10:02 AM in the morning. 1:30 PM is my ITB paper, and i've decided to stop studying, and indulge in one of my personal hobbies, writing. Projects for ITB is fine, even though i did whine abit, I had already came to terms with that module having a relevant project. but a written paper? For god's sake. when we go to work, are we supposed to need to know what is software? what is the 3 information systems? or was it 4? IT is a practical module. not a theory module. This is a terrible joke if it can even be considered one.


But regardless... I've decided to do something i've not done in a long time! And that is to write some essay!



Hobbies. What is a hobby? A hobby is something that we like to indulge our free time in doing, and enjoy doing it. It has always been closely linked with our favourite pasttimes. So what is the discerning factor? Past times are something we like to do to pass time while waiting for something. Examples like swatting flies,(some people do get a high from killing flies), but essentially, something which is my past time, can be someone's hobby, and vice versa. However, i will be touching mainly on what benefits in store would a hobby provide us.


Firstly, hobbies are already a highly integrated part of my lifestyle today. My life is revolving around what i can control, rather than what i can't. I have never been a strong believer of oppression. Neither am I a loyal follower of dictatorship. My life has always been about balance, my wants, and how I affect others. Hence, studying was never on the top of my list, as it dosen't affect anyone else, its not even within a yards punt from my wants, and it does transcends a little on balance, which is why I still study, despite major objections from my mental health. Let me sidetrack a little here already. I have had many classifications over my numerous years of existence.

"Weak, Unfriendly, friendly, arrogant, humble, weak-minded, cocky, humble."

Highly contradictory eh? I accept judgement as being part of communal living. I definitely do not live in a one-man island in the middle of the pacific ocean, neither am i chained in a dungeon many floors underground, i live like any other normal person, in a community, hence its easy to come to terms of being scrutinised by public eye everywhere we go. To a certain extent, all the criticsm made me who I am today, but i'm not going to go into my life story, neither do i want to. But regardless, the word arrogant, has a very strong link to a few of my hobbies.


Hobbies define who we are as a person. Researchers have found identical looking people. They can create clones, and almost replicate everything of a person, but can 2 persons have a 100% of the same hobbies? I will take a short example, If my hobbies are sleeping, reading books and playing badminton. I prefer badminton over books and sleeping, and sleeping over books. which means it is somewhat a badminton > sleeping > books relationship. Can a seperate individual have a similar relationship? Even so, what is the likelihood of the other indivudal having a similar amount of passion as me? In saying thus, im trying to elaborate the point that hobbies are unique to the individual. Noone, can take that away from you.


Hobbies are great fun to some people. In my text, there are 2 kinds of hobbies. Relaxation hobbies, and stressful hobbies. Relaxation hobbies are hobbies that cant retaliate, like listening to music, reading books, sleeping, eating, there are all one-sided activities. This is my favourite kind of hobby, whereby i will just lie down somewhere in my house, get a few pillows blast some music and grab a couple of books and waste a couple of hours in a spot. highly relaxing. The other, i would aptly term it as a stressful hobby. Stressful hobby is what my life is all about. I love competition. I love winning, i hate losing. Which brings it back to why people think i'm arrogant. When I achieve or win something, i have this inner sense of pride that cannot be expressed in mundane terms, and it reflects on my face. I never want to rub it in when i win, neither do i snub my opponent, its just that the feeling of esctacy takes over me. Regardless, stressful hobbies to me are competitive hobbies, such as my gaming, when i square off against another human opponent, rugby, and any other hobby with a goal in mind. Hence when people ask me, and they still do, which i still find comical to this day, i thought when you play games you should relax? why u become more stressed? Maybe it just dosent apply to me, just maybe.


Lastly, hobbies are nearly almost preset. It all depends on how we are raised as kids and our genes that often determine our hobbies. Some peers with a excellent pair of caring parents, exhibit a higher willingness to help the community. Indulging in voluntary community work, and sometimes overseas trips. I am in no way taking a dig at them, it is highly respectable, and I too recognise that. Some people with the direct opposite, tend to indulge in either individual activities, or gangsterism. I have seen it with my own pairs of eyes, both opposite ends of this vicious spectrum. Other hobbies such as music, is almost universal, and those who know how to read, will always like reading when they pick up a good book. But more unique hobbies are more determined by our families rather than external influences.


ok 10:45 am finally finished.

rather poor written essay i guess. very natural this time, did not try to substitute my thoughts with vocabulary.