Trivia Night

Last Saturday, I went out with two of my high school friends (one of whom I haven't seen for more than a decade) for trivia night at The Daily Table in Ma-a. Tin has been inviting me since last year. Recently, she has been putting off her weekend travel plans because of the rising fuel prices, so we finally had the chance.

That's us to the left of the host. (Photo courtesy Trivia Nights Pinas)

I genuinely thought I wouldn't be able to answer anything, but it's surprising what random things we have stored in our brains. And we won the night! We were lucky enough that some of the questions catered more to our age group. Most youngsters would not have heard of Diana Ross, much less know what group she's in. It was overall a very enjoyable game, with a funny host, and great company!

After the game, we went to Starbucks to chat. Tin and I meet yearly, so it was mostly Jeck who gave us life updates. But the highlight every now and then... was BTS. I'm not really a fan, so they ended up trying to convince me. Just so you know, I'm not a hater. I'm more into vocal groups like BtoB, Beast, Pentagon... and my favorites have goosebump-inducing voices (Changsub, Yoseob, Jinho, Sandeul). The sole BTS song in my K-pop playlist is a ballad called "The Truth Untold" sung by their vocal line.

I got home at around 1:30 AM. That's how much we needed catching up. Next time, we'd have to meet earlier.

The Beatles, Brainstormer and a Movie Quiz

Empire magazine celebrated its 20 years with a little something for us to waste our time in. Test your movie memory with The Crytic Canvas. You have to guess 50 movie titles of the last 20 years hidden in a painting. I got to 30 movies, and surrendered. See how many you can find!


The Beatles: Rockband is a music game which comes out this September 2009. The official site has released its opening cinematic online. It's also available on youtube if your connection is slow.

The Brainstormer is a flash application designed by Andrew Bosley. I know several people (artists, writers, you) who might want to use this, especially those who've been running out of ideas lately.

INTJ

I love personality tests! Since high school, I've been reading about them in psychology books. My favorite is the Jung Typology Test. There are several web sites that give elaborate descriptions of each type. But of course, you'll have to start with the test and I've found a harder one and an easier one. The harder one has 72 questions, which are easy to answer if you know yourself. The test can be found at HumanMetrics.

But if you'd rather take the easier route, you just have to choose from two attitudes/functions/lifestyles. There are four pairs, so you'll make four choices. Take the test here (courtesy of Ivan Girl)

As for me, these two tests always result with INTJ (Introversion, iNtuition, Thinking, Judging). The descriptions are pretty accurate (in my case).

"Masterminds are introspective, pragmatic, directive, and attentive. They tend to be capable leaders, skilled in contingency planning and entailment organizing, which are directive activities that tell the planner what activities to do and in what order to do them. Despite their leadership capabilities, Masterminds prefer to stay in the background until others demonstrate ineffective leadership. However, once in a position of power, Masterminds are known for their efficiency and willingness to adopt useful ideas.
Masterminds are strong willed, self confident, and decisive. They are also highly theoretical and the most open-minded of the 16 role variants. Before Masterminds adopt a theoretical notion, they insist on researching all the available data and checking the idea against reality. Masterminds are suspicious of theories based on poor research and will discard ideas that cannot be effectively implemented.
Masterminds are highly pragmatic, and they will put forth a great deal of time and effort to implement effective ideas. They are driven to solve complex problems and to create organized, decided, and executed solutions. Masterminds tend to make positive statements instead of negative ones, focusing on how to make the organization more efficient in the future rather than dwelling on past mistakes."

=) What's your personality type?


More about INTJs here:
Wikipedia
Keirsey.com
Independent Thinker

Which Jane Austen Heroine Am I?

Take the Quiz here!
I thought so!

And here's a link for you fellow Jane Austen fans: Jane Austen's World. I found this blog sometime last year and have been following it once in a while.

How Machiavellian Are You?

You Are Somewhat Machiavellian

You're not going to mow over everyone to get ahead... But you're also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself. You understand how the world works, even when it's an ugly place. You just don't get ugly yourself - unless you have to!

How Machiavellian Are You?

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?

Can you recognize a Programming Language Inventor from a Murderer? Well, I can't. I got 5/10. =( Take the quiz .

What kind of Rocker are you?

You Are an Indie Rocker!

You are in it for the love of the music... And you couldn't care less about being signed by a big label. You're all about loving and supporting music - not commercial success. You may not have the fame and glory, but you have complete control of your career.

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

My Visual DNA

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Calling ALL Hacker-Wannabes

Try to solve this. All you need to do is reach page 23. Cheers to the one who made this!

http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html