If you didn't know, last semester I did a research project on native Oriental Pied Hornbills.

 

There's about 10-20? of them living on Pulau Ubin, and I had the chance to study their nesting habits. And for the new chicks, see them born, hatch, and fledge (i.e. leave the nest).

 

Made a movie of it too, though I wonder what became of it :)

 

I miss the work outdoors! The scorching heat, the cold rainy days, the cycling on dirt road and muddy shoes at the end of the day. It certainly beats sitting on your ass in front of the computer all day right??

 

Some photos for your pleasure.

 

 Peace Out!

 

I'm 80 years old, a bit wrinkly, (still as georgeous as ever I might say)

In a garden full of trees and flowers....

 

sitting back, resting my tired feet on a stool....

 

And my youngest grandchild... aged 4, dark curly hair, brown eyes, cute as a button! Fiddling with his new tekkie gadget.

 

And he's peering up to me with his big curious eyes, "You mean you had to use wires to get power?"

 

I smile and say, "Yes honey."

 

"And the ends had.... plugs? with two pins and 3 pins u had to stick into the wall?? Boy! that's wierd!" he frowns in confusion.

 

"Yes.... those were the days when we didn't have wireless power" I sighed, as I reminisce the times my mum would give up trying to make those things neat.

 

 

What spurned this blast to the future? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6129460.stm "Physics promises wireless future."

Interesting to imagine the possibilities isn't it?

 

Peace out!

 

 

Took an online Myers-Briggs test just now. Interesting revelations. Thanks to friends Yam and Vani who brought it up during diner last night.

 

I am a straight-up INTP -

 

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

 

Introverted (I) 76.67% Extroverted (E) 23.33%
Intuitive (N) 63.64% Sensing (S) 36.36%
Thinking (T) 61.11% Feeling (F) 38.89%
Perceiving (P) 60.53% Judging (J) 39.47%

 

Of course the test and how I answered it could be flawed. But the descriptions are pretty true. Though I'd take a different view... the world exists primarily to be understood... therefore I exist primarily to understand the world.

 

Favoured careers:

 

philosopher, game designer, scientist, software engineer, freelance artist, research scientist, assassin, freelance writer, physicist, software developer, mathmetician, geologist, computer scientist, philosophy professor, webmaster, slacker, medical researcher, painter, mortician, systems analyst, comic book artist, computer technician, website designer, scholar, archeologist, computer repair, forensic anthropologist, astronaut, researcher, historian, systems engineer, genetics researcher, astronomer, enviromental scientist, egyptologist

 

 

More description of the INTP:

 

loner, more interested in intellectual pursuits than relationships or family, wrestles with the meaninglessness of existence, likes esoteric things, disorganized, messy, likes science fiction, can be lonely, observer, private, can't describe feelings easily, detached, likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others, does not think they are weird but others do, socially uncomfortable, abrupt, fantasy prone, does not like happy people, appreciates strangeness, frequently loses things, acts without planning, guarded, not punctual, more likely to support marijuana legalization, not prone to compromise, hard to persuade, relies on mind more than on others, calm

 

INTP's don't think that they're wierd but others do... am I wierd? really??

 

Other Architects- (I'm in the company of geniuses!)

 

Socrates
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Sir Isaac Newton

 

William Harvey (pioneer in human physiology)
C. G. Jung, (Freudian defector, author of Psychological Types, etc.)

Tiger Woods

 

 

More descriptions at:

 

If you wanna find out your personality type go to:

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Enjoy!!

 

Zaf