Your Major and Minor Personality Types
Your major personality type = Explorer
Your minor personality type = Director
E-Explorer - 32% N-Negotiator - 18%
B-Builder - 24% D-Director - 25%
You are a skywalker. You love adventure, both intellectual and physical. And you greet new challenges with passion and bravery.
When you get interested in a project, you can become extremely focused on it, sometimes to the exclusion of all around you. You complete it carefully and thoroughly, often with great originality.
And because you have a lot of energy and tend to be enthusiastic about your ideas, inventions, and projects, you can be very persuasive.
You tend to like to collect things, experiences or ideas. And you are eager to make an impact on those around you, as well as the wider world.
Although you enjoy people and can be charming and humorous, you are not very interested in routine social engagements or boring people. You are comfortable being by yourself, pursuing your own interests.
People probably call you a non-conformist, an original. You like to have good conversations on important topics. People tend to admire you for your innovativeness. You make an exciting, though at times distant, companion.
How your personality breaks out
Characteristics of all four personality types can be found within each of us, but there is almost always one personality type that is dominant. We call this the major personality type.
The Personality Profile also identifies your minor or secondary personality type. You exhibit some aspects of this personality type, though not to the same degree as with your major type.
Builder, 24%: Usually very popular. Deep attachment to home and family. Calm demeanor and low anxiety. Often consistent, loyal and protective.
Explorer, 32%: Known for high energy, high creativity and spontaneity. Seeks novelty, risk and pleasure. Intellectually curious and not easily swayed by opinion.
Negotiator, 18%: Excels at seeing the big picture, long-term planning and consensus building. An intuitive thinker who is flexible, verbal and socially skilled. Imaginative, empathetic and nurturing.
Director, 25%: Daring, original, direct and inventive. A non-conformist. Skilled at abstract thinking and short-term planning. Often assertive and quite competitive. Tough-minded and efficient.
I'm an EXPLORER / director
*~ i love mooncakes ~*
Every year when it nears mid-autumn, i will start having cravings for mooncakes!! could be due to seeing alot of promotions.. or it could be just a psychological thing?
The packaging is one thing that keeps improving every year to entise people to buy them whether as gifts or for themselves.
Used to love snow skin mooncakes when i was young cos they are nice and cold when you bring it out of the fridge. But now that im getting older, the traditional ones (also the unhealthier one) becomes more appealing. And something that cannot be missing is the yolk!! *tasty!~*
*~ Woke up from a little dream ~*
I finally woke up from a silly dream i created for myself yesterday (Friday 12th Sept). Although I was filled with disappointment, unwilling to wake up... but now that the truth has hit me, i think it's also better this way. :)
Friday was still a good day~ left office to do run some errands for the shop.. also walked through Dhoby Ghaut Exchange for the 2nd time.
Got myself a Pudding Milk Tea ($2.90), something Phia had when we were at Shenzhen, China in January. Super nice and left me a slight craving for the past 9 mths... They only sell 10 cups a day probably cos of the limitation of pudding manufacturing, and I got the last one! :D
Was tempted and decided to try out the $10 Traditional Thai Massage. I seriously think its a good business idea but maybe the location isn't perfect. If it was in IBP, i might visit it at lunchtime pretty often. $10 for a 20 min Shoulder and Back massage. The guy was pretty good until he tried to convince me to take up a 5 session package for $50 where I get 1 free session. Its not a bad deal except i probably won't travel all the way from Jurong to Dhoby Ghaut for a 20 min back massage... :P
Had Hawaiian Pork Chops at Cartel at PS which were really good! Tender and reminded me of the homemade porkchops mom used to make when we were young. They ran out of cakes at 9+ cos of the 50% discount after 9pm, so i settled for some brownies instead.
