Away we go

Thrilled.

It's 12:15 a.m. of the 21st November 2013, and finally, it's tomorrow. The idea of going to the U.K was pretty perturbing at first, mainly because i didn't know what to expect (i still dont), but then i realized it should be a fun adventure so i'm setting a positive mindset for this journey through and through.

I might be writing bits of my adventure while i'm there. That is if i have internet access (fingers crossed). I don't know who's really reading my blog, but it's been getting quite a number of views. I'm trying not to reveal my personal life out here in the open, it's predominantly a blog for me to just share my views and thoughts.

The next post would probably be posted from the U.K.

Until then.

Moments

A little girl, barely able to handle a whole trolley by herself, with eyes shining bright as she looked at her father who was standing metres away.

"Dad dad! Stand there, look!"

She pushed a trolley she was trying to handle and stopped it right before it came in contact with her father. But dad wasn't looking, he was busy checking his phone. Instead, he just nodded and ignored her daughter, who was then looking right up at her father's eyes, waiting and hoping for praise or applause.

This happened right in front of my eyes yesterday.

And then I remembered, something similar occurred months back; let me recall it in words.

Class just finished, I was in a mamak store on my own. Across from me, a father and his son were chilling and waiting for their orders to arrive. The son looked no older than 5 years old. His father took out a pack of cigarettes, lighted one cigarette up and left the pack on the table.

The kid reached for the pack and then held it in his small hands. He looked at it for awhile, averted his gaze to his father, who wasn't paying attention and was smoking right in front of his son. The next few seconds crushed me.

"Ayah, kenapa ayah hisap rokok?"

"Hm"

"Ayah, bukan ke rokok tak bagus untuk kita?"

No response from the father. Not even a glance at his son.

And then the kid did something I wish I could've captured with my camera, from the angle which I was seated, the father's back to me, the son's face fully in sight.

The kid looked up at his father, eyes gleaming with thoughtful expression, as if his tiny heart was hoping that his dad didn't have to smoke.

The father continued blowing smoke out of his mouth. Not once did he looked at his son. Only if he did and saw what I had seen, he might've just changed his way of life, for the child in front of him.

Walk it

Today I went to renew my passport. The whole process took 5 hours. 4 hours 40 minutes of waiting and 20 minutes to actually just renew the passport. I don't really blame the services or the system, it's just that the whole place was swarmed with people. With little to do and basically hundreds (possibly reaching 4 digits) of people walking past by in front of me as I was sitting down on a chair in the hallway, the shuffling of feet caught my attention.

And a thought came to my mind, 'Is it possible to predict someone's personality based on the way they walk?' So I began observing. Relentlessly observing for hours (yep hours, I was that bored) , similarities could be seen seen between the way they walk and the way they dress up.

Note: I know my observations could be wrong, don't condemn me. I did this for fun.

People who do not make sounds when they walk: Tendency of being physically sharper in terms of how they wear their clothes is higher. Which explains why they don't make sounds while walking; they are more aware of how they present themselves in public.

People who make sounds when they walk: tendency of wearing loose and unfitting clothes are higher. Physically not as presentable as the category above, neatness of clothes mostly didn't seem to matter to them.

And then there are some sub categories which i wont list them all cause it's pretty minor. Although, one which I think is particularly the most common is that some would wear baggy pants, loose clothes and slippers but they still don't make any sound when they walk. (Well, we all have those days of not caring about how we look in public, and then regretting the decision as we stumble upon our friends in malls lol)

It was quite obvious to note who wore unfittingly on purpose and not on purpose. How to divide these two types? Those who wore unfittingly on purpose, you can still see through the type of slippers and/or watches that they wear, how their hair is maintained and so forth.


So all in all, my conclusion/opinion is that your personality reflects on how you walk. Try observing for yourself! I was amazed at how something so inconsequential could prove a really big point. Some of you might want to observe how you walk after reading this post. Well my advice is, don't walk and look down and see if you make any sound or not cause you'd in all likelihood be biased towards yourself (you'd avoid making sounds). So tell a family member or a friend, to observe the way you walk when you're not aware of it!

Anyway, just an experience that got me thinking. Have a good day everyone. Walk like a boss.

Toast

Here's a toast to this new blog.