Relationships

Yeah. It has been awhile since I last blogged something. Workload (or in my case, studyload) is catching up on me. But never fear, for my blog is not dead and this post is here to prove it.

Let me clarify definitions first before I move on. Relationships can be any human-human relationships. I do not mean exclusively boy-girl relationships. I clarify this because I made a comment on Facebook about relationships and one my friends asked me who was the girl I am referring to. So, yes. Relationships=human-human relationships (e.g. parent-child, boy-girl, friend-friend, best friend-best friend, cousin-cousin, etc)

As I look around and consider various situations, I try to find similarities between them. For example, what do Korean/Cantonese/Mandarin dramas, clubs and societies, and ‘yam cha’ sessions have in common? I see one thing in common between all: relationships.

In dramas, outwardly, most of it seems like power/money struggle between people. But why does drama has its appeal? Why do people want to follow the current drama series religiously? Besides the suspenseful plot, I would say that it is about relationships. In the drama, you see how people relate to each other and how they interact with one another. That itself makes a huge chunk of the drama’s plot. Of course, the situations in dramas are sometimes highly exaggerated and most only happen will happen in real life only under ideal conditions (which, according to physics jargon, means will never happen).

Same goes for clubs, societies, ‘yam cha’ sessions, mamak sessions, and so on. One can see that a lot of people love going for clubs and society meetings , eating sessions and so forth because of the interaction they can get by hanging around other people. To be sure, there are other reasons for going for clubs, societies, eating sessions, etc but one of the main reasons is for, to quote an often used equivalent in the Christian circle, fellowship.

As one can see around, relationships make up the core of human society. How we act towards one another, how we communicate with each other, etc all work in shaping the society around us. An example would be the situation in Malaysia now. There is a gap of trust between the politicians and the Malaysian society at large, and this in turn shapes the political situation in Malaysia. On a finer scale, there are some seeds of distrust between citizens of different race and religion. This in turn will start to affect how people treat one another and this generates an environment of insecurity at large (some people, in their articles and comments mention of another May 13 happening).

In conclusion, let me iterate what I posted in my Facebook a week back:

“No matter the technological advancement human beings have achieved from the past until the present day, relationships will still deteriorate…maybe at a slower rate compared to pre-internet days”.

So, yeah. All relationships are important. It makes up the core of who we are.

Ian

PS: To all my friends and family (in Malaysia, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and any other country) I miss you all!!!! :) XD