Sunday, January 10, 2010

Why do we judge people..?

It is in our nature to judge the people around us. We judge the way our friends act in public. If they ignore our wishes, we think they are disrespectful. If a friend misses a few social occasions, we deem him a miser or a loner. Choices of a person are considered distasteful if his suggested book, movie, song or play do not align with "our thinking at that point of time". If a child commits a crime we deem their parents unfit. A hard working person is labeled as anti-cool. A thoughtful person is assumed boring. If someone deviates from a suggested path he is registered as acting-too-smart/he-is-making-a-wrong-decision. We make these judgments all the time – never thinking that one day we may be judged ourselves.

The most terrible thing about this is we never realize we are judging others on the surface, but the impact of this is so hardcoded in our brain that we almost become opinionated about them. But what happens when we finally stop for a moment and judge our own lives. It can be painful to step back and see what we have been doing. And even more painful to realize that we have no intentions of stopping.

Friday, January 1, 2010

New New year ...

Last year went like a breeze. With so many surprises, so many wonderful things, it was a great year. Some moments off the top of my head,

Last Cisco trip; My bro-in-law completing his MS and into a new job; Visited my sister after 2 years; my first flight journey; my cousin got engaged; I quit my first job (a pretty big step actually); Moved to a new country; enjoying my studies; getting better at cooking; made lot of new friends; A surprise letter from my mom;

One of the major steps I may say is I am "completely" independent now. While in Bangalore I had some dependency, but here its me for everything. For every right I have to pat my back, and for every wrong its me to blame. Its quite an experience.

Let the surprises of 2010 begin..

Some of my new resolutions..
1] I will not start watching any new US TV series. Will follow only the ones i have watched till now. Because I am up to date with the ones I am watching.
2] Read history and geography more. (I have started this one actually)
3] Will continue to remain updated on new technology.
4] Will open my Facebook and Orkut page only once per day.
5] Will focus more on looking culture from a scientific perspective. And i have started reading Mahabharath back.
6]This semester will work harder.
7]Will continue updating my english song collection.
8] Will add to this list..