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I am an INTROVERT!

2009-01-20T08:37:00.000-08:00

Are an out-going person? or the shy type?

What is Introvert? Extrovert?

According to About, An introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people.

According to Wikipedia, Extrovert is "the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self". Extroverts tend to enjoy human interactions and to be enthusiastic, talkative, assertive, and gregarious. They take pleasure in activities that involve large social gatherings, such as parties, community activities, public demonstrations, and business or political groups. Politics, teaching, sales, managing, brokering are fields that favor extroversion. An extroverted person is likely to enjoy time spent with people and find less reward in time spent alone. They enjoy risk-taking and often show leadership abilities.

Learn more about Introvert. Here are some points to know, these are according to the studies of Laurie Pawlik-Kielen :

Introverts process their emotions, thoughts, and observations internally. They can be social people, but reveal less about themselves than extroverts do. Introverts are more private, and less public. Introverts need time to think before responding to a situation, and develop their ideas by reflecting privately. Introverts' personality traits can be passionate, but not usually aggressive.

Introverts can focus their attention more readily and for longer periods of time, and they aren't easily swayed by other people's opinions.

These introverts enjoy talking and listening to people, and going to parties and events. But most introverts would rather be at home. Introverts can find small talk easy but tiring – and sometimes boring. They'd rather have meaningful conversations about the depths of human souls and minds, but find few opportunities (those aren't your usual conversations at water coolers or dinner parties!).

An introvert's personality traits aren't necessarily tentative or hesitant, but introverts do prefer to think before they act. When introverts are ready they take action!

To recharge their batteries introverts need to be alone reading, daydreaming, painting, or gardening – any solo activity fills them up again. This doesn't mean introverts have to live alone in a cave in the hills or on Walden Pond; they just need quiet time to come back to themselves. The energy source for introverts is from within.
Introverts' personality traits include increased blood flow in the frontal lobes, anterior thalamus, and other regions associated with remembering events, making plans, and problem-solving.
Introverts don't necessarily have a fear of intimacy – but they can be more difficult to get to know than an outgoing, friendly extrovert. Dating and relationships for introverts can be challenging.

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I am more likely an Introvert than Extrovert. I am out-going but I'm easily get tired. I enjoy seeing people play without joining the group. I am an athletic person but I'm a bit aloft of socializing to others. I am a good communicator to my friends that are close to me( of course!) rather than to others or even to acquaintances. I don't like being the center of attention because its giving me the creeps and hard look of others. I love reading or listening to music rather than partying outside(but I sometimes party when I want to! :laugh:), I more likely a home buddy. I rarely open any of my thoughts, ideas and observations but when I like to talk about it, I reflect and arrange my thoughts and words before blurting it out. Dating and being in the relationship is quite good for me and it's very challenging to be in it.

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Here are some points to learn about an Extrovert:

Extroverts are very comfortable in groups, and may be even happier as the center of attention. Traditional extroverts' personality traits are self-confident, enthusiastic, gregarious, friendly, and outgoing. Extroverts love crowds: the more people around, the better life is! Extroverts like public demonstrations, community events, and other large social gatherings.
Extroverts are interested in what's happening outside themselves: their surroundings, people, noises. Extroverts don't tend to enjoy spending time alone, and they get their energy from other people. A significant extroverted personality trait is that energy flows outward (not inward like the introvert).
A circular effect may occur: extroverts communicate well and enjoy being with people, which leads them to seek social situations. Extroverts' personality traits include honing their social skills, which leads to more enjoyment of group activities! The opposite effect may happen with introverts who may not have strong communication skills, making them uncomfortable with people. Thus introverts avoid social situations.
Extroverts have more brain activity in the posterior thalamus and posterior insula. These parts of the brain are associated with sensory input. Touch, smell, sight, taste, and sounds seem to have more impact on extroverts than introverts.

Be a Creative Saver

2009-01-20T07:54:00.001-08:00

Here are a few great ways to save up for your future and become good stewards of your resources.

Automatic Savings- if you can arrange this with your employer or local bank, you can ask them to regularly set aside a certain amount of your monthly salary for your savings.

Save your Raise- if your company gives you a raise, allot that additional amount to your savings account and live within your old paycheck.

Keep Paying Loans After The loans are Paid off- keep sending the same amount, not to the creditors but to your savings.

Hold On to Unexpected Cash-Keep this in your savings account- not in your wallet- because all wallets have invisible holes and money kept in them has been known to vanish within 24 hours.

