Psyched

Tried out the Personality Pattern Test at psychcentral.com, and apparently I am Aesthetic, Intellectual, and Scrupulous, which means I have "good taste," that I am "interesting to talk to", and I am "honest and fair."

And those are just my top three personality traits (the test result gives the top ten).  Here are traits four to ten:

Organized

Competent

Astute

Cooperative

Understanding

Optimistic

Introspective

Well betchabygolly, I sound like a pretty well-balanced person, don't I? ;-D

I forgot that I bookmarked the site (must've seen a link on one of the blogs I usually read) and decided to answer the personality trait test.  This is what the questionnaire looks like:

You click on the circle thingies based on whether the trait is exactly like you or the total opposite...or somewhere in the middle.

Personality tests like this are always fun to answer.  Sometimes the answer you get can be eerily accurate and sometimes waaay off the bat. Nevertheless, it's fun. Kinda like when you read the horoscope. You know it's a bunch of bull, but you read it anyway just because.

Try it...you know you want to. ;-)

Shoebox and Me

The SO and I went shoe-shopping last weekend. I wanted to get a new pair of flats because most of my shoes are already starting to fall apart from overuse. :P

I thought of getting flats first because I'm more for comfort than fashion really...and I needed something I can use both for dress up and dress down days at work.

For good, comfortable flat shoes, my brand of choice is Shoebox and Me.

I first encountered Shoebox at the Greenhills Shopping Arcade, where I got the satin flower-print shoes I love so much.

I was happy to discover that they had a little corner at the third level of Glorietta 3, near Digital Exchange, which means I don't have to go all the way to Greenhills.  Plus they have more items to choose from at Glorietta. Next time I'm gonna check out their store (or kiosk) at Rockwell, see if they have better designs.

Three reasons why I love Shoebox? They're inexpensive (price ranges from P699 to P800+), comfortable (it's like having cushion for your feet), and they're pretty well-made (I'm talking design and workmanship).  If you're a cheapskate like me, it's well worth getting a pair of Shoebox flats instead of those P300-500 pairs they sell in places like St Francis Square or the Greenhills tiangge.

Oh! And they also have half-sizes. Most shoe brands don't have half-sizes anymore. That means I can only choose size 6 shoes, which can be a little snug (I have freakishly long toes, hehe), or size 7 which can be a bit loose. With Shoebox I can get a size 6-and-a-half, which is just right.  I guess that's why they're so comfortable to wear.

I also relish the fact that they're not a big shoe-chain (yet)...they don't even have a website, I think (I googled, no luck.) But you can still find their little corner at the mall. :D  That removes the intimidating factor that well-known shoe boutiques have, plus they don't have sales attendants that glare at you or follow you around. Oh, and they accept major credit cards, so its convenient for cashless shopping too.

My new shoes didn't even need breaking in...they're gentle as a lamb on my feet. Look 'ma, no calluses! :D 

Hasta la vista Shoebox. You haven't seen the last of me.

Happiness is...

"When you make average great, your dreams will become a reality." - Suze Orman

Most of our lives we aim for something better - better car, more money, better job, ideal personal relationships. More often than not we get discouraged when we get nothing on our plate but what we think is a pathetic version of what we hoped for.  There will always be those missed opportunities and greener pastures. We can work all our lives and still just merely scrape by.

This brings me back to our neverending quest for happiness.  It doesn't matter how we define happiness. We almost always look toward the horizon for something better to come along, something other than what we already have. We sit and wait, always on transitional mode, and consider everything as temporary. And then we gripe endlessly about feeling lost and never having permanence in our life. We are always afraid to settle.

What is really so bad about settling? Why are we afraid? Why would we rather wait for the unknown than make the best of what we already have?

It's all so exasperating really.

I say, when you have no other option but sheer mediocrity, better be the best at being mediocre than set yourself up to being a complete failure.  When you label yourself as average, then that is all that you will ever be...and there will be no contentment, no joy, only misery.

So you get by from paycheck to paycheck, you didn't get the latest iPhone model, you're boobs are not that big, and your significant other is not perfect. Boo-hoo to you. The world is too big, and there are worse things out there like war, and famine, and tragedies that no one deserve.  Be grateful. Stop whining.

Be happy.