He, who must be named.

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He, who let me watch endless k-dramas

He, who let me play my upbeat playlist during a long drive

He, who bears the 16°C room temperature, even though he hates cold the most

He, who sleeps in a pitch black darkness just because he knows I will wake up on the dimmest light

He, who insults my taste of music or my choice of food, yet still enjoys them with me.

To you, he is a friend, a brother, a partner, an acquaintance, or even an enemy.

To me, he is a very, very best friend, who bears my loud burps and farts. It just happens that we sleep together, legally.

Hey you, happy belated Wedding Anniversary.

@sherlyjacob

www.ipersonic.com – interesting

I took this test at http://www.ipersonic.com and result is quite interesting..

“Independent Thinkers are analytical and witty persons. They are normally self-confident and do not let themselves get worked up by conflicts and criticism. They are very much aware of their own strengths and have no doubts about their abilities.

People of this personality type are often very successful in their career as they have both competence and purposefulness. Independent Thinkers are excellent strategists; logic, systematics and theoretical considerations are their world. They are eager for knowledge and always endeavor to expand and perfect their knowledge in any area which is interesting for them. Abstract thinking comes naturally to them; scientists and computer specialists are often of this type.

Independent Thinkers are specialists in their area. The development of their ideas and visions is important to them; they love being as flexible as possible and, ideally, of being able to work alone because they often find it a strain having to make their complex trains of thought understandable to other people. Independent Thinkers cannot stand routine. Once they consider an idea to be good it is difficult to make them give it up; they pursue the implementation of that idea obstinately and persistently, also in the face of external opposition.

Independent Thinkers are not the type who easily comes out of his shell. Speaking about their emotional life is also not one of their strong points. Anyway, social relationships are not particularly important to them; they are happy with just a few, close friends who find it easy to share their intellectual world. They find it difficult to establish new ties.

In love, they need a lot of space and independence but this does not mean that their partner is not important to them. Independent Thinkers often make a cool and reserved impression on others; but this impression is deceptive: they can hardly bear it if people close to them should reject them.

They prefer a harmonious, balanced relationship with a partner who shares their interests and with whom they can realize their visions. Adjectives that describe your type introverted, theoretical, logical, planning, rational, independent, intellectual, self-confident, analytical, structured, dogged, witty, resolute, self-critical, visionary, inventive, independent, unsociable, reserved, nonconformist, quiet, visionary, honest, demanding, hardworking

Career

Like all Thinker types you tend to lean towards perfectionism and in the work place you are always striving for as much knowledge and expertise as possible. You are rarely or never satisfied with your accomplishments and that applies to yours as well as the achievements of others. Sometimes that makes it pretty difficult for your colleagues and subordinates to please you. Once you have privately tagged somebody with the label of incompetent, they will not have an easy time in your working environment.

However, for those who manage to gain your respect with ability and intellect, you are an equally quick-witted as well as sagacious colleague who is ready to solve even the most difficult problems without apparent effort. Hardly any other type is as interested in wielding power. However, the Thinker is less interested in wielding power over other people but rather considers controlling nature and his environment to be much more interesting. This is the main motivation for your continuous hunger – almost an obsession – for more information. Improving your capabilities and expanding the store of your knowledge and experience is your life’s main objective.

You are as hard on yourself and your own achievements as on others, and you put great pressure on yourself in your work environment. Sometimes you agonize over self-doubt thinking that you may not accomplish anything after all. Occasionally you stand in your own way obstructing your superior capabilities instead of being able to utilize them. In case it actually happens that you make a mistake, you mercilessly exercise self-criticism and double your efforts for perfection. Your coolness may occasionally appear to be arrogance, and that often deceives people around you about what really moves you.”

What Google tells me today

At this very minute, when we complain about weather, job, family, health, and so on. Just keep in mind:

… 1900 women are risking their lives delivering babies

… 13 million are fighting cancer

… 202 million wish they had a job

… 17.000 refugees are suffering after the Mt Sinabung eruption

Just something Google tells me today.

a post by @sherlyjacob

I choose not to (-be negative)!

We were in a meeting and this one particular person was so negative; in commenting, did not show any interest and basically was not in sync to the team’s discussion. Of course, it affected the mood, esp mine, as the lead.

I was so pissed off at a certain point. Wondering what has happened, what I said wrong, was our idea that bad, did I not listen, was the person not being heard, and all those somewhat-similar questions.

Then, I realized, this was not about me! It’s about THAT person. Many opportunities had been given for him/her to speak up. I even gave a chance to speak personally if something was wrong. The problem was not in me or even the team. Our discussion maybe below par, but at least we tried, in a respectful and positive way.

Today, I learned (again): be affected by others’ behaviour, is a choice. Everyone else can be negative, but to be productive we need to be positive.
So, I chose to ignore. I chose to carry on, to achieve the goal of discussion. It may not be perfect, but it’s done.

Mission accomplished.

A post by @sherlyjacob

Travelling to Indonesia? Here are few basics

  • Always use your right hand to take something, to pay, to give something, basically everything when interacting with locals. It’s basic politeness.
  • Prepared with tissue or wet tissue, it’s dusty (esp in Jakarta)
  • Prepared with bottle of water: no tap water and weather is pretty hot
  • It’s always summer here, but tone down the summer outfit. We are to ‘eastern-ish’ for a bikini top on the street (unless you’re in Bali). But sunglasses are welcome, even though we Indonesians rarely use them daily (unless we’re in Bali :D)
  • Prepared with cash (credit card is accepted only in big restaurants or chain stores). And small change, lots of them.
  • In flea market: negotiate the price
  • Use comfortable shoes or sandals. There very few (read: almost none) comfortable pedestrian walks
  • Use mosquitoes repellent
  • Public phones are almost gone in business districts, better prepared with mobile phone (with local number if possible)
  • Food maybe hot and spicy, make sure before you eat

Any other tips? Comments are welcome.

a post by @sherlyjacob