The annual festival aims to create a greater awareness among Malaysians of all ages on how to develop thinking, memory and creativity skills.
KAMPAR – 24 July 2015: With the vision of each and every Malaysian unleashing their mind’s unlimited potential and developing their brainpower, the Malaysia Festival of the Mind stages another comeback this time at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Kampar Campus, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900 Kampar, Perak from 8 to 9 August 2015.
A concerted effort by the Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM), UTAR and Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, the crowd-pulling festival in the past has invited scores of seasoned and qualified speakers and trainers introducing and promoting various techniques and skills pertaining to the improvement of mental literacy among Malaysians. These include memory skills, creativity, thinking skills, personality profiling, mind mapping, emotional intelligence, brainpower, mind power and other memory management tools.
Aptly themed “Sharpening Your Mind, Boosting Your Brain”, the 11th Malaysia Festival of the Mind (MFotM) offers a line-up of enriching talks and workshops ranging from understanding the nature and versatility of the human mind to bringing out the best of the human brain, with the aim of improving our lives.
MMLM Chairman Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik said, “In today’s globalised and competitive world, maximising brainpower is no longer an option. It is a necessity. To excel in life, one needs to adapt oneself and face new challenges intelligently and positively. These new challenges require one to find new and creative ways of problem solving.”
MFotM gains a boost this year by inviting memory expert Melik Duyar to demonstrate his brainpower prowess. The Turkey-born Duyar is an author and mental athlete fondly known as ‘The man who forgot to forget’ and ‘Mr Memory’ by the Turkish media. He is also well-known as one of the pioneer memory athletes. In 1994, he competed in the “World Memory Championship” in London, UK. In this championship he received a gold medal as the ‘World Memory Champion’ of ‘Memorisation of Paintings and Images’ (photographic memory) category and two bronze medals in ‘Memorisation of 12 Packs of Shuffled Cards’ and ‘Flight Disk Challenge’ categories. In the same year he was shown among the ‘World’s Top 10 Memory Mentathletes’ by the Buzan’s Book of Genius published by Random House. In 2005, Duyar founded ‘MEMORIAD™ World Mental Olympics’ in which competitors compete in three main categories of mental sports – memory, mental calculation and speed reading. In 2014, Memoriad World Mental Sports Organisation and Melik Duyar were introduced to the world in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Duyar will be speaking on topics which include ‘Memory Power and The Major System’, ‘Encoding Information and The Method of Loci’, ‘How to Memorise Numbers’ and ‘How to Memorise A Deck of Playing Cards’.
Among the other mind-related talks that will be covered during the festival are ‘Developing Emotional Excellence for Future Career Success’ (Mandarin) by Choong Hoon Guan, ‘How Mindfulness Benefits Learning and Concentration’ by Lily Kong, ‘3 Reasons Why Knowing Your IQ Can Transform Your Life and Career’ by Nic Sim, ‘The MOSTI Funded Brain-Computer Interface Wheelchair Project’ by Prof Dato’ Ir Dr Goh Sing Yau, ‘Dream the Impossible Dream’ by Wong Chooi Yee, ‘Rewiring the Brain via the 7 Secrets Rhythm’ by T. Elanggovan, ‘Leave Your Fingers Out of the Equation’ by West Wong, ‘How to Become an Inventor in 60 Minutes’ by Dr Yew Kam Keong, ‘Mind You Mind, Find Your Mine’ by Khooi Chu Boon, ‘The Strongest Brain Memory Techniques’ (Mandarin) by Teo Kim Foo, ‘Mind Map for Success’ by S. Jeyaraman, and ‘Living the Law of Attraction’ by SK Tan.
Participants are intrigued by the games at the 10th MFotM
Besides these, a total of seven workshops, with each programme going for an hour, will be held over the two days. Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the festival. Admission to the festival, talks and workshops is free. Visitors also stand a chance to win attractive prizes from the lucky draw, in which two units of Redmi 2 Smartphones await the grand prize winners.
Participants are intrigued by the games at the 10th MFotM
The annual festival aims to create a greater awareness among Malaysians of all ages on how to develop thinking, memory and creativity skills. The two-day festival will feature, among others, an exhibition, mind games, MENSA admission test (at a special price), The Magic of Science, and showcasing of Leonard Personality Inventory (a personality test) and mental literacy related products.
The 11th MFotM is proudly supported by The Star, Grand Kampar Hotel, MBA Edge, Berroca, Redoxon, Dilmah and Hosen Group.
Listed as follows are some of the speakers for the 11th MFotM (Perak):
Organisation : Leonard Personality Incorporated Sdn Bhd
Title of Talk : Developing Emotional Excellence for Future Career Success (Mandarin)
Date & Time : 8 August 2015 (12.00pm – 1.00pm)
Speaker : Mr. Choong Hoon Guan
Synopsis of Talk:
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, paper qualifications are no longer the main criteria for hiring. Statistics has shown more and more businesses and corporations are desperately looking for fresh graduates who are highly motivated, excellent team players, flexible and adaptable with strong work ethics and an all-rounded personality. Studies have shown that fresh graduates with high Emotional Intelligence (EQ) are often the most successful in their personal lives as well as in their careers. Thus, knowing how to develop your Emotional Intelligence (EI) can help you to be successful in your future career.
