I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
well, lately i have done a test called the MAPP test..is more of a job assessment test...like ur thought process, how u relate to data etc... and well, the end of the assessment says that im suitable for my current job...haha... suggested that i shld go for journalism too... last year i did a personality test and it suggested journalism as my highest suitabilty for career choice too... haha... but then, seriously, i dun think my english is that good and i dun think the stuff i wrote are consider influential too... anyway... lets look at the result at my MAPP test below... im quite in AWE of the 1st sentence i read abt myself...haha!!
INTEREST IN JOB CONTENT (Those tasks you want to perform)
The Interest section identifies the ideal job content for you by identifying your motivations and preferences, called Worker Traits. These traits are listed in order of priority. Typically, what one wants to do is that which he/she is most likely to do and do it often enough (including training for it) to transform the raw interest into real skills, and then, to stay on that job. The Interest section of your MAPP report outlines your preferences toward work in relation to people, creativity, social activities, routine, tools, equipment and more. The Interest section is the first glance of your top motivators. Each section thereafter will inter-relate and you will begin seeing themes about the types of tasks and work that you prefer.
Joyce is conscious of existence, meaning, purpose, potential and destiny of humankind, people, and self. Joyce is motivated by a self-felt, self-accepted calling to the cause of good, growth, and gain in the lives of others. Influential communication of ideas is a primary way of achieving those objectives. Perception and thinking tend to be holistic and conceptual; i.e., seeing the big picture. It is important to see which of the other traits are interactive with this trait because there can be many interesting combinations. This is a major trait in cultural, intellectual, academic, and creative activities. It includes ideas, concepts, theory, ethics, and values.
TEMPERAMENT FOR THE JOB (How you prefer to perform tasks)
This Temperament section identifies the motivation and talent an individual possesses in twelve Worker Trait Areas and coincides with the Interest section. The Temperament and Interest sections say the same thing from a different perspective. Your highest motivators will be displayed first. In this section you will learn things such as; do you prefer lots of change and variety on the job, are you persuasive, do you prefer to work in teams or independently, are you a naturally driven to evaluate and analyze, and more.
Joyce has a strong preference to work under the management or supervision of others who are competent and knowledgeable in their area of expertise. This also may indicate a preference to avoid work of an independent nature (i.e. self-directed, self-planned, self-managed). Performance, morale, energy, enthusiasm, and quality of work tend to reflect how satisfied Joyce is with the working environment as created and managed by the motivational and inspirational leadership of a manager, director, supervisor, or lead-person.
APTITUDE FOR THE JOB (expression of performing tasks)
This is a highly generalized section in which the narrative deliberately focuses on the combination of motivations and preferences as they relate to personal talents or skills. It lets the individual look into a vocational mirror and see his/her own talents and then decide for themselves where they fit and function the best with regard to motivation and preference. It is another context in which to see if priorities are mental, sensory, or physical: "To thine own self be true."
Joyce's preferences toward 'literary and/or communicative' are, or could become, the basis for sufficient motivation to be vocationally important. Emphasis is on communication: 1) picking up information from the minds of others, or 2) communicating to the minds of others. So Joyce tends to be media-conscious for absorbing or expressing ideas, or both. This may be an activity dedicated to itself, like journalism, or it may be part of other activities: teaching, library work, publication, administration, etc. PEOPLE (How you relate to people, in priority order)
In this section, seven people factors cover important activities related to the interaction of a person with other persons. These are very important for individuals motivated and perhaps even naturally talented or specifically trained for associating and interacting with people. They may also be important traits for certain “people intensive” jobs. Low motivational ratings in this section may also be quite positive and valuable, if occupations necessitate or require that an individual function apart from others, manage his/her own activities, or be satisfied with work in isolation.
"Mentor: a trusted counselor or guide." Joyce is interested in and consciously prefers to consider the existence, meaning, purpose, potential, and destiny of mankind, people, persons, and self; with self-felt, self-accepted responsibility to influence and/or cause good, growth, and gain in the lives of all concerned. Joyce has intuition and philosophical curiosity that causes an awareness of personality, intentions, emotions, ethics, values, and moods of other persons, and of self. By itself, this is not benevolence. If Joyce is highly motivated for benevolent activities, this trait is compulsively central to personal and vocational activities. If there is a lack of personal motivation, then the preference for consideration tends to be more philosophical or academic in nature, but still service oriented. THINGS (How you relate to things, in priority order)
Working with things, manipulation of materials and processes, and cognizance of operational and mechanical forces or objects, highlights this Worker Trait Code section. None of the factors in this section are directly related to people nor call for exclusive talents whether or not they exist within the individual. However, these factors do call for the interaction and interplay between mental, sensory, physical, and mechanical skills and/or abilities as possessed by the individual. If the individual has a natural mechanical savvy, and likes to work with his/her hands, this becomes a highly important and relevant Worker Trait Code section.
