Once-In-A-While Post

Hah, a new post after few weeks. Not that I'm starting to be lazy to blog, but it's because I write when certain conditions are met. I don't write if I don't have any issue to update, when no Internet connection is available, in the office or if someone is present while I'm writing my blog (sori yang :P).

Okay, things to update. From past few months, my RND friends and I are actively involved in extreme sport called 'Paintball'. It's a face-paced action sport that resembles war-games, where teams (or individuals, depending on how you play it) compete to eliminate others and secure the game objective. For information on how the game is played, head over to the link given above and read.

I found that through paintball, I am able to see the hidden trait within a person. Since my friends and I usually play 'Capture-the-Flag' mode, teamwork and communications are really important and crucial in ensuring the winning of the game. I am actually able to see which person listens to the appointed leader, which person totally disregards orders given by leaders or teammates, which person who will blame others when something goes wrong and so on. Maybe for other people, they only see me happily shooting other people and having fun with them together while in fact, I use this opportunity to judge people. It is without a doubt that I am in constant mode of judging other people based on things that they don't realize they are doing it. While some may criticize me for judging other people based on the exterior and not through really know the people, I must say this skillset had saved me quite a few times in getting close with people. Why would you waste your time getting close to someone when in the end, you're going to regret your decision? Through paintball also, I am able to characterize people based on what they are comfortable with. They are some who are natural-born leader, natural-born follower (*chuckle*), some who are easy to get along with and some who will backstab you when you least expect it. You should try it if you haven't, especially if you are a leader in your organization/department. I won't say it is the best team-building effort, but it makes it easy for you to identify who is the team-builder and who will be the team-rocker.

Which type of person am I? Have a paintball session with me and hopefully you'll know..

p/s: head over to my Facebook page to see the pictures of our game