The Oedipus Complex

It's surprising that reading a book on classical mythology could somehow link me to psychosexual.

According to myth, there was a prophecy that Oedipus would end up killing his father. Upon his birth, his parents abandoned him to starve to death.

But Oedipus got rescued, made the prophecy real - he killed his own father and married his own mother.


Oedipus complex refers to a child's desire to sexually possess the parent of the opposite sex. Funny though the name was so familiar as I took psychology back when I was in University.

Learning the complex was one thing. Learning how it was coined does indeed keeps the lesson in your head, I think.

Backdate 29 November 2013: HBDI

It stands for Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument.

Basically, you answer a list of questions, and based on the answers, you will be categorized under a possible 4 categories, which are:

• A. Analytical thinking

Key words : Auditive,logical, factual, critical, technical and quantitative.

Preferred activities : collecting data, analysis, understanding how things work, judging ideas based on facts, criteria and logical reasoning.

• B. Sequential thinking

Key words : safekeeping, structured, organized, complexity or detailed, planned.

Preferred activities : following directions, detail oriented work, step-by-step problem solving, organization and implementation.

• C. Interpersonal thinking

Key words : Kinesthetic, emotional, spiritual, sensory, feeling.

Preferred activities : listening to and expressing ideas, looking for personal meaning, sensory input, and group interaction.

• D. Imaginative thinking

Key words : Visual, holistic, intuitive, innovative, and conceptual.

Preferred activities : Looking at the big picture, taking initiative, challenging assumptions, visuals, metaphoric thinking, creative problem solving, long term thinking.

Yet to know my results yet as a friend of mine just posted the questions and I've just answered the questions. Hahahaha.

The Decision Matrix

I stumbled upon this after being briefed by my colleague and did a bit of research on the real thing.

Truth is I stumbled upon this quite some time ago.But only a few days back I was required to use this to convince my solution choice.

What is a decision matrix? In simple words, you have your rows and columns. For the rows you list down the factors that will impact your choices. For the columns you list down the ideas/solution that comes out from a group brainstorming.

Ideas should not be challenged on the spot. It hinders creativity. So every idea will add on to your columns until you or your group run out of ideas. Then only you let each idea run through the decision matrix against the vital factors or parameters.

To further improve decision making, each factor an idea perform can be rated or quantify in numbers. For example one of your solutions of saving money would be carpooling. In terms of saving money you will safe half of your expenses. If you have a score of 1-5, carpooling will give you a score of 3 (mid-range). If you were to take public transport everytime, and the fare is much much cheaper, you will have a score of probably 4 to5.

After tabulating all the scores from each category, not only we see the best solution out of all the choices, we are also comparing each idea side by side,  with a very clear visibility on the difference. Plus it also serves as a good log book attachments for record keeping purposes.

Decision Matrix come in many forms and customization. The trick is to understand the basics so that drafting your own personalized template is much more easier.

Depending on the issue or problems, decision matrix can be in various forms. But the main backbone of it, which is comparing an idea against a series of factors is always there.

How do you make your decisions and explain it to others?

The Coolidge Effect

This particular effect, of all the possible "lists of effect" is easy to understand and requires no extra explanation.

The Coolidge Effect is defined as the effect when a mammalian species, particularly a male exhibit renewed sexual desire when introduced to a newer female.

So in a nutshell, I guess this is why guys tend to have affair more than the women.

One very extreme example of the Coolidge effect will be the Anthechinus. How hard core is hard core? Find it out here.


Credits to: I f*cking love science.

Backdate 15.11.2013: The Streisand Effect

I've learned what was the Streisand Effect yesterday.

The Streisand Effect, in my own words means a situation, when the more you suppress or prevent the spread of a news or information, the faster it gets spread.

The Streisand Effect was coined because Babara Streisand tried to suppress photos of her Malibu residence. But the more she tried the more wide spread her photos were.

Back here in Malaysia, we have our own Streisand effect too.

Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian street artist started with this controversial art.



It certainly raised some eyebrows, especially the government. Why? Because this is Malaysia.

Some Malaysians tried to foil the attempt of the local municipal by adding a policeman.







But too bad, our local municipal are too immature to see things on a very shallow perspective.

But then, here comes the Streisand Effect, which has now propelled Malaysia into the international limelight. I hope now you understand what a Streisand effect is, with a real life local situation in Bolehland.