5 Cozy New Places with Beautiful View in Bali

Bali is always a good idea. Untuk menenangkan pikiran sembari berpetualang, beberapa spot keren yang menangkan, sawah yang hijau hingga pura-pura cantik yang mencerminkan indahnya budaya Bali. Kali ini Qraved sudah mengumpulkan 5 tempat cozy baru dengan view alam cantik Bali.

1. Manarai Beach House Nusa Dua

Manarai Beach House adalah salah satu restoran yang berlokasi di Nusa Dua dari grup ISMAYA. Sudah pasti, kualitasnya tidak diragukan lagi. Dengan pemandangan laut yang begitu mengagumkan kamu bisa menikmati konsep yang selalu kental di grup ISMAYA: makanan, minuman dan hiburan yang telah berpadu dengan budaya Bali secara apik. Datanglah saat sunset for that unforgettable Manarai Beach House experience.

2. Tropicola Kerobokan

It does not get any more retro than Tropicola. Beach club ini memiliki interior dan exterior yang 80's abis. Warna kuning dan biru yang mendominasi membuat suasananya tambah meriah dan ceria. Salah satu yang membuat tempat ini spesial adalah pemandangan yang menuju langsung ke laut.

3. Ibiza in Bali Uluwatu

Think Mediterranean meets Ibiza. Inspirasi itulah yang menghadirkan Ibiza in Bali. Tidak perlu beli tiket jauh-jauh ke Spanyol, cukup datang ke Ibiza in Bali untuk merasakan #IbizaVibes. Beach bar ini menggunakan bahan lokal yang segar untuk menjamin kualitas dari makanan dan minuman yang disajikan mulai dari paella, steak hingga seafood.

4. OMNIA Uluwatu

All-day party destination ini siap menghiburmu saat sedang di Bali. Berada di ketinggian 100 meter dari laut membuat pemandangan di beach bar ini begitu mempesona. Omnia memang terbilang cukup baru, tapi kita tidak akan heran kalau dia akan menjadi salah satu icon dari Uluwatu.

5. Wanna Jungle Pool and Bar - The Kanyon Resort Gianyar

Beach bar sudah banyak di Bali, tapi yang satu ini tidak ada di semua tempat. Wanna Jungle Pool and Bar yang berlokasi di The Kanyon Resort ini patut kamu kunjungi bersama keluarga dan teman terdekat. Dengan hiasan yang didominasi warna turqoise dan putih berpadu dengan asrinya hijau pemandangan hutan membuat tempat ini menjadi go-to-place saat sedang di Ubud.

cr: https://www.qraved.com/journal/travel/5-tempat-cozy-baru-dengan-view-alam-cantik-bali

7 KFC's Unique Menu Throughout Asia That Makes Curious

The KFC food sales chain is ranked the second largest in the world, even though it started from a small town in Kentucky in the 1930s. In addition to the famous fried chicken and crispy, KFC has now expanded their menu to various parts of the world, to meet the special needs of customers in different geographical locations. KFC has been innovative enough to create many unique menus in various countries, including some of the most spectacular in the following Asia. Be prepared to swallow hard to imagine the deliciousness.

1. Shrimp Burger - China

Shrimp burgers are a menu made by KFC China when a scandal arose about chickens fattened by drugs in the early 2000s. KFC China took advantage of the crisis and introduced a shrimp burger that replaced chicken, with the addition of a salty sweet sauce that was right. Sure enough, this menu is immediately liked by consumers because it is considered safe to eat.

2. Deep Fried Corn Soup - Japan

Imagine how thick corn soup is present in the form of fried foods? It does seem a little strange, but in fact this unique menu is favored by consumers in Japan. Corn soup dough is compacted into a croquette and coated with flour, then fried in a lot of oil, thus creating a blend of crisp and soft texture in each bite. The beautiful puff shape and seductive aroma are also other factors why this menu is so popular in Sakura.

