These are tests that I took for fun.Obviously, I like getting to know myself. But hey, taking these tests can help you find out more about yourself too, so why not? If you want to take a test, just click on the test title right after my results.

You Belong in 1958

1958 If you scored... 1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! 1960 - 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too. 1970 - 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all! 1980 - 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. 1990 - 1999: With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Try this one!

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence

You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary. You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

This one I like

Your Life Path Number Is 3

3 Your Life Path is one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity as the lesson to be learned in this life. You are among the entertainers of the world, bright, effervescent, sparkling people with very optimistic attitudes. You possess the most exceptional creative skills: normally in the verbal realm, writing, speaking, acting, or similar endeavors. The lesson to be learned with a 3 life path is that of achievement through expression. The bright side of this path stresses harmony, beauty and pleasures; of sharing your creative talents with the world. Capturing your capability in creative self-expression is the highest level of attainment for this life path. You are warm and friendly, a good conversationalist, social and open. A good conversationalist both from the standpoint of being a delight to listen to, but even more importantly, one who has the ability to listen to others. You are always a welcome addition to any social situation and know how to make others feel at home. Your reative imagination is present, if sometimes latent, as the you may not be moved to develop you talent. Your approach to life tends to be exceedingly positive, and your disposition is almost surely sunny and open-hearted. You effectively cope with all of the many setbacks that occur in life and readily bounce back for more. It is usually easy for you to deal with problems because you can freely admit the existence of problems without letting them get you down. You have good manners and seem to be very conscious of other people's feelings and emotions. Life is generally lived to the fullest, often without much worry about tomorrow. You are not very good at handling money because of a general lack of concern about it. You spend it when you have it and don't when you don't. On the negative side, a 3 may be so delighted with the joy of living that the life becomes frivolous and superficial. You may scatter your abilities and express little sense of purpose. You can be an enigma, for no apparent reason you may become moody and tend to retreat. Escapist tendencies are not uncommon with the 3 life path, and you find it very hard to settle into one place or one position. Guard against being critical of others, impatient, intolerant, or overly optimistic. Typically, the life path 3 gives an above-average ability in some art form. This can encompass painting, interior decorating, landscaping, crafts, writing, music, or the stage, or all of the above. You are apt to be a happy, inspired person, constantly seeking the stimuli of similar people. Your exuberant nature can take you far, especially if you are ever able to focus your energies and talents.

What Is Your Life Path Number?

I wonder if others think so....

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen Or lend a shoulder to cry on You're there through thick and thin Many people consider you their "best friend"!

What Kind of Friend Are You?

I like this (jubilant)

You Are Best Described By...

Petite Fleurs By Pablo Picasso

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

And this (wistful)

You Are Best Described By...

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

This one's true too

Your Love Style is Storge

For you, love and friendship are almost the same thing And your love tends to be the enduring, long lasting kind (You've been known to still have connections with exes) But sometimes your love is not the most passionate Leap before you look, and you'll find that fire you crave

What's Your Love Style?

My undergrad is in Psych, so I like the MBTI

Your #1 Match: INFJ

The Protector You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity. Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is. You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience. You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them. You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

Your #2 Match: INFP

The Idealist You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop. You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

Your #3 Match: ENFJ

The Giver You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed. Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections. Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down. You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine. You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist.

Your #4 Match: ENFP

The Inspirer You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends. You are also unconventional, irreverant, and unimpressed by authority and rules. Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives. You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're qutie the storyteller! You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.

Your #5 Match: INTJ

The Scientist You have a head for ideas - and you are good at improving systems. Logical and strategic, you prefer for everything in your life to be organized. You tend to be a bit skeptical. You're both critical of yourself and of others. Independent and stubborn, you tend to only befriend those who are a lot like you. You would make an excellent scientist, engineer, or programmer.

What's Your Personality Type?

Maybe this is getting to be too much...

You Are 35% Left Brained, 65% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

But I don't like Dr. Phil.

Your EQ is

167 50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

I knew it!

