Category: Rants

Week 4: Review of course so far.

For a couple of weeks now, the course seems to be highly experimental, with the ‘unique’ lectures that want our feedback, the reading materials, and also tutorials. It seems to be an interesting and fun experience.

When lecturers and tutors are welcoming feedback regarding their lectures, as a student, I find it is good to feel like lecturers put a lot of effort into making students feel comfortable with the lesson.

The reading material, on the other hand, has got me wondering. “How does this relate to web media or networked media?”. I thought we would be studying about how to design a webpage and all that but the readings seem to be out of context to what I thought networked media is about. However, it seems that most of these readings seem to open our minds, or to generate a different mindset, so to speak, about the way we think. I find this highly interesting, as it seems to inspire me, as compared to other courses which have rather dry readings. It feels as though these readings are selected for us to broaden our minds before actually proceeding to fill it with information.

Very interested to see how this course pans out.

Life.

Life has been the largest unanswered question in the history of mankind. Why were we put on earth? For what reason? In my opinion, everyone deserves the opportunity, and the responsibility to define their purpose in life. Everyone has their objectives, so to speak, to achieve their desired outcome from life.

Life is beautiful, only if you make it beautiful.

Recently, I find myself turning into what society perceives as being successful. Securing a stable job, maintaining successful human relationships, and other smaller daily rituals that society deems normal. I used to think that life is all about doing the things that make you, as an individual, happy. But lately I have come to realise that life is a lot bigger than just me.

It’s not just about making money, or being successful in your careers. We are a part of a larger system. The money we make, is the money we spend, which keeps the economy rolling. Life is much more than just making money and being rich and famous. I have come to think that it is about achieving a state of mind where you can actively think towards a progressive future, no matter how small of a difference you think you might make. Every small step, no matter how tiny, is still a step forward.

Contributing to society and changing the world to evolve into a better place is a very huge dream and it is a very long process. In the famous words of Michael Jackson, ‘I’m starting with the man in the mirror’. Although I might not be around to witness the outcome of what I deem to be my life’s dream, if I can pass on this vision or concept, everything would have been worth it.