Wednesday, March 05, 2008
7 or 8, that is the question... - 10:18 PM
I was reading the papers that day and I came across an article, people nowadays are talking much lesser to each other. It cites an example of a couple taking the train together, the entire journey not talking to each other. I do observe some couples hearing their own MP3, sometimes others play their own PSP while the girl read magazine. People do not have much to talk to each other, less in common. Gone are the days where couples have so much to tell each other, grow old together and watch the sunset in the porch.Which brings me to another point, sometimes I wonder if I talk too much in office. So much so I might be labelled as NATO(No action, talk only). Haha I hope not. But I think I am one of the person who talks the most, that I admit. But I need to talk. If every other single minute is about working, I will either die of boredom or stress. Work or not work, we are all humans. And as humans, we need to communicate. I remember that there were days where there were no one to talk to, and I felt like those old folks home old man, staring at the computer like counting down to the endless tomorrows. Goodness, eternal silence is a torture. I guess the other group of people who do not talk, living in their own world, oblivious to whats happening around them, must hate us so much. But sometimes I wonder are they really like that, for somethings they do hear. Pretending to do your work and yet secretly listening is so scary. I do not want to venture further into whats on their mind. Just like they say who is more scary, the barking dog or the silent one. The enemy in the open, or the terrorist in the dark. Haha imagination runs wild. Anyway even if they do talk, I would like to liken it to a group of people I know call "conversation stoppers". I remember during my varsities day, there were people who would jump into a conversation, then full stop. No one could continue. Or there was this forum where many many people leave their comments, then full-stop man has to come and then that's it. Its just weird. I guess its just the different wave length in thinking. Weird questions I cannot answer, I am being faulted to give one single word answer. Yes blame me, but thank god I am on the side of majority. Thank god not only me. I think I am just being mean.
Which brings down to one important question. Having one person down there at the dinner table not talking, not laughing and not eating.... Will it be weird? 7 or 8? I really don't know....