Siegfrid, you are an Inspirational person

Siegfrid, your most unique quality is that you're unusually Inspirational.

You inspire others around you with your creative energy and thirst for new experiences. You are exceptionally curious and aren't afraid of learning new things — which is probably because you tend to focus on the potential positive outcome of any experience rather than dwelling on the potential negatives. You are a true explorer in the word. You want to understand and experience it all, and you're especially open to new feelings and ideas. Compared to others who are open, you are unusually flexible in your thinking. Only 6.5% of all test takers have this unique combination of personality strengths.

While this says a lot about you, there is much more to you than this. The 5-Factor IPIP Personality Test measures you on 30 unique personality traits, backed by over 70 years of personality research. This enables us to provide you with the most thorough, in-depth personality assessment available to you.

Taken from: http://web.tickle.com/tests/fivefactor/index.jsp

Siegfrid, you're an Indulgent Eater

You, more than others, truly gain satisfaction from eating. And because of this, you sometimes have difficulty slowing down or just saying no. You enjoy eating and what's great about that is you understand how to appreciate certain aspects of food that others do not. You see food as more than just a source of nutrition or energy. For you, dining, or just plain eating, can be a really enjoyable experience. On the downside, however, you might sometimes indulge too much in the satisfaction you get from eating.
Taken from: http://web.tickle.com/tests/eatingstyle/index.jsp

for the future

Angelus
The War of Sides

Bronx version of JSA's blog

Eating cereals at 12 in the "morning" wow what a breakfast!

This website which translated my blog into a more "homey" and "in da hood" one amused me after going through all the three bad trips a while ago. What a way to cap the day!

Then of course, there was also American Idol 4.

Special thanks to Julie's journal, which pulled today's letter grade from D to a C.

Sad day

1st Bad Trip: Early Ph103 Orals
First off, I woke up late because my biological clock is going haywire lately. I was supposed to sign up for Ph103 Orals at 1030am but arrived school at 11am. I was still on time because sign ups were 'til 12nn. But lo and behold, when I saw the sign up sheet, only slots for this coming Saturday (Feb 19) and Sunday (Feb 20) are available and the slots for Monday (Feb 21) to the Saturday after this (Feb 26) were already filled up.

2nd Bad Trip: Useless Th151 Bonus Quiz
The quiz was worth 20 points, which is to be divided into two quizzes (i.e. two 10-point quizzes). I got a 15 over 20, which means a perfect 10/10 and then a 5/10 when separated. There were 4 numbers in this quiz worth 5 points per number, and yes, I got 3 out of 4 numbers correct. But what really pisses me off is why the checker, whom I exchanged papers with, did not consider my answer in number 3 and marked it wrong, even if my answer is synonymous to that of the book. To add insult to injury, that was the same case in my answer to number 2, which even if the word "detrimental" (instead of "harmful") was used, he still considered and checked. So there, I wasn't able to cancel off my lowest quiz (7/10) because a 5/10 bonus quiz won't do much of a miracle. I wish I had exchanged papers with Ralph instead. At least he'd be more "humane" in considering that number. After that experience, I can safely say now that he (the checker) really needs to improve on his social skills, and I am sick and tired of defending him everytime someone tells bad things about him.

3rd Bad Trip: Celadon Re-accredited for only 2 years
Actually what makes me sad is the mere fact that all of the recommendations that were written in the re-accreditation results given by OSA were already clarified during the defense itself, and I find it odd for them saying that we failed to answer the simplest of all simple questions as "What is the organization's business?" As a matter of fact, I don't see the difference of this with the organization's VMO. I can go along and answer all the comments and all the "you-should-haves" but that deserves a separate post altogether. As a matter of fact, with both pride and humility, I believe that given all of Celadon's accomplishments and improvements for the school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, we should have been re-accredited for 3 years.

Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Today's Letter Grade: D

Equanimity

Wow I feel like updating my blog today! Hehe anyway everytime when I log in to My Yahoo!, I'm always provided with a Word of the Day, and here's today's word. For some weird reason, I feel that I'm going to use this word some time in the future, so I decided to put it here.


equanimity

DEFINITION: (noun) calmness of mind, especially under stress
EXAMPLE: Roosevelt had the gift of facing the great crises of his presidency (the Depression and the Second World War) with equanimity and even humor.
SYNONYMS: aplomb, composure, poise

Celadon Room Party

Just held three parties at the same time in the Celadon Room:
a. Celadon Victory Party (Celadon won Most Outstanding Org this year Group yeah!)
b. Celadon Room Farewell Party (hay thanks sobraaa for the memories!)
c. Incoming EB pakain party hehe (thanks for the Yellow Cab pizza! hehe)

Thanks to those who contributed to the party:
Outgoing EB (aka Cel-EBs) for the great barbeque
Incoming EB (I wonder what their nick will be) for the Yellow Cab pizzas
G-Unit for the ice, paper plates, plastic spoon, plastic fork, plastic cups, yummy cake
Daph/Terry for the wonderful ice cream
Mic/Jic for the handy-dandy cooler
Rod for the palabok, and
Fuzz for the scrumptious brownies!
Hehe thanks to Mama too for the carbonara! Ang dami niyang linuto whew pero ubos pa rin!

The Celadon Room was super congested a while ago but it was super fun! Hehe kung saan nga talaga ang libre, nandun lahat. Even Dr. Navarro, our Celadon moderator, was able to attend the party.

But after the party comes the worry. All the teachers are hurrying up with their lectures for our finals. I guess cramming seems to transcend all academic classes.

Last hurrah for Celadon though (i.e. Alumni Homecoming), and we're all off to Celadon Night.



Today's rating: 4.75 out of 5 canned Royals (thanks too to Coca-Cola, Incorporated for sponsoring our drinks!)

I'm balanced-brained

Taken from http://web.tickle.com/tests/brain/index.jsp

Siegfrid, you are Balanced-brained

That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.

When you need to explain a complicated process to someone, or plan a detailed vacation, the left hemisphere of your brain, which is responsible for your ability to solve problems logically, might kick in. But if you were critiquing an art opening or coming up with an original way to file papers, the right side of your brain, which is responsible for noticing subtle details in things, might take over.

While many people have clearly dominant left- or right-brained tendencies, you are able to draw on skills from both hemispheres of your brain. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.

The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways.

JSA: Harhar 8-D

Batch Reunion Today

Just had my high school batch reunion aka Yearbook Signing Dinner at Dencio's Annapolis today. A quite impressive lot went to the dinner and I am happy that the Dinner was an indication that our batch is united after all.

I want to organize a grand batch reunion some time, perhaps in two years or so. But for now, I have to find a job first hehe.

Today's Rating: 4 over 5 sisig (had Dencio's sisig for lunch and dinner today! Whew!)

**9 school days to go 'til I'm officially unemployed.

Election 2005 Results

Celadon Executive Board for SY2005-2006
(in boldface)

President

Mic-Mic Pineda 164 votes
Cheson Sy 208 votes
Abstain 24 votes
No vote 5 votes

Executive Vice-President
Bernice So 352 votes
Abstain 32 votes
No vote 17 votes

VP Communications and Publications
Ginnii Sua 355 votes
Abstain 39 votes
No vote 7 votes

AVP Communications and Publications
Justin Fung 341 votes
Abstain 49 votes
No vote 11 votes

VP Corporate and Financial Affairs
Winilyn So 342 votes
Abstain 47 votes
No vote 12 votes

AVP Corporate and Financial Affairs
Tenylle King 364 votes
Abstain 33 votes
No vote 4 votes

VP Cultural Affairs
Julie Chua 353 votes
Abstain 38 votes
No vote 10 votes

AVP Cultural Affairs
Vincent Chong 203 votes
Paulrich Tan 134 votes
Abstain 60 votes
No vote 4 votes

VP External Affairs
Joyce Tan 353 votes
Abstain 39 votes
No vote 9 votes

AVP External Affairs
Ted Chua 338 votes
Abstain 52 votes
No vote 11 votes

VP Human Resources
Joan Lim 142 votes
Daphne Uy 236 votes
Abstain 22 votes
No vote 1 vote

AVP Human Resources
Terry Ang 187 votes
Elaine Ong 183 votes
Abstain 30 votes

No vote 1 vote

And the wheel of fortune rolled again...

