Have you heard of the Chef that pierced his tongue?

Was watching Jamie Oliver’s cooking show, one of his earlier editions before he moved into that newer, bigger kitchen with that great big chopping board, which is basically the entire table top. It’s really one of those concepts which I feel, rather infused with. A concept that feels me – roughed, damageable, clumsy-proof. Really nice.

However, in his earlier editions, he still uses the traditional chopping board. Oh well, doesn’t matter. What really hit me, was that we’ll never ever find a chef with a pieced tongue. Just like we’ll never find a politician with pierced ears, be it left or right or both, or a religious leader with a visible tattoo, I’ll never be found with a cigarette.

That cannot be true!??! But it is. The fact is, cigarettes somehow just have no appeal to me. No disrespect to those smokers out there, but it really lacks demure and reason. We’ll go on and discuss the ‘Smoking’s Really One Big Flop’ theory another day.

Chefs need that complete sense of taste, and receive the full service from the strongest muscle on the human body. So it makes no sense to vandalize the one thing they rely on for direct taste.

However, it actually is a risk that’s worth taking for a trend setting chef, coz 80% of what we taste actually comes from the sense of smell. Smells help us TASTE food. Yes you heard it right. Can’t be too wrong when you had watched 6 months of Discovery Channel.

So, We’ll just wait for the trend setting Chef to appear. Meanwhile, this brings us to a question – Is reality really reality? Or isit just your perception of reality which is part of your ideology??

Like how life coach Gerald J. Simmons puts it,
"We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions."
Very true indeed.

In the context of Singapore, it actually gets worst. The people here though fortunate, but are just as limited - Very cramped, very controlled, very ideological.

For example, We are all stuck on this Island most of lives, and the job options are really limited to us. Not so much of the lack of job opportunity, but the lack of career choices. How many Singaporeans dedicate their lives for a meaningful cause other than for financial opportunities?? We are no longer a 3rd world country or a developing nation, yet we hardly produce true, selfless, passionate people who go out to the world and live with the gorillas, or study marine life.

I am pretty sure there are many with such aspirations, but Singaporeans are sadly not able to pull this dedicated movement off, simply because we are people of Ideology, of Idealism, of Economist.

I had an aspiration as a child to become a marine biologist, but sadly, I wasn’t too good with my books (I blame my genes for this). But the fact is, I could have still been given the chance to become one have I not been taught that studying is money and money is studying. So, the culture sets in and the passion is lost. How much could u earn as a marine biologist?

No regrets now, but what I am trying to say is, in Singapore, we limit ourselves. Management courses, finance Degrees, MBAs, Mass Communications, Engineering. What have You??? These are the common ones. Where in Singapore does it offer marine biology? And how do you compete with the 1 million graduates a year from China alone. Not to mention India.

Our passions have been deterred, influenced by years of luxury and comfort. No Pure bread Singaporean has stood out and conquered the world. Non that I can think of. Every well know Singaporean that has pulled off a world stunt has had some prior affiliate to some other country, or had lived in an era where it was necessary to do so. Let’s not mention pop singers here, that’s pure talent. We are focused on the everyday Singaporean, the ones you meet in the street or at school. The Talentless ones.

Where along the way did the passion die? The world is so much bigger. So much to see and conquer – too much, in-fact, to the point it can become unsettling. We can travel and see, shop and sing, but we have never gone deeper than that. Still satisfied at scratching the surface of the world.

like a Chef who will never pierce his tongue, Singaporeans will never leave the comfort of their ideals, home and security for a much greater cause other than for economic reasons. Or maybe, we just don’t have that option.

Jung Typology Test Results.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Your Type is
ENFP
Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
22 75 62 22


ENFP type description by D.Keirsey

The Champion Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in accomplishing their aims, and informative and extraverted when relating with others. For Champions, nothing occurs which does not have some deep ethical significance, and this, coupled with their uncanny sense of the motivations of others, gives them a talent for seeing life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil. This type is found in only about 3 percent of the general population, but they have great influence because of their extraordinary impact on others. Champions are inclined to go everywhere and look into everything that has to do with the advance of good and the retreat of evil in the world. They can't bear to miss out on what is going on around them; they must experience, first hand, all the significant social events that affect our lives. And then they are eager to relate the stories they've uncovered, hoping to disclose the "truth" of people and issues, and to advocate causes. This strong drive to unveil current events can make them tireless in conversing with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out.
Champions consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus, while they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves in some danger of losing touch with their real feelings, which Champions possess in a wide range and variety. In the same vein, Champions strive toward a kind of spontaneous personal authenticity, and this intention always to "be themselves" is usually communicated nonverbally to others, who find it quite attractive. All too often, however, Champions fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they tend to heap coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest self-conscious role-playing.


ENFP type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss

The following comes partially from the archetype, but mostly from my own dealings with ENFPs.]

General: ENFPs are both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone and everything as part of an often bizarre cosmic whole. They want to both help (at least, their own definition of "help") and be liked and admired by other people, on bo th an individual and a humanitarian level. They are interested in new ideas on principle, but ultimately discard most of them for one reason or another.

Social/Personal Relationships: ENFPs have a great deal of zany charm, which can ingratiate them to the more stodgy types in spite of their unconventionality. They are outgoing, fun, and genuinely like people. As SOs/mates they are warm, affectionate (l ots of PDA), and disconcertingly spontaneous. However, attention span in relationships can be short; ENFPs are easily intrigued and distracted by new friends and acquaintances, forgetting about the older ones for long stretches at a time. Less mature ENFPs may need to feel they are the center of attention all the time, to reassure them that everyone thinks they're a wonderful and fascinating person.

ENFPs often have strong, if unconvential, convictions on various issues related to their Cosmic View. They usually try to use their social skills and contacts to persuade people gently of the rightness of these views; his sometimes results in their negle cting their nearest and dearest while flitting around trying to save the world.
Work Environment: ENFPs are pleasant, easygoing, and usually fun to work with. They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions. Followthrough tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned. ENFPs are at their most useful when working in a group w ith a J or two to take up the slack.

ENFPs hate bureaucracy, both in principle and in practice; they will always make a point of launching one of their crusades against some aspect of it.




Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:
slightly expressed extrovert

distinctively expressed intuitive personality

distinctively expressed feeling personality

slightly expressed perceiving personality

Fly with me.

Inspired by a song 'TONG HUA' by Guang Liang.

So Came up with this piece of my own...




FLY WITH ME
by Emmanuel Chow


How could we be divided, yet united?
Death there comes, should I be taken
You were there, will never be forsaken.
My life I waited, to touch your feeble heart,
Yet, its strength embraces my own weakness,
Weak am I.
Not strong enough to let you go,
How could I allow your face to fade into darkness?
Stay with me, my spirit holds you.
Let me spread my wings and hold your hand,
Let the fantasies in your story come to life,
Fly with me, and make me weak,
I’ll be the angle you have seek,
Permit us this happy ending, Princess.

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