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Myers-Briggs Fun

From the personality DNA test to the Jung typology test, the topic of personality tests has been rather popular on Canaan blogs lately. Seeing such fervor of self-examination, I will not resist joining the bandwagon--I decided to retake the Myers-Briggs Carl Jung typology test.

This endeavor was partly inspired by a conversation I had with Bob and Maria in Subway last Saturday, when we were buying dinner prior to our trip down to John's graduation party. Somehow, the topic of the Jung typology test surfaced, and both Bob and Maria said that I was an F. Confused, I tried to remember what results I got when I last took that test, and I vaguely recalled that I was an INTJ, which contains a T, not an F. Determined to resolve this mystery, I retook the Myers-Briggs Jung typology test.

Behold the results:


So there it is. With the exception of the I, all the other letters turned out to be the opposite of what I remembered I was the last time I took the test. Rather strange. I'm not sure if this discrepancy means that my personality has changed in the last three years, that I simply could not make up my mind about my personality, that I don't really know myself that well, or that these personality tests lack accuracy. That last reason seems a bit compelling, as the two personality tests I've taken in the past month appear to spell out opposite traits. See my previous post for reference. Here are a few examples of how these two tests contradict each other:

personal DNA test:
Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.

Myers-Briggs:
ISFPs have no desire to lead or control others . . .

personal DNA test:
One of the reasons you enjoy conversation as much as you do is that you often learn about yourself while talking things out with a friend; you realize things about your own beliefs while discussing them with others.

Myers-Briggs:
ISFPs tend to be quiet and reserved, and difficult to get to know well.

Despite these differences, there are many similarities as well, and I won't elaborate here. One thing that does strike me is that the two Jung test results do reflect two different sides of me. INTJs are known as scientists, and ISFPs artists. It's interesting to note that my two college majors are Computer Science and Music. These tests do tell truths after all.

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Safe . . .

Last night, I was driving rapidly from Stanford to Karen's, trying to catch an episode of 24 on her HDTV after chorus rehearsal, as usual. When I drove off Oregon Expy and onto the 101 onramp, I forgot that there was a small merge with another onramp before the final merge onto the 101. Going past that small merge at full speed, I suddenly heard a series of car horn noise ringing in my left ear. Suddenly, a car zipped past me on the left, and had I not heard the horns and shifted to the right, my car would have collided with it. At the speed I was going, who knows what would have happened if the collision had taken place.

I'm thankful that the person in the other car had the foresight to sound the horn to warn me and that the accident was averted. I often pray for safety before driving and thank God when I avoid bad accidents. This occasion is no different.

On a separate note . . . I got tagged by Karen:

1. Four Jobs:
a. intern at Hammock Publishing, doing some web page formatting and scripting
b. intern at Smallbusiness.com, doing programming work in Java. This company is now defunct.
c. intern at Sandia National Labs. The security at this place is mildly annoying. One cannot even bring a CD player in to listen to music.
d. Software developer at Oracle: current job, one that I really like: flexible and relatively short hours, good managers, interesting work. I hope I don't get spoiled by this job.

2. Four Things I Wish I Had Done Earlier (interpreting the same way as Karen, as in things I haven't done, yet):
a. tour Eastern Europe, perhaps including backpacking
b. run a 10k race
c. learn to dance
d. bike to commute

3. Four Places I Have Lived:
a. K-town
b. Nashville
c. New Haven
d. Mountain View

4. Four Countries I Have Been To:
a. Austria
b. Canada
c. The Dominican Republic
d. France

5. Four Countries I Would Like to Visit:
a. Australia
b. Egypt
c. Poland
d. Russia

6. Four of My Favorite Dishes:
a. Sushi (for those of you who have lived in New Haven, Samarai's fire dragon roll is the best.)
b. Juicy steak, medium rare
c. Jamba Juice (it counts; I've had meals consisting of only Jamba Juice before.)
d. Costco Pizza

7. Four Sites I Visit Daily:
a. Google (search, mail, etc.)
b. Friends' blogs
c. Oracle intranet (aimeweb)
d. Game sites: Gamespot, EBGames, Gamefaqs, etc. (not daily, but quite frequently)

8. Four Software Applications I Cannot Live Without:
a. Firefox
b. Trillian
c. SSH
d. Windows Media Player (or equivalent)

9. Four Things I'll Never Forget:
a. My college years' surprise birthday parties. It got better year by year. Thanks, friends!
b. Prague and Vienna trip senior year in college: strolling down the streets in Vyshrud
c. Skydiving: for those interested, I have a video of my jump :-)
d. Kittoe House: the roommates, the fun, the hang outs, the games, the basketball

10. I Tag....
a. Andrew W.
b. Esther
c. Michele
d. Sherry

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