Okay, will upload pictures later. But anyway, this (as usual) came about because I was annoyed with something. So this something this time round is that I don't like people, ncluding myself, to be in the public and not chatting to each other. Why is that so? Is it because people have to protect themselves against others to prevent overexposure of social interactions? (I forgot which famous guy said that, but I learn it in GP. Thanks Mr C.) Or is it because of the smartphone era where people are wedded to their mobile devices, playing games like Candy Crush, watching Korean dramas, listening to music and (in my case) watching iTunes U lectures? Or could it simply be a case of conformists refusing to change the status quo because they don't mind it?
Anyway, to try and get people talking on the MRT and bus and in parks and whatnot to avoid awkward silences, I came up with this project one night, meaning I gave form to it two days ago. So it's still just me but I'm going to try and recruit my friends. Friends, watch out. Hehe. I want to see if I can be a "hub", someone who can connect to many different friends and help create a wave from there. It's also a way to see the power of social media.
So what I'd like people to do is this:
Route 1. Get a "namecard"; be inspired enough by me/ someone else to go home, surf the net to find a jpeg to print/scan in the namecard thing and distribute them around as well.
Route 2. See people posting a weird card like thing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and changing their profile pictures to a picture that says Talk. Get intrigued enough to read on. Get the courage to spread it around. Get even more courage to talk to others on the way home when there's nothing else o do but play games.
Will it be successful? Will it be a passing fad? Is a passing fad all that I want? Is it what most people who've tried stuff like this want? Probably not. But don't we all try and then hope for the best? So, I hope for the best. Perhaps in a year's time a miracle may have happened and when I'm out from NS on the weekends I see people being really friendly to each other, regardless of trying to protect their sanity from too many social interactions blah blah.
Anyway, to try and get people talking on the MRT and bus and in parks and whatnot to avoid awkward silences, I came up with this project one night, meaning I gave form to it two days ago. So it's still just me but I'm going to try and recruit my friends. Friends, watch out. Hehe. I want to see if I can be a "hub", someone who can connect to many different friends and help create a wave from there. It's also a way to see the power of social media.
So what I'd like people to do is this:
Route 1. Get a "namecard"; be inspired enough by me/ someone else to go home, surf the net to find a jpeg to print/scan in the namecard thing and distribute them around as well.
Route 2. See people posting a weird card like thing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and changing their profile pictures to a picture that says Talk. Get intrigued enough to read on. Get the courage to spread it around. Get even more courage to talk to others on the way home when there's nothing else o do but play games.
Will it be successful? Will it be a passing fad? Is a passing fad all that I want? Is it what most people who've tried stuff like this want? Probably not. But don't we all try and then hope for the best? So, I hope for the best. Perhaps in a year's time a miracle may have happened and when I'm out from NS on the weekends I see people being really friendly to each other, regardless of trying to protect their sanity from too many social interactions blah blah.
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