Archive for December, 2011

Are You a Leader? A Quick Movie Hero Quiz

alex
Dec 10 |17:15

So, you want to be a leader. And not just any leader – you want to be the best there is. Though there may be no fool-proof plan on being one (after all, it takes a lot of practice, time and patience to lead people), you can do the next best thing. How? By setting your mind on it. And what better way to create an image of a leader than using Movie Heroes? Take this quiz and see if you’ve got the makings of a powerful ruler:

You are in fortress, about to face thousand of orcs. On your side – a small battalion of sharpshooting elves, hundreds of peasants forced to fight, and a single stout dwarf. Theirs – abominations of trolls and orcs, coupled with the hundreds of suicidal bombers. What do you do?

A. Wave the White Flag
B. Cry like the baby you are
C. Raise your sword up high, motivate your men to fight through the night

You have to guard a bridge against a German regiment. Your forces are wounded, unmotivated, and in this bizarre case – too young to actually face danger. Plus, the German forces have a tank. What do you do?

A. Give up on the bridge, tell everyone that it’s better to be POWs
B. Cry like the baby you are
C. Just do it. Fight against the Nazis

After a surreal and bloody battle with Persian assassins, you suddenly find you and your army under a dark sky. No, it isn’t rain. It’s actually arrows. What do you do?

A. Shout “This is Sparta!”
B. Cry like the baby you are
C. Let you and your men cover yourselves with shields, and laugh about fighting in the shade

So, are you a leader? If you’ve answered A in any of the three scenarios, then there’s probably a lot to work out to. Giving up is a big NO in leading people. You’d need to show you can stand strong against any odds. And in the third scenario, just because you’ve shouted something to boost your troops morale doesn’t automatically mean you’re a leader. You have to carefully think things over first (otherwise, you’ll be in a world of hurt with the prickly Persian arrows).

If you did answer B, you may need to consider building up your confidence first. A leader usually takes the bulk of stress and pressure in any field of work. So you just can’t cry and act like a baby.

If you did answer C, then give yourself a pat in the back. Hooray! You’ve just got what it takes to be a leader! Have this short quiz ready, anytime you feel you need to boost your leadership skills up!

 

I’m Sorry: Because your Girlfriend’s the Queen of your World

alex
Dec 6 |11:46

I did it – I messed up real back. I was supposed to pick my girlfriend up from work last night. But with me having to write 25 articles, and stopping over a cool comic shop – that was more than enough reason for my girlfriend to be furious with me. She is still, actually, mad at me. So much, that not even a single sorry was enough to not let her decide on breaking up on me. So what did I do to make everything A-OK again? Check these tips out, in case you messed up real bad, or ran out of things to say you’re sorry to your loved one:

Shopping Spree
They say shopping is great therapy. That sure is right, for my girlfriend! So I treated my girlfriend out on a whole-day, no complaints from me, shopping extravaganza. We went to almost every single store in the mall – from affordable clothing finds in department stores, shoes and pumps in designer labels, even high-end, more-than-averaged priced boutiques – everything for her heart’s desire. That didn’t stop with the clothes and accessories. We went to restaurants, sampled the latest coffee flavors, even went for whole bags of candies! That sure did cool her down, through. As an important tip when doing this approach, make sure to not look bored during the shopping escapade. That’ll only make her more furious, when she asks how she looks like on that expensive summer dress. Also, to make it more beneficial for you – lessen the pain, man – go out on the shopping spree during mall sales. It’ll help you to not totally burn your pockets, it’ll also tire her down with the tons of other girls in the mall!

Sweets for My Love
Chocolates are a good way to say sorry. Not just any ordinary chocolate will do. Never buy a single, cheap chocolate to say you’re sorry – you’ll only make things worse! To keep it safe, buy a box of chocolates. Make it in variety, so that you’ll never go wrong on flavor. Also, you may want to try themed chocolates, or those than can be personalized. Check out pastry shops, if they can carve a “I’M SORRY” in a bar of chocolate. Also, when doing this approach, make sure (again, make sure) that your girl isn’t on a diet.

Hug
Sometimes, all it takes is a nice warm hug to say you’re sorry. It shows that you truly value your partner, that no material object can match to her. Human touch is essentially the best form of contact, that a hug will not only let her feel that you’re genuinely asking for forgiveness, that you’re also telling her that she completes you (as cheesy as it sounds). I should know, I went for this approach!

Everything is cool with me and my girlfriend. It sure was hard for me to get things back to a stable level, but at least it’s back to normal. I’ll make sure to keep things tight this time, and try to prevent getting in that comic shop again!

 

The Not-So-Beautiful Truth behind Plastic Surgery

alex
Dec 2 |17:34

Everyone pretty much wants to look young. To do this, they constantly find means to feel young inside and out. Although there seem to be hundreds of other ways to look good, people today seem to be resulting to plastic surgery. Reconstructive surgery during burns or accidents is different. Plastic surgery here means going under the knife in order to change a physical characteristic. It is a known fact that this kind of treatment is expensive, still people seem to resort to it anyway. South Korea tops many a survey as the country with the most plastic surgeries performed.

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Celebrities and the rich folks seem the avid customers of these treatment, well for one thing, they seem to be the only ones who can afford this rather delicate procedure. Rich people just happen to have the money for it while celebrities need to look good in front of the camera. And although there has been so many accounts of successful plastic surgeries, there are those unheard few that have gone bad. Let’s enumerate three of them.

Donatella Versace – she is known as the Fashion Queen of Bad Plastic Surgery after all the surgeries that she had. She has had breast implants that became too obvious after she lost some weight, she has had lip injections that made them look like wax and she has had multiple facelifts that overstretched her face. She literally looks like a caricature from some magazine and is a living example of what happens when plastic surgery goes wrong.

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Hang Mioku – is a 48-year old surgery-obsessed woman from Korea who stunned the world when she injected cooking oil into her own face. Doctors refused her requests for more procedures and reported hers as a bizarre psychological case.  Somehow, she managed to find a doctor who gave her a personal kit that will allow her to inject silicone on herself. She started undergoing various treatments since she was 28 years old and her tremendous obsession left her face enlarged and her features unrecognizable.

hang

Michael Jackson – is known world wide not only for his musical legacy but for his transformation as well. Back in the 1970s, he looked like an ordinary African-American boy. But as he became older, he had to undergo “body bleaching” due to a serious skin problem. However, it is his infamous nose that people often make jokes about. In his lifetime, it was rumored that he had ten different nose jobs.

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Nobody said that getting a plastic surgery is bad. However, like everything else, too much of something can be bad for you. You should understand that everyone will age, it is not a matter of stopping this normal process, but rather, we should choose to age gracefully.