So, this
is going to be another one of my random social issues kind of post - I hope you
actually like it, because this one was so eye-opening for me.
When
I imagined myself being in the same situation,
it was a
little overwhelming and uncomfortable, to be honest - which can be good
sometimes, it makes things more real.
I found
this video because my Organisational Behaviour Business course played it to us
in a lecture, to show us how we have selective perception -
how we
organise, interpret and pay attention to certain things that we see around us,
on the basis of our interests, background, experience and attitudes.
I really
don't have much to say about the video; just that you guys should at least
press play and just see what you think, keep watching if you
think it could be interesting, it's only about 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
In terms
of perception, the video shows us that our behaviour is based on our perception
of what reality is (homeless strangers), not reality itself (ourloved
ones).
For me,
this video isn't so much about people not recognising their loved ones
disguised as homeless people on the street - I know it's not normal for people
to really be making lots of eye contact with homeless people or expecting
to see their loved ones on the street...but that's exactly it.
Any
homeless person we are to encounter in our lives, they are someone's wife,
husband, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin.
We
should think about how we would want other people to treat our loved ones if
they were to unfortunately be in similar situations.
To me,
the video is about human value and humanity as a whole.
The
video just frames the "social experiment" in a certain way that it
gives us a different perspective.
I would
love to hear your thoughts on it!
I know
for me, the participant's reactions hit me hard.
Hello!!! Hope you guys are having a great start to the week!☺️
Let's start off with something random about me:
I was born in Australia but my parents are from India, and I feel so blessed to have an Indian heritage and background.
I have an 'Ethnicity Tag' blogpost idea in the works, but it won't be up for a while because I have a perfect, well-timed week that I'm saving it for (Incentive to keep hanging around my blog till end of November? I think so!) :P
But until then, here's a random Indian thing, this past Saturday we celebrated this festival called Rakhi (or Raksha Bhandan, if you want to get technical).
Simply put, it's all about spreading and celebrating the sibling love! Awww haha.
But basically, it's pretty much where the sister ties a decorative thread on the brother's wrist as a symbol of love and protection and they give the sister a gift back, hehe not a bad deal :P
Back when my brother thought I was 'cute'.
This was taken about 3 years ago now :) My brother and I have a seven year age gap. But yeah, every year my brother and I celebrate, and I also make cards and send rakhis (decorative threads) for all my cousin brothers. So I send mine to India (and the UK and Phillipines, cause our extended family is everywhere!) a month or so before the event. My other girl cousins do the same for my brother! :)
I get serious about Rakhi Arts and Crafts :P
Ready to ship off for all my cousin brothers!
About two years ago, all of us cousins created a Whatsapp Family Chat so we constantly keep each other updated with photos and what's been happening, and I adore it.
Most of my cousins on my mum's side are married with cute little kiddies, because mum was the youngest of six siblings! So I always get adorable photos and videos hehe. Every year on Rakhi, our group chat is flooded with messages to each other and Rakhi selfies. Now, I'm proud of this concept, because two years ago my brother and I were being silly and goofing off - and sent a selfie with him showing all the Rakhis on his wrist...and so began, The Rakhi Selfie. It took off :P Haha, so now every year on Rakhi everyone sends a family Rakhi selfie. What can we say? We're trendsetters :P Our Rakhi Selfie usually consists of me trying to take a good photo and my brother deliberately ruining it by making the stupidest faces haha...brothers.
This year's blurry, but funny addition.
Here's one more Rakhi Selfie cause this curly haired niece and nephew of mine are so stinkin' cute :)
Tying rakhis.
And just cause the brother did well this year, he got me this beautiful Guess necklace.
It's rose gold, so obviously I love it! Haha.
Hope you guys liked this little bit random post!
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At university, I study journalism (amongst some other things) - and more than ever before, I'm realising that I am truly passionate about journalism and communication, and the power it possesses.
There are so many things I could talk about relating to this - and I feel that over time, I will - but today's post relates to my yesterday!
Yesterday, I ended up randomly (or fatefully) watching a documentary about a magazine and journalism. One part of it talked about photojournalism, communicating news through photographs, and it reminded me just how much I lovephotojournalism. I only (naively) properly became aware of Photojournalism as a practice at the beginning of last year - when I learnt about it and completed a piece of work on it.
After discovering it, I decided it was probably one of my absolute favourite news forms. I could write more and explain more about what Photojournalism is, but in the spirit of it - I'll just show you :)
I mean it when I say, this is legitimately one of my absolute favourite websites. I look at it ALL. THE. TIME. And you'll see why.
As you can probably tell, I really had to restrain myself from showing you every story's cover photo :P. I so strongly encourage you to check out this website every now and then!
The thing about Photojournalism is it shows you the good, the bad, and the ugly, in its truest form possible. It's SO easy to understand the news story from it.
"Each week, TIME
LightBox presents one news photograph selected from among the thousands shared
on the news wires. Published in the magazine, these images, now featured in
this gallery, offer a close look at the world’s most impactful events..."
