my december

i took this quiz from facebook. it's "what does your birthday say about you?" i got december which is weird cause i was born in november. anyways, the reuslt say something like this... just want to check which is right and which is left.

Loyal and generous. -absolutely
 
Sexy. -i think so...
 
Patriotic. - not so much anymore. politics in my country is so... and our culture is so mixed up. but i love my heritage.
 
Active in games and interactions. - yeah. kind of. interactions, yes. games, not much. i mean im nat a big fan of parlor games.
 
Impatient and hasty. - all my friends and family will agree to this.
 
Ambitious. -not so much. if i am, i would be filthy rich by now.
 
Influential in organizations. - i dont think so. i like to work in the background actually
 
Fun to be with. - try me you'll see.
 
Loves to socialize. - only when people are worth socializing with, haha.
 
Loves praises. - used to be. not anymore. ok, sometimes i still do. there is a point in our life that praises from people arent that important anymore.
 
Loves attention. - same as above. when i was youger, yes. who doesnt? really...
 
Loves to be loved. - who doesnt? tell me...
 
Honest and trustworthy. - you be the judge. there is tendency for anyone to lie. it's in man's [fallen] nature. but generally, lying is against my "morals."
 
Not pretending. - well, i speak my mind out, that's for sure.
 
Short tempered. - ouch! couldve phrased it another way, but so true.
 
Changing personality. - maybe. in some occassions. but not to a pathological degree that needs psychiatric consult.
 
Not egoistic. - ego is another aspect of man's [fallen] nature. i am shy and a bit insecure at times. that doesnt make me egoistic, does it?
 
Take high pride in oneself. - seriously? dunno about this. maybe. not that i am aware of... well yeah, maybe.
 
Hates restrictions. - at some point. sometimes...
 
Loves to joke. - definitely.
 
Good sense of humor. - i love to joke.
 
Logical. - well... i am a realistic person. i love reasoning.
 
that's it. isnt this too revealing? i guess it is...

busybody

been out of the blogsphere for a while. in exchange to being frozen at facebook. even my reading was compromised. (i've been reading my therapy textbook in a desire to pursue my physical therapy profession again.) but facebook got me really occupied.

for one, i got hooked on raising my farm at farmville. i am not really into any internet or network games. im just not good at it because i easily get distracted. but when my friends started giving me all these gifts of trees and animals to take care, i just couldnt delete them. so i started collecting them. eventually i opened my farm. i started to get into the mechanics and before i knew it, i got myself already hooked. but for what it's worth, it's kinda therapeutic. addictive but therapeutic.

but there's another thing to facebook that i didnt find myself enjoying from other social networking i joined before. facebook is different. but i guess most of you already know that. the connection is more personal and more organized.

then i realized that many of my friends (real friends not just network friends) are almost always online because of all these games. so i also get to actually chat with them regularly (until there's nothing more to talk about). espcially some friends who are now living in america. amazing how we can chat as long as we want (excpet when one is busy farming or raising fishes) and get updated. there are just so many things to catch up on. and also so different from just sending private messages which sometimes dont get a reply. and one topic leads to another.

and that's what made me really excited about my new hobby. being connected with my friends... almost everyday of the week. but im getting myself back to blogsphere. do a little catching up on blogs i follow. leanr a fewthings here and there. and hope to catch up with my blogging too. i have a had a few ideas to blog about but cant seem to scribble them down because ive been occupied by other things. or simply gotten stuck on my facebook page.

have we been losing our e-thics?

Some people just have to learn a few internet manners… especially in an occasion when they are chatting. Online, obviously. I mean, you know, some people have the habit of not saying the proper way of signing off. They just sign off without telling you or something. I think that’s rude, unethical and shows kind of person you are. I believe that chatting online is very much like talking on the phone or conversing in person. It’s because you don’t get to see the person you are conversing with doesn’t mean that you can dump him or her just like that.

The damage is even greater if you actually know the person. If you are chatting with a stranger, then you probably wouldn’t care less. The problem is, if you are chatting with somebody you actually know.

First if all, I don’t chat very often. In fact, I seldom chat. Normally, I just take a peek on my emails and then log out. But most email providers and social networking sites have a ready chat room which shows everyone who is logged in. there is no escaping.

Which means, you actually know most of these people whose names or ID appear on the chat box. Sending few lines of greeting and catching up with your peers becomes inevitable. And that’s fine sometimes. It’s a good thing. It just turns into something frustrating if some of these people have no decency of telling you they’re signing off while you are still in the middle of a conversation. People who you used to be BFF with in college. You did campus work together. You prayed together. You shared secrets. And many nights of sleepovers at each other’s places. And they became successful and they became… whatever. No judgment whatsoever.

One time I was in my yahoo account. This friend of mine initiated the conversation. I acknowledged the message. Then as I was typing… he freaking logged out. Without even saying, “Wait, I have to go. Catch ya later.” Hello? Seriously? And that happened twice. Maybe his western acculturation went overboard. Ok. I have western friend who are not like either. Maybe some people (and friendship) just change over time.

I mean c’mon… how many seconds does it take to send a proper note before signing off?

Ok... Im not necessarily nitpicking here. Im sure it also depends on the extent of the conversation. If you were just saying your "hellos" and "what's ups" then properly ending a conversation wouldnt be necesary.

Of course, not everyone is like that. I have other friends who still have their manners and decency intact. People I respect. People I admire. But these are the exceptions. The other majority… they are the rule!

And just so you know… I didn’t shallow a bitter pill this morning as to be blogging about this. Ok?