Blood-Type Theory of Personality

Read this eerily accurate reading from Wikipedia. Just in case aybody asks, I'm a type B.

Japanese Blood Type Personality Chart

The blood type theory of personality is a popular belief in Japan that a person's ABO blood type or ketsueki-gata (血液型, ketsueki-gata?) is predictive of their personality, temperament, and compatibility with others, similar to the Western world's astrology. This belief has carried over to some extent in other parts of East Asia such as South Korea and Taiwan. This theory is completely dismissed by many scientists as superstition or pseudoscience.

Type A
Best Traits:Earnest, creative, sensible, compassionate, meticulous.
Worst Traits:Griever, fastidious, overearnest, credulous.

Type B
Best Traits: Wild, a doer, cheerful, active, eloquent.
Worst Traits: Selfish, irresponsible, bigoted, advances blindly.

Type AB
Best Traits: Cool, controlled, rational, logical, sense of equity.
Worst Traits: Critical, indecisive, double character, cavalier.

Type O
Best Traits:
Agreeable, sociable, an optimist, kind, cobby.
Worst Traits: Vain, careless, shallow, timeserver.

MESSAGE FROM GOD

Pag may nagawa kang masama, tapos may nangyaring masama sayo, naiisip mo bang naparusahan ka dahil don? Some people call it karma. I call it divine punishment.

Last Friday, I did something I regretted. Sin I would not consider grave; more like mischief. Nonetheless, sin is sin, according to the bible when you break one law you break them all. If you lie, it would be the same as commiting murder, adultery, and all other sins.

Point is, I felt I got punished for my wrongdoing. And God spanked me where it hurt the most, sa trabaho ko. Nung Friday nagkaroon ng insidente sa planta kasi I used the wrong raw material to make a product. At dahil dun, yung buong tank ng pintura, na-hold. Hindi ma-release kasi kailangan i-observe kung magkakaroon ng adverse reaction yung maling raw mat na nagamit ko sa buong batch ng pintura.

Tsk tsk. Grabe talaga. And the funny part is, 5kg lang yung maling raw mat na nagamit ko, pero yung tanke ng pintura 5000 gallons! Such a small thing, but that 5 kgs could be enough to ruin the whole thing!

The same with sin. One small slip could cost you big time. I realized that now, because God decided to teach me a lesson. Siguro kasi hindi ako marunong makinig at matigas ang ulo ko kaya naisip Niya na yun ang pinakamabuting paraan para maintindihan ko yung message Niya. Boy, did I get it!

But God is still on my side, I believe. Despite this bitter lesson in life, I know what He did was for my good. And once that dark part of me has been removed by human effort under God's grace, I will be free.

Right now, all I can wish for is sana ganun din yung mangyari sa batch nung pintura--sana hindi masira! haha.

Birthdays, Bloopers, and Bloody Videos

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Or rather, belated happy birthday to me! Haha. I'm 23 now, a year older, but not an inch taller. Kumusta ang birthday ko? Masaya. As in, masaya ako nung birthday ko at even days before. Kumain kami ng takeout. Cheesy Volcano ata yun. Grabe nabusog kame.

The workers at the Plants were so nice, greeting me happy birthday whenever and wherever they met me. They gave me a birthday card! And they played a birthday song for me through the paging system! I was so touched. Nanlibre ako ng pancit at tinapay sa kanila para blowout ko. Swerte lang at tapat sa sweldo, :3 At nanonood kami ng horror flicks sa DVD sa canteen gabi-gabi last week. Ang mga iho nga lang, pagkatapos manood nawawalang bigla! Di man lang ibalik ang mga inupuan sa pwesto? Grabe.

So, now that I'm 23, anong nagbago sakin? Ewan ko, pakiramdam ko mga 20 pa rin ako eh. Maliban sa edad ko, I think I've grown a more thankful heart. Dati hindi ko kayang manlibre kahit na gusto ko, pero dahil nabigyan ako ng ok na trabaho, gusto kong ibahagi ang blessings na natataggap ko sa mga mahal ko sa buhay. Salamat sa lahat, Lord. :D

Sa pagiging mas-mature, elegante, at ma-poise? Pag mga 30 na siguro ako, tsaka ko pag-iisipan...hahaha.

RADIO BLOOPER
Conversation sa walkie-talkie kahapon:

Raissa: "Pab, please come in."
Pab: "Boss?"

Raissa: "Pab pakisarado yung manifold valve, come in?...este, over pala!"

Smiling Through Troubled Times

"Boss, masayahin kayong tao no?"

That compliment my operator handed me almost caught me off guard.

I had been working the long hours at the production office without supervision for almost two weeks now--and to my surprise, I had adusted to the rigorous task better than I expected.

I laughed a little and told him, "Syempre!"

Sometimes I try to be a bit more serious because I don't want my subordinates to think I lack the maturity to handle a supervisory position. And I don't want the other engineers to think I'm too kalog. But one's true personality will always shine through in the end, no matter how hard we try to act differently. And add to that how thankful to God I was that the day was nearly over and nothing had gone wrong.

Little did I know that just a few hours after I heard that compliment my smile would be tested.

To make it easy, let's just say something did go wrong, and it was my fault. I was supposed to do something but I forgot. And just because I forgot to do that one tiny thing, I delayed work and troubled several departments for an agonizing sixty five minutes just to get things back in order.

If it was just me that was affected, I could've smiled through it all, scratched my head, and stick out my tongue in humor.

Of course, that wasn't the case. I saw how the senior engineer held her head like she had a migrane through the whole ordeal. Then came the scolding. And the extended hours of work because my replacement was busy. Last came the most crushing blow---realizing that I couldn't make it to the KEM Outing anymore because I was too late in leaving work.

I just shut down. On the bus, on my way home. Shut down. The joy I felt earlier evaporated because my mind was too consumed with errors, my body too exasperated with the day's burdens, my heart too tired with the emotional stress.

Scripture tells us to always be thankful in spite of our circumstances, our disappointments and trials. Because God never leaves us or forsakes us, we know that things will always turn out for our benefit in the end.

I got home and ordered pizza for the family. We ate and talked as we watched TV. And as the night went on, my smile was back. As I said, no matter what happens, one's true personality will always shine in the end.

I'm the kind who smiles through troubled times--because I know God is looking out for me.

Going solo

Yesterday, after I had taken the exam and my shift with Ate Michelle, my training was officially over. Come Monday, there will be no trainor to watch over me. I'm going solo.

And it kind of scares me.

That means anything that goes wrong falls under my responsibility. And in my line of work, a small error could mean a lot. I'm talking P1.5M worth of paint. Whew. But I can't say if I'm really cut out for this kind of work unless I can do it on my own. Anyway, my trainor says I passed. I'm just still a little nervous, because I suffer from short-term memory loss, which is a big no-no if you're a process engineer. Or maybe that was because I watch too many DVDs at late nights.

This brings me to my next dilema. Recently there has been a pouring of invitations to gatherings. There was the baptism/anniversary of our church (which I declined at the last minute), KEM overnyt, APC Anniversary, and SFC House of Praise. And I am unsure whether I can attend them. I don't know if the Plants will grant me a leave, because I am still "trainee status" and admittedly in need of practice.

*Sigh* I'll be happy if I could attend just one of the events.