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so.

Who's Your Inner European?

Next!

Your Dominant Thinking Style:

Experimenting You're all about looking at the facts, and you could always use more of them. You see life as your lab - and you're always trying out new things, people, and ideas. The master of mix and match, you're always coming up with unique combinations. You are good at getting a group to reach consensus.

Your Secondary Thinking Style:

Exploring You thrive on the unknown and unpredictable. Novelty is your middle name. You are a challenger. You tend to challenge common assumptions and beliefs. An expert inventor and problem solver, you approach everything from new angles. You show people how to question their models of the world.

What's Your Thinking Style?

I'm having too much fun...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

This is pretty near my real age anyway.

You Are 28 Years Old

28 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

This one is Hubby's

Your Birthdate: February 15

With a birthday on the 15th of any month, you are apt to have really strong attachments to home, family and domestic scene. The 1 and 5 equaling 6, provide the sort of energy that makes you an excellent parent or teacher. You are very responsible and capable. This is an attractive and an attracting influence. You like harmony in your environment and strive to maintain it. You tend to learn by observation rather than study and research. You may like to cook, but you probably don't follow recipes. This number shows artistic leanings and would certainly support any talents that may be otherwise in your makeup. You're a very generous and giving person, but perhaps a bit stubborn in ways.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Yet again...

Your Birthdate: May 12

Being born on the 12th day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental. There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to portray an easygoing, sometimes "couldn't care less" attitude. You have a natural ability to express yourself in public, and you always make a very good impression. Good with words, you excel in writing, speaking, and possibly singing. You are energetic and always a good conversationalist. You have a keen imagination, but you tend to scatter your energies and become involved with too may superficial matters. Your mind is practical and rational despite this tendency to jump about. You are affectionate and loving - but very sensitive. You are subject to rapid ups and downs.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

And again...this one gives you pretty random results. I liked these out of all the ones I got because they mean something else in my native language.

Your Japanese Name Is...

Iva Ito

What's your Japanese Name?

This one is Hubby's

Your Japanese Name Is...

Ako Nakamura

What's your Japanese Name?

One more...

Slow and Steady

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It'd really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

How Do People See You?

This is fun!

You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

The World's Shortest Personality Test

I don't know why, but I tried that "What Kind of Soul Are You?" again and this is what I got this time:

You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connect to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Some reminiscing about what we did last summer: My sweetheart and I went on an East Coast road trip as a second honeymoon and stayed with relatives and friends. First stop was Dallas, TX where we got married again during Halfway Day (also the day we first got together), so that I could change my legal name. It was so different from our grand wedding back home. This was definitely more intimate. The judge was so funny, so intent during the ceremony, then palm up, saying "$50" immediately afterwards. We also spent time, visiting my husband's "lost relatives" in the area, whom he and I met for the first time and who had a slightly different name, with a "de" before the surname.

Next stop was Chicago, IL. A wonderful city, like a less-hurried and crowded NYC. The trip took us about 15 hours! We passed OK and MO. We stayed again with his relatives and we were there in time for the "Taste of Chicago". Pretty cool! We sampled a lot of local cuisine, and while we were walking, poor Hubby got pooped on by a bird. It was a good excuse to buy him a $5 souvenir shirt. We were still there for the Fourth of July, so we celebrated it for the first time. We met with an old schoolmate who turned out to be the relative of a relative, and he knew us both back then when my hubby and I didn't know each other yet. Funny! We went to the Navy Pier where we enjoyed the Stained Glass museum and a ferris wheel ride in the rain.

In Columbus, OH, we met my hubby's friend, who was a teacher he knew back in college. We spent just a day there, buying seeds for my brother's friend who was our florist at our wedding back home. We also went to Ohio State U, where my hubby's friend was a researcher. Then we drove the next day to Harrisburg, PA, home of Hershey's chocolates. First time we were at a motel and my hubby purposefully wanted to try one of those dingy, cheap motels. Well, he got his wish. There were ants on the table and it smelled of smoke. Yuk. Well, it's not as if we were staying there long term, just to sleep and shower. Still... Anyway, the Hershey factory was like a mecca for chocoholics (which I am).

