"Some things are better left unknown..."

That saying in the title, I've been using and hearing it a lot especially this year.

I can pretty much say that I'm a very curious person, I always want to know everything, and sometimes will go out of my way to satisfy my curiosity. Now, having bits of knowledge about everything is good, but not always - especially when having that 'knowledge' puts me in a difficult situation.

This afternoon, I was having a chat with this person ("this person" could be of any gender ;) ) like any other normal day. Then somehow we got to the topics of more serious and personal matters. And somehow, after making me promise to be completely discreet about this, this person told me a huge secret that involves some other people and their families and relationships. This said matter is really huge and has a great impact on the people who are involved in this. This really puts me in a very difficult situation. I really should tell someone about this, but I can't, knowing that their lives are better off without knowing the truth. On the other hand, I feel terrible for letting those innocent people go on with their lives without knowing what really happened. I really don't know what to do, I wish I could undo that conversation..

This made me think a lot about all the difficult situations that could possibly happen in the future, and how I would deal with them.. Lots of thoughts are running through my mind..


What would you do if you found out that your sister's husband is cheating on her?

What would you do if you found out that your dad's cheating on your mom?

What would you do if you witness your brother/sister killing someone (be it out of self-defence) ?

A Quote A Day Keeps Your Troubles Away

I've always loved reading quotes by famous people. 

They can come in handy at times when I need encouragement, motivation, and inspiration. 

Some of the quotes I read even made me understand things I couldn't fathom, open up my mind to things I never thought, and allow me to look at things at a different angle. 

These are some of my personal favorites. I made these pictures myself, but feel free to use it, I'd be glad :D

P.S. : pls ignore the pseudo-misleading title, I couldn't come up with a better, catchier one lol

Hahndorf, Australia's German town

Last month, I went to Hahndorf with my host family. Hahndorf is a little German town located in the Adelaide Hills. It's my 4th time there, but I'm still fascinated everytime I go there. We also visited some other places in the Adelaide Hills while we were there. I skipped church for this :X

 First stop, is the Beerenberg jam factory.

Michael (my host father), Rita (my fellow homestay 'student'), and Me.

Then, we headed straight to Hahndorf after.

With Prescilla, my host mother.

With Rita. She's a public school teacher in Indonesia. She was only here for 3 weeks, sent by the gov't (along with 40 other teachers) to learn about Australia's education system.

Too bad the photo's blurry, otherwise you can clearly see the tasty German sausage meal I had. Oh well.

Some postcards that Rita bought, the Aussie slangs ones are pretty interesting.

I always love seeing old couples; and this old couple are very talented! They're so nice and adorable too! <3 

Look at that lavender tree behind us, it was my first time seeing a lavender tree. It smelled so good! 

 Next, Michael took us to see this old water mill. This mill was used to grind flowers inside the building (if I'm not mistaken). He said it's been there for about a century, and it's still working!

It's a restaurant up there, next to the water mill.

Beautiful scenery nearby, definitely great for taking pics!

 Just looking at this is so refreshing.

Our last stop is The Summit. From there, you can see the beautiful view over the Adelaide city.

Free hugs, anyone?

I tried jumping and climbing so many times before I finally succeed getting on top of it to sit.

(:

Found this on my friend's Tumblr. Very 'galau', isn't it? Lol. 

Today's sermon at church was as if it's directed to me. I was astonished at how spot on it was. I think this is God's answer to my question. All this time, although I sorta knew it to be the answer, I chose to pretend not to. But now, I definitely know what to do, and it's about time :)

Oh by the way, I have lots of pictures to share, lots of things to blog. I've been itching to blog about them, but today's the last day of my 2-week mid-semester break (I had lots of fun during this mid-sem break, and am still not ready for uni tomorrow actually :( ), and I got a big assignment due on Thursday (which I haven't even looked at :S). But I'll definitely do it after I'm done with my assignment, so please come back visit my blog again ;)

Edit: After writing this post, I checked my study planner before I went to bed, and found out that my assignment was due on MONDAY, which was the day after I wrote the post! I freaked out like hell, but fortunately, I managed to get it done and handed it in on Tuesday. Pheww..

Get to know me better through "Cattell's 16 Personality Factors" :)

I just did some sort of a personality test, which I should've done last month as part of my tutorial preparation for Consumer Behaviour. It's called "Cattell's 16 Personality Factors", there were 85 questions.

