INFJ

Introversion, iNtuition, Feeling, Judging.

INFJ is the rarest MBTI personality type, making up only 1% to 3% of the population.

—Sometimes mistaken for extroverts, because they appear so outgoing and are so genuinely interested in people.

—Strongly humanitarian in outlook.

—Rare combination of emotional and logical.

—Inspiration and support for others.

—Highly creative and artistic.

—Doers as well as dreamers.

—Sensitive to the needs of others.

—Focused on the future.

—Deep thinkers.

—Idealistic.

—Reserved.

—Values close, deep relationships.

—Enjoys thinking about the meaning of life.

內向, 直覺, 感覺, 斷定。

INFJ 是 The Myers-Briggs 性格分析中最罕見的一類, 大概只有1%-3% 世界人口。

—有時被誤認為是性格外向, 因為他們看起來對別人很感興趣。

—有強烈的人道主義觀。

—情感與邏輯的罕見結合。

—為他人提供啟發和支持。

—極富創造力與藝術性。

—同時是夢想家和實現家。

—對他人的需要很敏感。

—放眼未來。

—深刻的思想家。

—理想主義。

—有保留。

—着重深厚感情的人際關係 。

—喜歡思考人生意義 。

—The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Soaking up the last bits of fall...

 

香港/Steveston

Steveston, once upon a time a small fishing village. And now all the seafood are mostly gone and left with the seafood processing plants and the museum to show to the tourists of its bygone glory days.

Nothing is as it was…⠀

You cannot go back to the place you grew up. Or you can, but you won't find it. It won't be the same as you remember. As a young adult you remember houses, streets, lanes or special trees but you don't have a map in your head of how they all connect. The sadness of coming back home as an adult is you cannot recognize any of these houses, streets, lanes or special trees. The olds are all gone.

Everything is as it was. Nothing is as it was…⠀

你不能回到你長大的地方, 即使你可以回去, 你也不能找到它, 因為它不會和你記憶中的一樣, 你年輕時記得的房屋、街道、小巷或者是一棵特別的樹木, 你腦海中有張地圖可以把它們連接起來, 悲傷的是成年後再回去, 你無法認得出這些房屋、街道、小巷和那棵特別的樹木, 因為已經全部不在。

一切都照舊, 沒有一樣是照舊...

Photography by Karsten Petersen 1976

Joffre Lakes

I hiked the Joffre Lakes today. Not one lake but three Lakes. Each one is more beautiful than the last. An 11 km (6.8 miles) round-trip hike, this is one of the best hikes in Canada, thanks to the scenery along the route. Today total 23,824 steps = 15.96 kilometre

The monsters are back

Nothing to cerebrate, just arrival of monster ships, like Queen of Sheba, after three years of empty streets of Vancouver. The cruise ships are back. Before the pandemic, every year, towards the end of Spring, they sail back to Vancouver like migrating steel monsters responding to some secret calling. They will come and go all summer, pouring as many as 8000 wannabes into downtown Vancouver a day, three of them docked at Canada Place and two more over at Ballantyne Pier. They are massive, imposing, disruptive, controversial. They are the cruise ships. Tourism industry love them. Environmentalists hate them.

Cherry will blossom, regardless

It's springtime, and the cherry blossoms are very open and the air suffused with evergreen and moss both, which was almost too much. There are birds, and the angle of the sun made the water of Fraser River look emerald.

We’re still under the dark cloud of Covid-19. I use nature for therapy. I use my daily walk to make sense of what's happening out there everyday and to keep me sane. 

Hold on to this time, these few weeks when the sun is high and we remember only the best part of the year, and for a little while all is well, the hardship forgotten. Hold on to this, before it goes. Hold your loved ones close, tell them what they mean to you, be kind. This is the spring and it's very, very fleeting.