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shopping

Today I went shopping! Mostly grocery, body products, and little trinkets. I wanna pack my own lunch to class again.

I bought Melrose's Brazil Nut and Linseed Oil spread, Dr. Organic's Pomegranate lip balm, and lavender soap from Holland and Barrett. Can you believe it? Organic shops are sprouting even in residential hoods like mine! This British company just opened six stores in Singapore...finally something else accessible to choose from aside bogus-natural Body Shop stuff :D

I also got a really pretty tunic and some glass and metal bangles from India, in Little India. Turns out I wasn't needed at Little India for some transcribing work, so I had the whole evening to myself. What a great way to wind down and get ready for classes again after spring break.

I also think that now what my mum says makes a lot of sense. There's not a lot of point in me using all this nice natural stuff if I don't get my sleeping hours right. Because my meal times get messed up, and my body can't rest well.

This week, I'm gonna make subs for lunch: Australian cheddar, cheap ham, lettuce, carrots, yellow tomatoes. I also stocked up on hazelnuts and Brazil nuts, yay!

I'll go to bed at midnight today.

蕭敬騰

蕭敬騰, March 13, at Singapore Indoor Stadium, anyone?

Second time I'm blogging about him, now. I still hold that he is the best Taiwanese singer now :D

ENFP

Hey I'm an ENFP! 25% Extraverted, 38% Intuitive 75% Feeling, 11% Sensing.

As an ENFP, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is internal, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system.

ENFPs are warm, enthusiastic people, typically very bright and full of potential. They live in the world of possibilities, and can become very passionate and excited about things. Their enthusiasm lends them the ability to inspire and motivate others, more so than we see in other types. They can talk their way in or out of anything. They love life, seeing it as a special gift, and strive to make the most out of it.

ENFPs have an unusually broad range of skills and talents. They are good at most things which interest them. Project-oriented, they may go through several different careers during their lifetime. To onlookers, the ENFP may seem directionless and without purpose, but ENFPs are actually quite consistent, in that they have a strong sense of values which they live with throughout their lives. Everything that they do must be in line with their values. An ENFP needs to feel that they are living their lives as their true Self, walking in step with what they believe is right. They see meaning in everything, and are on a continuous quest to adapt their lives and values to achieve inner peace. They're constantly aware and somewhat fearful of losing touch with themselves. Since emotional excitement is usually an important part of the ENFP's life, and because they are focused on keeping "centered", the ENFP is usually an intense individual, with highly evolved values.

An ENFP needs to focus on following through with their projects. This can be a problem area for some of these individuals. Unlike other Extraverted types, ENFPs need time alone to center themselves, and make sure they are moving in a direction which is in sync with their values. ENFPs who remain centered will usually be quite successful at their endeavors. Others may fall into the habit of dropping a project when they become excited about a new possibility, and thus they never achieve the great accomplishments which they are capable of achieving.

Most ENFPs have great people skills. They are genuinely warm and interested in people, and place great importance on their inter-personal relationships. ENFPs almost always have a strong need to be liked. Sometimes, especially at a younger age, an ENFP will tend to be "gushy" and insincere, and generally "overdo" in an effort to win acceptance. However, once an ENFP has learned to balance their need to be true to themselves with their need for acceptance, they excel at bringing out the best in others, and are typically well-liked. They have an exceptional ability to intuitively understand a person after a very short period of time, and use their intuition and flexibility to relate to others on their own level.

Because ENFPs live in the world of exciting possibilities, the details of everyday life are seen as trivial drudgery. They place no importance on detailed, maintenance-type tasks, and will frequently remain oblivous to these types of concerns. When they do have to perform these tasks, they do not enjoy themselves. This is a challenging area of life for most ENFPs, and can be frustrating for ENFP's family members.

An ENFP who has "gone wrong" may be quite manipulative - and very good it. The gift of gab which they are blessed with makes it naturally easy for them to get what they want. Most ENFPs will not abuse their abilities, because that would not jive with their value systems.

ENFPs sometimes make serious errors in judgment. They have an amazing ability to intuitively perceive the truth about a person or situation, but when they apply judgment to their perception, they may jump to the wrong conclusions.

ENFPs who have not learned to follow through may have a difficult time remaining happy in marital relationships. Always seeing the possibilities of what could be, they may become bored with what actually is. The strong sense of values will keep many ENFPs dedicated to their relationships. However, ENFPs like a little excitement in their lives, and are best matched with individuals who are comfortable with change and new experiences.

Having an ENFP parent can be a fun-filled experience, but may be stressful at times for children with strong Sensing or Judging tendancies. Such children may see the ENFP parent as inconsistent and difficult to understand, as the children are pulled along in the whirlwind life of the ENFP. Sometimes the ENFP will want to be their child's best friend, and at other times they will play the parental authoritarian. But ENFPs are always consistent in their value systems, which they will impress on their children above all else, along with a basic joy of living.

