I have always been interested in one question. How do people see me from the outside? And I’m not talking only about passers-by on the street, but also about people who see me every day and know me pretty closely.
Today I asked my acquaintances and friends to show their best improvisation of me! I agree, it is a little narcissistically, but here are some of my favorite «parodies».
And personally, my favorite and the most accurate:
So how can though details and everyday things make us exactly — US? We pass by hundreds of people on the street, in public transportation, as well as in the work and academic space every single day. While viewing people, have you ever wondered about what message this or that detail of a person carries? If our belongings could talk, what do you think would tell about us?
The star of my article today and the object of my close attention this week was my dear friend — Diana. At my request, Diana told me a story about a detail which is important to her.
Samsung GT star 5230 was her first phone. In some sense, Diana’s influenced her future choice of profession. Diana received it as a gift at the age of twelve from her grandmother. Since this gift is very intimate to her, she still has kept it in memory of «simpler times» in life.
«Grandma bought phones for her older grandchildren on her first pension, which was a great joy for us!»
As a child, she already showed creative inclinations. With this phone, she became interested in music and video-making.
«As a child, I would be shooting videos similar to the series and films that I watched and tried to put my creative vision into them»
Also, the phone has become a source of inspiration and a tool helping express thoughts in the form of stories, notes, and even «fanfictions». As a music lover, Diana enjoyed listening to the first songs of her favorite artists.
Without realizing it, Diana from an early age expressed all the abilities and character required for future journalists. A journalist has to be much on everything: starting with photo and video shooting, editing and directing abilities, ending with a trained look at various areas of life like art or science.
I wish Diana to continue to develop and improve her skills surpassing herself!
We love the weekends so much because this is the time when we can stop and walk along the street in a measured step. In the morning, lazily stretch, smile at the morning sunbeam and quietly drink a cup of coffee. And Sunday morning is just like “love at first sight” (imagine here is playing a song by Etta James “A Sunday kind of love”)! And do not blame yourself that every Monday you quickly want to return to a warm and cozy weekend.
This weekend we celebrated the International Women’s Day and therefore rested much longer. I calmly walked around the bazaar, looked at the old town and drank coffee with a croissant at Starbucks. Looking through the distorted windows of a coffee shop, I had the opportunity to observe people and even come up with miniature stories for each character. This turned out to be a very entertaining exercise. Here some results.
This woman sat on the bench for about half an hour talking on her phone for a long time. By her appearance and stern expression, I concluded that she is a businesswoman with a lot of work on her shoulders. She seemed interesting to me because she clearly and in a very focused manner wrote in her diary what her smartphone whispered in her ear. After sitting for a while, silently looking away into the distance, she got up again and ran to conquer this world!
This couple sat for a long time and chatted about “sweet nothings”. They looked at each other with such affection. Probably married for almost a lifetime! The time around them stopped and was not going to go again. Sitting and chatting, they did not need anything or anyone around in this world.
It turned out that these two love birds were the parents sitting in anticipation of their teenage daughter. She went shopping choosing her next pair of jeans and bright sweatshirts. I looked at her with kind jealousy because she was wearing a very beautiful sweatshirt of my favorite color. Looking down at her parents through her trendy glasses, she called them to walk further through the mall.
The day off is a time when you can finally meet with friends who you have promised to for a long time to find time for them. Weekends and miniature “Meeting of girlfriends.” But our gadgets won’t allow us to communicate in a reality – this is the curse of the present time.
I witnessed the first date. They were so tense and shy to look at each other and move closer than one kilometer from each other. But he bravely decided to look into her eyes and tell some joke. She liked the joke and laughed. One point counted in his favor, good job!
On weekends, you can also take yourself on a date, as they say, “treat yourself”! She looked at her new purchases for a long time and then delightfully put it in the bag. Finishing her frappuccino, the girl followed my example and also carefully and with interest looked at the people around her. Maybe she was looking for inspiration?
For twenty minutes, these young people looked at the Instagram of a young lady who they liked so much. A friend helped him out to make the first step. Because now it’s so hard to just ask “How are you?”.
Minutes went by like days, months, years… She never returned, and there was no news from her either. But she promised to return. She promised that she would look at a couple of blouses in the store and quickly return to her husband. And he is faithful to her and believes in a miracle that his wife will not try on the dress.
And this is exactly the same situation just a moment right before she made a promise to return in just 15 minutes. But we all know that she will return only after she has found the right thing, which means it will not be soon.
Here no words needed. “Dear Lord, when will the baby’s parents return? I need to go to the restroom.”
It seems to me that I have a new hobby now.
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