Friday, November 10, 2006

aiya. fall sick liao..

sore throat and flu.

Everyone reading this.. must take good care of yourself arh.. The weather very bad arh.. sometimes so warm sometimes so cold. -.-'''

By the way my results from the personality test Mrs Wee gave us:
I - Introversion
S - Sensing
T - Thinking
P - Perceiving

An intersting article I found.. =)
http://www.learningplaceonline.com/relationships/friends/caring-introvert.htm

I agree:


Extroverts are energized by people, and wilt or fade when alone. They often
seem bored by themselves, in both senses of the expression. Leave an extrovert
alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after
an hour or two of being socially "on," we introverts need to turn off and recharge.

"It is very difficult for an extrovert to understand
an introvert
," write the education experts Jill D. Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig.
Extroverts are easy for introverts to understand, because
extroverts spend so much of their time working out who they are in voluble, and
frequently inescapable, interaction with other people. They are as inscrutable
as puppy dogs. Extroverts have little or no grasp of introversion. They assume
that company, especially their own, is always welcome. They cannot imagine why
someone would need to be alone; indeed, they often take umbrage at the
suggestion. As often as I have tried to explain the matter to extroverts, I have
never sensed that any of them really understood. They listen for a moment and
then go back to barking and yipping.

With their endless appetite for talk and attention, extroverts also dominate social life, so they tend to set expectations. In our extrovertist society, being outgoing is considered normal and therefore desirable, a mark of happiness, confidence, leadership. Extroverts are seen as bighearted, vibrant, warm, empathic. "People person" is a compliment. Introverts are described with words like "guarded," "loner," "reserved," "taciturn," "self contained," "private"—narrow, ungenerous words, words that suggest emotional parsimony and smallness of personality. Female introverts, I suspect, must suffer especially. In certain circles, particularly in the Midwest, a man can still sometimes get away with being what they used to call a strong and silent type; introverted women, lacking that alternative, are even more likely than men to be perceived as timid, withdrawn, haughty.

Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common
misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more
independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than
extroverts
. Also, it is probably due to our lack of small talk, a lack
that extroverts often mistake for disdain.

The worst of it is that extroverts have no idea of the torment they
put us through.
Sometimes, as we gasp for air amid the fog of their
98-percent-content-free talk, we wonder if extroverts even bother to listen to
themselves. Still, we endure stoically, because the etiquette books—written, no
doubt, by extroverts—regard declining to banter as rude and gaps in conversation
as awkward. We can only dream that someday, when our condition is more widely
understood, when perhaps an Introverts' Rights movement has blossomed and borne
fruit, it will not be impolite to say "I'm an introvert. You are a wonderful
person and I like you. But now please shush."

2 comments:

  1. Now I'm confused.. Am I an extrovert or introvert?

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  2. hmmm...
    try this:
    http://www.win.net/insightsys/question.htm

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