I love my job!

I love my job, I love the pay!

I love it more and more each day.

I love my boss, he is the best!

I love his boss and all the rest.

I love my office and it's location, I hate to have to go on vacation.

I love my furniture, drab and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!

I think my job is really swell, there's nothing else I love so well.

I love to work among my peers, I love their leers, and jeers, and sneers.

I love my computer and it's software;

I hug it often though it won't care. I love each program and every file.

I'd love them more if they worked a while.

I'm happy to be here. I am. I am.

I'the happiest slave of the firm, I am.

I love this work, I love these chores.

I love the meetings with deadly bores.

I love my jog - I'll say it again - I even love those friendly men.

Those friendly men who've come today,

In clean white coats to take me away!!!

What would an african giraffe look like in America?

While many profess not to care what others think, we are, in the end, creatures who want and need to fit into a social universe. Humans are psychologically suited to interdependence. Social anxiety is really just an innate response to the threat of exclusion; feeling that we're not accepted by a group leaves us agitated and depressed.

The ability to intuit how people see us is what enables us to authentically connect to others and to reap the deep satisfaction that comes with those ties. We can never be a fly on the wall to our own personality dissections, watching as people pick us apart after meeting us. Hence we are left to rely on the accuracy of what psychologists call our "metaperceptions" -- the ideas we have about others' ideas about us.

The bottom line: It comes down to what you think about yourself

Your ideas about what others think of you hinge on your self-concept -- your own beliefs about who you are.


don't I look gorgeous today?

The top line: You probably do know what people think of you


But it's likely you don't know any one person's assessment. We have a fairly stable view of ourselves. We expect other people to see that same view immediately." And they do. On average there is consensus about how you come off.

Many of the most unpleasant shades on our emotional palettes — embarrassment, shame, envy exist solely in the interpersonal realm. We cannot feel them until we are self-aware enough to worry what others think about us.

Perhaps the delicate balance between feeling good about yourself and knowing exactly how you come off is best maintained not by all those elusive "others."
Maybe it's maintained by your most significant ones, the people who will keep you in line but appreciate you for who you are, not just for the impressions you leave behind. (aka your loved ones)

So my bottom line is: Be yourself, Be happy about yourself, Be aware that how you see yourself is most important, Don't worry about what 'others' think of you and trust that your nearest and dearest will keep you in line about how you come off!

Happy Easter All!

Don't go eating all your eggs in one go! Mjam mjam.. :)

Corporate Advice ala Tracy

Lesson 1 :
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.
The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbour.
Before she says a word, Bob says, " I'll give you $800 to drop that towel,
" After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.
After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves.
The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.
When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, " Who was that? "
" It was Bob the next door neighbour, " she replies.
" Great! " the husband says, " did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?"
Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Lesson 2:
A priest offered a lift to a Nun.
She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.
The priest nearly had an accident.
After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.
The nun said, " Father, remember Psalm 129? "
The priest removed his hand.
But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, " Father, remember Psalm 129? "
The priest apologized " Sorry sister but the flesh is weak."
Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way.
On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129.
It said, " Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory. "
Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.
They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says,
" I'll give each of you just one wish. "
" Me first! Me first! " says the admin. clerk.
" I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world. " Poof! She's gone.
" Me next! Me next! " says the sales rep.
" I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.
" Poof! He's gone.
" OK, you're up, " the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, " I want those two back in the office after lunch. "
Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.



Lesson 4:
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.
A rabbit asked him, " Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?
"The crow answered: " Sure, why not. "
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested.
A fox jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up.

Lesson 5:
A turkey was chatting with a bull.
" I would love to be able to Get to the top of that tree, " sighed the turkey, but I haven't got the energy. "
" Well, why don't you nibble on my droppings? " replied the bull. " They're packed with nutrients. "
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Moral of the story:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Do people like you?

Interested in knowing how your personality development is coming along? Check out this test.
Are they absolutely sure, that 12 is the lowest score ever? Do I refrain from borrowing things? Well I certainly hope not! Do I refrain from talking rapidly and laughing loudly? I always thought they were a few of my best assets!
I seriously think I'm gonna be a record breaker here!


Every normal, healthy individual wants to be liked by others. If you have ever said that you didn't care whether or not people liked you, you probably weren't really honest with yourself. Perhaps you were trying to cover up hurt pride. The person who says bitterly, 'I don't care,' really does care a great deal. He should face the fact squarely and try to discover the reason for lack of harmony in his relationships with others.

Donald A. Laird, after a series of experiments made in the Colgate Psychological Laboratory to determine what traits were of most importance in making people liked or disliked, compiled the list of 45 questions which is quoted below.

