships in the past. Does a friendship need to end because of these unpredictable changes? Not certainly, but it'll require adjustments that one or both friends may not willing to make.

Second, the friends themselves may change. A significant reason that friendships often end when friends are apart for an extended period of time (semester break) is that one or both of the friends change. I think it hurts less when both friends change, because then the breakup is more often mutual and so both friends get closure by both deciding to let go and move forward in their lives without each other. What tends to hurt most is when just one friend changes. One friend might change social circles, become involved in new social organizations, start to date, get a pet, or take on some other venture that consumes more time and passion. Again, a friendship can endure these changes, unless one or both of the friends for some reason decide not to invest the time and energy involved in the adjustment period. (For example, one friend might forget the importance of the friendship due to the high of having a new pet or might feel that the change is impossible to overcome when one gets married but the other is still single.) In this situation, breakups may not be mutual and so one or both friends feel betrayed and end up with bitter memories about what was a precious friendship to them.

There are other reasons why friendships end. For example, as much as two people might want a friendship to survive, one or both of them might unintentionally neglect it. Friendship is often compared to a flower garden. Well, if flowers don’t get exposed regularly enough to sunlight and don’t get watered enough, flowers will wither and even die. The same applies to friendship. If week after week passes where plans are made to spend time together but are never honored, perhaps due to taking a friendship for granted, eventually even the closest of friendships may cease to have a reason to exist.

Conflicts can also cause the end of friendships. If the flower is a fledging plant, one blow might destroy it just as sometimes relatively young friendships aren't strong enough to endure much conflict. Even those amazing close friendships, where friends love us no matter what are faults are, need care when it comes to conflicts. Sure, if a flourishing flower gets stepped on, it might revive on its own. Moreover, it if gets a little extra special care, it’ll probably bounce back as if it hadn’t ever been injured. At the same time, if a flower gets repeatedly trampled on, it’ll probably eventually break. Especially the friendships that have been around for a long time can endure storms, and even become stronger for them, but most friendships have breaking points.