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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Self-knowledge
More testing reveals that i'm the ISTJ type. Introverted (67%) Sensing (25%) Thinking (50%) Judging (56%). The test is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). (Test yourself here.)
Am I really that type of person? Sometimes I wonder, with the counsel of years, I may change from time to time. Would be good if I took this test again 10 years later. Time can change a man (or woman).
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging
by Joe Butt
Profile: ISTJ
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 27 Feb 2005
"It is in keeping with tradition throughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance." --Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1929.
ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty. Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary, clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks is likely to be an ISTJ.
As do other Introverted Thinkers, ISTJs often give the initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat cold. Effusive expression of emotional warmth is not something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss.
ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." They seem to perform at highest efficiency when employing a step-by-step approach. Once a new procedure has proven itself (i.e., has been shown "to work,") the ISTJ can be depended upon to carry it through, even at the expense of their own health.
ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of others, especially when the second parties don't keep their commitments. But they usually keep their feelings to themselves unless they are asked. And when asked, they don't mince words. Truth wins out over tact. The grim determination of the ISTJ vindicates itself in officiation of sports events, judiciary functions, or an other situation which requires making tough calls and sticking to them.
His SJ orientation draws the ISTJ into the service of established institutions. Home, social clubs, government, schools, the military, churches -- these are the bastions of the SJ. "We've always done it this way" is often reason enough for many ISTJs. Threats to time-honored traditions or established organizations (e.g., a "run" on the bank) are the undoing of SJs, and are to be fought at all costs.
Am I really that type of person? Sometimes I wonder, with the counsel of years, I may change from time to time. Would be good if I took this test again 10 years later. Time can change a man (or woman).
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging
by Joe Butt
Profile: ISTJ
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 27 Feb 2005
"It is in keeping with tradition throughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance." --Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1929.
ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty. Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary, clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks is likely to be an ISTJ.
As do other Introverted Thinkers, ISTJs often give the initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat cold. Effusive expression of emotional warmth is not something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss.
ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." They seem to perform at highest efficiency when employing a step-by-step approach. Once a new procedure has proven itself (i.e., has been shown "to work,") the ISTJ can be depended upon to carry it through, even at the expense of their own health.
ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of others, especially when the second parties don't keep their commitments. But they usually keep their feelings to themselves unless they are asked. And when asked, they don't mince words. Truth wins out over tact. The grim determination of the ISTJ vindicates itself in officiation of sports events, judiciary functions, or an other situation which requires making tough calls and sticking to them.
His SJ orientation draws the ISTJ into the service of established institutions. Home, social clubs, government, schools, the military, churches -- these are the bastions of the SJ. "We've always done it this way" is often reason enough for many ISTJs. Threats to time-honored traditions or established organizations (e.g., a "run" on the bank) are the undoing of SJs, and are to be fought at all costs.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Too many things to blog, yet nothing to write
Have quite a number of events to blog about, yet when I'm in front of the blogger.com page, my mind is either BLANK or filled with TOO MANY unimportant snippets from life.
For instant, today I called up an old university friend for lunch and she said something on ".... affair in june... " and continued on to "... bizarre...". I'm like "Huh, what are you saying?". Actually she wanted to say that she went to A FAIR back in June and it's a nice little BAZAAR. Duh!!!
I've an analogy, say it's like in the cinema. After the movie, everybody crowd around the narrow door trying to get out but if some are constantly shoving and pushing, nobody will escape through the door. It's like my thoughts, a number of them are shoving and pushing to get out but none gets out to my fingertips. Yeah, i have only this many fingers to type and too many line-of-thoughts to follow.
My little kid just learnt to say "naughty boy" and tells us that whenever he dislike our attempts tocontrol teach him the importance of having a daily routine. It ain't good for him to stay awake 12 hours, skipping afternoon naps only to wake up early the next day, looking exhausted.
I too am exhausted by my kid who wakes up in the middle of the night, crawls over to my bed and I'm either forced to a corner or sleep on his bed.
For instant, today I called up an old university friend for lunch and she said something on ".... affair in june... " and continued on to "... bizarre...". I'm like "Huh, what are you saying?". Actually she wanted to say that she went to A FAIR back in June and it's a nice little BAZAAR. Duh!!!
I've an analogy, say it's like in the cinema. After the movie, everybody crowd around the narrow door trying to get out but if some are constantly shoving and pushing, nobody will escape through the door. It's like my thoughts, a number of them are shoving and pushing to get out but none gets out to my fingertips. Yeah, i have only this many fingers to type and too many line-of-thoughts to follow.
My little kid just learnt to say "naughty boy" and tells us that whenever he dislike our attempts to
I too am exhausted by my kid who wakes up in the middle of the night, crawls over to my bed and I'm either forced to a corner or sleep on his bed.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Little mouth ulcer
We get mouth ulcers once a while, especially when we're eating we bite ourselves and before you know it, it's a full grown ulcer. For a kid, a little ding can be quite large compared to the surface area in the mouth. Don't know how my kid got this mouth ulcer and how long he had it. This mouth ulcer located on the lower lips, slightly towards the right side, is affecting his meals and his sleep.
He started waking up as early as 7am a few days ago to complain about pain in the mouth and we though he is just growing his last set of molars. Unfortunately, this isn't so and when he didn't eat much lunch yesterday, my wife located a mouth ulcer which has grown to about half a pea-size. Not a big thing for adults but he doesn't like the pain when eating rice, hence he eats very little lunch and dinner.
