Fine people (And me in my world)
On the way home today I got to know a classmate better. When I say I got to know someone better I essentially mean I can finally place that someone in a pigeon-hole. He is the prototypical all-rounder who is also self-conscious and therefore all the more a stable individual whom you probably can't find any weakness in any aspect of his life.
I thought of reconstructing our conversation so that I can describe such a prototype better. But I'm feeling tired now. In summary: a self-conscious all-rounder is a person who has a balanced life, and is aware that he is in a valuable position and therefore will not squander it away to complacency, procrastination, or any other pitfalls. He plays soccer, badminton, reads widely, sleeps relatively early, plays computer games, has a girlfriend and is an active church-goer. Yea, that kind of person who utilises every spare minute of his time well, and if there can be any gripe about such a lifestyle it is that there is no simply no time to rest - something which he revealed to me.
Don't know about your own observations, but I notice such people are usually upper-middle class people who are more likely than not to have a religion as well. Perhaps more research could be done in this area, if there isn't already. I suspect this: being in a family where one's parents have respected jobs instills a certain work ethic within the family, such that both work and play are equally emphasised in a very balanced way. Also, part of that 'play', I would say, involves an appreciation of the finer points in life, like fine dining, fine music, fine this fine that.
It is hard to say how religion fits into the picture. Is it the individual's work ethic that instills discipline and deference to the religious tradition, or is it the practice of religion that instills a disciplined lifestyle in the individual? Both may probably be co-related, but which came first?
Well whatever the case, I tend to think these people as having one definite flaw, and that is: the possession of a certain rigidity in humour. What do I mean by this? I don't really know. I find it hard to explain and will probably need more interaction with such a fine class of people before I can illustrate the inherent weaknesses of that class, assuming there are any weaknesses in the first place. We would like to think no one is perfect, don't we.
Fine as such people are, here I am listening to the same song for the 321st time. They in their world, me in mine.
I thought of reconstructing our conversation so that I can describe such a prototype better. But I'm feeling tired now. In summary: a self-conscious all-rounder is a person who has a balanced life, and is aware that he is in a valuable position and therefore will not squander it away to complacency, procrastination, or any other pitfalls. He plays soccer, badminton, reads widely, sleeps relatively early, plays computer games, has a girlfriend and is an active church-goer. Yea, that kind of person who utilises every spare minute of his time well, and if there can be any gripe about such a lifestyle it is that there is no simply no time to rest - something which he revealed to me.
Don't know about your own observations, but I notice such people are usually upper-middle class people who are more likely than not to have a religion as well. Perhaps more research could be done in this area, if there isn't already. I suspect this: being in a family where one's parents have respected jobs instills a certain work ethic within the family, such that both work and play are equally emphasised in a very balanced way. Also, part of that 'play', I would say, involves an appreciation of the finer points in life, like fine dining, fine music, fine this fine that.
It is hard to say how religion fits into the picture. Is it the individual's work ethic that instills discipline and deference to the religious tradition, or is it the practice of religion that instills a disciplined lifestyle in the individual? Both may probably be co-related, but which came first?
Well whatever the case, I tend to think these people as having one definite flaw, and that is: the possession of a certain rigidity in humour. What do I mean by this? I don't really know. I find it hard to explain and will probably need more interaction with such a fine class of people before I can illustrate the inherent weaknesses of that class, assuming there are any weaknesses in the first place. We would like to think no one is perfect, don't we.
Fine as such people are, here I am listening to the same song for the 321st time. They in their world, me in mine.
1 Comments:
Hmmm...do u mean, more conventional, 'non-vulgar' and polite, more politically-correct kind of humour?
Aquila
Post a Comment
<< Home