Violinist In The Metro- A Social Experiment

“A man sat at a metro station and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.
He collected $32.
When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it.
No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? The answer is some how "A BIG NO"

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

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haha some random picture of IZZAT n AlVIN lol XD they are real beast ! not to mention they both look "reet" too lol XD

Unforgettable

It's half pass 2 in this very dawn now.

I am here lying on my bed over looking at the city of lights sleeplessly.

I love the night because it is quiet, and peaceful. Though there are some people nearby are still celebrating with their party while enjoying the chill 12"C temperture, but it is okie for me as party is a good thing and they don't really organize party every night.

The sky is dark, no stars as I have enticipated. The city is interesting at this time, as most of the rooms are in dark but I can still see flashes of lights shining out from the rooms, I guess this is one of a way people watch their night show over here.....

I am now lying on this bed....cozy, soft and nice....sleeplessly looking at this calm and chilly night...the sky is dark but I can see it is quite orangey ....perhaps is due to some reflaction from the streetlights....

I am feeling sad, empty and meaningless....perhaps is due to some past event happen 2 days ago...and perhaps is due to the "back to 17 again" I watch just now....I just felt sad...

I am now sleeplessly being bombarded with the memories I have last time....the dates....how we meet....how we know each other, the happy time we had in college and also after class outing...the bad bitter moments....the worse thing.....the anger, the jealousy just everything....all of this seems just so fresh in my memories...though all this has been almost 10months now....but all of the events and moments just seems to happening at yesterday....it is so sad....full with sadness and sorrowness....I really hope all this would be kept and be forgotten as soon as possible, but the moments are just so unforgettable.....

BJ's creativity wall

I went to my ex high skoo the other day BJ (around april) lol, for the hari sukan.

As usual when even i went back to my ex-school, i would just walk around the premises to check out some new staffs before meeting my friends and my belovered teachers "P muahaha XD.

Through out my jalan-jalan, i noticed some of the changes are ... new paintings along the corridor to Block B, an added roles of classes behind the block A (place where we use to play Bola Jaring) , an additional Foot ball goal, an additional basketball shooting board, tons of new plans in-front of the entrance, a couple of new telephone boots, various sets of new banches lies around the front compound of our 6-stars korperasi, and also a new "Creativity wall"

yeah creativity wall huh...well back in our days i dont think that thing even exist, well apparently this wall is specially "created" by the teachers for student to show and express their enthusiasm of artistic talents, thoughts, emotions and foremost craps in their mind......

for your information, this piece of wall is located in between our Block A and B (technically its in Block A) lol, well remember when we walkthrough from Block B to A... where there is a stretch of open air (with trees and grasses)...well yeah thats the place for creativity wall. In my opinion, the drawings....or should i say craps or rubbish are horrible and its not pleasant at all lol XD
***sorry ya junior, i am just telling the truth...nothing personal though lol XD.

I did manage to took some pictures for that creativity wall...well do have a look at em people ....our good old school has now been..."tattooed" with tons and tons of horrible n ugly, plus disgusting paintings lol XD




yeah that is the peaceful looking greenie area in our school...nice kan...but ......when u look on the right side of this area...woah lah...!!!!



Wow would you look at that red wordings ... Creativity Wall huh ... interesting ....



ohh yeah you are right ...the new creativity wall...hmm well it doesn look creative though...more like crap!!! and rubbish...lol XD



oopsie...i think this picture is a lil cacated ....lol perhaps the lens got distorted due to these ugly paintings huh XD hahaha



allright ...my 2nd attempt...hehehe....yeah thats better......yeah...de new Creativity wall XD..


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Hiya people

hmm thankx you for giving me de farewell gift, it was cool. atleast i hv something to stare at is through out my 14 hours flight lol...

ohh yeah max, you advice me to flirt with the air-stewed right? well...din do it la...they r just not my cup to tea muaha XD

ohh eyah the 14 hours was terrible...hv to force myself to be awake for the first 5hours...and ya for the rest of it...i need to force myself to sleep...eventhough its after 8 hours of sleep already (i always sleep 8 hours) i still need to force myself to sleep...muahahXD

ohh yeah luckly when i get to London, i do not suffer from Jet-lag muahaha XD thankx cappy for the advice lol

hmm when i get to london ...everything goes accordingly to as plan (transports, eateries etc) and just as i touched down in london, i began with my touring saga...quite fun lol ..and quite happy cuz i manage to cover 10/11 locations for my 1st day...yay !!! (44 attractions in london, so i need to cover 11 places in a day)

everything here are fine, hv lots of parks, birds, colonel buildings...the atmosphere here is somehow familiar with wot v hv in KL, old buildings, old and dirty subway (Metro) black and dirty walls over the cities and yeah one thing really freak me out is ...there are CCTV all over the place...