Give up Expensive Habits- Imagine what you will save in one year if you give up smoking, buying, Lotto tickets, eating an extra sweet snack.

Sell Assets- You'll be freer if you sell clutter in your home--stuff that you no longer use! Liquidate. Get rid of the stuff.

Be Inventive savers.

New Year's Revelation

2009-01-08T04:11:00.000-08:00

What is Trust? What is Respect?

How does one earn both aspects?

hmmmm...let's me tell you something that I've really learn from my experience.

Totally shocking and disrespectful. :(

Before going further, let's define trust and respect.

Trust is a relationship of reliance. A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.

Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent. Also trust does not need to include an action that you and the other party are mutually engaged in. Trust is aprediction of reliance on an action, based on what a party knows about the other party. Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown -- for example, because it is far away, cannot be verified, or is in the future. (source:wikipedia)

Respect is esteem for, or a sense of the worth or excellence of, a person, a personal quality, ability, or a manifestation of a personal quality or ability. It is sometimes, but should not be, confused with loyalty or fear for a person. (source: wikipedia)

These aspects in life are best by earning them truthfully. Both are commonly come together. Respecting is considering one's feeling, thoughts, wishes, needs, ideas and preference into considerations. Trusting is a feeling that is being held upon by feelings or thoughts that naturally true and worthy. Respect always comes first, then followed by Trust.

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The story goes like this:

It was still dawn when they about to go. A long trip ahead going to the province of his beloved. New Year's Family affair is always spent in their province(a place in Mindanao, Philippines). The family is weary because of the weather(raining). Yet, the young couples(teenagers) weren't sleeping, they spent their trip as a romantic tour. After a long trip, they stop for a lunch at the nearby Cafeteria. Then, off again to their destination, only a short while now before arriving. They were tired, so they decided to rest awhile and make they're visiting tomorrow.

So after a day or two. New Year's Day has arrived. Before going anywhere, they went to his uncle's house to bring some food. Then, they went around the place to visit his relatives and friends. As the afternoon breaks, they went to the school near the house of his grandma and went looking around the grounds. After an hour of talking and looking around the school grounds, they went home to eat and relax. They went upstairs to lay down. They were talking and laughing back then. They didn't seen to know that his parents was furious of what's happening between the young couples. The couple was very tired that time they sleep together in the same bed. After a long sleep, the parents went home and wake the two. And that's the start of the confrontation. The girl was very nervous that her legs felt numb. His father was really furious about them that he start talking very hurtful words about the girl. He was thinking the couple was having a sexual relationship and thought that they're to young for it and cannot handle themselves. They thought the girl was easy to get and can cause trouble to their family. The girl felt very low of what they have said. It really cut a big scar in her heart. She was confused and bothered. After the very hurtful confrontation, she went to the room and cry very hard. She can't believe that the parents of his boyfriend thought of her as a lowly life form. But then, she forced herself to face the parents and stand up for herself. She trust her boyfriend as much as she trust her mom. The young couple talked seriously after the confrontation and decided to be plainly aroused the mind that is sleeping and be aware of the surrounding and thyself.

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Being judge right away was very painful to bare in our heart and mind. As if you were born to be disgrace by others. Asked first before letting the anger overcome yourself.

Desire Climax

2008-11-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

This is a story have a genre of Romance, Drama, Mature and Harem.

The story goes like this----The Omori family are poor. Mio Omori's father died when she was young, and her mother has been hospitalised for some time with an unspecified illness. She lives alone with her little brother Hinata(commonly called Hina), doing a number of part-time jobs just to get by. One night, when going home after work, she encounters upon a violent young man who tells her he'll 'buy her', after stealing her first kiss.

The next day her mother tells Mio that their landlord has offered her a job as a maid. Mio hesitates, but her mother insists she takes the job, as she feels this is safer than some of the late-night work Mio has been doing. To her horror, Mio finds out that the violent man who stole her kiss is none other than Shoei Jinnai (who attempts to molest her), the son of their landlord and the most popular and high-achieving student at her high school; so much so that he is widely known as 'Prince'.

Mio starts to work for the Jinnais and the Prince's behavior towards her grows worse. He also starts to blame her for 'forgetting something'. After that Mio finds a ring in the forest between her house and the Jinnai's. This trigger her to remember some memories of the past, and during a fever-induced dream while ill she remembers what happened in the past between herself and the Prince.