3. Vegetable Strips - India

As a country with a majority Hindu population, it is only natural that vegetables are the main food option there. KFC saw the tradition as an opportunity by launching Vegetable Strips, which are vegetable versions of the famous Chicken Strips menu. Tektsur food is similar to chicken, but is entirely made of vegetables, namely a mixture of carrots, corn, peas, and potatoes. This menu can be made as a side dish or snack, both are equally delicious.

4. Parmesan Chicken with Truffle Flavored Cheddar Sauce - Singapore

It's called long huh? But it's comparable to the taste sensation it has, savory and aromatic. For fans of cheese, this dish is highly recommended to try at KFC Singapore, because it has a thick texture that tempts taste. This surprise surprise is a hidden treasure behind its simple appearance, which is crispy fried chicken with a splash of truffle-scented parmesan sauce. The topping of parmesan cheese increases the attractiveness, both in appearance and taste.

5. Zinger Double Down - South Korea

We know that Zinger is an authentic KFC menu that is quite legendary, which is a burger with bun from pieces of fried chicken fillets, not bread as in general. In South Korea, this dish feels juicy thanks to the addition of thick and savory chicken patty. The good news is, you can also order the spicy version, where do you know how much the flavor of Korean chili is? Super bite!

6. Green Curry Chicken Rice Bowl - Thailand

As one of the national dishes, the green curry is so blooming in the Thai culture of dining. KFC there adopts this in the Mennu Green Curry Chcken Rice Bowl, which serves a bowl of warm rice with crispy pieces of fried fillets, and poured with a fantastic green curry. The sauce is thick, which is made of lots of coconut milk and green chili.

7. Okonomiyaki Chicken - Hong Kong

Inspiration for typical Japanese snacks in Hong Kong? Why not? Okonomiyaki is a savory pancake from Japan. Polished over pancakes are sweet and dense Okonomiyaki sauce, bonito flakes (dried smoke fish shavings), and seaweed flakes. The uniqueness of this dish is juxtaposed with delicious crispy fried chicken, making the sensation unique when eaten.

cr: https://www.qraved.com/journal/food-lol/7-menu-unik-kfc-di-seluruh-asia-yang-bikin-penasaran

5 Unique McDonald's Menus That You Wish Exist in Indonesia

Who do you like with McDonalds (McD)? This fast food restaurant is always innovative with the menus offered. Like 5 unique McDonalds menus in the world that are expected to be present in Indonesia.

1. McLobster - America and Canada

Wow, just seeing the picture must have made it drool, huh! This sandwich with abundant lobster fillings, unfortunately you can only taste in America and Canada. Mupeng really or not?

2. Mozarella Dippers - England

No less unique, at McD UK you can find a stick that is combined with mozzarella which is very melted. It must be really good to be defiled!

3. McKebab - Middle Eastern countries

Kebabs are indeed famous for Middle Eastern-style menus. So, if you are traveling to the Middle East region, such as Arab, Oman or Dubai, don't forget to taste the McKebab menu. Guaranteed to make you addicted!

4. Rice Burger - Singapore and South Korea

Rice is indeed a mandatory food in Asian countries. Well, in Singapore and South Korea you can taste a unique burger menu whose bun is made from rice. Certainly makes you full long lasting!

5. McFlurry Kitkat - Brazil

Who doesn't like Kit Kat's crunchy delights? Well, in McD Brazil you can find McFlurry with Kit Kat topping. Very tasty right? Hopefully soon to be here in Indonesia!

cr: https://www.qraved.com/journal/food-lol/5-menu-unik-mc-donalds-yang-kamu-harap-di-indonesia

Less screentime linked to better memory, learning in kids

Screens — on computers, smartphones, tablets and more — surround us more than ever. But it might be best to look away. Nearly two out of three U.S. kids spend more than two hours a day looking at screens, a new study finds. The kids who spend more time staring at screens perform worse on memory, language and thinking tests than do those who spend less time in front of a device. That’s the result of a study of more than 4,500 kids 8- to 11-years old.

