Your friends will definitely say, how did you do that?!

It’s easy, but it’s also difficult. I mean, you have to memorize the codes first, then you can amuse your friends! There are some codes to memorize.

For the explanation, I will use the date 29 May 2057

There are 3 things you get from a date: day, month, year, and century. Thus, there are 4 kinds of codes:

1. Day Code
   The day code is easy, in fact, you don’t have to memorize anything! We are working with the basis 7 here, so subtract the day number by 7 until it can’t be subtracted again.
   Example: 29 you get from 29 May 2057, subtracted by 7 for 4 times leaves you with 1. So here, the code is 1.

2. Month Code
   Here, you have to memorise the code for each month:
   1. January : 1
   2. February : 4
   3. March : 4
   4. April : 0
   5. May : 2
   6. June : 5
   7. July : 0
   8. August : 3
   9. September: 6
   10. October : 1
   11. November : 4
   12. December : 6

   For the example, it is May, so the month code is 2.

3. Year Code
   Year code is the most important part of this method. You have to memorize the code for each year, to make it easier, I divide them into 7 categories:
   I will present them just straight to the year, for example: 57, 68, 99

   Year code: 0
   The year: 00, 06, 17, 23, 28, 34, 45, 51, 56, 62, 73, 79, 84, 90

   Year code: 1
   The year:01, 07, 12, 18, 29, 35, 40, 46, 57, 63, 68, 74, 85, 91, 96

   Year code: 2
   The year: 02, 13, 19, 24, 30, 41, 47, 52, 58, 69, 75, 80, 86, 97

   Year code: 3
   The year: 03, 08, 14, 25, 31, 36, 42, 53, 59, 64, 70, 81, 87, 92, 98

   Year code: 4
   The year: 09, 15, 20, 26, 37, 43, 48, 54, 65, 71, 76, 82, 93, 99

   Year code: 5
   The year: 04, 10, 21, 27, 32, 38, 49, 55, 60, 66, 77, 83, 88, 94

   Year code: 6
   The year: 05, 11, 16, 22, 33, 39, 44, 50, 61, 67, 72, 78, 89, 95

   For this example: 2057 means that the number is 57 with the code 1.

4. Century Code
   For the century code, it has a series: 6, 4, 2, 0, …
   Starting from 1600s : 6
   1700s : 4
   1800s : 2
   1900s : 0
   2000s: 6
   and so on…
   For this example: 2057 means that it’s in the 2000s with the code 6.

To sum up: 29 May 2057 has the code:
Day code: 1
Month code: 2
Year code: 1
Century code: 6
Sum the codes you have : 1 + 2 + 1 + 6 = 10
Again, we are working with the basis 7, so subtract all 7s, that leaves you with 3.

Translation code:
1 : Sunday
2 : Monday
3 : Tuesday
4 : Wednesday
5 : Thursday
6 : Friday
0 : Saturday

Thus, 29 May 2057 falls on Tuesday!

Leap Year:
For leap years, subtract 1 from the total.
IMPORTANT : Do this only when the date is between 1 January and 29 February!

Example: 24 January 1912
Day code : 3
Month code : 1
Year code : 1
Century code : 0
TOTAL: 5
It is a leap year. Thus, subtract 1:
The total is 4, means that it’s Wednesday!

I think that’s all, just memorize those codes and you’ll be ready to amuse your friends in no time!
Good luck!

We can dream all day, it is called day-dreaming. We often day-dream, either we realize it or not. We fantasize about things want, things we could’ve done in the past, or imagining something impossible.

The dream we are talking about here is a dream of our future, a dream of a future we want. I know that it’s ridiculous for a dustman to dream that in the future he would be a billionaire. It seems impossible, but I know some people who got rich in a blink of an eye. Some people in my country suddenly got rich when their children won a competition.

2 principles to choose your dreams:

1. Don’t be afraid to dream as high as you can.
   It is really important to dream. The dreams would motivate us to keep on working towards the goal. If you have a dream, your body will unconsciously do things which help you to reach the goal.

