Invasion

For the second time in a month, our home was invaded by some insect, maybe termites?

Invasion

For the second time in a month, our house was invaded by insects, maybe termites?

Johari me!

Okay, so here’s what people think of me so far. Have you weighed in yet? If not just go to this site, and let me know what I should know about myself. Some (all) people seem to consider me logical. Am I Mr. Spock? Or have you caught me slipping into ad hominem attacks or some other fatal error of logic? Let me know.

Arena (known to self and others) bold, intelligent, knowledgeable, logical, self-assertive	Blind Spot (known only to others) able, complex, dependable, helpful, introverted, nervous, observant, religious, responsive, searching, self-conscious, tense, wise, witty
Façade (known only to self) extroverted	Unknown (known to nobody) accepting, adaptable, brave, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, confident, dignified, energetic, friendly, giving, happy, idealistic, independent, ingenious, kind, loving, mature, modest, organised, patient, powerful, proud, quiet, reflective, relaxed, sensible, sentimental, shy, silly, spontaneous, sympathetic, trustworthy, warm

Dominant Traits

71% of people agree that sumpteretc is intelligent
57% of people agree that sumpteretc is knowledgeable
100% of people agree that sumpteretc is logical

All Percentages

able (28%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (42%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (28%) confident (0%) dependable (14%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (71%) introverted (14%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (57%) logical (100%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (14%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (14%) responsive (14%) searching (14%) self-assertive (42%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (28%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (14%) witty (14%)

Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 27.2.2006, using data from 7 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view sumpteretc’s full data.

Johari me!

Okay, so here’s what people think of me so far. Have you weighed in yet? If not just go to this site, and let me know what I should know about myself. Some (all) people seem to consider me logical. Am I Mr. Spock? Or have you caught me slipping into ad hominem attacks or some other fatal error of logic? Let me know.

Arena (known to self and others) bold, intelligent, knowledgeable, logical, self-assertive	Blind Spot (known only to others) able, complex, dependable, helpful, introverted, nervous, observant, religious, responsive, searching, self-conscious, tense, wise, witty
Façade (known only to self) extroverted	Unknown (known to nobody) accepting, adaptable, brave, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, confident, dignified, energetic, friendly, giving, happy, idealistic, independent, ingenious, kind, loving, mature, modest, organised, patient, powerful, proud, quiet, reflective, relaxed, sensible, sentimental, shy, silly, spontaneous, sympathetic, trustworthy, warm

Dominant Traits

71% of people agree that sumpteretc is intelligent
57% of people agree that sumpteretc is knowledgeable
100% of people agree that sumpteretc is logical

All Percentages

able (28%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (42%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (28%) confident (0%) dependable (14%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (71%) introverted (14%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (57%) logical (100%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (14%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (14%) responsive (14%) searching (14%) self-assertive (42%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (28%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (14%) witty (14%)

Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 27.2.2006, using data from 7 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view sumpteretc’s full data.

Q-tip catastrophe

Yes, there was a mudslide in the Philippines lately, and yes, the President declared a national state of emergency yesterday, but what concerned me most this morning struck a little closer to home. I got a piece of cotton stuck in my ear. They have some cheap cotton swabs in the market, and Tiffany bought some when we ran out of the good kind. Since then, we’ve bought good ones and had others shipped to us. But . . . I was trying to use up the old ones and, lo and behold, I pulled the swab out of my ear and found myself staring at an empty stick. Apparently, the cotton was well inside my ear. Tiffany tried to get it out with tweezers and a flashlight but wasn’t making much progress. I was already late to pick up church members in Casanicolasan, so I went ahead with my route. Tiff did some online investigating while I was gone and felt safer about going back in, so with a little digging around and pulling on my ear, she was finally able to retrieve the pesky bit of material.

We had a good crowd in church today. It seems to fluctuate a bit from week to week, but I think, all in all, the church is growing numerically. The youth group had a love fellowship yesterday, and I think more than 60 attended.

Not too much else out of the ordinary today. When I picked the students up in Imus, Joel told me that they had been invited to eat in the home of one of the church members but that Syrel and Arlene were too ashamed to eat. I’m not really sure what that means, (and I’m not really sure how to find out).

Q-tip catastrophe

Yes, there was a mudslide in the Philippines lately, and yes, the President declared a national state of emergency yesterday, but what concerned me most this morning struck a little closer to home. I got a piece of cotton stuck in my ear. They have some cheap cotton swabs in the market, and Tiffany bought some when we ran out of the good kind. Since then, we’ve bought good ones and had others shipped to us. But . . . I was trying to use up the old ones and, lo and behold, I pulled the swab out of my ear and found myself staring at an empty stick. Apparently, the cotton was well inside my ear. Tiffany tried to get it out with tweezers and a flashlight but wasn’t making much progress. I was already late to pick up church members in Casanicolasan, so I went ahead with my route. Tiff did some online investigating while I was gone and felt safer about going back in, so with a little digging around and pulling on my ear, she was finally able to retrieve the pesky bit of material.

 

We had a good crowd in church today. It seems to fluctuate a bit from week to week, but I think, all in all, the church is growing numerically. The youth group had a love fellowship yesterday, and I think more than 60 attended.

