Pet Peeves

       Pet peeves. Who doesn't have them? I believe that almost everyone has things that irritate them and I'm no exception to the rule.
       What are my pet peeves? Obvious statements and redundant questions
       When people make obvious statements, they tend to expect an answer. But honestly, I don't know how to respond. When you say, "Oh! You've cut your hair!", do I really need to waste my breath to validate your statement? The only response you've left me with is "Yeah." But I'm not gonna let you put me in a corner. So when you make statements like that, especially if we've already known each other for a while, I'm gonna put you in a spot and say "No, my hair grew backwards." or something like that. Don't take it personally. That's just how I deal with obvious statements.
       Additionally, I loathe redundant questions. Questions that I deem redundant are those that have answers that are obvious, are repetitive in nature or have absolutely no value to conversation. Examples of those questions in the first category are questions like, "Are you eating lunch?" when I take out my lunchbox. "Bruh...no, I'm having dinner," is probably how I'll respond to you.
       Questions in the second category are questions that are asked one after another with different phrasing, but basically ask for the same information.
       Questions with no value to conversation? I guess this is harder to distinguish, but, these questions tend to be quantitative in nature. To quote The Little Prince, "Grown ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never ask you, "What does his voice sound like? ... Instead, they demand: "How old is he?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him."  You won't learn much about me by knowing how I cooked my lunch, or which places I want to visit. But trust me, you will learn much more if you ask me why I cooked my lunch the way I did, or why I want to travel to the places on my wishlist.
       Maybe this will seem like a rant to you. I don't know, maybe it is a rant. But it's just something I wish people would know if they wanted to know me better. It would save a lot of time that would be otherwise wasted in  meaningless conversation.

On writing

So before I flew overseas to commence my studies, I remember a couple of friends asking me to write a blog so that I could keep them updated on what went on in my life.

"Why bother?" I thought. I felt that it was unnecessary to do so as I could simply tell them what went on in my life via text, Skype, FaceTime etc.

I am writing this not because my next words are, "I was wrong, you guys can tell me "I told you so!"." I'm writing this anecdote because I wish to say to all my friends who were just mentioned, I didn't write this blog for you guys to get updates on my life.

I started this blog with the intention of having a space for me to present my thoughts. Thoughts that I do wish to be heard, but I don't plan to say out loud to people's faces all the time (especially those whom I don't know very well) as I don't wish to be rude.

This isn't going to be a travel blog, but more of a journal that will collect open letters that I write, to anyone who wishes to read it. So if you're interested in knowing my goes on in my mind, welcome. And if you're not interested, you can move along. I won't get offended. Just don't get offended if I'm not interested in your thought life. :)