Thursday, December 29, 2005

Inkblot Test

What is a blog without its occasional dosage of quizzes and tests? And so, I was bored� and I attempt yet another one of the many online tests available.

This one is from Tickle.com and the one I�ve chosen is Tickle's Original Inkblot Test.

After staring at splotches after splotches of myriad colours� I�ve finally answered all of the 56 required questions to get my test reading. I must say, these inkblots are seriously quite amazing.. I�m pretty sure all of us, at some point in time, had dabbled with pots of paint and dripped/splashed/smudged/spilled them onto folded papers to create some of our very own inkblots� but seriously� how many of us really stopped to admire these works of art? These inkblots can seriously evoke some powerful emotions!! Here�s some that really caught my eye when I did the test.


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Does this seem foreboding to you??
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This one is almost hilarious, don't you agree??
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Anyway, here�s the result of my test:
Keith, your subconscious mind is driven most by

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This means you have a deep desire to use innovative ideas to enhance your life and influence the world around you. This drive influences you far more than you may realize on a conscious level. Your need to be innovative drives how you look at new opportunities and the kinds of experiences in life you choose to have.

On an unconscious level, the reason you may be so driven by imagination is your fear of destruction, the opposite of creation. When you are unable to create due to restrictions imposed by your environment or even ones you unwittingly impose on yourself, do you feel trapped or confined? You may find these feelings of unease only get better when you find another outlet for your imagination.

With such a strong creative orientation, you are willing to entertain a broad spectrum of ideas at any given time. The world is a fuller, richer place because you can contribute new ideas to any experience. Your natural curiosity inspires those around you and encourages them to come up with ideas they wouldn't have thought of without your help.

Though your unconscious mind is driven most strongly by Imagination, there is much more to who you are at your core.

The rest will be the usual ploy of getting you to pay for a Thousand-paged, Professional, PhD-certified, In-depth, Detailed analysis and all the crap. Who the hell falls for them anyway??

What do you guys think of my test results?? Agree? Disagree? Doubtful?? Say leh.. dun paiseh. Tag me!

Anyway, you guys go give it a try� ha.. if you are as bored as me. =)

Cre8tivesparks at 12/29/2005 09:55:00 PM

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Retrospect

Was kinda curious how I felt exactly one year ago� at this time of the year� with Christmas, New Year, and all the irksome festivities just round the corner. And so I clicked on my archives.. only to find this entry dated December 27, 2004. (Don�t bother reading it from my archives� cos somehow the character encoding went hay-wire. Probably happened when I changed my blog templates.)

Nonetheless, here�s the entry in all its former glory. It�s written in Chinese though, so please changed your character encoding to �Unicode�.

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I recall that at that time when this entry was written, I have already graduated from Training Wing in SAF Bands� and was a wondering homeless spirit belonging to nowhere. For more details of my plight den, you can read up this entry.

The reason for my feelings den shouldn�t come as a surprise, given the circumstances I was in. But a year whizzed past, and come the time of the year again when all should be jolly, and yet I still can�t help but still feel the same ol� feelings of despondency, even though external factors may seem more favorable then before.

Maybe it�s just me. Maybe I just can�t seem to open up myself to all of those who are willing to keep me accompany. Maybe it�s really just me to be walking amidst a rowdy group of friends and yet, still feel very much alone. Or maybe, I�m still waiting for someone out there.. someone to fill the emptiness within me.

Cre8tivesparks at 12/29/2005 03:03:00 PM

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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

�Merry� Christmas...

Alright, alright� Before I get stoned to death, I better post something.

A big thank you to you guys, for the rather overwhelming response to my pleas for tags. Haha~ ;) And so, it is the time of the year again� where everyone is supposed to be oh-so-jolly as they �immerse themselves in the festive spirit�. My foot, seriously...

Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys out there ACTUALLY feel extraordinarily jovial BECAUSE it�s Christmas? Seriously, I don�t know about you guys, but for me, I felt pretty darn lousy this Christmas... extraordinarily lousy.

I happened to be at Clarke Quay on Christmas Eve and Orchard on Christmas itself. Not wholly planned, I must emphasize. I just happened to be at the above-mentioned places. Had gatherings or meeting people that somehow ended up with me being there. And I must say the feeling kinda sux. Somehow, I dun feel happy or jovial or anything of that sort at all. But there�s just this nudging feeling of emptiness� like there�s a huge chunk of me that�s missing� so much so that I dun feel any Christmas spirit whatsoever.. and that really sucked. And no, I wasn�t alone. Though I feel very much so.

Someone asked me if anything happened to result in this sucky feeling, like something screwed up my Christmas or something... Frankly speaking, I think it�s more of because nothing happened, that resulted in me feeling the blues. It�s like, because it�s Christmas, you�ll be expecting to feel a little happier� and when you don�t feel it, everything just goes downhill from there.

To me, Christmas, Valentine�s and such are really way too commercialized. The only people I guess that�s truly happy are the bosses as they perched themselves behind their cash registers� thumbing the piles of money they�ve milked from the foolish people out there worshipping such festivities.

The way such festive occasions are marketed kinda resulted in what I call an �Emotional Multiplier.� People who are already pretty much happy with their lives are happier, and people who feel otherwise just feel suckier. That said, it�s obvious I belong to the latter. Have you seen a Christmas flyer that does not have smiling people??? I mean, take a look at the name, for Christ�s sake. MERRY Christmas. You are just SUPPOSED to be merry� somehow. But what if you don�t?

Maybe I should go back to attending City Harvest�s Christmas Celebrations in future.. Hmm�  

Cre8tivesparks at 12/27/2005 04:19:00 PM

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Sunday, December 18, 2005

The Hiatus

The hiatus in my blogging is largely due to the fact that I do not seem to find any impetus to update, which is largely due to the fact that I feel like I�m talking to a wall each time I blog. Maybe a little more activity in the tag board helps??? (To all those closeted readers of my blog out there, take the bold step. Tag me!!)

Until then.. it�s goodbye for now. =P

Cre8tivesparks at 12/18/2005 05:48:00 PM

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