Time on devices has its pros and cons. Screen time before bed can make it harder to sleep. But some time with devices also can improve a student’s moods. For this study, researchers wanted to find out how much time kids were spending on screens — whether a smartphone, a television, an iPad or a computer. They also wanted to look at how much sleep and exercise these kids were getting. Finally, the scientists wanted to gauge kids’ cognitive abilities. These are mental activities — such as solving puzzles, remembering things or learning something new.

The researchers used data gathered as part of a large, long-term study. Called the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, it surveyed more than 4,500 kids and their parents. The study asked about screen time. It also asked about exercise and sleep, and tested memory and learning.

So how much screen time is too much? The researchers went with guidelines from experts. These recommend no more than two hours of recreational screen time a day. They also advise kids to get at least an hour of exercise each day and between nine and 11 hours of sleep at night.

If that prescription seems strict, it was. Only five in every 100 of the surveyed children met all three guidelines. In fact, 29 in every 100 didn’t meet any of the guidelines. So they were “getting less than nine hours of sleep, they’re on their screens for longer than two hours and they’re not being physically active,” notes Jeremy Walsh. He’s an exercise physiologist — someone who studies how bodies work during exercise. He works at the University of British Columbia in Okanagan.

Lots of screens, not so much sleep

On average, children in this study spent 3.6 hours a day using screens for video games, videos and other fun. They also exercised an hour or more fewer than four days a week. At least they slept an average of 9.1 hours a night.

Less screen time was linked with better cognitive scores. Children who spent fewer than two hours on screens scored about four percent higher on thinking-related tests than did kids who spent more time on their screens. Kids who met the recommendations for both screen time and sleep also got better scores on their thinking tests. When analyzed on their own, sleep and physical activity didn’t seem to influence test results. It was screen time that really made a difference.

“This raises a flag,” Walsh says. The new data add to concerns that heavy use of smartphones, tablets or televisions can hurt growing minds. Walsh and his colleagues published their findings online September 26 in Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

Because the study only asked people about their habits once, it only captures a single snapshot in time. That means that Walsh and his colleagues can’t tell if the amount of  screen time kids get actually changes brain development. But, Walsh adds, “Without [knowing] what kids are actually doing with their screens, we’re seeing that the two-hour mark actually seems to be a good recommendation for benefiting cognition.”

The study can’t say whether screen time actually hurt thinking skills. Kids who spend lots of time with devices might miss out on other activities that improve their memory or problem-solving skills. “You don’t know which is the chicken and which is the egg here,” cautions Michael Rich. He is a pediatrician. That’s a doctor who focuses on children. Rich works at Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts. It could be that smarter kids are less likely to spend lots of time on screens, he says. If true, they would get better test scores — but it wouldn’t be because they used devices less.

Simple cause-and-effect relationships often don’t exist in human behavior, Rich says. Instead of broad rules for all kids, “we need to tailor what we learn from science to individual children.”

But by looking at screen, sleep and exercise behaviors in combination, the results offer a fuller look at children’s health. That’s a peek that’s sorely needed, says Eduardo Esteban Bustamante. He’s a kinesiologist — someone who studies how bodies move. He works at the University of Illinois in Chicago. “We don’t know a lot yet about how these behaviors interact with one another to influence kids’ cognitive development,” he says.

The ABCD Study will keep collecting data from these families for another 10 years. This means scientists may be able to learn more about how screen time affects kids through their teen years and beyond. “I’m really excited to see where this line of research goes,” Bustamante says.

cr: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/less-screentime-linked-better-memory-learning-kids

Internet use may harm teen health

Connecting with other teens online may be fun. But spending too much time on the Internet could lead to health problems, a new study reports. Heavy Internet use appears able to put teens at serious risk of high blood pressure, it finds.

