Hi all,
There were 2 articles in the latest issues of the briefing discussing hillsong church and their doctrines, worship and other things. I found this quite informative. Try and have a read of it and see what you think.
3. (of Delta Goodrem) Who would name a kid after a greek symbol? (in a very ‘i can’t believe someone would do that’-type manner)
4. (of a marriage reception) is a night of accumulated spending
5. (of grief) is an inefficiency to adjusting to a change in status
It’s been a little over one and a half years since I’ve gone out with my boyfriend Keith. Don’t know if you’ve heard but he’s kind of nerdy / geeky. But, I like many others, have found that they are girls’ best kept secret (just google nerds / geeks, husbands etc). They make really cool boyfriends! why you ask? Hmm let me tell you 10 reasons why (just off the top of my head).
I’m pretty sure that most readers of this blog know that Joyce and I are really different people with substantially different personalities. We are aware of this ourselves, but we didn’t really know how different we are and in what areas.
Hence, we decided to take one of those personality tests (so feel free to interpret the results with a grain of salt, though we both reckon it’s pretty accurate in describing us). The test scored you in a number of different personality traits, with 0% and 100% being at opposite extremes. Here are the top three highest/lowest scores for both of us, along with their interpretation:
Joyce:
Keith:
Another thing that we noted was that my scores tended to be more on the extreme ends of the spectrum (either really high, or really low), whereas Joyce’s scores were more spread out between the extremes.
So what did this tell us? Well, it gave us an idea as to the extent of our differences in personality. This will be really helpful when we go through difficult circumstances, and will help us understand how the other person views conflicting situations. I guess one of the more difficult things for us right now is where to make concessions and yield when we enter… erm… robust discussions.
All part of the fun in getting to know the other person better 
I was reading this article from the ConsumerAffairs.Com website on what they think the top ten scams of 2006 are. Having read it, it made me think about why so many people actually fall for scams in the first place. Does the fault fall on the victims of the scam as much as on the scammers themselves?
I guess it depends on the type of person you are. At one end of the spectrum, there are some people who are naturally trusting and would by default believe anything that a stranger says. These people tend to give others the benefit of the doubt and therefore are more vulnerable to scammers who take advantage of this character trait. In the article, it mentioned that elderly people tend to be more affected/targeted by scammers. I guess there is some positive correlation between that and the fact that society perceives old grannies to be weaker and vulnerable.
At the other end of the spectrum, there are those who are naturally skeptical and would by default question anything that a stranger says. These people tend to not accept anything said at face value and would require evidence backing up the statements before accepting it as truth. I’d imagine that a scammer would find it difficult (if not impossible) to get their way with these people, unless they happen to be particularly greedy.
For me, I think I sit in the skeptical side of the spectrum. I tend to question most things and I won’t accept blind statements as fact/truth unless I have enough evidence backing it up. Hence, I consider myself rather immune to scams. I guess my attitude is “if it’s too good to be true, then it probably is (unless I can find evidence to point to the contrary)”.
Where do you, gentle reader, sit in this spectrum and how vulnerable do you think you are to scams? Do you think naturally trusting people who get scammed are themselves as much at fault as the scammers who prey on them?