Still got some stuff to blog but its bed time now. 11pm to 2am is the best time to rejuvenate~ :D
*~ Botan ~* @ Far East Square
Spent my 9-11 having some relatively authentic Nihon ryoori at a Japanese restaurant. Didn't get a photo of the cook whom i'm speculating to be Japanese although the waitresses were chinese... :P
The food was pretty good.. but the portion was too huge though.. couldn't keep up to the polite Japanese culture of finishing every bit of my food... :(
*~ 090908 ~*
a super long and tiring weekend.. Shop@Summer rented a stall at Island Resort Bazaar @ East Coast Park on Saturday 6th September. Had to give tuition ALL DAY on sunday from morning till night cos i had to reschedule the saturday class with my dear cousins to sunday as well. :P
Bazaar was ok, we did much better that the past 2 we had last yr. Perhaps it's cos we have better items too? Just look at how much we had to sell!! And that's not even all, we didn't have enough hangers for the clothes and space for the bags.
Hmm~ Took a day off from work today, did my physiotherapy in the morning.. went with mom to develop some photos then headed for lunch.. went to see a chinese physician to get yet another opinion of the back and shoulder and neck aches i've been getting on top of the yet to recover wrist injury. Each time I see another chinese physician i get better news that i'm in GREAT health!
The doctor couldn't pinpoint why i was having so much pains when my health is in great condition. She attributed my problems to: 1. The wrist surgery 2. Sleep difficulty 3. Stress!! Hmm... i told her i never found working stressful.. in fact quite enjoyable. Despite sometimes feeling a little down.. but not stressful?? Anyway mom and doctor are so certain that i'm stressed but not realising it. So i will take it easy.
Got some medicines to improve my sleep, also to just regenerate. Good stuff~ and advice to SWIM. Ok.. will start swimming again~ :P
I've finally back dated on EricO's bday, Daddy's bday.. wanted to type out my Japanese Oral passage but i haven't installed the language program since formatting the comp. ;)
I'm still a little disappointed though because a friend had not kept his promise again. Where's my photo??? But stubborn as I am, i will continue to wait~ ;)
*~ The one where we "celebrated" .... ~*
... Erico's last day at Borland...
... and we got a cake to "celebrate" although we were really sad to let him go.. :P
Also a day where we finally "awarded" Cindy...
and Michelle...
their birthday presents. :D
Then we had a horrible cab ride experience to Plaza Singapura.. We were all car sick by the time we got to town.. and the cabbie throughout the journey was still praising himself for being such a GREAT driver and how LUCKY we were to get on his cab despite the horrible peak hour traffic.. OMG!!! I headed straight to the ladies after getting down.. :(
Luckily, i was still able to have some GOOD food at MFM (Manhattan Fish Market) !
*~ Happy Birthday Cindy! ~*
A good lunch at Hoshi Restaurant, a Japanese restaurant in IMM then Eric and I sneaked off to get a cake. Mango cake because eric says he only eats mango cake.. but that made it a lot easier to cook a nice one too :)
*~ a little sad today ~*
cherrie's feeling a little down today.. perhaps a little more than a little.. :P maybe been thinking and worrying about too many things. *big sigh*
but at least some bad air has been cleared, lets home the air stays clear though..
maybe its time to take a break but my holiday is planned at the end of Dec!! should really do a weekend getaway soon once my students' exams and o'levels end.. which is end of oct.. *hanging in there*
also shifted cubicle today to where Raina C used to sit. Will my fengshui improve? :P
Phia also had some bad news to share with me.. hmm what to do as a sister, i don't even know what kind of advice to give now. She has to learn to decide for herself what she wants in the end. *sigh*
there's still many posts to backdate but lets do that when i feel better.. :)
I passed my Jap Exam!
Had my exam on 20th Aug~ Took a day off on 19th to cram all the empty pages from the new Inoue textbook i got when i transferred from JCS. Had only made it for the last 4 lessons out of 14.
Called up the school this morning after being reminded by Siang when chatting about my japanese lessons. :P
Exam results
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Oral - 100/100
Listening - 69/100
Written - 76/100
Not bad right?? at least i passed all. At Inoue, if you fail any section you have to retake the exam for that section. Why oral was so good when i keep complaining i can't communicate? hmm thats cos i spent the 19th preparing a nice writeup to talk about Singapore. ;) Cleverly (to me at least) added in a few spices that i was sure my teacher would laugh at. Yay!!~ *Success*
*~ Happy Birthday Daddy! ~*
Dad turns 61 this year on 20-08-2008. Being a special date and once in a lifetime (also to make up for not having a big party when he turned 60 last year) we threw one BIG one this year. :)
Alot of thought was put into the food list; had to make sure kids will love it just as the adults will. Cos Dad is born in the year of the Pig so we got a cutesy cake for that. And Phia also ordered some pretty cupcakes (the new in thing) to liven up the party.