ENFPs are basically happy people. They may become unhappy when they are confined to strict schedules or mundane tasks. Consequently, ENFPs work best in situations where they have a lot of flexibility, and where they can work with people and ideas. Many go into business for themselves. They have the ability to be quite productive with little supervision, as long as they are excited about what they're doing.

Because they are so alert and sensitive, constantly scanning their environments, ENFPs often suffer from muscle tension. They have a strong need to be independent, and resist being controlled or labelled. They need to maintain control over themselves, but they do not believe in controlling others. Their dislike of dependence and suppression extends to others as well as to themselves.

ENFPs are charming, ingenuous, risk-taking, sensitive, people-oriented individuals with capabilities ranging across a broad spectrum. They have many gifts which they will use to fulfill themselves and those near them, if they are able to remain centered and master the ability of following through.

Jungian functional preference ordering for ENFP:
Dominant: Extraverted Intuition
Auxiliary: Introverted Feeling
Tertiary: Extraverted Thinking
Inferior: Introverted Sensing

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I think the description is very true, EXCEPT that the Self that I'm supposed to reconnect with is DEAD. On the contrary, self-preservation might be one of the concepts I am increasingly disliking because it stops me from following Jesus Christ in his radical and true form per Matthew 14:24. As a follower of Christ, I can proudly say that God helps me reconnect with him through the Holy Spirit, who bears witness to what Jesus has said and his very own nature.

It is purely by God's grace that he helps me interact and learn from people who are opposites in terms of their worldviews and the way they do things, like the detail-oriented people, or people who are highly organized.

Keirsey's behavior-based analysis of Idealists (ENFP is a subcategory) says that Idealists look to the spiritual as the gist of the life. They're very harsh on themselves when they violate their personal integrity and principles. Ok I guess that is me..

How do they know I get muscle tension??? Creepy...

a story behind every face

If Michael had not come into our lives it would have been extremely different. With all that being said, we have a different view of life now. We view everybody different than we did. We realized that there’s a need out there that we didn’t really know about. We were living in our own little cocoon. You tend to realize that there is a lot going on out there that you’re not aware of and it brought so much to light. Even relationship aspect-wise, it all brought us closer together. We had that common bond. We went through trenches that a lot of other families don’t go through.

We came out of this as a stronger family. I’m thankful. I also think that we are so much aware of all people now and feelings and their needs. You don’t know what the guy next to you has going on. He’s got mud on his shoes or a tattoo. We’re so quick to judge. We are so, so quick to judge. You don’t know the worth of that person or what they could contribute to society. We tend to put labels on people. There’s a lot of things that we’ve come through so much, I think, the better.

Leigh Ann Touhy on SheKnows.com

Muddy conscience

(the daryl sng blog)

I cannot accept that to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate. I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering. I shall never accept that the law can be used to justify tragedy, to keep things as they are, to make us abandon our ideas of a different world. Law is the path of liberty, and must as such open the way to progress for everyone.

Oscar Arias Sánchez

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
for the LORD will take up their case
and will plunder those who plunder them.

God

Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
If you say, "But we knew nothing about this,"
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?

God

God, I don't have a clear conscience about this. Thank you for forgiving me, and for purifying all unrighteousness in me. You demand perfection, and yet you say I am lying if I claim to be flawless as a follower of Jesus. Thank you for according me righteousness and goodness in your eyes because I believe that this was the purpose of you killing your Son for me. You also promised me that you will complete the process of refining me and it will take my whole life.

So...as wounded and bleeding as I am, I know you love me for eternity. I love you too, Jesus, for dying for me before I was born on the road for condemnation and eternal guilt and suffering.

Open Doors

Muslim world - helping raise the "shield of faith"

Believers like Daniel need our prayer and support.

Wherever Open Doors teams are at work, our efforts are focused on enabling Christians to stand strong… to hold fast to their “shield of faith” in the Lord Jesus… no matter what “days of evil” confront them.

For some, the opposition they encounter is extreme. Daniel, a secret believer from a highly restricted country in North Africa, is just one brother for whom your prayers have made such a difference. During his recent imprisonment, Daniel was beaten with a knotted rope, forced to lie in human excrement, and kept in solitary confinement in a tiny cell. “Please pray for endurance and perseverance for believers who are facing this persecution,” asks Daniel. “We need your prayer and support. Please be with us.”

Your prayers for believers like Daniel can help believers across the Muslim world to keep on raising the “shield of faith” in the year ahead.

From January Frontline Faith, Open Doors USA