The Metal Monkey Part 1

Chinese New Year is around the corner.. and this time is the Year of the Rat. As for me, this year I'll be doing my work and not celebrating. And here is something that I wanted to share with everyone... I am The Metal Monkey.. LOL! and to those whose celebrating Chinese New Year, I wish you all a very happy CNY... don't drink and drive.. be careful and ENJOY!!!

THE MONKEY LADY- THE DELIGHTFUL MONKEY LADY

Unconventional, gracious and hospitable, the Monkey lady is a delightful and entertaining friend. Extremely generous (almost to a fault) and a great hostess, she tends to be a sweet busy body, always busy solving everyone's problems and often blind to her own. She is seldom boring, always full of gossip and anecdotes, although she is never intentionally malicious. Monkey ladies have opinions about everything and everyone, but hers is a fun-filled attitude where friends and foes alike are viewed as potential allies. She is tolerant of other people's shortcomings and is rarely over critical or judgmental. No matter how you offend her, she will not hold a grudge against you. But do not expect to go too deep with her-she thrives on superficial relationships. If you get too heavy with her, she could find you rather tiresome.

Her plus point is that she has a beautiful sense of humour with an ability to laugh at herself. She is a very good sport indeed. She can be a loyal friend. She will never badmouth anyone she knows in spite of her fondness for gossip and title tattle. Her spirited approach to life stops short of sarcasm or biting retorts. Her jokes are seldom at anyone else's expense; she is just a delightfully nice person.

BUt she is hard to pin down. Often unconventional and quite undisciplined, she tends to be dis organized and is not very good at keeping to schedules and things like that. She is not a great planner or plotter, and yet she does have a most natural flair for being cunning. She can be slippery, and is quick witted. Like a will-of-wisp, she will slip through your fingers if ever she feels threatened. And any attempt to confine her or lock her into an untenable situation will make her take off. The monkey lady cannot abide by anything that constrains her independence or her freedom. But instead of letting you know directly, she will perform a disappearing act.

This lady also has a fantastic memory for details. Though not the most efficient of people, she is nevertheless meticulous in her work, and is excellent as an editor or accountant. Very little escapes her eagle eye and small things going awry can occupy her attention to the extent of seeming petty. She can also be penny-wise pound-foolish, expending enormous energy on the small amounts and the small things around her.

Appeal to her sense of fun and her love of excitement and glamour. Woo her with pretty gifts, candlelight dinners and small romantic touches. She loves being loved. If she seems at times eccentric, don't mind her. Let her own nimble brain sort out her own little foibles. She will bring out the best in you and make you feel and appear frightfully clever.

And when her facts get a little crossed, causing her to feel frustrated and a little depressed, leave her be. She can cope, and will almost always come to her senses. The Monkey knows how to pick herself up each time she stumbles.

THE METAL FEMALE MONKEY

She is tough one, being feisty and hostile. She is also cunning and crafty when put on the defensive. If she discovers she has been maneuvered into a corner, you can be sure she will find a way out. Like her siblings, she is sociable and gregarious person who is able to get out of tight corners. Metal Monkey ladies love travel to exotic places and they make friends easily. But alas the also tend towards melancholia. There is an air of tragedy about them, and when despair sets in, which is uncommon, they often get caught in a spiral of depression.

There is however a veneer of the drama about her melancholia as she often sees herself as the sad heroine in a Greek tragedy. Surprisingly the metal element seem compound the dark, negative side of her Monkey nature.

'adapted from Lillian Too & Jennifer Too - Fortune & Feng Shui 2008 Monkey'