Θράσος

Έναν πράμα που με νευριάζει τρομερά στην Κύπρο είναι το attitude/θράσος που έχουμεν. Τζαι δυστυχώς χωρίς να μπορεί να δικαιολογηθεί. Νομίζουμεν ότι είμαστε οι πιο έξυπνοι, πιο όμορφοι, πιο καλοί, πάντα έχουμε δίκιο τζαι ότι ούλλοι οι άλλοι έχουν λάθος. Δεν δεχόμαστε κριτική από κανέναν (όντας τέλειοι φυσικά) τζαι όταν τολμήσει κάποιος να μας πει την αλήθκεια αρχίζουμεν να φωνάζουμε ότι μας αδίκησαν, έππεσεν ρουσφέττιν (προφανώς παραπάνω που το δικό μας), θα πάμε στους ανώτερους, θα ανεκατώσουμεν όλον το κόσμο για να έβρουμε το δίκαιον μας (όπως εμείς το αντιλαμβανόμαστε) αγνοώντας παντελώς την πραγματικότητα και αραδιάζουμε ένα σωρό ψέματα για να στηρίξουμε την υπεροχή μας. Μέχρι τζαι σενάρια επιστημονικής φαντασίας δημιουργούμε για να εξηγήσουμε γιατί μπορεί να μας αδικήσαν:
Σενάριο 1: Δεν τους αρέσκει η φάτσα μας τζαι επειδή δεν είναι επαγγελματίες αποφασίσαν να μεν αναγνωρίσουν την αξία μας (άσχετο αν είμαστε άχρηστοι)
Σενάριο 2: Ξέρουν την ξαδέρφη του κουμπάρου του πρώην φίλου της ξαδέρφης της κολλητής μας τζαι εκακολήγησεν μας η σκρόφα. Δεν εξηγείτε αλλιώς.
Σενάριο 3: Εν άχρηστοι τζαι κομπλεξικοί τούτοι που μας ασκήσαν κριτική τζαι επειδή δεν μπορούν να δουν τον καλύτερο τους προσπαθούν να μας μειώσουν.
Σενάριο 4: Ζηλεύκει επειδή είμαι πιο όμορφη/όμορφος, έχω καλύτερο αυτοκίνητο/design flat/τσάντα Μίου.

Τα σενάρια μπορούν να συνεχιστούν (you got the point!) αλλά ποτέ δεν φταίμε εμείς, Ποτέ δεν κάνουμε αυτοκριτική και να αναγνωρίσουμε το μερίδιο της ευθύνης μας. Να πούμε ότι ρε παιδί μου ναι μπορεί κάποιος να είναι καλύτερος από εμένα σε κάτι και μπράβο του! Σιγά μεν έχει καλύτερον από εμάς! Τζαι διερωτούμε, τί μέσα στην κοινωνία μας μας εδημιούργησεν τούτο το τουπέ τζαι έδωσεν μας τα αρχίδια να συμπεριφερόμαστε σε όλους σαν αρχίδια; Εν τα πολλά λεφτά που εππεσαν απότομα; Εν η καταπίεση που ενιώθαμεν τόσα χρόνια που τους κατακτητές τζαι φκένει τωρά; Εν επειδή είμαστε λίοι τζαι εν νόμος επιβίωσης; Εν το πολλύν άππωμαν με το οποίο μεγαλώνουν οι τελευταίες γενειές; Τζαι το πιο σημαντικό είναι πως αλλάζει τούτο το πράμα;

Μερικές φορές πάντως μετανιώνω που είμαι professional....εν με παίρνει μακρυά. Λίον θράσσος please!

Fading

Remember those pictures we used to have when we were growing up? Those that were printed on photographic paper? If you go back to those you see that the colors are fading as the years pass by. It seems that the memories are fading away in similar ways. Funny isn't it if you think that those memories will come back more colorful and vivid as we grow younger in mind - when heading to the other end of life.