TRAITS WHICH MAKE US LIKED Give yourself a score of 3 for each of these questions to which you can answer 'Yes':
1. Can you always be depended upon to do what you say you will?
2. Do you go out of your way cheerfully to help others?
3. Do you avoid exaggeration in all your statements?
4. Do you refrain from being sarcastic?
5. Do you refrain from showing off how much you know?
6. Do you feel inferior to most of your associates?
7. Do you refrain from bossing people not employed by you?
8. Do you keep from reprimanding people who do things that displease you?
9. Do you refrain from making fun of others behind their backs?
10. Do you keep from domineering others?



Give yourself a score of 2 for each of these questions to which you can answer 'Yes':
11. Do you keep your clothing neat and tidy?
12. Do you avoid being bold and nervy?
13. Do you refrain from laughing at the mistakes of others?
14. Is your attitude toward the opposite sex free from vulgarity?
15. Do you keep from finding fault with everyday things?
16. Do you let the mistakes of others pass without correcting them?
17. Do you loan things to others readily?
18. Are you careful not to tell jokes that will embarrass those listening?
19. Do you let others have their own way?
20. Do you always control your temper?
21. Do you keep out of arguments?
22. Do you smile pleasantly?
23. Do you refrain from talking almost continuously?
24. Do you keep your nose entirely out of other people's business?

Give yourself a score of 1 for each of these questions to which you can answer 'Yes':
25. Do you have patience with modern ideas?
26. Do you refrain from flattering others?
27. Do you avoid gossiping?
28. Do you refrain from asking people to repeat what they have just said?
29. Do you avoid asking questions in keeping up a conversation?
30. Do you avoid asking favors of others?
31. Do you refrain from trying to reform others?
32. Do you keep your personal troubles to yourself?
33. Are you natural rather than dignified?
34. Are you usually cheerful?
35. Are you conservative in politics?
36. Are you enthusiastic rather than lethargic?
37. Do you pronounce words correctly?
38. Do you look upon others without suspicion?
39. Are you energetic?
40. Do you avoid borrowing things?
41. Do you refrain from telling people their moral duty?
42. Do you refrain from trying to convert people to your beliefs?
43. Do you refrain from talking rapidly?
44. Do you refrain from laughing loudly?
45. Do you refrain from making fun of people to their faces?

The higher your score by this self-analysis the better liked you are in general. Each 'No' answer should be changed through self-guidance into a 'Yes' answer. The highest possible score is 79. About 10% of people have this score. The lowest score made by a person who was generally liked was 56.
The average young person has a score of 64. The average score of a person who is generally disliked is 30.
The lowest score we found was 12.
From these questions it is apparent that whether you are liked or disliked depends chiefly upon your attitude toward others. All your efforts at self-improvement will be of no avail if you think only of building up your own superiority. The consciously superior, the self-righteous person is never popular. If you would be liked, don't try to impress the other person with your importance; make him feel important; show your interest in him.

Okay, so you might be a bit disappointed with the outcome of your popularity? Or you might be feeling righteously smug with yourself. In either case it would be wise to keep in mind it's a test from 1939.

Wild Wild West or Hellevoet as most call it?

What is happening in the world if Hellevoetsluis is called wildwest??


Wildwest in Hellevoetsluis
HELLEVOETSLUIS - De politie heeft maandag na een dolle achtervolging, compleet met opzij springende voetgangers en een schietende agent, een 27-jarige man uit Spijkenisse aangehouden. De man was eerder op de dag betrokken bij een mishandeling in een restaurant aan het Zuidfront en reed daarna weg in een gestolen auto.
Hij negeerde even later een stopteken van een politieauto en probeerde een afzetting te omzeilen door over fietspaden en trottoirs te rijden. Daarbij moesten voetgangers opzij springen om niet geraakt te worden. Onderweg ramde hij ook nog een politiewagen.
Vervolgens reed hij in op een uitgestapte agent, die daarna een schot loste op de auto van de verdachte. De dollemansrit eindigde uiteindelijk tegen een boom op de Kooilaan.
De Spijkenisser raakte niet gewond. De politie had wel schade: een agent raakte lichtgewond en een aantal politiewagens had blikschade.

Mystic Tracy (aka Char herself)

Have you ever had the feeling you know what's going to happen next?, or you guess the name of someone you've never met before?, or you think you know the outcome of something before hand?
Some people call it intuition, others psychic powers but I like to call it; The Char Feeling and I have it all the time. I even like placing bets on these things. To be honest I must admit that 9.9 times out of 10 I'm wrong. So people out there, do not Ever, no never, trust my intuition, psychic powers or Char feeling, not ever I tell you.
But that's no help to you, is it? Cause you want to know what's in your future. You want a definite yes or no to your most important questions.
Now there are a few fortunate buggers out there who have a magic eight ball in their possession, but most of us sad buggers don't and will have to find some other way to tell the future.
(For those even sadder buggers out there who don't know what a magic eight ball is; it's a big plastic ball with an 8 on it. You think of a question you'd like answered with yes or no, you concentrate real hard on the question, you turn your magic eightball over and voila, you have your answer!)



