Showing posts with label Enthusiasm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Enthusiasm. Show all posts

Two Types of People

 Trying to classify people is not easy. But this is a practical classification, with no claims to scientific proof. Put simply, those who give you positive vibes, and those who don't. Like the P and N junctions in electronics, if you will. 

Among the positive, there may be further categories- like the Excited Electrons, super-enthusiastic types. They are bubbling with ideas, or enthusiasm, or both. They have banished the word Excuse from their dictionary. They will not say no to anything that comes their way, from God, or from his representative-the boss, I mean. 

Frequently, you find students who are in this category..not a lot of them, but some. A large number are found among the Doctoral students- there must be a correlation, I'm sure. (Ha, ha). But generally, these enthusiastic people carry the organisation forward. The naysayers may have their uses in keeping you from trying stunts that can take you off a cliff and prevent disasters, but they generally sap everyone's enthusiasm. 

I was reading a book recently about a theory of the universe, which said that desire drives everything, and that each element (even the smallest one) in it is autonomous, and makes choices or decisions, rather than one single, all-knowing entity. If you think about it, we do have choices, and we do pick pathways on how to go about each day. And the days turn into months and years, finally taking us where (hopefully) where we wanted to go. So it's up to us to avoid people of a certain type, and spend more time with the positives (excluding the Corona positives, for the time being).

Karaoke- An Invention I Like

For years, we have had small booklets that contained Hindi film songs (lyrics) by some category-usually, by singer. I have a couple. If you had to sing a song, you could look up the lyrics and do it.
The music would not be around.

With a karaoke mic, you have both the music and the lyrics available, and you can look at the lyrics on the monitor and sing along. Many of these are called Sing-along mics. In my view, it has democratised singing, and added life to many a party. It brings in enthusiastic participation after an initial hesitation, and I have seen lots of people totally enthused and practising their favourite songs. I have also discovered singers through this process, among close friends and others. Some pics of karaoke parties we have had- in the family, it is a regular affair..we consider ourselves The Sound of Music-wala Von Trapps.. my favourite song is Phoolon ke rang se, dil ki kalam se from Prem Pujari.

 Sadhana, Swathika Kalaivani and Akshaya look on, while Madhan sings.

 Pratyush is entertaining all of us.

 Radhika likes what she sees, and makes good use of the mic.

Long live Karaoke!

Stages in a Facebookie's Lifecycle

These are observations based on some bookies (not those!) I know.

Jealousy- Watching friends go on vacations to Goa (and post pics), while stuck in a boring job.

Enthusiasm- Off you go on a new vacation, and trigger-happy. Creating or curating an album, after some hasty posts. Ditto for marriage, honeymoon,..

Follow the trend- Do what everyone does-pout, take a selfie,..take your pick.

Mourning- Watch others get into relationships, get married, etc..make snide remarks (not always on fb)

Quizzing- Attempt the amazing quizzes (I am excluding mine) that are a shameless attempt at capturing user data, and actually test nothing.

Watching your face melt- into a Queen Victoria, or a Cumberbatch, or a Katrina..Eeks, melting faces give me the creeps!

Crib about fb, join another Social Media platform, repeat..




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