We were too busy that day to take nice photos but Dad was really happy because it had been some time since there was a BIG family gathering like that. Bigger than our Chinese New Year reunion dinner!
Looking forward to my cousin's wedding in Dec. ;) 2008 is a good year, lots of celebrations! heee~
*~ Eric's Bday @ Fish&Co! ~*
After a good experience celebrating Qinyu's bday at Fish & Co last year, we decided to bring EricO there for another round of fun. :) I love it that the staff are always so spontaneous! We buy the cake, the light it up, bring it out and do a Fish&Co birthday cheer~
Happy Birthday to Eric!~
*~ Happy 43rd Bday Singapore! ~*
Decided it was going to be a stay home National Day this year. :)
Caught the ever-mesmerizing fireworks display on TV, the best part of every NDP~
Although I wasn't there but i'm gonna find some nice photos online. Did anyone notice those cute fireworks that exploded with a letter 'S' in the middle?? Was asking my mom why there were fireworks with '?'s, then realised later they were letter 'S'!! haha! So cute!!!
*~ Happy Belated Birthday WuFang! ~*
This was a festive week, or rather it's also going to be a festive month. Lots of August babies in office especially in my team. Including my ex-"neighbour" Wu Fang, plus Alan, Abbas and Michael, that makes 4 bdays in a week!
It had been ages since we last met wuff. The last time was a farewell dinner for Sri some time in April. Miss having someone to chat with about shares in the morning, and telling me about all the new things her baby had learnt to do... :)
Fortunately, I was able to join Cindy and Ani to meet wuff for dinner at Cartel@IMM.
Ended up being a treat from my dear neighbour too.. *"* thank you!! :D
Also a very special day because its 08-08-08! Also a significant day for the world because it was the opening day of the Olympics in Beijing.
Our wonderful dinner with salad, appetizers, main courses and DESSERT!
Many thanks to the shy waiter with shakey hands (maybe cos he felt embarassed) for helping us with the photo. :)
We sat there and chatted till 10.30pm when wuff said she had to go home. ;( Its always great to catch up, except we had so much to grumble about. hehee~ I miss my neighbour!!
*~ YaKiYaKiBo! ~*
It has been ages since i last went to Jurong Point. Cindy, Michelle and I had decided to finally catch Red Cliff on a thursday after work. But it was still so popular and hard to get tickets in town, we settled for the GV at Jurong Point finally. :)
As usual Japanese food is always great for Cindy and me :D and to my wonderful surprise, the basement has changed! The chain of Japanese restaurants linked to Ichiban Sushi has this little Japanese food street in Jurong Point. 
Reminded me a little of Japan. :) except this was inside a mall. But still felt a bit of nolstagia.
It was a long wait even though it was a Thursday evening. While queuing outside Yakiyakibo, we got Chris to help us take some photos.
This was really unique. The chawanmushi was made in a little onion "bowl", so the essence of the onion was also in the steamed egg. Although the portion was tiny, but it tasted great! mmm~~
Anyways, we saw Red Cliff after that. Oooo loved the movie! Now i'm so curious about the history of the 3 Kingdoms.. any good English book to recommend?? :D
*~ I love Fridays! ~*
24th July 2008 (Thursday)
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Went for my 2nd therapy session. Got to the hospital 3 min past 4pm. Went to look for Mr Ho at room 11 and i found the room dark! Got a shock, checked with the counter lady and she told me to check with room 9. Rushed to room 9, asked the nurse and found that Mr Ho had left at 1pm because he wasn't feeling well. >_< Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy.
