Smile.

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Sometimes, the little things that you do can make someone else smile the widest and laugh the loudest.

A smile can make a difference. =)

When changes are bad.

If there is one change that really has that much of potential to kill Life, it's climate change.

In high school Biology, the teachers told us that Life is a delicate thing. It's somewhat like a pampered princess because it needs the right temperature with the right materials and the right reaction for it to strive. Yet, if Life could speak, it will probably say that it couldn't help being so demanding because it is THAT delicate.

So imagine when the environment to support Life changes by a tiny fraction. For a while, it seems like a tiny sting for Life but Mother Nature can cure that sting. However, increase the change rate and prolong its impact. That's where you get a very very swollen mark that can breed dangerous bacteria which is very harmful to Life.

This is what is happening today.

Climate change is a silent killer. It kills the organisms from the bottom of the food chain and slowly affects those on top. From there, extinction of vital species disrupts Mother Nature's balancing act of supporting all walks of Life, causing more extinction. Coral reefs start to die, algae chokes the clear waters essential for marine life to strive, soils get poisoned and certain species start to grow in an exponential rate that the whole food chain is practically altered.

The effect is not felt biologically but also geographically. Our Earth has huge chunks of glaciers and icebergs and they're a beautiful sight. You don't see natural aqua-colored ice floating in your drinks unless you color it by yourself. Plus, that ice in your drink doesn't have millions of years of history compared to the almighty glaciers and yes, it also doesn't have that much of potential to flood many parts of the world. Climate change melts these natural frozen beauties into freshwater and not only you get more floods, the chances of freaky disasters increase as well. Think typhoons, but mega-sized.

So, what causes this climate change?

Well, our creations of course. I think the media has educated us enough about our environmental faults, yet not much awareness has been shown among us. Open burning is still an annual event here, no doubt. No matter how much we try to curb this, somehow somebody somewhere starts the whole thing again. The reason? It's a cheap way to clear the land for crops. So ironic isn't it?

Yet, all is not gloom without shine. Many companies are taking steps to decrease their carbon footprints, and so is shopping complexes. Plus, kudos to the activists for tirelessly promoting environmental awareness. Added with the power of the Internet, everyone can contribute something to make the whole world realize that it's time to stop the bad changes and turn it into good ones.

That is the power of the human spirit. When we are united, we can make a change. So start contributing your part for the environment, for Life is something we share intimately.


P.S: This is my first time participating in Blog Action Day, albeit a little late. For details, click here.

Provide.

You need shelter? Mind if I provide one?

Credits to DeviantArt

Took Jung's Typology Test for college homework and the results are.. freakishly accurate.

So much for Carl Jung and his mythological theories.

As an ESFJ (Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judgement), I'm:

• moderately expressed extravert
  
• slightly expressed sensing personality
  
• moderately expressed feeling personality
  
• moderately expressed judging personality

Why so many moderate one? Lol. Maybe because there are a few questions that I wish they have the middle option to choose from? Okay, so I went and clicked a few links and found out that ESFJs are nicknamed Guardians. That category itself is split into four more; namely Supervisors, Inspectors, Providers and Protectors. Based on my post title itself, you can pretty much guess what's mine.

What are Providers? Well, they..provide. Services in fact, mostly social welfare. Plus, they're teamplayers, dislike conflict and all. Pretty much happy people who don't mind planning for social events and stuff. Most sympathetic of all the Guardians but it's a double-edged sword. Because of their sensitivity towards other people's feelings, they are very self-conscious. Can be easily crushed by personal criticism, so they need to get ample appreciation for themselves personally and the services they give to others.

In terms of work, Providers interact with people and they're logistical, meaning, they like things to be at the right place at the right place in the right order. Sounds like being OCD-ish. However, when stress hits, most of them complain of being sick, sad, tired or worried. They're the first to get angry, sad then complain to anyone who lends them an ear. What make them tick are the lack of trust on them, rigidity of rules that they feel uncomfortable with and interpersonal conflict with boss/co-worker. They tend to transform into their emotionless, super logical side when faced with problems. So, to counter that, Providers need to cut back on their need for harmonious relationships, in other words, stop being such a "lalang".

As for Provider students, like all Guardians, they can be abit obsessed with order in their workplace. They need a corner/proper place, desk, chair and a computer/laptop. Even a misplaced paper will make them distracted. However, for Providers, they're the most tolerant lot and prefer study groups with work breakdowns and of course, self-declared breaks. The setback? They tend to get distracted while studying as they find the latest happenings more interesting.

Ahh, love. Providers are hopeless romantics. Suckers for roses, chocolates and gifts except for flaunted ones. They love to lavishly pamper their partners and for Providers, what else than wearing a favourite outfit of their partners and setting certain days as date days. Yet, they can be dissatisfied and simple reminders of their love from their partners will generally make them happy.

Practically hits every point of me. No wonder people always say psychologists are scary; they understand you better than you understand yourself. Added with the fact that I'm a Psych undergrad myself, no wonder Carl Jung and Myers-Brigg personality test is pretty well heard off in many textbooks.

Anyhow, so much for one of the longest posts I've written for quite some time. Till next time.