Anyway, last night I found on my computer a photo, a digital one. The colors were perfect and bright but the memory was fading fast. And that made me think. Aren't memories just instantaneous feelings? You will never feel the same as on that instant the photo was taken, and that is not captured on a piece of paper or a ton of pixels, it is not even captured in the moment. It is dynamic. And this is why its beautiful.

getting out of your own mess

I find it very frustrating to watch people around me unable to help themselves get out of their own mess. People should be stronger. Human communication should be simple. No hidden messages, no false hopes, no pretending. But then this is real life, this is the game, and you should be able to keep your player alive and in a good state. I hope you would.

My own mess is still haunting me, hopefully not for long.

Early 30s

• You prefer to stay in on a Friday night, lie on your couch, in front of the TV with good company, cook, have some wine and then drop dead before midnight.
• You don't feel like a loser for doing so.
• Going for a coffee on a week day is considered "going out".
• Staying up after midnight on a week day is considered late and means that you will need tons of caffeine to get through your day.
• Going clubbing is not considered fun - being pushed by people and squeezed in a corner in a place where there is no air and no possibility whatsoever of communicating with anyone is more of a torture than fun. Couch, blanket, wine, good company!
• You no longer live with your parents, and none of your friends does either. You have you own places, some even have their own families.
• You have been past the point where you talk about tiles, paints, furniture, kitchen, bathroom etc. You are already in your flat/house and now you are either into gardening, considering to have a baby or getting a pet.
• You don't worry about where to go clubbing on New Year's Eve. You will probably be trashed before midnight, and then end up at an after party at a friend's house.
• You worry about the money you will be spending on gifts, what to get for your friends' kids, and if you will be able to pay the bills.
• You are no longer pissed off with your parents, you want to see them and spend quality time with them. You realize you might not have a lot of chances to do so. After all life is short.
• You don't think that a 40 year old person is old, after all she/he is just 10 (or less!) years younger. What is 10 years?
• You cannot believe that anyone was born after 1980 - that is too young!
• You don't considering staying pregnant an accident but rather a blessing even though you might have not wanted to have kids.
• Waking up early on a Saturday morning is not weird. After all you have your house to clean and your supermarket shopping to do.
• You know what you want and what you don't. You know what you like and what you don't. And you will not compromise for anything else.
• You are calm and you don't worry about becoming 30, you are already there and enjoying it!
• ............... [Feel free to add if you are in your 30s]

Fake

I have been thinking about fake a lot recently. I am not talking about fake accessories, fake boobs, or fake noses. I don't care about those, it is fake people that bother me a lot, and we have a lot of those around.

Why on earth do you want to make your lives more complicated by not being true, honest and on the point? Why do you play by rules other than those that are the simplest? Why do you keep playing roles in your personal lives - we have to do that in our professional lives, so be true for once! Why do you think about what will be more accepted and then act? Why do you waste your life (and ours) on meaningless shit? Why do you choose your friends, partners, places to go based on how socially accepted these are? ? Where did you learn to be fake and how did I manage to stay out of the game (luckily enough)?

Sometimes spotting fake people is easy, but other times it takes more time and that is when it hurts the most, because you treat them as true, humane entities, and then they turn out to be something soul-less that glows but is empty inside.

So please, if you are fake (and you know it if you are of course - don't fool yourself) don't even consider wasting our time. We have a true life to live and we want to be able to look back with no regrets.

Enjoy the lovelily sunshine by living the day :)

Σε είδα....

Κάθε βδομάδα πιάνω την City τζαι το πρώτο πράμα που ανοίγω να διαβάσω είναι η στήλη "Σε είδα". Μιαν που τούτες τις μέρες λέμε να στείλουμε και εμείς κάτι.

Προς το παρόν ο συνένοχος στο έγκλημα πρότεινει: Θωρώ με κάθε μέρα στον καθρέφτη τζαι ξιππάζουμε. Ως πότε;

Εγώ προτείνω: Σε είδα να κλαδεύεις, σε είδα να κλαδεύεις.

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