Since the first waiting area was for Physiotherapy, i went straight to the nurse for help. And we had a whole "small argument" about how i had to go back to the clinic, get a form like the one she was holding, then make another appt. No! I didn't want to make another appt, i was already there after rushing there from office by cab! So finally she suggested for me to go to Occupational Therapy and see if they could help me.. *duh*
Went to Occupational Therapy and told them my story and to my relief, Mr Ho had already informed them that i would be there. I was so disappointed at how "helpful" the previous nurses had been, but i was so relieved Mr Ho had not forgotten abt me and my poor hand.
Did a new "wax therapy" this time, where i dip my hand in hot wax (sounds kinky?) 10 times to make myself a 'wax glove' the funny uncle calls it. But my "glove" tore.. so i couldn't have it.
Progress? Hmm now i can bend my hand forwards 24 degrees (out of 90 degrees) and backwards 64 degrees (also out of 90 degrees). The target is to hit 40 deg by next week, and then 60. Subsequently, 60 to 90 will be slow.. so this window is really crucial for me.. *wish me luck*
25th July 2008 (Friday)
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Although my silly wish did not come true today, but it was still a great day. Didn't accomplish much work but somehow there was alot to wrap up and loose ends to tie up.. got a little hectic nevertheless. But i had woken up feeling really happy because i had managed to sleep the night before. Well, although the tummy is still hurting (you can't expect it to be OK just with a snap of your fingers..) i already started to have cravings for food!!
Lunch was at AJISEN, where we had ramen and some cool side dishes - white fish, fried tofu, meat balls and california maki! That's alot of food!! But this special lunch set which comes with a ramen, a side dish and a drink costs only $10.90++.
Staying back a little late in office as usual, Chris, Ani, Soo yean, Michelle and me went some of our favourite "ICHIBAN SUSHI". Menu has changed since i last went there, price of sushi also went up from $1.90 to $2.10. But it's still really good sushi and value for money i have to admit, especially because of the variety.
Now i'm suffering from my own overeating.. heee~ but its still cool :D~
*~ EQC Offsite 18th July 2008 @ ECP ~*
My first EQC event i participated as a player. :P Since joining in 2006, i've always helped out as an organiser. So despite being "partially handicapped" i really wanted to PLAY!! *hurray!*
So after half a day of work, it was time to have some fun! On top of the few cars by some of the pple, we also booked to maxi-cabs :P
Lunch was served! already starving since it was an hour or more past lunch :P But food was great! Some indian curries and naan, Sarpino's pizza, and ikan billis fried rice from the hawker center. And some seedless grapes!
After lunch was time for some games! Some of us were too excited and started off with some charades (our favourite since the last offsite) which we play using our Pictionary cards.
The actual games started when the most popular guy that day, Thow Wee who was also the GamesMaster explained the rules to the first "Yes" or "No" game. Again using our pictionary cards, the idea is for the group to ask questions to the team member who has read the word on the card. This team member is only allowed to answer "Yes" or "No". Within a min, if the team gets the answer, they are awarded 2 points. Else it's opened to the other groups to make one wild guess for a bonus 2 points!
Next up on the list was a game called "Minefield". A game that was planned for last yr's offsite but we never had enough time to play it. In blindfolds, and with the help of team members, we were supposed to pick up all the treasures without coming into contact with the mines. Subsequently, we had to display our knowledge of borland at the Borland Quiz. (hmm.. and those were familiar questions again.. which zana and i came up with last yr. Unfortunately, i didn't remember the answers! HAH! :P)
We love eating so it was time for tea! Specially catered from Delifrance. Cool stuff!
And there is always time to fool around and push each other onto the ground for photos. :P
Last 2 games were to get us all in blindfolds and to stop us from making anymore noises so our GameMaster Thow Wee and Assistant Cindy could have some peace. :)
Mostly the puzzles were to arrange ourselves in some kind of order. And we know who cheated!!
The moment we've all been waiting for.. *Prize Giving!!* And guess who won!
Isn't it strange to visit a beach but not get wet? Someone had to sacrifice, so we sacrificed Ganesh. And he dragged Krishna with him.. poor Krishna's handphone was damaged cos of this.. *shakes head* heee~
A wonderful team building session. We got to see a different side of everyone, getting to also bond more quickly with the new guys in the office. :) Great!! it was just GREAT! :D