The truth reveals on the political compass

The political compass

Here's my test result

I'm Economist: -3.13

Authoritarian: 1.28 

It's much lower than i evaluated myself on paper before took this test. I was very surprised and happy that i am not an extreme authoritarian(Boring!), those questions showed me who i am. I agreed with the compass, according to all questions i answered, i can say that i'm not really a rule breaker but not totally a rule follower. I mostly had strongly agreements with them and those tricky questions are a bit politics themselves. 

However, people have different opinions, they won't be able to pick an answer without thinking carefully and compare with many possibly ways. For example: A question is " The enemy of my enemy is my friend" i'm strongly agree with it because if i want to talk behind my enemy's back, i need to find a person who really interested in sharing this information neither, then we will get a hotter chit chat. Meanwhile, others might think in different ways!. Various answers lead us different results which also mean different perspectives and the questions are very sharp too.

Source: http://www.politicalcompass.org/ 

Bias

Post-purchase rationalization

Remember that time you bought something that totally unnecessary, faulty, or lovely expense, and then you rationalized the purchase to such an extent that you convinced yourself it was a great idea all along? Yeah, that’s post-purchase rationalization in action-a kind of built-in mechanism that makes us feel better after we make crappy decisions, especially at the cash register. Also known as Buyer’s Stockholm Syndrome, it’s a way of subconsciously justifying our purchases- especially expensive ones. Social psychologists say it stems from the principle of commitment, our psychological desire to stay consistent and a void a state of cognitive dissonance.

In my point of view which accords to text above is people try to erase their guilty or hesitant decisions by creating reasons to support and tend not to look back if they made mistakes. I would love to say that this bias is totally me or many all shopaholics. It happens to me when I see things that I have never seen before and in a reasonable price, I always pop up with imagination for them, even it is completely not necessary for now but I will definitely imagine and think for future; it might useful one day or not, I can collect them.

Moreover, when I see “sale” sign on the price tag, I will automatically be like the first example because I used to pass by one backpack which I thought, I did not need this, due to I was currently in university who wanted to use backpack to university, just a high school students (That what I thought). So, I walked through it with no doubt. Now, when I travel and need to pack things but does not have to use luggage, the backpack in the past that never faded away from my mind; backpack is not always the bag for high school students and carry books to school, it can be anything else. Until now, I have never forgot that decision I made, it is kind of regret. Therefore, I will think over and over again when I am going to buy things and ask for comments from people around me, if i should not buy,good!then i can save money. 

This is very interesting article, people can not say 'i do not have bias' but it is 100% wrong, it depends on how much you are. Anyway, I can say this bias mostly occur in shopaholics (Not me) or among girls, they usually set up reasons that perfect enough to get what they want but might not useful. in order to avoid cognitive dissonance. 

Source: The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational

Pictures: Google

Algeria wedding traditions

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa continent, there are many beaches and tourism attractions. Algerian family life have survived the century as well as the traditional wedding ceremony. 

Of course, to ensure the wedding ceremony will ended up the best. so, it takes a year to prepare. 

The bride to be might always nervous with the boy's family visiting and ask for her hand in marriage in front of her and his female relatives. Her future mother in law offered bride gifts (Ring, gold, jewellery and traditional costume). Bride's side respond by serving guest dessert, milk and tea are also served and they are symbols of purity and good luck. Food play an important part in wedding process. 

In traditional wedding, Groom has to give a dowry to the bride, provide a house for couple to leave, the more gifts were given, the more happier of both family. Then the bride and her family have to furnish the house, lots of money has spend on this step because they have to select the best colorful fabric and furniture.  

Those steps above might take a week or even a month. After the agreement from both side. The girls will have a henna party, in the party, mother in law put the new mixed henna on bride's palm and wrap around with white clothes. After the traditional costume 
(embroiled with gold and silver thread) in the day, the couple are able to change to the western wedding dress for another celebration at night. Groom will also have henna party , his mother also made a new fresh henna same as she did with her daughter in law. Another party for the groom is riding horse and shoot bully in the sky.

Traditional costume

In another wedding ceremony, guests are invited to join meal which groom hosts. Before the bride leave her parents’ house, she has to walk over an egg for the bright future and throw sugar behind to sweeten the future (It is regional traditions). After then on they way to groom’s house, a couple will take a care parade and stop at locations that they interested in for taking wedding photo.

Bride wears Chedda and Kaftan

Red and white spot

Surrounded by female relatives and dancing

For another wedding ceremony, they do the same car parade from bride’s parents’ house, after that when she reaches groom’s house, the female relative from groom’s side are dancing and all of them wear Chedda and Raftan, she’s welcomes by another dessert and milk before getting into house, then her mother in law gives her a key, means every door is already opened for her. She enters a house, surrounded by female relatives. Her mother in law draws a red and white spot on her cheeks and lip (Red represents shyness, white represents she will blossom like a flower), Then the bride changes into traditional costume (The costume is depend on wealth and religion) After the ceremony, there will be food. The wedding celebrated until night.

The wedding traditions are practiced continuously until nowadays. 

The traditional-culture of each country has their own unique and original storys behind. It is something that has been inherited a long time ago and interesting! people do adapt into a fashionable way. It makes traditional-culture never faded away. 

Chedda and the traditional costume amaze me, i am very interested in these outfits, it's very expensive but worth waering, it is very beautiful and gorgeous.

This makes me realized every traditions as well as wedding ceremony, people do thoroughly select bride's outfits elaborately because bride need to be the most attractive in her special day.     

Source: WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM
Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2014/06/algerian-wedding-201462211523577203.html

People can not predict the weather's mood

The sunlight on Sunday morning shined through my window, i felt the anger from the sun since 7AM!! even the curtain also had to show up white flag.

That's not my window.. just the one from google haha

So! i forced myself to get up from my softy bed and said good bye ~

The burning sunlight seems to reduce stronger itself in late afternoon and it was cloudy around 4PM (Yeahh good) rain came, i thought it would bring cool in following hours  

I usually go for a walk around 5PM with my girl friends, a bit worried if it is not stop raining, then we have to cancel our exercise plan and i was so sad with that *Wink

5 minutes later, the rain immediately stopped, there were just a few drops of water on cement floor and i was so fail, it did not bring cool but muggy instead!

Anyway! i went for a walk at Chao Anuvong Park as usual.

According to the vacuity above haha. However, it happens because of global warming, we could not blame the weather, instead human activities.

Let's grow green, start from our small community!

Here's brief introduction

My name is Ms. souknaly PHAMEUANG (kik), a second year student of Environmental science.

I am a volunteer for Social Environmental Education and Development.

I was born in 2.12.1995 <== that's lao national's day "so proud!"

Of course! I'm about to reach 20 this december 2015

Importantly, i love travelling and exploring new things whether in my own country or abroad.

Enjoy!