Simple Life

21 June 2007

The Five Factor Personality Test

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:

You have high extroversion.
You are outgoing and engaging, with both strangers and friends.
You truly enjoy being with people and bring energy into any situation.
Enthusiastic and fun, you're the first to say "let's go!"

Conscientiousness:

You have high conscientiousness.
Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life.
Most things in your life are organized and planned well.
But you borderline on being a total perfectionist.

Agreeableness:

You have high agreeableness.
You are easy to get along with, and you value harmony highly.
Helpful and generous, you are willing to compromise with almost anyone.
You give people the benefit of the doubt and don't mind giving someone a second chance.

Neuroticism:

You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.

Openness to experience:

Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything.

Feel Pampered

It was just yesterday that I made a remark in passing that I want to eat curry fish head, in front of my lao gong & my mother in law.

To my sweet and pleasant surprise, I just discovered that my mother in law is cooking the dish tonight, for dinner.

As an icing to the cake, just when I was scanning through the fridge as I reached home from my work place, I saw freshly sliced soursop fruit waving to me, calling out to me to eat it. Yummy.
Yes, my mother in law was the one who bought it.

I was also thinking about this particular fruit recently, on top of many many others that I am hungry for.

Surprised that my mother in law somehow knows what I am craving to eat, felt blessed that she went all the way to fulfil my greedy appetite, contented that life is indeed good to me.

Living with in-laws can be a very pleasant experience afterall.

受宠若惊。I am so blessed.

19 June 2007

Europe Trip Part 1

Just touched down in Singapore this morning, and I am down with sore throat and flu, perfect timing.

Glad I will report to work only on Thursday. Will still have another day of rest tomorrow even though I am supposed to make a trip to the gynae in the afternoon.

Managed to unpack a bit so that the chocolates and gifts for colleagues, neighbours and families are correctly distributed and packed.

Not yet downloaded the pictures taken, not yet pen down my reflections about this trip...

Will save it for part 2, 3 and so on...

Now I will go indulge myself in hawker fare which I missed...

Glad I am back here in Singapore. Thought I loved visiting Switzerland and Paris a whole lot, but home is still where the heart and stomach are. Famished.

Because Bee Ger Said So...

As of 19th June 2007, the title of this blog has been officially changed to Simple Life, because Bee Ger asked me to.

Good suggestion but no monetery reward. Wahaha.
: P

Bee Ger - A little gal with a BIG voice. Yes, I heard you.

07 June 2007

"P" Lesson #1

I have found that if you have gain some fat at your top, do not go and buy bigger inner beauty immediately.

In the market, there is already an alternative. Something simple called the bra extension will provides you a money saving option.

Besides, as one figure is likely to continue "ballooning" over the months to come, buying new bras might become too frequent an affair if you are ill-informed. So why not wait a while and use this simple mechanism that serves the same purpose with a smaller trade-off?

Buy only when you need.

03 June 2007

Choice of Words

老公 was taking a nap.

I waked him up to get some attention. He was not angry that I disturbed his sleep and asked if I am done with my work I set out to accomplish this weekend. He is always so disciplined whereas I am the lazy bum. I replied no and explained I was happily blogging away earlier.

"Wa... Wouldn't there be a large time lag in between your postings then?" he asked.

I stated, matter of factly that, "Inconsistent. This is just, so me." I smiled as I laughed at myself.

As usual, he said the last words, "Unpredictable, you mean."

The Journey Has Began

I will never be the same again.
There is a change happening within me.

Just when life cannot stop getting busier, I will have to cope with more changes that are bound to follow, one after another.

Am I ready?
I guess so. No turning back, that's for sure. It has been five years and it's about time.

Hope my longhaul trip abroad next week will proceed smoothly as planned. 老公 assured that we need not mind about wasting the money paid for this trip in the event that I have to stay rooted. We can forfeit the trip. Bad planning, I concluded. But things rarely go as planned. 老天爷,你最爱整我!

Seeing my colleague "suffering" at work doesn't help. She felt so sick that she could not make a trip to the cafeteria to have her lunch, I made the trip to pack it back for her. No, she doesn't know I am with her on this journey. I am glad that I could still run around, though I feel more easily exhausted nowadays. Let's just hope that it will stay this way.

*cross my fingers*

05 May 2007

HIATUS

But I will be back!
Soon?