As the term suggests, high blood pressure exerts extra outward pressure on vessel walls. With exercise, blood pressure increases. At rest, that pressure should return to a relatively low, background level. But in some people, it remains relatively elevated, even at rest.

High blood pressure in children and teens often continues into adulthood, says Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, who led the new study. That’s a problem, she says. Persistent high blood pressure can trigger serious health problems, from kidney disease and memory loss to eye damage and heart disease or stroke.

Cassidy-Bushrow works at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Mich. As an epidemiologist, she investigates causes of illness.

Obesity and diets high in salt are among factors known to boost blood pressure. But researchers worry that other, less obvious, factors also may play a role. Previous studies had linked screen time — watching television or playing on a computer — and high blood pressure. One possible reason: Teens on screens get less exercise, Cassidy-Bushrow says. But Internet use also has been linked to depression and obesity. And that’s for Internet use, specifically, not just screen time as a whole, she points out.

What might make Internet use more dangerous? It isn’t passive, like watching TV, Cassidy-Bushrow explains. There’s also the growing risk of cyberbullying, which can make it more stressful than other types of screen time.

What’s more, Internet connections are available in 98 percent of U.S. public schools. With cell phones and other mobile devices, the Internet can be as close as the touch of a button for most tweens and teens. And it’s available around the clock. Frequent Internet use has been linked to anxiety, addiction and social isolation. All of these are associated with high blood pressure in adults.

So the researchers recruited 331 adolescents, aged 14 to 17, to study whether Internet use might influence blood pressure in teens.

In the lab, the scientists measured each teen’s blood pressure, height and weight. They used some of these data to calculate each teen’s body mass index, or BMI. BMI is one way to look at whether somebody is over- or underweight. The teens also answered questions about how much time they spend on the Internet. This included both the number of hours per day as well as the number of days per week.

Nearly all of the teens had used the Internet during the week before their lab visit. Most reported accessing the Internet both at home and at school. Most also reported moderate to heavy Internet use. The researchers defined heavy use as two or more hours each and every day. Moderate use involved less than two hours a day on five to seven days a week. Light users accessed the internet for less than two hours a day and on no more than four days a week.

Four out of 10 teens used the Internet more than two hours every day. Nineteen percent of these heavy users had high blood pressure. That’s compared to just seven percent of light users. Another four in ten teens reported moderate use. These teens had moderately high blood pressure.

The findings appear in the October 2015 Journal of School Nursing.

"It's an interesting study," says Ellen Wartella. She is a psychologist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. But, she points out, the study has a major limitation: The researchers measured blood pressure only once for each teen. However, she notes, “We know it varies considerably.” So a single data point for each person may not accurately reflect a teen’s average daily blood pressure.

Cassidy-Bushrow agrees that more research needs to be done. However, she adds, single blood-pressure readings have been used in other studies. For now, she recommends that school nurses screen students for high blood pressure and moderate to heavy Internet use.

Education and training for teens, teachers and parents also could help ensure that teens find a healthy balance in their online life, she says. That could go a long way in helping protect the health of people growing up in this digital age.

cr: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/internet-use-may-harm-teen-health

Three Ways to Sharpen "Soft Skills" for a Career in the Future

Amid the rapid development in various fields today, hard skills are no longer the only ability that must be possessed. Because, soft skills are also one of the abilities needed to develop a career.

Announced by Kompas.com (5/8/2018) Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Menristekdikti) Mohamad Nasir said that soft skills are important to be mastered by university graduates today who cannot be replaced by robots.

"Soft skills such as cooperation, communication, ethics in work, appearance, empathy, and emotional intelligence are important for career or business success compared to academic results," said Nasir.

According to him, soft skills are also needed to be able to apply academic skills in the world of work. For this reason, young people should start preparing and honing their soft skills early.

Reporting from talentfoot.com page, here are some ways that can be done to develop soft skills.

Take a course

Not only studying on campus, taking a course can help hone soft skills. Leadership and management development courses can teach many soft skills, such as communication, problem solving, critical thinking, to public speaking.

