subconscious meets conscious: January 2007

play around with the bouncicles. drag them round. make them jump. go ahead!

Weird characters

Sunday, January 21, 2007

You know about those TV-screen characters which make TV soooo interesting to watch? Ultra-cool characters like Light and L from Death Note, crazy hyper ones like Raven from That's so Raven, moody unpredictable types like Angel from Angel,.....the list goes on. Simply put, characters which are real characters.

You don't find people like that in real life.... at least that's what i believe. Those characters might thrive and be hugely popular in their respective TV shows, but to bring them to real life would just be inviting trouble. I mean, just imagine having a doctor like House! =_= it'll never work. Realistically, it'll never work.

People in reality are much more bland. There's always the urge to blend with the crowd, to be a part of society. To survive in society, one has to be more....accomodating, more balanced i suppose. Well, that's what i believed, and which has proved true for 18 years. Until now....

Now, i'm reconsidering. I think my theory only works for Asians or, more specifically, Malaysians. Why, you ask? Please examine.

Exhibit A: American history lecturer - Mr. B. Hates cell-phones with a vengeance, and tries to convince all his students to give up their handphones. Has the ability to bash certain parties up without being over-insulting. Current record: Bashing up 4 different parties in one class.

Exhibit B: .....

OK, i can't think of an exhibit B right now, but here's my reasoning.

With the real life example of Mr. B., it is a possibility that people are really like that in Western societies. Upon furthur contemplation, it does make sense. Where else would have TV producers come up with their characters? No matter how exaggerated, there must be some basis in fact. As i see it, TV could actually be a pretty much accurate reflection of Western societies. We Asians just think it unlikely because of low levels of exposure to Western type characters. This is probably true on their end too, just look at Western movies' portrayals of Asians!

For now, this will be my standpoint. Further examination will have to wait till i go to America....*eyes glint*....

Signing off, ~TJ*

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Old friends

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Meeting an old friend after a long time is an....interesting experience. By a long time, I'm referring to years. You never really know what to expect. Questions such as "what does he/she look like?" & "what should i say?" runs through your head, but of course, no answer is forthcoming. All one can do is to just meet and wing it from there.

Yesterday, I met up with Kimberley. Finally. After....what is it?....6 years? As amazing as it may sound, we have been keeping in contact only via letters, at first and till present, emails. So, naturally, i was apprehensive when we set up this movie outing. For one, although we were friends once upon a time, we may not get along now. The sad reality is....people change. Although sometimes for the better ^^, which is good. Just as you never know what to expect, you can bet that your old friend is also in a similar predicament. What if they don't like what they see? What if the situation becomes the agonizingly slow and silence born of awkwardness? What then?

So many questions, so many worries, and time keeps ticking. Still, i'll take the risks.

Anyway, enough with the drama. To cut a long story short, we met up.....and things were fine. I can't say things went as expected, because i wasn't expecting anything O_o .....but i'd describe the outing as "reasonably comfortable". There were no awkward silences, but no easy familiarity either. I don't know exactly how to explain it, but there is something to be said for comfortable silence. You must trust someone a certain degree for there to be a 'comfortable' silence. Don't you agree? People just don't seem to be content with silence. Thus the need for mp3 players and vocalized pauses ( =P blame public speaking )..... anyway, that was what i had with kim. A comfortable silence.

The funniest part was the very beginning - we couldn't recognize each other. We had to search each other out through hints about clothes. Sounds like internet friends meeting for the first time, ne? After that, it was like making a new friend, except that this friend already knows quite a lot about you and is updating his/her stash of info. Well, at least i did.

All in all, it was nice....good..... *shrugs*. It's true you know. Old friends should never be forgotten. Never. Or perhaps it should be 'old friends CAN never be forgotten'. Even though they might fall out from your life at a certain point, they would have left their mark, big or small, obvious or subtle, its there, and those marks can never be erased.

P/S: Kim, best of luck in all your ventures, no matter where you go. Peace. **

Signing off, ~TJ*

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