yeah its like if you can hack into the CCTV systems in london you can actually stalk some one...where ever u go, hotel, road, small lanes, park, Metro stations, streets in the cities, tunnel roads etc...you will definitely be watch by CCTV...so quite freaggering lah lol

okie will keep myself update tonight when i get back ...ohh yeah its noon time over here by the way (433pm UK= 1133pm MYS)

c ya ppl, miss u ppl ...xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Burakumin

I came a cross with an article in the CNBC page about the Burakumin issues with the google earth. (Source: )

Just to give you guys a gimps of what Burakumin really is, well Burakumin is actually just like ordinary homosapien, they have two arms, two legs, a head, a pair of eyes, a nose, a mouth, hair...yeah you name it...they are exactly the same as you and me. :)

However during the feudal era of Japan, Burakumin (a type of race) who are the outcast communities which mainly comprised those with occupations related with death or ritual impurity (assassin, undertakers, black witch etc) and are forced to lived in their own hamlets and hut.

During the E-do period, the Samurais was considered as the ultimate class of all, meanwhile the burakumin are treated as the lowest class of all in their social class systems, on top of that Burakumin was often forced to live in the goonies separating them from the rest of the society. Nevertheless, the social castal system of Japan was abolished in 1871 and all the social class of Japan was uniformed into a single body (every one is equal)

Conversely , when I read through the article, I am quite shock to find out even today,the modern Japanese society are actually still practicing this castal system. From the article, it is stated the society was pretty upsad to find out there is a small community of burakumin descendants living together with the normal class in the
modern city.

So why are they still doing that? Isn't that they have already abolished the castal system since 1871? (138 years) Perhaps, well who knows this system is already becoming part of their culture huh...well dont get me wrong, i am not stereotyping all Japanese are still concern and would discriminate the burakumin (I am only referring to the case in the article) ....

Well, as for me, I think the society would still need a hundred years to fully accept the Burakumin as on par with their social status....so what do you think then...how many more years do the society need to spend in-order for them to accept this particular poor group of people?

***Dear readers, I did not do any edition on this post, so if there is something doesn make any sense up there, please please please just ignore them ya ...cheers ^_^

Dating Question: Can a Guy Be Too Nice?

Is it possible for a guy to be too nice? Here are some ways that this could ring true:

#1: He's So Nice, He Can Only Be a Friend

Hey, a good friend is hard to find. What sometimes happens when we get into a relationship? It eventually runs its course and ends, which means awkwardness and/or change in both of you, since you started off as friends. Maybe you can recover and remain buddies, but is it worth the risk if you find that you're really good friends with a nice guy? Also, sometimes the nice guy just has no edge, so he's destined to be just a friend.

#2: He's So Nice, He's Not Challenging Enough

I've recently learned from your comments: Women enjoy the thrill of the chase a bit too much. People like to wonder what's going to happen, that nerve-racking first few months when the "training wheels" are still on the relationship. And, no matter how much we try to deny it, we do like that we've won someone over instead of just having them give themselves up to us. If a guy is too easy, he may be ruining his chances.

#3: He's So Nice, He'll Always Be There

I've seen some friends take their time with a nice guy. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. Maybe a woman wants to meet some new guys and "sow her wild oats" while the nice guy fawns over her. She enjoys keeping him in her life as a friend, but somewhere in the back of her mind she knows that she can probably return to him later. Again, it's all about risk management: If you want to take the risk of him meeting someone else, then go for it.

#4: He's TOO Nice, You Can't Trust Him

Sometimes people are so nice that it seems like they might have sinister overtones. I always see it on Lifetime movies: The guy comes into the woman's life and he is just perfect. Then he slowly disintegrates into a psycho freak. Perhaps a guy can come off as so nice in the beginning that he appears to be covering up for something bad. A woman might avoid a relationship with him if something just doesn't feel right. What makes a guy too nice or "friend" material instead of dating material? Do you avoid getting into relationships with a guy who's too nice, or is he destined to be a "friend"?

Source: dating blogger Rich Santos for Marie Claire, Yahoo! Personal, "Dating Question: Can a Guy be too nice?", viewed
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After reading the article above it does strike me an interesting hypothesis though. Human are easily twisted to the "DARK SIDE" rather than living in a uniform, safe, monotonous society?

So to all guys out there, i think becoming a little evil is good....yeah its good ...it keeps one motivated, its crazy and outrageous and ya you all should have those "BAD" traits in the future when you are specially....yeah i really mean it...SPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY, involve in a relationship. V(^-^)V

***PEACE***

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