They select the most striking photograph of the week...and I just love this one!
Do you guys get what I mean when I say I love Photojournalism?
Photographs are powerful.
They can instigate emotions, change behaviour and impact the way society operates.
As for
the story I did my assessment on that cemented my love for it?
My piece
of writing on it follows below:
This photojournalism series composed by Lloyd Young
captures the day Boston marked a year since the attack at the Marathon with
tragic and uplifting photographs.
The
news values evident in this story are entertainment, surprise, bad news, good
news, magnitude, relevance and follow-up. As a human interest story it has
elements of entertainment. It is simultaneously bad news through the tragedy it
documents, and good news through the healing it depicts. The photographs
reiterate a sense of surprise by highlighting the calamity that had occurred,
and contrasting that with the present anniversary. Much of its significance
rests in its relation with the bigger news story of the Bombings, demonstrating
its follow-up value. It also has values of magnitude and relevance, as
terrorism affects everyone who hears about it and is relevant on an
international scale.
The
story angle is set on the symbolic events associated with the flag-raising
ceremony and moment of silence, suggesting a focus on triumph over adversity.
Although melancholy is an overall theme reinforced by images of grief, the
story also represents the anniversary positively in the context of unity. Unity
is signified by the masses of people at the commemorative ceremony and the
‘Boston Strong’ blue and yellow banners. Moreover, courage and hope is
represented in the images of bombing survivors standing at the finish line –
creating an uplifting sentiment. Capturing the movements of the masses – their
sorrow and healing – evokes compassion and empathy from the audience. The story
suggests we should think about the event in terms of strength and resiliency
now, exemplifying the ‘Boston Strong’ slogan.
The
medium is significant because visuals affect how people perceive a story,
correspondingly photographs capture the subtlety of situations whilst creating
immediate emotional impact. Moreover, a series of photographs can encompass
several themes. For example, one image accentuates the distress experienced, by
positioning a crying individual in the centre of the image. In another example, a low,
close up shot of shoes reading ‘Boston Strong’ and a prosthetic limb represents the situation in its entirety of despair, heroism, recovery and unity. The
visuals provide the experience of the event for the viewer to see for
themselves.
Hope you guys enjoyed this post, even though it turned into a essay...I tend to do that a lot, whoops :P
Hi guys! Hope you all had a lovely weekend and a nice start to the
week! ☺️
I'm
about to head into a few study-heavy, busy weeks now…so I thought I would use
this opportunity to reminisce on some recent, random, fun moments from my
mid-semester holidays and the first few weeks of University - before I head
into social oblivion, that is :P.
I've already done two photo journal-y blogposts on the main things I
did these past holidays, Our "Camping" Trip and My Melbourne Trip -
you can click on the links if you haven't already seen them!
But,
here are some other bits and pieces! ☺️
Disclaimer:
While I was organising the photos for this post it's almost embarrassing how
many of these photos are photos of food :P. BUT, notice how I said almost hehe - food is the best so I don't
even regret it haha, no shame whatsoever.
Am I right, or am I right? :P
Plus -
most social interactions are based around food, and since I haven't got proper
approval to put photos of all my friends and I on here yet, photos of food is not a
bad way to show you guys what's been going on (or more like what I've been
eating…maybe I should just succumb and make a foodie page/instagram/blog :P), anyways - here goes some random photos!
Some of
my friends and I went to a place called Doughnut Time (it's gotten super famous
in our city, and for good reason! It's YUM!)
I also
attempted cooking a bit these holidays, vegetable pies...
And
a homemade Italian feast for my mumma's birthday!
Crumbed
Pepper Poppers, Napoletana Penne Pasta, Pumpkin, Rocket and Feta Salad, and
Garlic Bread of course!
With a
pistachio and cinnamon cake with cream to finish off!
Speaking
of my mumma's birthday, since it was on a weeknight I just cooked
dinner at home on the day (as you can see above) - but we had a very
food-filled celebrating weekend as well! :P
We went
to this place called Shouk Cafe for breakfast.
Needless
to say, I wasn't mad about it :P.
Later on, I took mum out for a fancy birthday dinner ☺️
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We went to this place
called Spaghetti House and it had such a cool ambience! I've definitely
explored Brisbane's eating scene more than ever this holidays haha, as you can
see :P
I
probably could just stop studying business/psychology/journalism and become a
food blogger? :P
Anyways, just one last thing, a while back I wrote a post
on how lovely it can be when
strangers capture random moments, and the other
day I was meeting up with some of my friends and saw this!
The
person was, I'm assuming, waiting to meet one of their loved ones to celebrate
their birthday and I thought it was the cutest thing ever!
Just
loved knowing that someones' day was about to be made!
Anyhow! Hope you
guys enjoyed scrolling through ALL the photos (of mainly food :P)!
P.S. My blog's regularly programmed scheduling has shifted to Monday night postings (in Australian time :P), so wherever you are in the world they will be up by Tuesday mornings ☺️