One day, while playing together in the forest they switched their clothes, and agreed to switch identities as part of a game. When a stranger appeared asking for 'Shoei Jinnai', Mio answered and was kidnapped.

Read more about their story. A very funny and dramatic but twisted fate between the poor and rich love story.

bitter VIRGIN

2008-11-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

This is a story about a girl being abused by her stepfather at a very young age, she lost her 2 unwanted babies. Her mother never believe the accusation told by her own daughter but after giving birth of her second baby her mother thus believe it.

And after a million of thinking, she left her hometown and transferred to another school where no one know her past and herself. The accident gave her the fear being with the boys or men. As she starts her new life in a different town and environment, a fortunate incident happen when she went to a catholic church and confess her dreadful past to her handsome classmate whose hiding from girls pursuing him and accidentally pretend to be a priest at the confession booth. After hearing the story of his classmate, he advises the girl(shocked by what he says). The girl was so ease by what he said to her. And this the start of their story.

Reading the manga was very inspiring for a student and only daughter of the family. It also give me idea of being a very strong girl of whatever happens/trails that God gave to us. Believing in Him give as the urge to faithfully trust in His glory.

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge

2008-10-21T04:16:00.000-07:00

Yamato Nadeshiko is a teen manga. It focuses about the girl named Sunako Nakahara and her radiant creatures/housemates--Kyuohei Takano, Yukinojo Toyoma, Takenaga Oda, and Ranmaru Morii. They are only typical middle school students of Mori High School, but bearing they beautiful and cool faces with a nice body--seeing it by everyone will surely fall for them.

The story is all about Sunako becoming a lady. These was a certain deal for the four housemates and the aunt of Sunako--Ms. Nakahara or the Landlady who owns the beautiful mansion where they can live with free if they can transform Sunako into a beautiful lady.

Until they saw Sunako, they hope was shattered. They see Sunako as a Ghost Girl who actually like to be alone with her collection of dolls(an anatomy doll, a skeleton and a skull), in her dark room watching gruesome and horror movies, and eventual look like one of her collection. She even spurt out blood from her nose(nosebleed for short!) whenever she sees a beautiful person. The boys was scared to come near her until Kyuohei came to her room wearing only his pants(fresh from bath) saying he's starving. Making the story more exciting read the manga itself. You'll surely love it. You'll even laugh out your heart out. And even love Sunako-Kyouhei love fights, food and anything under the sun...Have reading the manga! Love it!

Copyrighted Infringement and Customer Informations

2008-09-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

1. If you had a CD-R or CD-RW drive, would you make illegal copies of software programs and swap them with friends? Why or Why not? Defend your answer.

I will not make illegal copies of any software programs nor swap them to my friends; it may be easy money for us and an easy way to have software without spending a penny. But doing this act is unethical to the law, to the publishers, and companies producing programs. Such illegal acts are punishable law. "CD-R or CD-RW infringement" is the illegal copying of software using CD-R recording technology. Creating a copy and/or selling it. This is the act that some people refer to as "software piracy". This is copyright infringement in most countries and is unlikely to be fair use or fair dealing if the work remains commercially available. In some countries the laws may allow the selling of a version modified for use by blind people, students (for educational product) or similar. Differences in legislation may also make the copyright void in some jurisdictions, but not the others. Peer to peer (P2P) file sharing technologies have lowered the threshold of knowledge needed to acquire massive amounts of information. Large networks have been created which are dedicated to share knowledge, but these same networks can be used to distribute infringing material. Identifying infringing material isn't always trivial, since the users can modify the name of material being shared.

Software piracy is illegal due to the economic loss it inflicts on the copyright owner. Even if it is assumed that only a portion of those infringing the author's copyright would ever have bought the software, the author will still suffer an economic loss as a result.
2. Many companies store huge amounts of information about their customers.
Should they be free to share or sell that information? Why or Why not? Support your answer.

Customers’ information is private. Protecting the privacy of a customer is important. Valuing the trust those customers have placed in a company, and their continued confidence is important to a company.

