Day 3: Life is What You Make It

May 9, 2012

Today after class, we took a field trip to the Bishop Museum.

The Bishop Museum holds artifacts about Hawaiian culture. It helps explain the different cultural influences that make up the Hawaiian people.

While walking through the museum and learning about all the different cultures that make up Hawaiians I began thinking about all the different influences that are in my life.

The “Mainland” is a bigger melting pot. Most people are made up of so many different nationalities it is hard to figure out what someone is, unlike here in Hawaii were it is easier to tell what ethnic group a person originated from.

Since on the “Mainland” it is hard to tell what ethnic group people originate from, I tend to forget that my ethnic group influences who I am, as well as the other groups I am a part of.

Today the museum, and our class discussion prompted me to evaluate who I am.

According to the Jung Typology Test I am:

Extraverted 89%

Intuitive 38%

Thinking 1%

Judging 22%

Most of my life I would not have called myself an extravert at all, but the truth is I love being around people and interacting with them.

In my younger years I was described as shy because I wouldn’t talk since I was afraid of what people would say or think of me. However, I’ve some how come out of my shell more because I’ve realize I will never get what I want in life if I don’t speak up.

This may sound selfish but getting what I want is an important part of my life. Now don’t get me wrong, I love people and I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings, but I view life as a competition. I like to win, but I also believe that life is what you make it. Any situation can be made better if you want it to be. 

For example:

The Bishop Museum had a lot of interesting artifacts, but the fact of the matter is, it is summer break and my brain is a little bit too fried to read a ton of plaques and listen to documentaries.  However, instead of drudging through the museum, my friends and I decided to make our time an adventure and make the best out of the situation. We acted a bit like little children, we touched everything that did not have a DO NOT TOUCH label, we made origami and we took silly pictures. It was a great time because we made it a great time!