During dinner, I did managed to feed him some bread coated with icecream. Then stuffed him a few pieces of meat from the soup before giving him about 6 pieces of sliced lotus root. The 8pm dinner lasted him till midnight when we fed him bottled milk.
At 2pm (I slept early at midnight), he crawled up to my bed and woke me up! He's still quite active and not yet ready to sleep. Had to position him in the middle of the bed and kissed him a few times, then tell him to close his eyes. He refused to sleep but kept on rolling on bed for another 10 mins before he settled down on his favourite pillow. Then I woke my wife up (she's sleeping in his bed) and asked her to put diapers on him.
Everything was blurry then and at 7:30am the next morning, I hear my kid crying. He wanted to sleep with daddy and my wife carried him over to his bed (I passed out on his bed yesterday).
*yawns*
He started waking up as early as 7am a few days ago to complain about pain in the mouth and we though he is just growing his last set of molars. Unfortunately, this isn't so and when he didn't eat much lunch yesterday, my wife located a mouth ulcer which has grown to about half a pea-size. Not a big thing for adults but he doesn't like the pain when eating rice, hence he eats very little lunch and dinner.
During dinner, I did managed to feed him some bread coated with icecream. Then stuffed him a few pieces of meat from the soup before giving him about 6 pieces of sliced lotus root. The 8pm dinner lasted him till midnight when we fed him bottled milk.
At 2pm (I slept early at midnight), he crawled up to my bed and woke me up! He's still quite active and not yet ready to sleep. Had to position him in the middle of the bed and kissed him a few times, then tell him to close his eyes. He refused to sleep but kept on rolling on bed for another 10 mins before he settled down on his favourite pillow. Then I woke my wife up (she's sleeping in his bed) and asked her to put diapers on him.
Everything was blurry then and at 7:30am the next morning, I hear my kid crying. He wanted to sleep with daddy and my wife carried him over to his bed (I passed out on his bed yesterday).
*yawns*
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Opposite of "behind"
Pop Quiz: What's the opposite of "behind" to a 26 months old kid?
Well I learn something new everyweek (sometimes daily) when I take care of my kid. He was playing a tube which holds the shuttle-cock, opened one end of the tube and inserted the shuttle-cocks in before replacing the cap. Turned the tube around and said "Mal open befront. Wow! Mal do magic". Then he poured the shuttle-cocks out and repeated the process.
That's your answer. Befront. Kinda makes sense if you consider that hind legs is the opposite of front legs, so be-front has to be the opposite of be-hind.
(NOTE: shuttle-cock is also known as birdie in these part of the world but it sounds like something else I won't mention it here since I want to keep this blog rated G)
Well I learn something new everyweek (sometimes daily) when I take care of my kid. He was playing a tube which holds the shuttle-cock, opened one end of the tube and inserted the shuttle-cocks in before replacing the cap. Turned the tube around and said "Mal open befront. Wow! Mal do magic". Then he poured the shuttle-cocks out and repeated the process.
That's your answer. Befront. Kinda makes sense if you consider that hind legs is the opposite of front legs, so be-front has to be the opposite of be-hind.
(NOTE: shuttle-cock is also known as birdie in these part of the world but it sounds like something else I won't mention it here since I want to keep this blog rated G)
Sunday, July 24, 2005
TV vs. Books
If you had a choice, would you choose TV over BOOKS or vice versa? Can't choose both since time is limited, especially when life revolves around a busy working career.
Personally, I'll go for books rather than plain old TV. With books, I can set the reading pace, perhaps even reread a funny passage and commit certain words to memory. With TV, they capture your attention and control the pace.
Just over the weekend, a friend showed me a book "The Science of Discworld II" and I remember a passage which has the words "THEOSTRY" printed. Discworld is still in telex era and it cost money to send every letter. The response a query was "to change the story" and shortened to 'THEOSTRY'. After a few minutes, I found the passage and showed it to my friend then said "Yep, read this book before".
Before books came to my life (actually before wife was pregnant), we had spent a lot of money and time watching movies (lovey dovey dating scenario, thank you GV and Eng Wah) and after the kid is born, I've been grounded at home. Books are the only resource available since watching TV is a bad habit to be doing in front of my kid. A definately no-no to be teaching a kid to be addicted to TV (or computers) at a young age.
That's why we read to our kid nightly. He's just as addicted to books as I am although 20 mins attention span cannot be called an addiction.
Personally, I'll go for books rather than plain old TV. With books, I can set the reading pace, perhaps even reread a funny passage and commit certain words to memory. With TV, they capture your attention and control the pace.
Just over the weekend, a friend showed me a book "The Science of Discworld II" and I remember a passage which has the words "THEOSTRY" printed. Discworld is still in telex era and it cost money to send every letter. The response a query was "to change the story" and shortened to 'THEOSTRY'. After a few minutes, I found the passage and showed it to my friend then said "Yep, read this book before".
Before books came to my life (actually before wife was pregnant), we had spent a lot of money and time watching movies (lovey dovey dating scenario, thank you GV and Eng Wah) and after the kid is born, I've been grounded at home. Books are the only resource available since watching TV is a bad habit to be doing in front of my kid. A definately no-no to be teaching a kid to be addicted to TV (or computers) at a young age.
That's why we read to our kid nightly. He's just as addicted to books as I am although 20 mins attention span cannot be called an addiction.