Okay, so for us sad buggers out there with no magic eight ball what so ever, someone has been kind enough to make a virtual magic eight ball.
So if you want your future revealed and have no real Char person around just click on the link and enjoy!

The Magic Eight Ball Will Reveal All

But remember that whatever you ask and whatever the outcome I can't be held accountable!!

For those non-believers out there. Or those of you that have exhausted the magic eight ball powers already and believe the outcome not trustworthy you can always try the oracle.
The Oracle has more mystic powers but basically does the same as the Eight ball. The big difference between the eight ball and the oracle is that for the oracle to answer you have to type your question. So for the sad sad buggers out there who need extra confirmation on the future try the link to the oracle!

The Oracle

But again, remember that whatever the outcome or weird actions you take after the outcome, I can't be held accountable, and I don't take kindely to blackmail of any kind! :)

This week it's a short quote.

Sometimes I feel a little down when I read this one. It makes me feel that even if I know what's right I might not always be or feel strong enough to act upon it. At other times I find it very inspiring. It gives me a feeling of being able, of being strong enough to certainly do what is right.
I wonder what you make of it?

- "To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."

Happy Birthday to you

"And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."
- Chesterton-
Happy Birthday Mark, Love Mum

Hope it adds

some special pleasure

To the hours of your day

To know you're being thought of

In the very warmest way...

And when your birthday's over,

Hope that you'll remember, too,

The same warm thoughts as always

Will keep going out to you!

Hope you have a great day. Love, your wee Sis.

Just another few to keep you going:

- "Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened"

- "Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional"

- "You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream"

- "Don't just count your years, make your years count"

- "Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art"

- "Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live"

- "Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake"

Love is a force of nature

When great changes occur in your life and you're desperately trying to keep a grip on it all, you can find yourself in a situation you normally wouldn't have dreamt of being in.
A situation that might free you from the life you're in right now, change your whole existence as you know it.

Take last night for example:
It's a friday night, nothing much seems to be going on. Friends are off to a birthday party and I'm keeping myself busy, reading The Alchemwhich wich was recommended to me as a must read book by someone who's got a birthday coming up, real soon.
It starts of with a boy called Santiago, his sheep and an abandoned church. Of course a lot more happens, but I seem to be watching the clock. Minutes pass by, Santiago's still with his sheep heading of to see about a girl. Still watching the clock, minutes turn to a hour.
It's a friday night, nothing much seems to be going on, But why not?? It's friday. Can I be sitting in on friday night? No, and I mean No!
The decision is fast, not furious but definitely exciting. On go the shoes, no coat needed, just a hint of perfume and I'm ready for action.
Before you can say helleback mountain, I'm out the door and on my way for an expotition. I climb in the Tracy mobile, click on the stereo for some seriously cool Jason Donovan tunes and I'm all set to cruise.

Down the amnesty international lane, left toward the vesting. Jason singing, listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, me singing louder than Jason. Through the vesting gates, passed the church. Jason singing, any dream will do, me still singing louder. Passed the gemeente house, to my left the broodjesshop and WOAH baby who's that gorgeous creature in the pink Beetle?
I look at her, she looks at me. A headbob is exchanged (Lately I've been hearing a lot about an indian headbob, so it might 've been one of those). The moment passes, I'm already over the bridge, to the left, heading towards the wee beach. But wasn't she gorgeous? Sure there are nice looking girlies out there, but gorgeous one's? and why is my heart beating so fast?
It's been weeks since my last lesbian feelings for the jogger with the pink scarf. I'm puzzled at the reoccurence of these feelings, still my heart beats faster. I decide to ignore whatever it was and to concentrate on the wonderful vesting feeling instead, when two headlights come up from behind. As I swerve to the right to let them pass I spot a touch of pink. It's the gorgeous creature in the beetle! She overtakes me and as she passes I look at her and she looks at me. Our eyes lock, my heart beats faster and faster. I'm sure there's a connection. Another headbob is exchanged (maybe even another indian one at that).
To hard to ignore this feeling is, so I cruise after the creature in the pink beetle.
Down passed the lammies we cruise, left toward the dam. We pass the main parkinglot, but keep going up toward Helleback mountain.
At the top of Helleback mountain we stop. The Tracy mobile faces the pink beetle.
The gorgeous creature looks at me, I look at her. The headbob is exchanged, my fate is sealed.
As I get out of the Tracy mobile and head toward the gorgeous creature in the pink beetle I can't help but wonder, what shade of pink the beetle is?
The car door opens, I get in, I look at her, she looks at me, our hands touch and at that instance I know, Resistance is Futile.
Hearts beat faster, windows steam up and just as words are rendered useless there's a tap on the window. I roll down the window to find a police woman shaking her head. For a moment I feared for my life. What if this is one of those anti lesbian trigger happy police chicks? Then I realized this police woman must know her head shaking might be misconstrued as a sexy headbob musn't she?
My hunch is confirmed, more people know about Helleback mountain.