One thing that I noticed: every time I drove, we ran into traffic. To Harrisburg, then now to Boston, MA. Aaaaggghhh! To make up for not experiencing traffic in Manila, I suppose. Before we left the PA border, we looked for a town to drop our postcards. We did a postcard chain: at every stop, we wrote at least 5 postcards: one for our previous host, one for my family, one for my sister in the convent, one for his family, and one to our apartment, just so we can keep track of the places we visited. Another thing we also did was to leave behind a souvenir of TX with every host, just a little something like a can of "Armadillo meat", authentic roadkill on the TX highways (a gag gift) or a jar of mango salsa, plus our wedding snapshot with contact info.

We stayed with Hubby's uncle in Boston. He toured us downtown: lots of historic sites, and we saw the townhouse of the presidential candidate, John Kerry. We had a snapshot taken in front of it; too bad the Secret Service agent concealed himself. We went to Harvard (of course!) and that night, Hubby met up with an old high school friend.

It took us three hours to get to New Haven, CT, where we stayed with a Peace Corps friend of Hubby's. She brought us to Yale, of course. Our tour guide there was a young man who looked like he might have escaped from the "Lord of the Rings" set. We learnt about the first - and worst - American spy during the colonial war who was from Yale. We also had what I consider to be the best pizza (aka tomato pie) ever, in Frank Pepe's Pizzeria, one of the restaurants I saw on the Food Network and jotted down for the trip.

It took us three hours just to get through the Bronx bridge on our way to North Caldwell, NJ, through NYC. Bien sur, I was in the driver's seat. We were with Hubby's aunt and uncle who were preparing to sell their place to move to friendlier climes in Sarasota, FL. Good thing they were still there though, 'cos we needed somewhere to leave our car to spend some time in NYC. We also met with my second cousin in Edison, who's been a generous benefactor on previous trips abroad. NJ sure has a lot of confusing turnpikes.

In NYC, we stayed with Hubby's brother's friend's sister. ^_^ We visited the Met, where my hubby drooled over the armour exhibit. As usual, I enjoyed the museum shop as I made sure to get souvenirs from every place we visited. We met an old friend of mine from my tennis club days. Her hubby is head of security at the NY Stock Exchange, so we were able to go in, even if tourists don't get to go inside anymore (due to 9/11). We had dinner at their home in Brooklyn, which they share with two cats.

We checked our email at the NY Public Library the next day, then looked for a cheap place to eat lunch. We ended at the Stage Door Deli - which looked cheap, but was not cheap, probably because lots of actors eat there (judging from their photo wall). However, the food was good and filling - I loved their bagel with lox schmear - authentic NY! We also went to the Pommes Frites Belgian fries shop for Belgian frites with hot mango dip. We got our postcards for free at the Metropolitan Transit Authority on Madison Ave. then went to the Guggenheim where my hubby eagerly expected to see some Van Goghs. It was their "pay-what-you-wish" day, so we got in for $1 each (Someone got in for $.35!). Hubby was grumbling as we strolled down the winding floor, saying that there had better be a Van Gogh, when we chanced upon a small room off the side and we eventually found a couple. Modern art really isn't our cup of tea.

We treated our host and her fiance to Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitana (another Food Network recommendation) and they returned the favour at Cold Stone Creamery. The following day, we met with one of my best friends, from my Xavier School days and we explored some more. The Doughnut Plant on Grand St. was where we had a breakfast of organic Valhrona donuts. Our next stop was a street festival on Park Avenue. The nice thing about NYC is, there's a lot of street festivals during summer. We went to Central Park's Belvedere Castle and had fun snapping photos on the ramparts of this meteorological observation station. It's unbelievable how huge Central Park is. There were cyclists, baseball players and lots of sunworshippers.