Yup, and now for the worse.

An all-time high from LS/COA Awards can most certainly lead to an all-time low during today's Oriental Splendor. If Celadon's life were a conic-section graph, this has to be it's absolute minimum.

Celadon Week was delayed today because the setting up of booths took forever. Plus, although we had contingency plans for the water (i.e. when it rains), we did not foresee the wind.

Actually, we were able to think of a way to prevent the tents from getting blown by the wind, and that is: "Kapit!"

Thankfully, my smart-ass managers (bless them) thought of a way to reinforce the tents by putting pegs on their corners. At least this kept the tents from going all "Marilyn Monroe" on us.

Set-up ended at 3pm. Celadon Week was eventually called off for today because there is only so much to do within one-and-a-half hours.

Tired, torn, and literally bruised (and lacerated) because my left index and middle fingers were chomped by the two folding sides of a folding table, I scanned the entire area of SEC Field, and noticed that a different kind of splendor stood there. Even if Celadon Week did not push through today, there is a certain inexplicable glory behind the empty tents and the ghost-town atmosphere, and from what I remember it's called teamwork and unity.

Guess it's not an all-time low after all... I hope all bodes well for the rest of Celadon Week though.


Today's rating: 1 out of 5 tents

I think I have a stalker

She just added me sa YM and friendster. Akala ko Celadonean kaya in-add ko. Ngayon nakikipag-YM sa akin and she really creeps me out.

Friendster Name: Ivay II
E-mail: aquangel_57@yahoo.com/aquangel_57@hotmail.com
Who she wants to meet (Friendster): anyone!! (hmm.. sounds like a stalker to me)

If you know who she is, or absolutely anything about her, I'd really appreciate it if you help me with my background check.


PS: I'm not into anime thank you very much, and Lizzie Maguire sucks.

Tired

Slept at about 6am today. Woke up at 830am. Feeling the whiplash of Senior year's dusk already.

Re-accreditation defense went well a while ago. They're asked about the "Ignatianism" of the org just because it got the lowest score in the YESSUR report conducted last time. Yeah, apparently an average of "3" is not good enough, even if 3 rates "Good" in the conversion weights. Nonetheless, I'm confident that I defended Celadon well and I hope all bodes well for the org. I hope I come across the number "3" again when I read the Results Letter they'll be giving out within two weeks.

Parco class was fine. I just have to dread her looming 2nd Long Test on Monday.

IMC class went well too. I had a WAC and I think I did pretty well.

Drove Enzo home.

Went home.

Ate a bit.

I'm tired.

Wrote this update. (Sleepy)

Will sleep for a while.

Will try to finish my assignments: Philo LT, LS127 paper, Mano Po things-to-do, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

Sleepy


Today's Rating: 2 out of 5 Z's

I love Celadon!

I'm so happy today.

Celadon bagged the COA Awards' Most Outstanding Organization, and I was awarded as Most Outstanding Leader (really honored, and really happy!)

Celadon also ended up as a finalist in the LS Awards for Service and Excellence as Most Outstanding Student Group, plus 4 other Project Distinctions: Aling Lahi and Gratia 2004 as finalists for LS Awards' Most Outstanding Project, as well as Chinoy and Gratia 2004 as finalists for COA Awards' Best Project. (**Darn, if I could just place that YM Emoticon that yells "Oh Yeah!" here!**)

Had a great dinner too: Great food coupled with great company on a starlit SEC Field, wow.

Tonight was also a milestone for my HS batch - we had our first batch YM Conference! Hehe although only about 20% of the batch were in the conference, it still evoked a spirit of unity in the batch, kahit medyo watak-watak kami hehe. I think this conference is a start for our batch to get more united. Really excited to see them again on Feb 12 for our reunion.

Tonights rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Online Dictionaries

Found these cool online dictionaries while researching for Mkt104 paper:

Online Slang Dictionary

Online Etymology Dictionary