Training and self-development programs are also quite effective for increasing self-awareness and improving communication skills.

Find a mentor

Having a mentor who can guide in career matters is also one of the best ways to develop soft skills. Because, mentors can provide short-term and long-term guidance. Someone who is more experienced can also provide new inspiration and perspective.

A mentor can objectively and honestly assess the soft skills you have and how to hone them. They can assess what your strengths and weaknesses are and give advice on what steps can be taken.

Volunteering

Spending time and volunteering is one of the best ways to hone soft skills that might not be available on campus or office. Volunteering for the purpose of goodness can make you a more complete and loving person.

In addition, reported from the Linkedin page, volunteer activities or volunteering can also develop several other soft skills, such as teamwork, self-confidence, patience, communication, and empathy.

With the many benefits that can be obtained, it never hurts to try to participate in volunteering.

cr: https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/11/23/08580011/tiga-cara-mengasah-soft-skill-untuk-karier-di-masa-depan

2 Animation Films of UMN Students Representing Indonesia Competing in Japan

Two teams of Animation students at Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN) won the national championship in the "20th DigiCON6 ASIA", an annual short film competition organized by the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

Chininta Rizka Public Relations of UMN through the release (22/11/2018) to Kompas.com delivered the work of animated films titled "Family One Half" and "Life Of Death", bringing the UMN team to Japan to compete with other works for the Aisa level.

Empathy for people with mental illness

An animated film titled "Family One Half", by Michaela Clarissa Levi, Robert Sunny and Raffael Arkapraba Gumelar, tells the story of the life of a child named Agung who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and his mother who has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Through this animated film they want to foster a sense of empathy for the audience with sufferers of mental illness by describing the feelings of these sufferers.

They won the "20th DigiCON6 Asia" Silver Prize for the Indonesian region.

Robert Sunny said all the works contested had their own characteristics. But the work of his team, "Family One Half" is unique to the topic raised, namely mental illness.

 "If the animated film 'Family One and a Half by itself' might be more on the topic raised, namely mental illness and how to describe the condition of a patient when the disease is relapsing," Robert said.

Respect for life

The next work of the animated film "Life Of Death" created by Jason Kiantoro and Bryan Arfiandy tells the story of the daily angel of death in doing his work.

The film that received the Next Generation and Gold Award was bringing the message to the audience using the best time of life.

"Life of Death" has been included in the festival's film nominations and was selected in several screenings such as the 2018 Canadian Labor Film Festival, 2018 Global University Film Awards, 2018 Austin Film Festival and many more.

The One-Half Family and Life of Death works and teams will be sent to Japan to be contested with 11 other Asian countries, namely Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Opportunity to add insight

The festival atmosphere and meeting with fellow filmmakers from various Asian countries is one of the most anticipated things. For Jason Kiantoro, by getting to know filmmakers from various countries and different backgrounds, his insights are increasing.

"If for example at an outdoor festival there will be more diverse people, their backgrounds, the way they make films, and the types of films. With acquaintances, it becomes more open (insight), "explained Jason.

In addition, other works that won the Japan Foundation award, the Jakarta Prize were short films entitled "Turut Berdukuhan" by Winner Wijaya, Christian Raditya, Antonius Willson, Cornelius Kurnia, Indra Susanto, Harris Tobing, and Ando Loekito.

This film is based on this true story and tells of a child who continues to tell the chronology of his father's death at the funeral to all the guests who came to mourn until he could not feel sad anymore.

According to Winner, the film presents events that are familiar with the audience. Simple story telling and camera movements and music that are not excessive make the audience comfortable watching the film. This film was also selected in various screening such as Sewon Screening in Yogyakarta, ReelOzInd! Festivals in Australia and Indonesia.

cr: https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/11/22/14303811/2-film-animasi-mahasiswa-umn-wakili-indonesia-berkompetisi-di-jepang