   Lots of people feel that having a really wild dream will hurt them when they couldn’t reach their dreams. The higher the dream, it will hurt you more when you fall. This is wrong. Don’t be afraid to fall, just dream! A strong person is a person who can get back up after falling down. Don’t burden yourself with the failure, turn the failure into something positive, think that the failure means that you need to try again with more effort. The higher dream you have, the more motivation you will have. Motivate yourself with the dream!

2. Push your dreams to the limits, but not off the limits.
   Dream as high as you can doesn’t mean that you can dream for something really impossible. An example: a dustman who wants to be an astronaut. We have limits for our dreams.

   Push our dreams to the limits, but not off the limits. Choose dreams which are impossible to do now, but might come true in the future! Let’s put it like this, dream something which has 1% probability of coming true. For example: an ordinary student who wants to be the king of property business. It’s really difficult to be a property king, to be a property king, someone has to have some money to buy some properties first and he/she has to have the knowledge. Thus, the ordinary student has to work really hard to be a property king, but it’s possible, even though the probability is only 1%.

Have your own dreams! Motivate yourselves, work hard, reach your dreams, and live happily!

Good luck!

Sometimes we fake smiles, why? It’s obvious that we fake smiles to get what we want. For example, sometimes we fake smiles in front of our business partners to get a deal. Another example, we fake smiles to get some bonus from our bosses. Those examples are the examples of fake smiles for bad, don’t do it.

These are the 2 basic reasons why we fake smiles for good, not for bad:

1. We fake smile to give ourselves some spirit.
   We have to fake smiles when we have no spirit, when we are sad, and when we need some spirit to stand up. Fake smiles can give

   Most people don’t realize that smiles can be used this way. Even though the smiles might be fake, it really affects our feeling. When we have no spirit, we have to smile. The smile will help us to get some spirit. Most people think that it’s useless even though we smile, but it’s wrong. All you have to do is to open your mouth, stretch your cheeks, show your teeth, and raise your eyebrows. It might be a fake smile in the beginning, then start to put in some feeling in and think about positive things.

   If you really put some feeling in, you’ll be able to feel the difference. When you think about positive things, you get even better! Think that everything which has happened can’t be repeated. All we can do is to learn from the mistakes we have done, and try not to do it again next time. At the end, we will have a real smile!

2. We fake smiles to give other people some spirit.
   We often see people around us get some problems. They are sad, they have no spirits, and they need us to give them the spirit. Fake smiles is one our weapons to cheer people around us.

   Smiles are contagious. When people are happy, they smile, and when we see them smile, we also feel that we are happy too. We could also bring happiness to other people by faking smiles. When we want to give other people some spirit, we should smile. I’m sure that most people would rather choose a smiling person to give them spirit rather than people who don’t smile. How could you get some spirit from people who don’t have spirits. That’s why, we should fake smiles, even if we feel some empathy. We have to show our smiles, to make them feel better!

The point is, fake smiles if you think that it’s for good. Fake smiles first, make real smiles next^^!

Good luck!

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Ben Pridmore holds these records according to recordholders.org:

• 930 binary digits in 5 minutes
• 4140 binary digits in 30 minutes
• 364 playing cards in 10 minutes
• 1404 playing cards in an hour

Roman Room System means that the system uses rooms as the loci(location where you memorise something).

When a Roman wanted to memorise something, he/she put the things at certain locations.
For example:
Memorising:
book
sword
lion
axe
wine
The Roman made his/her Roman Room System first, he/she imagined a house which had lots of rooms. The rooms were filled with details, and all he/she had to do was to put the things he/she wanted to memorise at those locations.
For example: He/she had a beautiful garden, and also a beautiful door made of pure gold. When he/she entered the house, on his/her right there was a library filled with cabinets and there was also a fireplace. The next room was his bedroom, there was a bed in the middle of the room, and also a TV.
Associating things: At the garden, he found a book. He/she wanted to put the book at the library, when he/she entered the house, he/she saw a sword on the floor. He took the sword, turning right to the library. At the library, he saw a lion, then stabbed the lion with the sword. To cut its head, he took an axe and cut off its head. Then, he went to his bedroom, to relax by drinking wine.
That way, you’ll be able to memorise things quickly.