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Organisation : Silva Method (M) Sdn Bhd
Title of Talk : How Mindfulness Benefits Learning and Concentration
Date & Time : 8 August 2015 (12.00pm – 1.00pm)
Speaker : Ms. Lily Kong
Synopsis of Talk:
Mindfulness is an internal resource all of us have. It is a simple, powerful practice which helps us break the cycle of stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion. It promotes intrinsic enjoyment of life. The need for mindfulness becomes more imminent as we live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with technological stimuli and self-distraction is at an absolute epic proportion. It is, therefore, not a surprise that the practice of mindfulness is now the buzz word amongst corporate giants, educators, and mental health practitioners. Come and learn more of how mindfulness can help us get into an alignment of calmness and clarity to enable us to expand resiliency, resourcefulness and learning capacities.
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Organisation : Memoriad
Title of Talk : Memory Power & the Major System
Date & Time : 8 August 2015 (2.00pm – 3.00pm)
Speaker : Mr. Melik Duyar
Synopsis of Talk:
In this presentation, Mr Melik Duyar focuses on how remarkable your memory is and how easily it can be strengthened, enhanced, and improved at any age. He will show you some simple methods to support your memory. In this presentation you will learn how can you convert hard-to-remember numbers (such as birthdays, identification numbers, bank account numbers, or parking lot zones) into easy-to-remember images by using the Major Memory System. It requires a significant investment of time to learn and master, however once it is learned it is extremely powerful.
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Organisation : Kids Station Marketing
Title of Talk : Mind You Mind, Find Your Mine
Date & Time : 8 August 2015 (3.30pm – 4.30pm)
Speaker : Mr. Khooi Chu Boon
Synopsis of Talk:
There is a wealth of treasure how our mind can help us to achieve our heart desired. The ability to control our mind or being mindful enable us to be aware of our day-to-day activities, helps us to influence and control to a certain aspects. As we are aware, the mind is the chief of all things. How we behave and act is influenced by how our mind behave. Let us explore and learn how you can influence the mind and be a better you !
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Organisation : Mind Science Association of Malaysia
Title of Talk : Dream the Impossible Dream
Date &Time : 9 August 2015 (10.30am – 11.30am)
Speaker : Ms. Wong Chooi Yee
Synopsis of Talk:
Mankind’s achievements mainly originated from ideas or thoughts in mind. Those “Impossible” Dreams became a reality by mere intention, belief, focus, determination and persistence. The speaker will share the scientific techniques towards this and hope that it will inspire you to live the life of your dreams and to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
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Organisation : Intelligent Society of Malaysia (ISOM)
Title of Talk : Rewiring the Brain via the 7 Secrets Rhythm
Date & Time : 9 August 2015 (12.00pm – 1.00pm)
Speaker : Mr. Elanggovan Thanggavilo
Synopsis of Talk:
The talk will feature the world’s pioneer intrinsic methods that will impact rewiring of your brain, neurons (Cognitive Skills) and eventually the capability to unfold 6th sense ability in the simplest manner using the safest method. Time tested techniques. T7SR are major cognitive skills and the best way to moderate the rhythm is through intrinsic methodology. Intrinsic comprises two main parts, namely brain frequencies and 360 degree cycle of an individual in terms of food, health, emotions, intelligent, action, reaction, response and end results. It’s best solution to edit root cause for massive changes in productivity and performance.
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Organisation : PowerHouse Academy
Title of Talk : Leave Your Fingers Out of the Equation
Date & Time : 9 August 2015 (12.00pm – 1.00pm)
Speaker : Mr. West Wong
Synopsis of Talk:
People have been getting used to many patterns and habits in life. It is the same in learning. Everyone has a different way of learning, especially in numbers. However, the world is changing every day, technology is changing the way we live, we must change the way we learn, especially in numbers. Let’s explore the exciting way of learning with brain power, especially in numbers.
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Organisation : Mindbloom Consulting
Title of Talk : How to become an inventor in 60-minutes
Date & Time : 9 August 2015 (2.00pm – 3.00pm)
Speaker : Dr. YKK (Yew Kam Keong, PhD)
Synopsis of Talk:
Being able to invent something is nearly on everyone’s dreams. Most believe that invention belongs only to the realm of geniuses. They thought that invention is only possible for this group of people. This 60 minutes invention workshop will dispel this myth. All of us are born inventors. Being able to invest is our birth-right. Notice how a young child continuous invents things. This invention workshop is based on Dr YKK’s experience in creating the Whizz Kids Workshop as the founder president of IDEAS (Invention and Design Association of Sarawak).
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