Given the option to participate where an aptitude for manual labor or basic labor activities is required Joyce's preferences for participation is moderate. This type of activity involves easily used craft tools, repetitious activity, recognizable detail, outdoor physical exposure, and minor problem solving. It is most often a helper position that can be handled with minimum skill, training, instruction, or supervision. Please note the word "aptitude" which means ability to do something, with no mention or inference about whether the person wants to do it or gains satisfaction from it. It is, therefore, necessary to see other traits to determine if Joyce has supportive motivational levels for such work to be satisfying on a steady basis. DATA (How you relate to data, in priority order)
The data section identifies preferences, motivations and priorities for certain kinds of mental activities. If interests and preferences are primarily intellectual, academic, scholarly, scientific, mathematical, or professional, this may be the most important section of the Worker Trait Code System for the person appraised. If his/her preferences are not primarily mental, this section may have little value. If these factors are important for this profile, then factors in the reasoning, math, and language sections will also be both relevant and important.
Along with other mental activities and preferences, Joyce sees the big picture or assembles perceptions, thoughts, information, data, numbers, etc. in the context of the big picture. It is important to determine, by scanning other factors in this section, how high motivational levels are for synthesizing relative to other mental processes, regarding analyzing, comparing, and coordinating in particular. This comparison determines whether Joyce prefers to start with the big picture, or build up to it later. Because Joyce has moderate motivational levels for mental process, it will be more "down to earth" than "on cloud nine", more logical than fantasy or abstract. REASONING (How you relate to reasoning, in priority order)
This Reasoning section is closely linked with the Data section. The Data section identifies an individual's priorities or preferences (high and low) for ways of thinking, while the Reasoning section focuses on where, why, and how this thinking will most likely be applied. Just like the linkage between the Interest and Temperament sections, Data and Reasoning are coupled very tightly as well.
Joyce's mental preferences include holistic and conceptual thinking, awareness of the essential meaning of things, ability to deal with abstract variables, consideration and selection of options. The big picture is kept in mind as Joyce works with ideas, plans, or activities, which is where the motivational level is derived. MATHEMATICAL CAPACITY (How you relate to the applied usage of math)
Math is a natural talent like art or music and requires a certain natural preference. In most instances, you have it or you don't; you like it or you don't. If the individual has talent for math, this section shows where the greatest vocational interest and motivation occurs, and that is where he/she has probably developed the most talent or could. Low ratings for some or all of these factors imply that math, or possibly that specific application of math, is not a motivational factor to this individual.
Joyce prefers to consider math extending more toward theory, abstract concepts, experimental applications, etc. Because of the moderate motivational level for this theoretical activity, it is not likely that it would be satisfying as a primary vocation or have too heavy an emphasis. However, it remains a valuable asset that extends normal capability beyond usual activities. LANGUAGE CAPACITY (How you relate to the usage of language)
Four language traits are included in the narrative to cover basic activities that utilize words. They aren't very specific, but there are related factors for literary, journalistic, and communicative activities in the Interest, Temperament, Data, People, Aptitude and Reasoning sections. If a high motivational and/or preference level exists for one or more factors in this section, scan those other sections to discover preferences the individual has for those activities. Not all jobs call for orators or authors, while some jobs require such skills.
Joyce has creative writing and communicating preferences that are important vocational motivators. Mental preferences are holistic and conceptual and include abstract ideas, concepts, theory, capacity for fiction, and symbols. Writing probably is not so motivational as to be a specialized or professional activity, but Joyce probably does consider it in particular areas. Other worker traits should be screened to determine where and how writing and other communicative media fits into Joyce's vocational preferences.
im back from our annual church camp! and i have to say this is the best camp i have attended so far.. though im now down with a terrible sorethroat and running nose.. most probably coming down with a cold or a flu, my heart still has that anticipation and excitement for wat the Lord is going to do and has done in my heart. I was blessed, v blessed. The Lord spoke to me and touched my heart again and again in this camp. Is like my spirit became alive once again. Words prohesised over me was encouraging too. I feel so ready to move ahead once more. to stop resting and start moving again.
Sis Sarah and the team from UC Berkeley was reali inspiring to me. I just cannot stop wondering y issit another tertiary team that has impacted me again after that last one in think 2000 or 2001 that has changed my life forever! How God can use the small and seemed unimpressive to do His work! So, dun ever belittle wat all these small grps can do! Sis Sarah i have to say wasnt the most eloquent in preaching and the best communicator and presenter but her heart and her forthcoming was wat i admire in her. the sharpness is the spirit too! and she is only not older than 30!
well, i guess i reali 收拾好我的心情 and move forward!
but again, i have to say though that all are well in the camp, i cant help but to mention that i felt a tinge of loneliness thru out the camp. wondering y i just cant connect to the cell and even felt a bit left out. sighz.. issit me? or issit them? wat can i do or issit that it is me thats oversensitive?
anyway, just wanting to recall wat the camp was for me: 1. Joseph 2. Isa 6 3. "GO" 4. Pick up the cross, lay down my life and follow Him = intimacy 5. servanthood 6. not just 'TRYING' 7. Worship
ooh...so there were 7 things? good that i recall them ;)
now, theres also one thing that has been bothering me - LORD, when r u sending 'him' to me? :P