Behavior Style

"Would you like to know more about your personality style? Why not fill out our quiz below and find out! 

http://www.lifeskillsinternational.com/quiz.html

Personality styles are behavior styles people inherit. You can behave in any manner required, but your particular style is the one with which you are most comfortable." this part entirely copy and paste from the website itself. :P

Oh well I this is my first entry for 2012 blog...to reflect back 2011 was great ...too many ups and downs. I think more downs, but here I am, still standing tall; perhaps stronger :) ..this is a brand new 2012, and i've already feel the heat of uncertainties, quite a mysterious and challenging year. So I was just surfing through went I stumble upon this Behavior Style Quiz (applies for working purpose only). I took the quiz and I got the marks of  

Direct : 28

Influential: 25

Steady: 7

Cautious: 12

Not sure how true is that, the least is, there is something indicative things that I can use to reflex back myself. The effect of not being blogging for a looooong time is I find my sentences, grammar & vocabs are sucks. 

Direct/Influential

You are the most active of all styles. You seem driven and run others ragged. You accomplish more than others do. As a Direct/Influential person you are productive in your work but also intense in your recreational life. Your mind is always busy.

As a Direct/Influential person you allow aggression and downplay your need for affection. You control your environment in an overt way. You want others to think of you as strong. You judge others by their personal strength and social standing. You can be charming, direct, intimidating and use rewards to get your way. You are interested in controlling the environment by changing the person's mind. You compliment people, and get people to do what you want. If you don't get your way, you argue and may resort to a fight. You express yourself well and are persuasive. You tell instead of ask. As aDirect/Influential person you prefer to accomplish your goals by working through others instead of dominating them but will dominate them if you have to.

Your people skills and drive make you the perfect salesperson. You cheer others on. You appear fearless and love a challenge. As a Direct/Influential person you win any debate and if you lack facts, have no problem inventing the needed information. You tend to interrupt without realizing that it's bad manners however, what others have to say is very important to you.

As a Direct/Influential person you believe the end justifies the means. You know your goals but withhold the information from others in the beginning. You create the right environment first. You respect people who are powerful and important. You intimidate people you see as weak. As a Direct/Influential person you admire people who climb to the top at any cost. You create the environment you most want. You are impulsive. Because you sometimes act without thinking, you may blame the consequences for your actions on someone else. It couldn't possibly be your fault.

As a Direct/Influential person you frequently give mixed messages. A person feels you are friendly toward them yet, distancing yourself from them at the same time. People may feel used by you. Generally, you are well liked.

That's all folks...and you, what's your behavioral style?

PS: I love Dragon Year

Indeed

Ba ya la, ya la...blogging la sy ni. Been fighting with the lazy side of me every now and then. Currently no blogging, no wall posting at facebook, no apa lagi aa...~ko tinguk, jammed sudah balik idea~

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Kebelakangan ini hidup terlalu stereotaip ... keja lewat d office dan menaip sambil mendengar stereo, itulah stereotaip hidup ku.

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So I take a chance on net surfing while trying to fry back my brain...and i stumble upon these...

"A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.I've been thinking,' he said, 'I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."



The Wise Woman's Stone, Author Unknown

Indeed the world need more people with less greed & less needs but more deeds.

Wrap up...till then.

Tall Apple Tree

It’s been awhile I did not make a phone call to my old best friend. When I read her wall post in FB, I knew that something is not right…definitely about her relationship with her boyfriend. Well, come to think it again, every relationship has the argument every now and then.

At first she was reluctant to say it, but me, as usual, being kay poh chee, insisting to know the story so bad (I guess old habit hard to die, isn’t it).

“ Tiada apa2 juga bah actually..even klu sy cerita sama ko, it’s just the same old story, we fight like mad, and then make amends in the end…but I’m kinda exhausted, because the way we make peace from it, I know it’s not a permanent solution. It becomes too normal already to have this argument. I’m tired. I need some times to be out of his sight for awhile.”

I paused for awhile, taking my deep breath. “Doesn’t that sounds familiar to you as well, Frank” I was thinking to myself. 

“You know that when people say ‘Love grows’... indeed it’s true, and it grows along with the ‘unnecessary issues’ with it. The bad part is we are unaware about it; the worse is we tend to treat or solve it the same old way.