Our stomachs grumbled, so we went to Serendipity 3. Advised of a two hour wait (and an expensive menu), we decided to eat at the nearby Wendy's first, then just have dessert there. We also went to Dylan's Candy Store (brainchild of Ralph Lauren's daughter - wonder where she got funding? ^_^ or her thin waist?), 4300 sq.ft. of sin. It was like being in Willy Wonka's. I got my favourite chocolate, a couple of pieces of Valomilk (sorry Hershey's). When we were finally seated at S3 (the site of a movie of the same name and a favourite of celebrities), I had double dark chocolate mousse, Hubby had a frozen hot chocolate (what S3's famous for) and Best Friend had a caramel sundae so huge she couldn't finish it.

After our fun in the city of Frank Sinatra, we headed for Darien, CT to have dinner (crab legs!) with my cousin and his family. We met my sister there, who's on her own road trip; we drove up N, then E, she headed E, then N. We had some reminiscing about my aunt, who used to cook and can food to mail to the US when my cousin was a newlywed.

Bethesda, MD was next on our itinerary. Every time we entered a new state, we would stop by the welcome centre to pick up free maps and other literature. It took us about four hours and we had a great dinner of Filipino food. Hubby tinkered around his sister's car (she was still finishing her MA in Amsterdam at that time) while I tried to fix our mess in ours. Our godmother during the wedding in Manila was who we stayed with. She's a wonderful person.

In Washington DC, our first stop was National Geographic, then we went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, in a nod to my hubby's obsessions: maps and history. We got some dog tags that had our names and our two anniversary dates (29 Feb/1 July 2004) stamped on them. Then off we went to the Post Office to do our usual duties, and to see the Postal Museum. Afterwards, we visited some Filipino teachers who came to the US at the same time we did, and that day, 20 July, was our first year "anniversary". We had a huge celebration with lots of old faces.

We seemed to be eating at a lot of hotdog stands in DC. And the prices depended on the proximity to tourist spots, so we got wise and walked to the street corner where the prices dropped to half. The Air and Space museum enthralled my hubby so much since he's also a war freak (and I meant that in the nicest possible way). We had dinner later with our godmother and her family, and I tried Ramune, a Japanese soda with a funny way of opening the bottle. You have to try it yourself, no amount of description will capture the experience.

We went on a trolley tour in DC, and it was so freakin' hot I got a migraine and we just stayed in the trolley. We got to see a lot of historic places and monuments regardless.

We left for Asheboro, NC the following day, passing by a welcome centre where the squirrels were so tame that they were following me for a titbit. It reminded me of the first time I ever saw squirrels, also in NC, and I tried chasing one of them for a snapshot. That little bit of trivia made it to the newspaper article which featured my Rotary Group Study Exchange team, believe it or not (I guess it was a slow day).

Had a wonderful reunion with the couple I consider my American parents. They looked through our wedding album and the snapshots I had of my previous stay with them. The following day, I spoke to the Asheboro Rotary Club about my GSE experience and teaching in the US, as well as acknowledged my NC parents. I saw so many familiar faces from before and was very warmly welcomed and my speech was well applauded. I received a token wood carved pen, which had the name of the club burnt on it. That afternoon, they brought us to Seagrove, which was well known for its pottery, and we selected a stoneware casserole dish with a wheat pattern as our wedding present. We use it often as it's one of my favourite wedding presents.

We went to the NC Aviation Museum, as both Hubby and "Dad" are plane buffs. Got a shirt for my Pilot best friend. For dinner, we went to the Asheboro Country Club where we met another Rotary couple who's very supportive. They asked us about future plans and we mentioned Canada. It was a warm and wonderful dinner. They gave us NC Tar Heels caps and African necklaces for mementos.

We had barbecue Southern style for a picnic lunch (pulled pork in a vinegary sauce) at Guildford County Courthouse. Yumyumyum! My adopted "sister" - the dog, a beautiful lab - was munching on our pickings. She's so smart, she catches the bits in mid-air and shakes your hand. The Courthouse is a civil war battlefield with re-enactors, so as you can imagine, Hubby was in heaven. That night, we had dinner at home, then Hubby and I drove to High Point, NC (furniture capital of the world and home of Fantasia Barrino, American Idol of 2004), where we were going to stay with NC parents #2.

