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I got so excited about going to the museums tomorrow that i went to do some reading up about the special exhibitions they're holding at the moment. Then i came upon the schedule for the talks they were going to hold next month, and wondered if i should go. I'm actually looking forward to the Arts Museum more then the National Museum. If we have time, well definitely the Peranakan Museum too, since that's my heritage right there.
Well, before i entered university, there's no way i would be interested in the visual arts. But now, i think about the prospect of being able to look at photography exhibits of early colonial photography, attending talks on performance arts as a way of thinking, photography in Asia, new media art; these all excite me to some degree.
You know, when i tell most people what my major is, many of them don't get why i chose to pursue this field of study. Screw that, many of them don't even know what Sociology is about. I'll admit, even when i first decided on my major before entering uni, i was just as clueless as the average dude on the streets. At first, i pondered the same questions - what use is Sociology for my life, for my future. It just felt like a comfort zone, ambiguous. I can do a lot of things in future with this major, so i don't have to lead myself down one sure path now should i change my mind. But i know that through it all, i've never regretted my decision. Because nothing suits this brain of mine more than Sociology.
It just really goes with my way of thinking. Well yeah, my grades aren't really reflecting that, but that's another issue. I feel so at home with Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Foucault, Goffman, Du Bois, Mills, Rousseau, Wallerstein, Tocqueville, and whoever else. Just throw me theories. Lots of theories. I love theories. Unfortunately, i haven't had the chance to study theories as much as i would have wanted. Well, that's something else.
But what i see here is that through my field of study, i have come to have a greater understanding of so many more things that most people might not find important or worth noticing. And here's the thing - soci teaches you to see things where unexpected, to realise things that most other people don't, to understand issues in a manner that most people don't. Basically, it teaches one to never take anything for granted. Everything matters. And that's why i'm so keen on the museum trip. I've really come to understand and appreciate so much more in life. It makes your daily experience really valuable, you know, to be able to see meaning in so many things.
Well, before i entered university, there's no way i would be interested in the visual arts. But now, i think about the prospect of being able to look at photography exhibits of early colonial photography, attending talks on performance arts as a way of thinking, photography in Asia, new media art; these all excite me to some degree.
You know, when i tell most people what my major is, many of them don't get why i chose to pursue this field of study. Screw that, many of them don't even know what Sociology is about. I'll admit, even when i first decided on my major before entering uni, i was just as clueless as the average dude on the streets. At first, i pondered the same questions - what use is Sociology for my life, for my future. It just felt like a comfort zone, ambiguous. I can do a lot of things in future with this major, so i don't have to lead myself down one sure path now should i change my mind. But i know that through it all, i've never regretted my decision. Because nothing suits this brain of mine more than Sociology.
It just really goes with my way of thinking. Well yeah, my grades aren't really reflecting that, but that's another issue. I feel so at home with Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Foucault, Goffman, Du Bois, Mills, Rousseau, Wallerstein, Tocqueville, and whoever else. Just throw me theories. Lots of theories. I love theories. Unfortunately, i haven't had the chance to study theories as much as i would have wanted. Well, that's something else.
But what i see here is that through my field of study, i have come to have a greater understanding of so many more things that most people might not find important or worth noticing. And here's the thing - soci teaches you to see things where unexpected, to realise things that most other people don't, to understand issues in a manner that most people don't. Basically, it teaches one to never take anything for granted. Everything matters. And that's why i'm so keen on the museum trip. I've really come to understand and appreciate so much more in life. It makes your daily experience really valuable, you know, to be able to see meaning in so many things.