Find out your EQ score!

Emotional Quotient (EQ) is becoming an important part of our daily lives. Knowing how you'll react with other people may give you a hint as to how high (or low) your EQ is. However, to know more specifically, what your EQ score is (much like IQ scores), you'll need to test yourself via an EQ Test.

I've checked through several EQ Tests and this test is the only one that seems legitimate. 

Here's the link: http://adf.ly/1OlxXW

(You can easily skip the advert after a few seconds and don't worry, as there are absolutely nothing to worry about - The link's safe.)

Have fun!

Now for my results: :P

Half of me is agreeing with the results while another half is not lol :P I mean I know I'd get less EQ (since I'm a very emotional and moody sort of person), but 60 is a tad bit too low for my comfort. hehe :P

Anyway, yeah, now you know, you might not want to hang around with me anymore since I do snap at people when I'm feeling "snappy", getting temporarily angry over "stupid lag" when playing some really intense matches, and break down in tears whenever I'm overstressed, frustrated or sad. I sometimes have bouts of feelings that made me want to yell out loud from some remote mountain top, but well, the lower score might because of the sleep deprivation that I'm suffering from or because I used my own brand of logic to answer most of the questions presented. heh :P

So, what's your results? Feel free to post them up in the comment section below! I'm really curious to know :)

For more 'tests' such as this one, feel free to check out my other posts:

Face Memory Test - Do you have the superhuman ability to recognise faces from just a glance?

How Dark is Your Personality?
Stanford Sleepiness Scale: Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
QUIZ: Which TED Talk are you?

Whose #brainchild are you?

How old are your ears?

How many colours can you see?

Do you ever have trouble telling right from left?

Hooked on Music - What makes music so catchy?

Twitch Reflex Challenge!
How Well Do You See Colour?

Shadowgun: Deadzone triumph!

When I got top rank at level 2, I seriously can't believe it. I had just played the game for like 1 and a half hour or so and the game matchmade me with a bunch of higher level dudes with shotguns and energy weapons while I'm using the tutorial assault rifle lol. 

So, yeah, this is just me boasting about my leet arcade shooting skills. I did pretty well in other games like this as well - like Bravo Storm and my current favorite, Global Strike. Of course, if I play stuff like Ghost Recon: Phantoms with the big boys, I'll be ranked at the bottom half... usually. The matchmaking there isn't very good either :P

Anyway, just to commemorate this, so after a decade from now, when I was browsing through my personal blog a.k.a. diary of interesting stuff, I'll get to recall all the fun I had :)

If you are playing the above mentioned games, do send me a message (on my Facebook - link on the right side) and I might give you my IGN (in-game name for those who don't know) so you can add me or I can add you hehe :P

P/S: This was in my draft for quite some time as well lol. :P

Life's a brief candle

Ever since the hungry ghost festival started, there had been a slew of deaths that I'm aware of and it has been dreary...

I know that every day millions of people die (well, I'm not really sure about the exact numbers), but when it's someone you knew, or at most someone that your friend, ex-teacher or relative knew... well, when it is that close to home, you'll realise again how short life is.

My grandaunt (my grandma's younger sister) passed away all because she stopped taking her high blood pressure medication (according to something my grandma heard her say prior to her demise), possibly getting a stroke, fell and gotten serious brain hemorrhage. 

It was too late when she was brought to the hospital despite the fact that she lived with her family. By the way, my grandma lives alone (my house is 30 mins away from hers) and she refused to move to my family's home. She's fiercely independent that way... which is something I really admire.

That aside, I'll miss my grandaunt. She's the most cheerful of the lot (I have a lot of grandaunts, most of whom has passed away) and I like her as she talks about stuff in a funny sort of way. During CNY, she'll always offer me (and also my brother) with extra chips - we love her New Year chips.

Another relative, my granduncle, whom we have been visiting during CNY for years (ever since I can remember) passed away too. He often reminds me of my deceased grandfather. His wife, who is still alive, is a very close friend of my grandma. Their place may be shabby (low cost apartment), but it is one of my most anticipated stops for CNY coz of the plenty of goodies to eat and the funny stories that Aunt Daisy will talk about - she's a huge extrovert and has met plenty of people from all walks of life. It's impressive, particularly for an introvert like me.

