MMLM Mind Competitions

The Mind Competitions held in UTAR Sungai Long Campus on 25 July saw 800 turnouts from various schools and members of the public.

The participants are challenged on their mental literacy skills in three different competitions. They are Category 1, Memory competition, a) Random words, b) Random Numbers c) Dates and Events d) Random Letters of the Alphabet; Category 2, Mind Mapping competition and Category 3, Mental Calculation competition.

“She was very excited when she heard about the event”, said nine years old Thanusha Premananb’s mother, Vijayah Malar. “She learns memory skills at Kumon to improve cognition level”, her mother added.

“Memory training helps her to remember through understanding instead of memorising”, said ten-year-old Ngow Xuan Huei’s memory teacher from Melaka, Desmond Koh. “She is the top student in school. She also represents the school in public speaking competitions”, he added.

“I love spending time to practise mind-mapping skills, it is very useful for theoretical-based subjects and I teach the skills to my students too”, said 36-year-old lecturer from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Faridah Hani.

Participants stand a chance to walk home with prizes worth a total of RM57, 000 when the results are announced online on 4 September at www.utar.edu.my/mmlm. The annual competitions are jointly organised by the Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement, UTAR and Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

Daniel (front row left) and coursemates from Kolej Profesional Mara Indera Mahkota (KPMIM) Kuantan enjoying the day at UTAR

Form 5 students from SMK Perimbun Cheras solving puzzles

Form 3 & 4 students from SMK Raja Perempuan Ipoh waiting for the competition to commence

Students from SMK Infant Jesus Convent Johor Bahru preparing for the mind mapping competition

Participants at the UTAR multipurpose hall

Curious crowd at the puzzles and mind stimulating games booth

Students at the sudoku booth