personality quiz

Tomorrow morning I have to get to work bright and early because the entire team is going to be put through a DISC Assessment.

I can hear the boy say, "WHA?"

Well folks, DISC stands for:
Dominance - relating to control, power and assertiveness
Influence - relating to social situations and communication
Steadiness - relating to patience, persistence, and thoughtfulness
Conscientiousness - relating to structure and organization
(according to wikipedia)

From what I understand, DISC is similar to Myer-Briggs type indicator, except it is situational base. I could have a completely different DISC profile at work then when I am at home. Meaning, I could be a totally submissive servant at work, and a boss lady bitch at home. Just saying.

So last week, in preparation for this assessment/training, we all took an online assessment quiz. I'm betting—based on how I answer the quiz—that I am very likely a C and High S.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow, to learn what type of work personality my team mate has, and how we can work better together (yeah I chuckled at this).

But the most important thing of all... what should I wear so that I won't be late? (It takes me forever and a day to get ready in the morning)

6pm: 6 hours later

12.30 in the afternoon

It's January, and it is 72 degrees when I went out to lunch just now. Did we hit the record high?

my kind of food

It is the time of the year again, with Chinese New Year coming up in 2 weeks.

Believe it or not, I was actually googling recipes for "Fried Wonton", and out of the many search results, Rasa Malaysia caught my eye.

It is an amazing food blog, with detailed instructions and great photos to go with it. I've been browsing through the site this weekend, and I think I am going to attempt the following two recipes in the near future, which means, in the next year or so for me.

Friend Wonton
http://www.rasamalaysia.com/2006/11/chinese-recipe-fried-wontons.html

Chicken Satay
http://www.rasamalaysia.com/2006/09/recipe-chicken-satay.html

Mmmm yummy! I miss my hometown food so much.

bedroom

After a week of procrastination, the boy and I finally finished assembling the dresser Saturday evening.

The room is finally coming together now, it went from a neon blue and green wall (it was a kid's room), to a nice calming muted wine color.

But by no means the room is completed, as we're still waiting for the second nightstand to be delivered as the first one was damaged in transit.

I've been looking online all evening for cool and interesting wall art. I think I want to try out Wall Decals. They are rather inexpensive compared to frame art, and it is definitely something different.

Here is how the room looks like currently, and I photoshopped one of the decal on the wall just as an example*:


Here are couple options I am looking at:
1. Vinyl Wall Art's Tree - this is the one I p-shopped above


2. Blik Surface Graphics - Anise by Ilan Dei


3. Etsy.com - Ellynelly's Panda


4. Etsy.com - Oneupdesign's Early Bird


I ma let the idea simmer for another day or two and see if I still like it. But for now, this is definitely a viable solution to the blank wall. Any frame art would likely be out of our price range for what we want to spend now.

* The collage idea came from makingitlovely.com.

furniture shopping

Has anybody in St.Louis been to HDL Furniture and Floorings? (Obviously I have never been). How is it like compared to Weekends Only Furniture?

DoubleUTeeEff

I think my blood pressure just shoot thru the roof.

I was checking the bank account and getting ready to pay it when I noticed that there is a charge from Directv for $413.01. What the f?

Everytime I call them... "Sorry mam the system is down we can't look up your account." I ma keep calling them until I get an answer.

Anybody know if I can file a complaint with BBB or consumer reports or anything like that? Not that I would get my money back, but I would like to get my story heard... however small it is.

update 10.08pm: I've called them twice after dinner. "System is still down". Wow. I wish they just DIAF. Ah yes, very mature of me to say that. BLARGH.

after lunch IM convo

me: i have dinner

da boy: you have dinner?
da boy: did you hit something with your car?

me: LOL. Sorry, what i meant is i have lunch leftover, and the portions are HUGE, enough for both of us

da boy: thought you hit a possum or something.

da boy: just for the record

da boy: if you ever hit a deer, bring it home

da boy: i'll smoke it

me: LMAO

first impression

Directv's strip down Tivo's interface is a lot more intuitive. Dish Network's home grown interface is getting on my nerves. BUT, I am impatient. I should give it a couple more days.

For now I'm just happy I can watch real time TV instead of the Tivo-ed programs from 2 months back.

Finally, tv!

After a month and a half, we finally settled for Dish Network. Installation was this morning so I worked from home while the technician set up the dish and DVR.

Finally! No more staring at each other in dead silence during dinner time! How romantic!