...And well, the main point that I'm trying to convey here is that we should really appreciate people while they are still around us and not when they are gone. Since death comes at unexpected moments in life, this means you should appreciate people at all times! 

So, yeah, life's a brief candle indeed.

P/S: I wrote the draft of this post 2 weeks ago when my grandaunt passed away, but had not been able to finish it. Well, better late then never, right? 

Simple Plan - Ordinary Life

Simple Plan's one of the few bands/ singers who can make numbers sounds catchy in a song :P

Though, I find the video a bit dull, to be honest. Would have been better if they put in video snippets of their tour or something... like the video for The Rest of Us

Lyrics:

It's just another Monday
I'm just another face in a face-less crowd
I'm going down one-way
Caught up in the machine
And I'm spit right out
I'm living in a rat race
I'm looking for my soul in the lost-and-found

I'm sitting in the same spot
Counting every tic, toc
Gotta hit the punch clock
When's it gonna stop-stop?
Another day in black and white

One, two, three, four, five
Another week goes by
I'm half alive
I'm getting sick
I'm faking this
I'm over it
Don't wanna wear those suit and tie
Gotta live before I die
So I'm done, done, done
With this ordinary life

What happened to the someday?
What happened to the dreams of the wide-eyed kid?
Don't tell me that it's too late
Don't tell me that I can't cause you never did

I'm sitting in the same spot
Counting every tic, toc
Gotta hit the punch clock
When's it gonna stop-stop?
Another day in black and white
I gotta quit this ordinary life

One, two, three, four, five
Another week goes by
I'm half alive
I'm getting sick
I'm faking this
I'm over it
Don't wanna wear those suit and tie
Gotta live before I die
So I'm done, done, done
With this ordinary life

I don't wanna wake up
With my best years behind me
I don't wanna wake up
With my best years behind me
I don't wanna wake up
With my best years behind me

I think I better wake up
Before my life's behind me

Whoa

One, two, three, four, five
Another week goes by
I'm half alive
I'm getting sick
I'm faking this
I'm over it
Don't wanna wear those suit and tie
Gotta live before I die
So I'm done, done, done
With this ordinary life

One, two, three, four, five
No more ordinary life

One, two, three, four, five
I gotta wake up, wake up.

One, two, three, four, five
No more ordinary life

I'm done, done, done with this ordinary
This whole thing is temporary
Done, done, done with this ordinary life

Simple Plan - The Rest of Us

Here's to the rest of us! :)

Lyrics:

I'm okay, I'm okay,
Kinda being awkward socially
With the fact that the girls
Don't lose their shit when they look at me

It's okay, it's okay,
That I'm not that good at anything
And I don't hit the notes, perfectly
When I try to sing

Oh-oh I know I am not alone
So turn the music up and let go

Here's to the rest of us
To all the ones that never felt they were good enough
I wanna hear it for the dazed and confused
The freaks and the losers
Let's put 'em up
Here's to the rest of us
The rest of us

I'm okay, I'm okay
I don't need to be a billionaire
(So freaking bad!)
And my trust fund hopes are looking sad

I confess, I'm a mess
I'm perfectly dysfunctional
But I don't give a damn
If you feel the same
Let me hear you sing

Oh-oh I know I am not alone
So turn the music up and let go

Here's to the rest of us
To all the ones that never felt they were good enough
I wanna hear it for the dazed and confused
The freaks and the losers
Let's put 'em up
Let's put 'em up-up-up

Here's to the rest of us
We do it better than the rich and the fabulous
I wanna hear it for the nothing to lose
With something to prove
Let's put 'em up
Here's to the rest of us

Oh-oh, oh-oh
We don't need to apologize for anything
Oh-oh, oh-oh
We're who we are
I just wanna hear you sing

Oh-oh I know I am not alone

Here's to the rest of us
To all the ones that never felt they were good enough
I wanna hear it for the dazed and confused
The freaks and the losers
Let's put 'em up
Let's put 'em up-up-up

Here's to the rest of us
We do it better than the rich and the fabulous
I wanna hear it for the nothing to lose
With something to prove
Let's put 'em up
Here's to the rest of us

The lost, the geeks, the rejects, the losers
The wrong, the freaks, the hopeless, the future
The lost, the geeks, the rejects, the losers
The wrong, the freaks, the hopeless, (the future)
The rest of us

Simple Plan - Boom

What kind of fan am I? I missed their EP!!! Gah!