You have to be honest with yourself when answering this, otherwise the result won't come out correct. Also, it depends on your circumstances/situation when you're answering the questions, so the result might come out differently if you do it another time. Below is my test result:

Cattell 16 Factor Test Results

Warmth |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 86% Intellect ||||||||||||||| 42% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||| 58% Aggressiveness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Liveliness ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Social Assertiveness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 86% Sensitivity ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Paranoia |||||| 18% Abstractness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Introversion ||||||||| 26% Anxiety |||||||||||||||||| 58% Openmindedness |||||||||||||||||| 54% Independence |||||||||||| 38% Perfectionism |||||||||||||||||| 58% Tension ||||||||| 26%

Cattell's 16 Factor Key

Factor	low score	high score
Warmth	cold, selfish	supportive, comforting
Intellect	instinctive, unstable	cerebral, analytical
Emotional Stability	irritable, moody	level headed, calm
Aggressiveness	modest, docile	controlling, tough
Liveliness	somber, restrained	wild, fun loving
Dutifulness	untraditional, rebellious	conforming, traditional
Social Assertiveness	shy, withdrawn	uninhibited, bold
Sensitivity	coarse, tough	touchy, soft
Paranoia	trusting, easy going	wary, suspicious
Abstractness	practical, regular	strange, imaginative
Introversion	open, friendly	private, quiet
Anxiety	confident, self assured	fearful, self-doubting
Openmindedness	closeminded, set-in-ways	curious, exploratory
Independence	outgoing, social	loner, craves solitude
Perfectionism	disorganized, messy	orderly, thorough
Tension	relaxed, cool	stressed, unsatisfied

I personally think the test is pretty much true. What do you think?

Click here for the test :)

It'd be awesome if you share your results with me, my dear readers :D

Hyun Bin ♥

I just finished watching Secret Garden 2 days ago, and today I just finished watching the special episode. I gotta say this drama is the best K-drama I’ve watched so far (or it’s a tie with Endless Love). Every single minute I spent watching it was really worth it. As Se7en said it, it’s not just something to kill your time with, it gives me joy and taught me a lot of lessons.

Anyway, it’s not what this post is about. This post is about (as indicated in the title) the very talented and handsome Hyun Bin. I am completely head over heels for this guy.

He’s really a great actor. When he acted as Gil Ra Im when they switched bodies, he made it so believable. Also, when he got stuck in the elevator, his acting was so amazingly real.

I’ve been a fan of him since watching My Name Is Kim Sam Soon and A Millionaire’s First Love (actually I can’t remember which one I watched first lol). I’ve been a fan and have been liking him since then, but it was Secret Garden that made me completely fall for him. I used to think that he was really lucky to get to date Song Hye Kyo. But now, I think Song Hye Kyo was the one who’s lucky lol.

I never thought of him as really THAT goodlooking, and I still don’t think so. Well, I mean, he IS very goodlooking, of course. But there are tons of other Asian celebs who look much better than him; Daniel Henney and Dennis Oh to name a few. But I think he’s just got so much personality that sets him apart from others. His cheekiness is probably one of the qualities that make him very charming and attractive. Okay, I’m gonna stop now before I ramble too much. Bottomline, I LOVE Hyunbin!

I wanna start blogging again :D

It's 5 a.m. and I'm still blogging. I have been sleeping this late for the past few days, which is totally NOT good. I've quit blogging since many years ago (not that I was ever a passionate blogger though), but recently I made a couple of new friends, Cicilia and Shinta, and reading their blogs made me want to start blogging again :) Especially considering that I'm quite a forgetful person, blogging can help me keep track of how I spend my days. Hopefully, it will also improve my essay-writing skills. Lol.

Today, I woke up at 2 p.m. (again, lol) and went to the city to have dinner at Koreajung with Cicilia and Shinta. Then they took me to their hostel, and we spent a good 4 hours chatting, which was really fun! :D As we were talking, somehow we got to the topic of more serious and personal matters. Talking to them made me more sure of taking this 'action' I've been thinking of taking since weeks ago. Cicilia agreed with me about it; she said that I should take a big step, a big action, to get myself where I should be. Well, I'm planning to do it this Sunday, just before uni starts again. Hopefully I have the courage do it, wish me luck :)