 

Not too much else out of the ordinary today. When I picked the students up in Imus, Joel told me that they had been invited to eat in the home of one of the church members but that Syrel and Arlene were too ashamed to eat. I’m not really sure what that means, (and I’m not really sure how to find out).

 

When the doctor needs a second opinion

This picture is really apropos of nothing. It’s a couple of chickens that were roosting in our jackfruit tree this morning. I just have never posted a picture on my blog before, so I wanted to see what was involved.

Tomorrow, I’m going to Manila with Pastor Rheynil and Pastor Alex. We’re going to attend the 2nd Annual Theological Forum, coordinated by Asian Theological Seminary. The topic is something along the lines of “Naming the Unknown God.” I don’t think I’ve heard of any of the keynote speakers before, but some of the breakout sessions look interesting.

At any rate, I’ve been hurrying around trying to get ready, since we need to leave at about 4:00 tomorrow morning. Registration is at 8:00 and the first plenary session is at 9:00, so that should give us enough time. Pastor Alex told me tonight, though, that there are supposed to be 20,000 protesters in the street tomorrow, so we may have to avoid EDSA, which will almost certainly complicate things. I’m not sure how I’ll do going to a new place without my regular navigatrix (Tiffany). My GPSr doesn’t do me any good when I’m going someplace I’ve never been before.

Getting ready has mostly consisted of copying some songs from CD to cassette, because our car doesn’t have a CD player. No, actually, it’s mostly been trying to get the smell of vomit out of the car. Elijah didn’t do too well traveling up Kennon Road to Baguio on Saturday. I think it’s maybe only the second time he’s had motion sickness, but he did it up right this time.

There was an interesting discussion at faculty prayer meeting tonight. One teacher was requesting prayer for a man who is having some stomach pain but the doctors haven’t been able to discover the cause. Another teacher jumped in, offering, “Oh, I know someone else who had that problem. And they did an endoscopy and X-ray and everything and found nothing. Then they cut her tummy open and found out that half of her intestines were–what’s the word?–rotten.” Ugh. Not too encouraging. Then she went on to tell how the doctors invited the patient’s mother in to see the problem for herself. I think, if I were the mother, I would take the doctor’s word for it. Tiff said it’s like when a mechanic points to some thingamajig in your car and says, “That’s your problem, right there.” Personally, I think intestines always look wrong, so looking at “rotten” ones probably wouldn’t help me too much.

After prayer meeting, we practiced singing the WBC hymn, since we’re supposed to sing it at graduation. It’s even clunkier than most school songs, but we change the words a little bit at each practice. With a few more weeks practice, it will be completely unrecognizable by the original author.

When the doctor needs a second opinion

Tomorrow, I’m going to Manila with Pastor Rheynil and Pastor Alex. We’re going to attend the 2nd Annual Theological Forum, coordinated by Asian Theological Seminary. The topic is something along the lines of “Naming the Unknown God.” I don’t think I’ve heard of any of the keynote speakers before, but some of the breakout sessions look interesting.

At any rate, I’ve been hurrying around trying to get ready, since we need to leave at about 4:00 tomorrow morning. Registration is at 8:00 and the first plenary session is at 9:00, so that should give us enough time. Pastor Alex told me tonight, though, that there are supposed to be 20,000 protesters in the street tomorrow, so we may have to avoid EDSA, which will almost certainly complicate things. I’m not sure how I’ll do going to a new place without my regular navigatrix (Tiffany). My GPSr doesn’t do me any good when I’m going someplace I’ve never been before.

Getting ready has mostly consisted of copying some songs from CD to cassette, because our car doesn’t have a CD player. No, actually, it’s mostly been trying to get the smell of vomit out of the car. Elijah didn’t do too well traveling up Kennon Road to Baguio on Saturday. I think it’s maybe only the second time he’s had motion sickness, but he did it up right this time.

There was an interesting discussion at faculty prayer meeting tonight. One teacher was requesting prayer for a man who is having some stomach pain but the doctors haven’t been able to discover the cause. Another teacher jumped in, offering, “Oh, I know someone else who had that problem. And they did an endoscopy and X-ray and everything and found nothing. Then they cut her tummy open and found out that half of her intestines were–what’s the word?–rotten.” Ugh. Not too encouraging. Then she went on to tell how the doctors invited the patient’s mother in to see the problem for herself. I think, if I were the mother, I would take the doctor’s word for it. Tiff said it’s like when a mechanic points to some thingamajig in your car and says, “That’s your problem, right there.” Personally, I think intestines always look wrong, so looking at “rotten” ones probably wouldn’t help me too much.

After prayer meeting, we practiced singing the WBC hymn, since we’re supposed to sing it at graduation. It’s even clunkier than most school songs, but we change the words a little bit at each practice. With a few more weeks practice, it will be completely unrecognizable by the original author.

Johari window

Okay, let’s see what you really know about me. Not what my favorite soda is or the last movie I saw, but my personality. Actually, this isn’t a quiz to test your knowledge. It’s an exercise to help me learn more about myself. So, if you think you know me, have at it.

Johari window

Okay, let’s see what you really know about me. Not what my favorite soda is or the last movie I saw, but my personality. Actually, this isn’t a quiz to test your knowledge. It’s an exercise to help me learn more about myself. So, if you think you know me, have at it.