The City That Never Sleeps
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posted : January 21, 2009
And having attended the first ICS meeting for the year 2009, I saw a huge difference between yesterday’s meeting as opposed to a considerable number of TLS meeting last year. Despite the fact it never starts on time, and people eating during meetings or at least munching away or even undercover lovers giving trillion eye contacts just within a span of few minutes, I realised yesterday’s meeting saw only one laptop on the desk that too for the sole purpose of taking down the minutes of the meeting. A typical TLS meeting would commence when there is the right number of laptops on the desk rather than people even. Every member of the committee denotes his or her presence by their laptop that would have facebook and msn active. At times it could even go to the extent of members nudging each other on msn in the midst of the meeting. Sitting less than a metre away at times they like to communicate via a networking tool rather than make use of their gift of speech to even crack a joke. How effective can MSN get in narrating your tired day or even your anger at someone. Yes for the silent ones who are afraid of opening up, could use this a tool to communicate with a new friend or classmate. But for the majority of us who love speaking when not required to or at the wrong times, why do we let ourselves succumb to the ‘toys’ that fill our world. We fail to realise that these technological gadgets that surround us despite the irony of wiring us all up, does in a way restrain or otherwise cut us all up from each other. Yes there are times when I’m just too tired or emotional to speak the stuff on my mind that I’d rather type it all off to get it off my chest which leaves the people around me wonder at times for being antisocial. But oh well. We all do have our fair share of those moments. But apart from that it would be refreshing if everyone make’s the effort to communicate with the rest of the world. And I’ve realised the higher I go not only do I fall harder but lower also. Each time I find myself having to pick myself up from a lower footing. The thought terrifies me on what I have ahead of me. There are a few things that are beginning to go wrong at least for me as we are drawing close to end of January. Do I have time to amend the mistakes I’ve made? Or am I just going to continue faltering on? I guess only I can answer this. That’s also only when I’m ready to hear the answer myself. I need some strength to hold myself back before I involve myself in this yet again. Wish me luck. And a very random thing popped to my mind. The prospect of celebrating the birth of many many 21st babies this year (myself included DUH!) is really EXCITING! p.s. if you’re hungry but can’t eat, if you’re tired but can’t sleep, if you’re sad but can’t cry, you’re not in love, you are a human being (proven!) |
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