Make your own Roman Room System:

1. Get a piece of paper.
2. Get a pencil, colour pencil if possible.
3. Draw the map of your house, fill it with lots of details, like the colour, and also adding things like lamps, chandelier, vases, carpet, and other things.
4. Imagine your house with all its insides. Walk through your house to know your house inside out.

When you are ready, associate things to your house, remember the key point: wild imagination! The wilder you get, the more memorable they will be.

The advantage of this system:
You’ll never run out of places! Because you can always extend your house! Add some more rooms, details, gardens, escalators, and other things! It doesn’t always have to be a house, you can make a castle, hotel, and even your own town! Just make sure to know its inside out!

Good luck!
Have fun^^!

Making your own alphabet system:

1. Write down the alphabets from a-z on a piece of paper.
   Write down a-z, fill only each row with one letter, or you can divide them into several columns. Later, you’ll have to write a word for each letter, so leave space between your columns.

   Example: 2 columns:

   A M
   B N
   C O
   … ….

2. Translate each letter into a word.
   Write a word beside the letter.
   Guidelines:
   1. All letters which are also words, have to use the words.
      There are letters which are also words, for example: B-Bee C-Sea J-Jay
   2. Other than those letters, use only words with slight difference only, and you have to use words with the same first syllable pronunciation.
      For example: G-Giraffe
      A-Ace
      D-Demon, but not Devil, because of the pronunciation.

3. Translate each word into images in your mind.
   Imagine those words in your mind, make wild imaginations. Test yourself by asking yourself a random letter. For example: G! H! L! X!

Now you have your own alphabet system!

How to use the alphabet system?
It’s basically the same with other mnemonic systems, use associations! It’s the same with the number-shape and number-rhyme systems. Associate each thing you want to memorise with each peg(the word), starting from a.
For example:
A-Ace
memorising:a bear
association: A bear, it plays cards, then it loses, it throws cards at its friends and it went wild.

Now you have a collection of mnemonic systems, if you only got them from this blog, then you now have 4 systems: link system, number-shape system, number-rhyme system, and alphabet system.
Total pegs you have:
Number-shape: 10 pegs
Number-rhyme: 10 pegs
Alphabet: 26 pegs
TOTAL: 46 pegs
In conclusion, you can memorise 46 things in a go! You can do 50 or more with the help of link system.

Train your memory everyday! You’ll eventually get better and cut your memorising time. In addition, you can amuse your friends with this incredible feat of memory!

Good luck^^!

It’s a video of Andi Bell, 3 times World Memory Champion, he’s memorising 10 packs of cards:

Good luck^^!
If you want to be like that, just train your memory! I still can’t do it, but my current record is about 183 secs for a pack of cards.

Advantages you get:

1. Make most of your studying time!
   Using mnemonic systems will help you in memorising things. As the result, you are able to memorise things a lot quicker than you ever before. Thus, it can shorten your studying time. You can use the rest of time time reviewing again and again.

   For example:
   Usual studying time: 2 hours.
   Using mnemonic: 1 hour, 1 hour for reviewing.
   Thus, you will get better results!

2. Memorise quickly, evaporate slowly.
   Using mnemonic systems, you can memorise things quickly. There’s a myth about memorising things quickly, and they will evaporate quickly too, like easy come easy go. But, by using mnemonic, all you have to do is to review the images you’ve made. It’s easier for us to remember images rather than plain words. That’s why it will evaporate slowly, it might even stay in your mind for years, or forever!
3. Get a free memory training.
   Using mnemonic system also trains your brain, it trains both sides of your brain. Thus, you’ll be able to memorise things easier the next time you study.

