Extroverts-Intutitive-Feelers-Judgers (ENFJ)

I took a personality test online which consisted of 68 questions with two choices each. It took me about 30 minutes to finish it and it took a great deal of thinking. This is what I found out about myself.

ENFJ: "Pedagogue". Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others be the best that they can be. 5% of the total population.

The ENFJs optimistic outlook toward social relationships is a burden to them at times. When external conflicts affect a group, the ENFJ is likely to assume responsibility. Their ability to empathize then turns into a liability. ENFJs, when over-identifying with the pain of others, will loose sight of their own concerns and interests. Their idealism can also be the cause of some distress when their assumptions are unable to weather the winds of reality. Fantasized relationships rarely translate into reality and even the best charismatic leader encounters unexpected resistance.

Like all NFs, ENFJs will disassociate themselves from stressful situations in an effort to protect their sense of well-being and togetherness. The ENFJ, however, will repress the unpleasant side of life only to have to face it later in an intensified form when it explodes from its hiding place. It can manifest itself as fits of anger, sudden outbursts, or emotional explosions. Often the ENFJ's body will reflect pent-up stress by manifesting various physical symptoms that will erupt unexpectedly.

Careers This lists represent careers and jobs people of your type tend to enjoy doing. The job requirements are similar to the personality tendencies of your personality type. It is important to remember that this is not a list of all the jobs possible. And it is very important to remember that people can, and frequently do, fill jobs that are dissimilar to their personality... this happens all the time...and sometimes works out quite well.

entertainer recruiter artist newscaster writer/journalist recreation director librarian facilitator politician psychologist housing director career counselor sales trainer travel agent program designer corporate/team trainer child welfare worker social worker (elderly...services) interpreter/translator occupational therapist executive: small business alcohol/drug counselor sales manager

Well I guess the personality test is correct in some aspects. I don't totally agree with some of them. But what I agree on is that I could be any of the following: entertainer, artists, writer/journalist, librarian, interpreter/translator. Actually, I am any of the following.

So if you want to take the personality test and see what your personality is, you can click on the link below;

TAKE THE PERSONALITY TEST

And Another One Leaves Us . . .

Getting a loyal housekeeper is getting difficult these days. We've already had several housekeepers in the previous years but noone has stayed as long as Eden Porlayagan.

Maybe I will start my story with her. Eden Porlayagan stayed with us from 2000 until 2006. She left us because she had a dream to work abroad. We let her go because we didn't want to be the ones to hold her back.

Lyn was supposed to be Ken's babysitter. She came in January but she left when Eden left. Actually, she escaped. She left without saying goodbye and what's worse, she brought some of my stuff with her.

Christine and Jessane Orbeta came to our house in the same year, but Christine only lasted a few months and she left Jessane behind. Jessane stayed until 2009. She wouldn't have left if she didn't get herself pregnant.

Renato John Cabahug came in 2008 and stayed until 2010. He wouldn't have left if he wasn't so stupid.

Eva Acot came because of Junrey Amas. She came on January 2011 and stayed for only 5 months. Eva Acot said that she didn't want to leave, but because of her health conditions, she said that working in our house doesn't make her perspire. She needs to perspire a lot because she has high blood sugar. She said that the reason why she is leaving is because housework is too easy for her.

Regie Dorado is Val's mom. She lasted for 3 days. She didn't want to leave too. Except that she had severe stomach ulcer so she couldn't work efficiently. She decided to leave us and said that she would go to the doctor first to be treated. She says that when she has fully recovered, she will come back.

Len Gapul stayed for 8 days. Again, she doesn't want to leave too. Unfortunately, she was 3 months pregnant. Her live-in partner came to our house to get her, and because we feel threatened by Sito, we let her go.

Is it just us or they're really not meant for us. Whatever the reason is, I trust that God would give us another helper. Soon.

Rockabye Baby Lullaby Renditions

I was browsing through a parenting magazine when I saw this feature on rock songs that were made into lullaby renditions for babies. I got really curious because the collection included artists like Nirvana, Coldplay and Metallica. The renditions were supposed to be substitutes for Mozart.

Out of curiosity, I listened to some of the tracks on their online store and true enough, they were lullaby renditions that can help one sleep. However, I think it has a hypnotic feel to it, so I am uncomfortable to let my child listen to it. He might not grow up to be a musical genius, but a drug addicted rocker. No thanks.

Secret Smile

My son Roswell seems to know a lot of secrets. It's a mystery to me, why he always smiles unexpectedly. Superstitious persons believe that when a baby smiles, an angel is probably playing with him. Only the baby knows the real answer to that. Angel or no angel, my baby has a secret. And I would love to know the reason for his secret smile. Whatever that is.

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Best Speech Therapist

My son Ken suffers from speech delay. At the age of five, he speaks like a three year old. He had a speech therapist once, and they only practiced speaking about once a week. It was an expensive therapy, and I didn't notice any great change in my son's speech patterns. My mother seems to have taken the responsibility to train Ken. She speaks to him everyday, and she lets him repeat everything that she is saying. So far, Ken now knows a lot of new words. It really takes patience to teach someone like my son. I'm glad that my mom loves him so much that she gives him a lot of time.i hope that when he turns six or seven, Ken would be able to catch up with kids his age. And if he does, I am forever indebted to my mom.