And again everything grows with time. You know; the tree you used to pluck the apple just by raising up your hand…not that hard to reach isn't it? But through time, you need greater height…you need to jump and jump higher to grab that big red apple. Same goes to the relationship …you’ve been with him for quite long and you both tend to treat the issues in the same old way, jumping the same momentum as before. Never realize it left some bad residues that poison your roots. You need better ways to solve it. You both need to grow tall as well…i hope you get it.” It feels like I’m advising my ownself.

“Hmmm…betul juga cakap ko kan…” she said. I sense some relief through her voice.

“I’ve been there too”

“Oya ka? So sama la situasi kita ni kan” she replied in smile…(ceh, mcm la sy tau dia senyum dlm perbualan telefon)

“Ya. The only difference is…at least you still have him”

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I should

I should be blogging...I know I have many things to spit out but I'm stucked in the past-present-future life.
I should do some work-outs...I know I have a beer belly and eye bags of those tiring days & nights.

I can be whatever I want to be...but inside I am still me.

Apa la kunun suma ini? lol

Dices of Joke

Life’s a joke. Either you become the laughing subject or one of them who laughs. They are making jokes like nobody business. It’s ok but not until that jokes unto someone else’s rights. Just not right.

The life you have is both lived by chance and choice. These two dices…you gotta play them smart. Because some smart asses gotta outsmart us and leaving us lived by choice…not our choice anymore.

Chance…is now and then passing by, and I don’t realize how many chances they are passing by actually. Like a shooting star. Is it there? I don’t even sure about the saying “Opportunity strikes twice” does resonate in my dices of life.

PS: Dear Frank, you cannot runaway from having doubt in your life? Swallow it

My Krabi Trip

Krabi trip with my fellow colleagues during 10-12 September. Only now baru dtg mood mo post ni slideshow.

He's A Natural Asshole (according to Natural Geogrphc)

It's been a wonderful morning this day. While driving my BMW 7 series (u know i'm kidding about my Vanessa Viva) ... I enjoyed listening to some sentimental love song. It sounded like chirping birds in early morning. So natural ... like nothing else matters.

And all of a sudden one very smart driver suddenly change lane towards my lane without any signal light given & within a short distance...and what the fork was that?? My wonderful natural morning have been ruined by this so called 'concerned-driver' who thinks he's driving an ambulance. Nasib baik sy sempat mengebrek (menekan brek)...ekkkhhhh (bunyi nya)...kikis tayarku. Babian (babi jadian) punya orang.

U know what? The sentimental love song that I listened just now feels like turned into audition of a american idols-reject, sing together all at once on my head. And the chirping little birds turn into hundreds of dogs barking as if they saw a ghost pass by. So annoying! I am annoyed! I am not a Pinoy (Well, nothing to do with Pinoy actually)

It is so natural for me to get pissed-off of that asshole. It is so normal these kind of things to happen nowadays...so in support of put-on-your-signal-light-before-changing-lane-in-adequate-distance campaign, he deserves a middle finger award...right into his eyeball. Mari ramai2 kita kasi dia award, before he starts to annoy your day too.

PS: If you don't know how to use the signal light, and your side mirror and also your steering wheel then the best option is to drive a lawn mower. Berguna dan berjasa. 

"Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan"   

Tedium Cafe

Here I go again, just making a short midnight stop at one of my old time place called ‘Tedium’ café. Not much is served here just a piece of paper and a pen to spill something instead of offering some food. This place is surrounded by mirrors on the walls, so I can reflect myself in many angles. I can hear some classical songs played… There is melancholy in the melody and sorrow in the lyric…played almost unheard. Wonder who turned that music on.

I was so thirsty… I order my favourite coffee at the counter. But this time, it is bitterer than I had tasted before. I mean where the sugar is for goodness sake. I didn’t complaint anyway (not as I used to). Maybe not tonight. I am trying to finish what I have started or the least to complete what was still undone. I sip slowly that coffee. It was not that bad after all. Whatever. 

I’ve been hanging around inside the café for quite sometimes. Paid the bills and I walked out. Never sure when will be my next visit.