it is amazing how small Male` is, if you think about it in this perspective, for those who share apartments, or even rooms. its like living inside a toilet, a no roof bathroom stall where you are self-conscious of shitting cause of the person in the next stall. Don't deny it, we cant really let go comfortably when we know there's someone who could hear our farts or our shit hitting the water.
Shit if we take it and not make it literal, that`s how most of our lives are, this place is so small, we can almost hear what the other person is thinking (no idiots that was a joke, we are not telepathic, at-least i hope not).
Privacy is a good thing, everyone should have their own time because we are all different even the person you love is different from you and they will do stupid things which may not be actually stupid but you think is stupid but you don't want to do or say anything cause you might hurt their feelings but in turn just swallow them cause you also don't want your children or your next room neighbor to hear you two fight. (and i dare you to make sense of that train of thought) . Given all that, most of us dont have a positive or productive way to get rid of our frustrations.
That is if you don't count, racing through the small streets of Male` blaring our horns like clowns, glaring and sneering at anyone who comes in-front of us. OR protesting about the latest issues, loosing our religion even though it has survived through the ages, protesting about protestors.
At-least i think the reason why we are most of time mean, inconsiderate, with no sense of common courtesy is because we are frustrated. (and you just went DUH! didn't you. so why didn't you write about it?) Frustrations about money, space, life, this brick prison we call home, the government, the previous government, the religious fanatics, nonreligious fanatics, gangs, traffic lights, GST .. etc. etc.. and hence the anger..
when i came back after a long time from abroad i wondered why people here where so angry, most of the time, now i think i know... thing is, life sucks people, we all know it, it reams us in the back once at-least every 2-3 years but we need a better way to handle it. we need a better way to handle problems between each other.. we need to find a better way to live peacefully in our little fish bowl.
Shit if we take it and not make it literal, that`s how most of our lives are, this place is so small, we can almost hear what the other person is thinking (no idiots that was a joke, we are not telepathic, at-least i hope not).
Privacy is a good thing, everyone should have their own time because we are all different even the person you love is different from you and they will do stupid things which may not be actually stupid but you think is stupid but you don't want to do or say anything cause you might hurt their feelings but in turn just swallow them cause you also don't want your children or your next room neighbor to hear you two fight. (and i dare you to make sense of that train of thought) . Given all that, most of us dont have a positive or productive way to get rid of our frustrations.
That is if you don't count, racing through the small streets of Male` blaring our horns like clowns, glaring and sneering at anyone who comes in-front of us. OR protesting about the latest issues, loosing our religion even though it has survived through the ages, protesting about protestors.
At-least i think the reason why we are most of time mean, inconsiderate, with no sense of common courtesy is because we are frustrated. (and you just went DUH! didn't you. so why didn't you write about it?) Frustrations about money, space, life, this brick prison we call home, the government, the previous government, the religious fanatics, nonreligious fanatics, gangs, traffic lights, GST .. etc. etc.. and hence the anger..
when i came back after a long time from abroad i wondered why people here where so angry, most of the time, now i think i know... thing is, life sucks people, we all know it, it reams us in the back once at-least every 2-3 years but we need a better way to handle it. we need a better way to handle problems between each other.. we need to find a better way to live peacefully in our little fish bowl.
wow. this is a very cool take on our pathetic situation. we are liked trapped animals. the moment we get a moment we roar like the angry lion. and yes we need privacy - privacy is important. without that, our frustrations just grow.
ReplyDeletewe need an avenue to let go of our frustrations.
for me, writing helps in a way :)
yeah. it does :)
ReplyDeleteYes, we need privacy ...
ReplyDeleteBut I hink we need tolerance, common courtesy and some good manner too ...
Privacy may be a luxury a few can afford these days, but being nice doesn't cost a dime !!!
Be nice ... :)