Companies value the relationship between parties. Responsible companies makes customer keep coming back for their undeniable services to them. A company has these privacy privileges:

a. Company should put a safeguard to the information gathered about the customers is a priority.

b. A company should maintain security practices to keep personal information about the customer’s safe.

c. Companies do not sell customer information to unrelated companies so that they can market their products to you. Companies do share information about you with our financial and retail partner.

d. When companies believe that an unrelated company offers products or services that would be of interest to the customer, the company may communicate it for the customer about them. These companies will not learn about the customers’ relationship with the company unless the customer responds to their offer.

e. When it comes to privacy, the companies believe that a customer have the right to make meaningful choices. If customers tell the company not to do so, the company will not call or send direct mail to the customer for additional products or services. You can also choose how personal credit information about the customer is shared within the company of financial service providers. It is the customers’ choice.

f. The company will provide the customer with helpful information about privacy and information security. For example, on our web site, you will find tips to help you protect yourself from identity theft, and limit direct marketing from others.

Case Study no. 1

2008-08-07T04:09:00.000-07:00

Google's Business Model

1. Who are their competitors?

Google’s competitors are Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Disney Online, Match.com, Move.com, Sina Corp., and Daum Corp.

2. How have they used information technology to their advantage?

As we all know that information technology is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information. And as Google used this technology their web-based are most useful and has user-friendly environment. Creating more reliable sources of information and data, making their user to communicate with the family, friends, officemates and others. They also maintain the security of their site like alerting their user of spasm and other viral infections that may affect the use of their customers.

3. How competitive are they in the market?

Though are some company’s keep them from rising up to top, they always make sure that they are good and non-violence site. They also keep their site functional to their user. And they upgrading each system that will keep their company more beautiful and environment friendly.

4. What new services do they offer?

Google offer new services such as Google Health, Groups, Maps for mobile, SMS, Blogger, Custom Search, Desktop, and more (just click on to google.com)

5. What makes them so unique?

Websites are unique in a very special way. As for Google, mainly for being a popular search engine, Google has many other features that make it unique, such as Gmail, the web-based e-mail that offered 1 gigabyte of e-mail storage. This limit has recently increased to over 2.6 GB. The idea behind it is that people really don't need to delete their e-mails because it would take many e-mails to hit this limit, and users can search through their old e-mails through a special search feature. Google is a worthwhile investment. And they are name as one of the top 100 search engine.

6. How competitive are they in the international market?

They are very competitive. They make sure that their user can avail their 100% support. They also keep their site more reliable and fun to use. Google more services to the user that make them want more and use it often.

Global-Local Database, Inc.

2008-07-29T04:05:00.000-07:00

About Global-Local

Global-Local Database, Inc., located in Davao City, Philippines, is comprised of a team of highly competent Information Technology professionals and Computer Scientists offering software development and consulting with a wide range of software and hardware solutions. Starting as a small company doing offshore development work exclusively for Filipino clients in 1990, ConcentricLane Database launched its services to world wide clients in 1996.
Our offshore and local clients have grown significantly since then. Today, the company is actively promoting IT development in the city and is closely working with government agencies in building solutions for small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and encouraging them to automate their business processes.

Global-Local exists to provide an ever-increasing level of quality software, consultation, service and responsiveness to our customers for very reasonable costs, while creating a corporate culture that fosters respect, personal growth, responsibility and opportunities for our employees. We are uniquely committed to customer service, transparency in conducting business and the long-term nature of our business vision.

Believing in continuously investing in our skills, professionalism, capabilities and internal standards, the company strives to be the leading solution provider in the city and enable businesses to improve their processes. The goal is not only to provide solutions but to generate awareness on the advantages of computerization and new technologies available. We are equipped with the infrastructure for developing high quality applications, and experience in designing, developing, implementing and supporting enterprise-type applications as well as the expertise in Voice over IP and PC Telephony solutions.

Our services range from building custom software to complete automated business solutions so uniquely tailored that we maintain to be very competitive and effective in the corporate and high-tech startup markets. We also provide support for our custom software applications as well as the commercial applications that we are licensed to sell, as we are online 24 hours everyday on the Internet.

Global-Local Database is unique in several aspects; among them is the unparalleled ability to examine a business challenge, apply appropriate technology solutions, and effectively articulate the solution to our own teams and the customer from start to finish. We guarantee customer satisfaction as we go the “extra mile” to see that our customers know we mean business when we say we are committed to them.

Global-Local Database is an ISV Partner for Microsoft, SoutheastAsia distributor for Vertical, software partner of ID-Integration, and partner of Technology Solutions LLC.

