tried to download tinder recently.
been hearing a lot about this app from friends.
a friend got to know a guy from this app and they got on quite well.
and another friend.. now this one is weirrd -__-"
his brother one day suddenly sent him a girl's phone number and asked him to chat up the girl.
a total stranger.
turns out that this older brother went on tinder to look for a girl for his single younger brother.
this is matchmaking in 2015.
it was quite fun initially to swipe left and right.
and occasionally you spot your own friends heh.
but after a while it just feels pointless to me.
or rather.. there is not much feeling to it.
it feels like job application to me. except the 'No One Night Stand' warning.
which is always amusing :D
tinder is one of the things that highlight the irony of today's generation.
this generation which uphold 'do not judge' philosophy is also the very generation which judge too quickly, too superficially.
not that its their/our fault. we grow up this way.
i hope we can all learn to be kinder.
i made it one of the main things to learn this year personally.
well.. i realise i have not become kinder so far.
but i have come to realise how unkind i have been.
that is probably a small progress too.
the greatest test of our character is not when we are at the valley deep.
it is when we are on the mountain top. when stars seem to be aligned just for us.
that is when our virtue (or lack of it) becomes apparent.
in bahasa indonesia we have this phrase: roda kehidupan (wheel of life literally).
it's our way of saying that in life.. you are sometimes on top and other time, inevitably, at the bottom.
one time you are the star of the show, another you are the joke of the party.
humility and kindness.. they go a long way.
they don't necessarily make you richer or more successful in any tangible way.
but they probably make you more beautiful and joyful at the end of the day.
been hearing a lot about this app from friends.
a friend got to know a guy from this app and they got on quite well.
and another friend.. now this one is weirrd -__-"
his brother one day suddenly sent him a girl's phone number and asked him to chat up the girl.
a total stranger.
turns out that this older brother went on tinder to look for a girl for his single younger brother.
this is matchmaking in 2015.
it was quite fun initially to swipe left and right.
and occasionally you spot your own friends heh.
but after a while it just feels pointless to me.
or rather.. there is not much feeling to it.
it feels like job application to me. except the 'No One Night Stand' warning.
which is always amusing :D
tinder is one of the things that highlight the irony of today's generation.
this generation which uphold 'do not judge' philosophy is also the very generation which judge too quickly, too superficially.
not that its their/our fault. we grow up this way.
i hope we can all learn to be kinder.
i made it one of the main things to learn this year personally.
well.. i realise i have not become kinder so far.
but i have come to realise how unkind i have been.
that is probably a small progress too.
the greatest test of our character is not when we are at the valley deep.
it is when we are on the mountain top. when stars seem to be aligned just for us.
that is when our virtue (or lack of it) becomes apparent.
in bahasa indonesia we have this phrase: roda kehidupan (wheel of life literally).
it's our way of saying that in life.. you are sometimes on top and other time, inevitably, at the bottom.
one time you are the star of the show, another you are the joke of the party.
humility and kindness.. they go a long way.
they don't necessarily make you richer or more successful in any tangible way.
but they probably make you more beautiful and joyful at the end of the day.
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