How to use it?
There are 3 main points in mnemonic:

1. Association
   Means that how you associate things with other things.
2. Location
   Means where you store the images.
3. Imagination
   Means how you symbolise those words into images.

It is easy to memorise those points, think about moh. Ali, the boxer.

Example question:
What did Adam and Eve eat which gave them sin? Apples

Steps to use mnemonic:

1. Read the question, find the keyword.
   In this case, the keyword is ‘Adam and Eve’.
2. From the keyword, find a location.
   Location here: Eden, why? Because Eden is the place where Adam and Eve did bad things.
   I suggest you to use keywords from the question as the location, why? Because the location is the place you store the images, it would be better if the question reminds you of the location, and you can start looking for your images in that location.
3. Imagine the keyword and location:
   Imagine Eden, which was so beautiful, and you saw Adam and Eve are running naked.
4. Imagine the answer:
   Imagine that they were running toward an apple tree.
5. Associate them:
   Imagine that they climbed up the tree and eat the red tasty apple. Imagine the tase of the apple, sweet, watery, and fresh. Use all of your senses. Then imagine that they come down, wearing clothes like a someone you like, movie stars, or anyone. Try to make it funny, or weird. The weirder you get, the more memorable it is.

You can use this technique to study! If you have to memorise a long sentence, just pick up the keywords, imagine them, put them at a relevant location, use your senses, make it weird, and it will stay in your memory for a long time.

Have fun^^!
Good luck^^!

1. Manage your time!
   
   Time management is always a crucial point, not only in studying, but every aspect of our lives. When you have to ability to manage time, you’ll be able to do things at the right time and in an effective way. When it’s your time to take a rest, take a rest! When it’s your time to study, study! Don’t take a rest when you are studying and don’t study when you are taking a rest! We need a rest to stay fit when we are studying. When you are studying, concentrate on your study.

   When I have an exam the next day, I usually spend my evening by playing games, watching T.V., reading comic books, surfing the web, and other fun things. Mostly, I start studying at half past 7 and finish before 10 o’clock. My average mark: 80 out of 100. I do whatever I want before I study.

2. Concentrate!
   Concentration is a crucial point in studying. When you don’t have the concentration, you won’t be able to study quickly. Concentrating helps you to memorise things quicker. Therefore, speeds up your study.

   There are lots of ways to develop concentration, it varies from one to other students. Some students say that listening to music helps them to concentrate, some say that studying at a really quiet place helps to concentrate, I personally like to study while I listen to music. When I am bored, I sing(though my voice isn’t that good), lol.

3. Believe in yourself!
   
   Believing in yourself is one important matter. It is a matter of passing and failing. Believing in yourself prevents you from panicking. Sometimes, before we start, we feel that there’s too much to memorise, it cause us to panic. By believing in ourselves, we prevent panicking and help us to stay calm. Thus, speeding up our studying time.
4. Take little breaks!
   This is also crucial, for taking little breaks prevents us from ringing the boredom-bells. It is ideal to take a 5 minute break every half an hour. Use your breaks to drink, stretch your body, and you can even scream to release the stress.

   What if you’ve already rung your boredom-bells?
   It would be better to study when you are not bored, as boredom might slow you down. Stop studying for a while, have a longer break, 15 minutes maximum, then study again. Never stop too long, a long stop will not help you study quicker, it’s a waste of time. When you stop too long, you become too lazy to study again.

5. Smile!
   A little smile will definitely help you. Little smile, but big effect. Smiles give you the spirit to study. Even if it’s a fake smile, they can give you some spirit. Smiles are signs of positive way of thinking, and positive thinking gives you the spirit to study. Smiles can also reduce your boredom alarm time.
   

Hope that my tips are useful for all of you, they are my personal tips. I suggest you to use mnemonic systems, it really speeds up your studying time. I will write a post about how to use mnemonic systems to study, just wait for it.

Have fun^^!