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Optimus Prime and the Octopus Crime

My husband is such a great fan of Transformers and he has a great influence on my child Ken. So naturally, my son is now inclined to have the same interest as my husband. Both of them like robots which is a good thing because they have something in common and they can bond easily. It is also a bad thing because it is quite an expensive hobby. A few days before my husband's birthday, I bought him a leader class Star Scream. When he opened his gift, he was so happy, I thought I was looking at an eight year old boy. My five year old son screamed in delight and wanted to have the robot for himself. On my husband's birthday, I gave him money so he could buy another robot that would accompany Star Scream. He bought a leader class Optimus Prime. My son really loved it, even more than he liked Star Scream. He pleaded to me and he said that he would also like to have his own "Octopus Crime". He kept on pleading and pleading . . . So because of my son's persistence and annoying please, we actually gave in. It's our 6th year anniversary, so my husband and I decided to make our little boy happy. We did not buy him an Octopus Crime like he wished. We bought him a Mech Tech Bumblebee. Ken was very very happy. Although I know that sooner or later he would accidentally destroy the toy, what's important is that we have given him joy. We love hime very much, and I guess that giving in to some of his requests is not a crime, even if he asks us for an octopus!

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Severus Snape, The Boy Who Loved

I watched the final installment of the Harry Potter series today, and I am a bit sad because it was already the end. I have read all the Harry Potter books, but somehow, watching it on the big screen has given it a new meaning for me. I didn't quite get Severus when I read the book. But the movie changed all that. Maybe Adam Rickman is just a great actor, or the movie has made me visualize Snape's true character better. Either way, Snape is someone everyone would hate to love and love to hate. He is and will always be remembered as The Boy Who Loved.

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And The Winner Is . . .

Last June 20, I joined a contest in Twitter. It was a spur of the moment thing and I did it because I believed that something good might happen to me after a very unlucky day. You see, my husband and I lost a very important package that day, and we were very sad. Late that night, I saw that Tim Yap was giving away a Dell Inspiron Laptop.

I joined for the heck of it, not expecting to win. I posted my picture and hashtagged YAP4GRABS. Apparently, many followers of Tim Yap submitted their pictures too, so that meant that I had a lot of competition.

The next day, I received a notification in my email that Tim Yap "favorited" one of my tweets. I checked Tim Yap's twitter page and tried to see which other entries did he like.

Alexis Mendoza's and Geci dela Cruz's entries were also the ones he tagged as his favorites. I checked out their entries and I knew that we were potential winners. They did a good job with their pictures also. Honestly, I felt insecure with their entries because they also exerted extra effort in making their photo collage.

On the same day, Tim had additional instructions for his Dell Inspiron Contest, so all of us had to resend our entries and tag @officialdellph and hashtag Official Dell Philippines.

Tim Yap initially said that he would announce the winner on June 28, and so I waited. I kept on checking Tim's page to see who else did he tag as his favorite, but time passed, and still there were just the three of us. I told my dad about this, and he said that I had a 33.33% chance of winning. Tim didn't announce the winner on the day he said he would. At first I was disappointed but I know that patience is a virtue. I waited. Alexis waited. Geci waited. We all waited for the announcement until today . . .

I had a very busy day today, decluttering my closet and throwing away stuff that has accumulated for 10 years. I was so busy I didn't feel like opening the computer. I was able to check my phone only after lunch time and I was surprised that I had several mentions on Twitter. When I saw that, my heart started to beat fast with anticipation. Who would mention me? I only have 39 followers. And then I saw the message . . . Tim congratulated me for winning the Dell Inspiron! Several other people whom I didn't know mentioned me also and congratulated me. That's when I started screaming that I won. I won!

My husband thought that I was joking. So he turned on the computer and checked my Twitter account for verification. And then he believed! Oh it's such a wonderful day. I have never won something as expensive as this in my entire life. This is a day that I won't forget. Thanks to Twitter, Tim Yap and Dell Philippines. Truly, this is a dear diary moment for me.

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Blogging Via Android

This is a whole new experience for me. It is my first time to write a blog via Android. Honestly, it feels weird because I feel that whatever i'm going to write would only be limited to a 160 characters. No, this is definitely better than texting. I am actually blogging using my cellphone! Oh the wonders of technology! Now I can post my thoughts anywhere, anytime, as long as there's wi-fi or mobile load. How convenient!

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Relic #1: Mona Lisa Smile

When I was in college, back in 1994, I had this Chemistry lab teacher named EJ. He is so talented and I admire him so much. I saw this on his table inside the faculty room. I wanted to have a copy of it too, and he gave me one. So, what's so special about this Mona Lisa? Well, when you look at it closely, you would see that it's made out of letters. It's actually amazing for me. It's like a digital "cross stitch" of Mona Lisa, and I know only one person who has the patience to do this, and that would be Eric John, all for the sake of art.

I believe that among all of his students, only two of us got a copy of this. He imprinted my name on the copy that he gave me.

For more than 10 years it has been inside my closet, and seeing this again brings back old memories. I decided to keep this "relic." It's too precious for me to let go of it. Anyway, it would only take up so little space so it's ok to keep it. Maybe when I could get rid of the others. . . maybe.

Relics (Decluttering My Closet)

This is my project for the month. By the end of July, I should have fixed my old room and I should have thrown away all that is unnecessary. But it's hard to declutter the closet if everything has sentimental value. So, in order to solve that, I decided to make a photoblog of the "relics" that I will eventually let go of. With this, I have the memories preserved online, and I would have more closet space. Bright idea huh? Well, good luck to me!

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