I just happened to come across this link on a blog. | http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx | It was a personality quiz. Hearing about myself from another source other than myself, is interesting, even if it might not be true, so I gave it a try. The results were, of course, highly amusing. It was like about reading another’s personality. Could heartily disagree with most of them. Here’s what I got, along with my thoughts.

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

~Like the heading suggests, it’s only what the internet thinks my view on myself is, and initially, I don’t care what others have to say about my view on myself. That’s for me to decide.~

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don’t judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren’t necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people’s eyes.

~I totally disagree with the opening line. I completely detest serious people. Life is too short to take anything seriously, and even if there occurs anything that requires seriousness, I should be the serious one because I know when to stop pretending.~

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

~No comments!~

Your views on education:

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

~Oh, yes, education is highly important but I feel Mark Twain is more realistic, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education”~

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don’t focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

~This, I have to agree, but only partly. I do have plenty of dream jobs, but I might just get around to focus on some things.~

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

~Agreed. Enough said.~

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It’s time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

~Well, this one’s a twister. I don’t care what others think of me, and who doesn’t care about the way they present themselves?~

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

~Good. This means, I don’t sulk too often, and even if I do it won’t last, or, at least, I don’t show it~

Well, that’s about it, my personality. I removed one undesirable point from the list, naturally.

I’m in love… Wow! What a divine feeling it is. Oops! Did I just say ‘divine’? Funny thing love is, made me call it ‘divine’. How bizarre! Its just a mark of my long-term madness.

My love has me crazily blabbering. I’m drowsy over it. I’m saying and doing things I sanely wouldn’t or shouldn’t. I’m already fantasizing what to do after my exams, and it isn’t going to happen for another month! I’m enveloped by this blissful feeling that keeps me attracted towards my love. The more I try to stay away from it, the more it haunts me.

What’s happening around me? Why is my exams isolating me from my love?

Time, it’s the need of the day. All I need is a little extra time for myself. Though I know I will have all the time in the world in a couple of months, the biggest problem is doing the waiting. It’s just so difficult to wait. Those around me aren’t doing anything to help either, the ‘best’ they come up with is: “wait.” I’m tired of doing it.

I am just so desperate, I’m trying to stay away (or at least maintain a reasonable distance) until my exams are over, but it seems almost impossible. I just wish I could spend more of my time with my love – but it seems so difficult to get closer.There is always my books between us, books that distract and disturb me through night and day.

Some people suggest that I give up on my love, because I still have a long way to go in terms of my formal education, or so they say. But I can’t give up on my love; it’s my future, it is what I depend upon. I can’t and will never, in my right mind, give up.

Enough chit chatting. Coming back to life on a daily basis, I am not going to think about the future, I have no exams for the next few days and I’m going to spend all of my next few days with my love.

I think I’ll go to the terrace with a novel, and my fantasies.

School life is nearly at its end. Here and there people are beginning to become emotional. Every day, at least one of my friends confess to me that they cried the previous day. All feelings and emotions are running high.

The most worried and upset are the ones who had been studying in the same school right from the beginning, we, those who came in the middle are just feeling neutral. That’s life, we have to move on to bigger and better things. If we want to stay where we are, then we may lose the mysteries that life has in store for us, but that is a topic for another time.

Even in this melancholic atmosphere, one thing that everyone is interested and excited about is filling up each other’s slam books. It has become sort of a tradition amongst students in their last year. A year ago, rumour had it that our seniors were caught red-handed for writing things about the teachers in their slam books. The teacher found out what her students really thought of  her,which, obviously, wan’t nice and they ended up in trouble.

Keeping this incident in mind, my classmates are careful enough to keep the ‘slam book operation’ a secret. I too had the opportunity to fill up my friend’s slam book. I am absolutely baffled as to where these people get ideas for questions! I started quite well, but soon enough, I was stuck. I didn’t know what to write. I turned the previous pages to see what others have written. (It wasn’t much help, I was on my own)

The question that really stumped me was: “I would like to own ______” It was a simple question but to me it seemed a tough ask. I kept wondering. A car? No, That’s not my style. I kept thinking for quite a long time, and then suddenly, it popped into my head. Why hadn’t I thought of it before? I wrote, “Four dogs”

Yes, that’s what I’d really like to own.

My brother really is… never mind.

To describe my brother in one word, the least I can do is: rare. Yes, he is an original piece of work and has a rare character. That boy (he really isn’t a boy, but ‘man’ sounds too serious), well, I really have no idea how to describe his character. There is only one thing that is constant about him: BEER.

He is an adventurous boy. So adventurous that he would sink his teeth into anything non-vegetarian that is edible, but when one looks at him, he looks like an underfed kid.

Jughead is his blog picture, and the more I wonder why the more I realize that Jughead’s character describes my brother best. Juggy is the exact pictorial representation of my bother (purely intentional). Both of them have fallen head over heals in love with food and both look like pencils wearing jeans.

Generally, when he speaks, he seems to make sense, but many a time he just blabbers. He loves speaking and all he needs to keep him going is a victim who can listen and nod. He doesn’t dominate a conversation though. What he really does is, if the one who is supposed to be talking with him is a little weak in conversation skills, my bro will do the honour of speaking on behalf. Like I already said, he is such a lover of food (he can’t get enough of it) and words, with Kingfisher to taste.

To help myself do a better job of this post, I asked my mother to name a few adjectives that, in her view, describe her son. Well, here’s what she told me: contented, loving, lovable, kind hearted, absent minded, forgetful, and irresponsible at times.

Pondering on these words, I realized all of those were true. I am not too interested about the loving, lovable and kind-hearted brother. It may be true but it’s too boring. Everyone is a good boy at home, which is not what I want to elaborate about. On a more exciting note, he is such an irresponsible idiot (most of the times). We witness a different comedy every week. His greatest problem is remembering when he had booked tickets and when he hadn’t, he can’t keep track of the dates of tickets, and he needs a reminder to remind him to ‘go home’. If he says he’s coming home for a weekend, I wouldn’t believe it until I see him. There is always so much of drama around him.

He studied engineering, but from what I know, he regrets it so much that he still didn’t bother to receive his degree certificate. He is an engineer, but he doesn’t have proof to attest it.

Those who associate with him would probably know how forgetful he can be. He could give Sanjay Ramasamy a run for his money. He’d say he’ll call back in ten minutes, and would forget about it within seconds. He has spent days without recharging his phone because, he would forget.

If there is one other thing that he absolutely loves, besides eating and beer, it’s sleeping. If he’s at home, I don’t even attempt to wake him, because my voice would only fall on deaf ears; I’d rather maintain my dignity.

One thing that I really like about him, (despite the fact that he is my brother) is the fact that he is frank. If he doesn’t like something, he just says it. I don’t think that he believes in the not-hurting-another’s-feelings theory. Of course, he wouldn’t hurt anyone on purpose, but he wouldn’t falsely appreciate something he doesn’t like just so as to not hurt others, and as he says, he doesn’t “openly criticize anyone or anything”.

He is one who lives everyday on a moment basis, at his own risk and expense, oh, and in case I’ve forgotten, he is also my brother.