Old Salem is a picturesque town that I visited previously, so I wanted Hubby to see it. We had lunch with NC parents #2 at the Old Salem Tavern, where George Washington once stayed overnight. We walked around, enjoying the peace, the cobblestone walks and the shops (or at least I did).

En route to Virginia Beach, VA - Hubby's cousins insisted we take our turn with them so we had to backtrack - we passed by NC Grandpa who's from Reidsville Rotary Club. We had lunch there and I did a variation of the speech I delivered a couple of days ago. NC Grandpa was a WWII war veteran, a retired Brigadier General, and a valued adopted family member. We got to VA just when the sun was setting.

We visited the USS Wisconsin in downtown Norfolk, missing John Kerry's speech by a few hours. Then we went to the MacArthur Memorial Museum which had some stuff about the Philippines. I stopped by a nearby ATM, not realizing until four days and a thousand miles later that I left behind my ATM card.

The next day was spent taking in a minor league baseball game (the Norfolk Tides vs. the Indianapolis Indians) , the highlight of which was when I got a foul ball. It fell a couple of seats away, which were empty, thankfully. I had it autographed later by three players. The Tides won 2-1.

It took 12 hours to get to St. Augustine, FL, where my cousin and her family lived. The next day, we went downtown to take in the historic sites. We went on one of these sightseeing trolleys and had fun exploring. Hubby went into historic Fort San Marcos while I went to the shops across as I'd rather not have to spend money to go in the Fort. I got some walking sticks for us, which were appropriate souvenirs, given how we've trekked all over half of the country. While we were eating lunch at the Old Spanish Quarter, I realized that my ATM card was missing - thank goodness it was Friday, so I was able to go cancel it and that effectively curbed my spending. We also saw the oldest Catholic church in the US, still standing and pretty cute (aka cosy). It was sad that no one else was there.

In Mobile, AL, we saw the sign for the USS Alabama and I knew that we would be staying there, not in New Orleans as originally planned. Hubby was pretty determined to see the inside of a battleship since he wasn't able to see one in NC or VA. We stayed at another motel as we didn't know a soul in town. The following day, Hubby got his heart's desire while I got a Red Dirt shirt (dyed by Alabama soil). We drove to New Orleans, LA for late lunch at The Corner at Jackson Square (po'boys and crawfish, of course). After a brief tour, we proceeded to Houston, TX to stay at a teacher friend's house. She and I were pretty close since we both came over at the same time and got along well so we also shared the same room with two other friends (one of whom I see occasionally since she's in La Grulla, while the other is in El Paso, with our original district). We treated her family to dinner at Sonic in a nearby mall and we made plans to pass by Ikea on the way home the next day.

We had lunch at Ikea, where we shopped a bit, since it was good to try Swedish dishes cheaply. This was the longest drive, going home, even if it only took us about seven hours. The scenery was so different from what we had experienced on the road in other states. It felt good to collapse at home, even if we had to clean out the car, which was filled to the gills at the end.

This was definitely the best way to begin our married life here in the US, connecting with our support network all over the place. Helped both of us feel less homesick. Such a difference from what we're doing this summer: Hubby's with his sis in DC for the past two months, helping her put up a deck and a shed behind the house - where we will also be living in when we move to DC - while I worked during summer school and finished my last paper for my MA in English Language and Literature Teaching at my alma mater back home. Now I'm just preparing for the move and doing my favourite brainless solo activity: reading romance novels.

I resigned from my job on 22 June and there's no turning back. I wrote about how awful it's been to teach in America, but I realize that once you create a rapport with the kids, things definitely get better. Like anyone else, students need to know that they matter, that they are loved or cared for, and that there is someone who'll listen to them. Even a dragon lady teacher. I am looking forward to the next stage of life, teaching in Washington DC. I just pray that I get my provisional license in time.