Friendster

2008-07-23T07:33:00.000-07:00

Friendster is an Internet social network service. The Friendster site was founded in Mountain View, California, United States by Jonathan Abrams in March 2002 and is privately owned. Friendster is based on the Circle of Friends and Web of Friends techniques for networking individuals in virtual communities and demonstrates the small world phenomenon. It currently has more than 70 million members worldwide and is mostly used in Asia. Based on Alexa, Friendster ranked 2nd most visited website in the Philippines and third party friendster-layouts.com, 16th. It is estimated that nearly 90 percent of internet users in the Philippines have Friendster accounts. David Jones, vice president for global marketing of Friendster, said that "the biggest percentage of users is from the Philippines, clocking in with 39 percent of the site's traffic."

Based on a June 16, 2003 application, Friendster was awarded a patent in 2006 for a method and apparatus for calculating, displaying and acting upon relationships in a social network. Dubbed the Web of Friends because the method combines the Circle of Friends with the Web of Contacts, the system collects descriptive data about various individuals and allows those individuals to indicate other individuals with whom they have a personal relationship. The descriptive data and the relationship data are integrated and processed to reveal the series of social relationships connecting any two individuals within a social network. The pathways connecting any two individuals can be displayed. Further, the social network itself can be displayed to any number of degrees of separation. A user of the system can determine the optimal relationship path (i.e., contact pathway) to reach desired individuals. A communications tool allows individuals in the system to be introduced (or introduce themselves) and initiate direct communication.
Based on a June 27, 2008 application, Friendster, the 7th largest website in the world and top social network in Asia, announced that its users in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will soon be able to subscribe to Friendster Text Alerts. When launched, Users are required to register the use of Friendster Text Alerts by entering their mobile number details and selecting which mobile text alerts they wish to receive on their Friendster settings page. Users will then be able to receive text message alerts for friend requests, new messages, comments, bulletins and more or when such activity takes place within their network of friends on Friendster, they will receive an SMS text message on their mobile phone. Users will also be able to respond, share and communicate on Friendster by sending a text message to Friendster to update content on their profile, send messages, and reply to friend requests. This service is not chargeable, but users are still subject to text messaging usage fees of their telephone and wireless service provider. Although no specific dates have been given yet to launch Friendster Text Alerts but it's understood it could happen in the coming weeks.

Computer Literacy

2008-07-23T07:13:00.000-07:00

An Important Skill
By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com

As I sit here typing away on my keyboard, I realize that I am as comfortable holding a computer mouse as I am holding a pen. That wasn't always the case, though. As a high school senior taking my first class in BASIC, I marveled at the freshmen who were effortlessly creating error-free and complex programs. I did not reach that level of comfort around computers until many years later, after being exposed to them a little in college and more in graduate school. Computers have come a long way since I took that first class in BASIC and, I guess, so have I.
I was shocked and disappointed, when a college professor friend of mine told me about his students, juniors and seniors at a highly competitive university, who knew little about computers, and did not know how to retrieve an emailed file and operate a simple Windows based program. "How is that possible?" I asked. Hadn't computers been a standard part of their education — hadn't they learned reading, writing, and computing?

Why Is Computer Literacy Necessary?

There is a good chance that, if you are reading this, you have some hands-on computer experience. However, I do know many people for whom surfing the Web was their first contact with a computer. Many have not gone further than that. This is written for those people.

In most places of business, a computer is standard. In the bank they use computers to look up your account information. They use computers in the auto repair shop to assess your car. You can't find books in the library by looking in a card catalog — you must use a computerized database. Doctors' offices utilize computers to store patient information. The point is this — no matter where you find employment, there is a good chance a computer will be a basic tool you will have to use. It is in your best interests to start off computer literate. It will help you get a job and it will help you

advance in your career. Computer literacy does not mean you need to know how use every single piece of software you may encounter. It does not mean you need to know how to write programs or network computers. You just need to know some basics — how to save and open a file, how to use a word processing program, and how to send and receive email — for starters. It means having some sort of level of comfort around computers rather than a look of fear and a feeling of foreboding.

How Do I Become Computer Literate?

Basic computer courses are offered by most continuing education programs. They are usually reasonably priced and conveniently scheduled. These courses can usually be found in your local school district or community college, on evenings and weekends.
Career retraining programs often offer computer courses for free or at a low fee for those who qualify. Check with your local Labor Department Office for more information on these programs.
There are also online courses and tutorials available. You don't have a computer? Don't worry. Many public libraries allow patrons to use computers with Internet access. Here are two Web sites that offer free online courses.