Anyway, here's from one of their upcoming albums (after that missed EP) - pretty catchy and love the chorus :)

Lyrics:

In a world full of heart ache
Seems like everyone's burning out
You and me we did it our way
And this love ain't running out
We got that fire, that cold
And I just need you to know

You're my favorite song
My sing along
You shine bright like lighters in the dark and
You're my clarity
The best part of me
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!

Don't worry about tomorrow
Cause these walls will never fall
I just want to let the world know
What we got is unbreakable
We got it under control
We're good we're silent we're gold


You're my favorite song
My sing along
You shine bright like lighters in the dark and
You're my clarity
The best part of me
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!

You make crazy little heart go
And I want everyone to let go
Hey
You make crazy little heart go
Now I never want to let go

Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo

You're my favorite song
My sing along
You shine bright like lighters in the dark and
You're my clarity
The best part of me
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo boom!
Boo boo boo, boo boo, boo boo
You still make my crazy little heart go boom!

Questions 10 year olds asked in class these days...

Questions 10 year olds asked in class today... 

(Do take note that these questions were asked by kids in Msia, which is a rather conservative country, and also this is not my experience but from a fellow FB friend who became a part-time teacher.

1. Teacher, you know what anal is? 

2. Teacher, do you play the "sax"? 

3. Teacher, why don't you just say out the word "sex"... ? We know what it is. 

4. Teacher, what does this makes you think? *while playing with 2 scissors*. 

5. Do you know what naughty boys are made of? They are made of dicks...

6. Can you say something hamsup (perverted)?

According to her, she didn't know how to handle these questions and proceeded to teach as normal. I believe that to be a wrong move. If kids are curious (even though they may seem like they are "trolling"a you), it isn't hard to answer these questions using science. So they can learn something besides the "usual perverted misinformation" that they hear from the older kids in the family.

Let me teach you how to answer these questions... in my way of course :P
(You can dumb down the answers so 10-year-old kids can understand these sentences or intersperse them with local slang so it won't sound too lofty)

My Answers As The Teacher

1. Yes, the word "anal" means "related to the anus", which is in other words, your butt. For example, an anal examination by the doctor, means that the doctor will check your anus for problems. 

2. I do not play the saxophone. In fact, I do not know how to play any musical instruments, so if you had the chance to learn a musical instrument, do cherish it the best you can. 

3. - I'll avoid this question straightaway by merely uttering the word as it should be. There's no shame in that. OR if you made the mistake of NOT saying it, you can try to BS your way out of this question by saying "You must have misheard me I did say 'sex'."

4. I think that it's dangerous for you to play with scissors and some more during my class. Bring the scissors over here... since you can't seem to take care of yourself, I'll help you keep the scissors until the end of class so you won't accidentally hurt yourself or others.

5. No, naughty boys are made up of everything that humans are made up of. We are basically the same. It's just our brains that are wildly different and unique/ special

6. Well, if I want to, I could. When you reach my age, you'll have learned enough of the language to say whatever you like. It's just how you use those words - your words - that matters... and of course, this means that you should only say things that you mean and think before you talk.

(and turns the question into a life lesson on how to use your words properly and responsibly) hehe :P

At the very end, try to turn the entire class back to focusing on the topic at hand. Threaten them with something minor like stay back if you cannot finish today's class, more homework (you can say that "I've planned to let you all do your homework in class today, but since I'm running out of time, you may now need to do them at home...") and stuff like that... The homework part works well most of the time in my case. :)

So, yeah if you encounter kids like that in the future, at least you can turn these troll-like questions into a more educational form and hopefully be able to teach them something new. Whether they will misuse the info you provide, well, that's a whole other matter. :P