The Perks of Being a Wallflower
It was the time when I was looking at the beach and wondering some thoughts by glaring out of the window, where I saw winds circling clockwise in the major parts of my unobstructed view due to a cyclone passing by closely in the west coast of India.
Then I recalled one absolutely unrelated movie named "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", I reached to my laptop and opened the specific drive, and there it was residing in one of my folder called "My favorites" along with some others. To make this terrifying moment perfect ,I made a coffee for myself and started watching the movie in a full screen mode again.
****About****
This movie has always been close to my heart, not because of Emma Watson starring in it ,but due the fact in every second of it's length it takes you on roller-coaster ride of raw sentiments which is not easily seen nowadays.
This movie is about an introvert and unconfident male character named Charlie played by Logan Lerman who is fighting with post traumatic stress disorder and also finding difficulties in pursuing friendships mainly due to his past life incidents happened with Aunt Helen and his bestfriend. This is movie has been released in 2012 and based upon a novel published in 1999 of the same name.
**Storytelling (NO SPOILERS)**
Story starts when Charlie enters his freshmen year of high school where he is being treated like an unwanted stranger. Nobody likes his personality and treats him like a trouble minded freak, but later on as the story goes on he meets two most important people who switched his life forever ,they are played by Erza Miller and Ema Watson as his Seniors which eventually becomes his good buddies. Like every other seniors these two have also survived their initial high school days and now they have been evolved into fearless, benevolent & exceptional identities.
Slowly and steadily, Charlie develops himself into a new being which is not an introvert anymore and has started taking initiatives in establishing relationships. Being a junior to them ,he also assist both Sam and Patrick when story takes lots of twist and turns. Later on his journey takes a pleasant turn when a love story starts generating between Charlie and Sam.
**This movie has a significant suspense/problem in the end which has become common obstacle in many teenager's life. Along with this ,it also deals with many individual problems which has been normally faced by teens in their day to day life.**
**Being A Wallflower**
*A wallflower is a type of person who has a social anxiety and avoids social gatherings. Being a wallflower is always a major challenge for your own personality because your reticent behavior gains control over your identity and eventually becomes as a dominating enemy. But this story also rolls you along with some perks of being a wallflower such as* ***these people always see things and understands it to an extent where nobody can. Their situational awareness is way too powerful enough to guide you in your difficult times and helps you to reach your required destination****.*
****My Favorite****
*There is a scene when Charlie asks his English teacher played by Paul Rudd, that* ***"Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date" and his English teacher respond with a profound answer that "Well- we accept the love we think we deserve".*** ***If you know what I mean than you will definitely dig in deep and hibernate yourself with the hidden understanding behind this line.***
*Essence of simplicity and bubble of emotions has given this movie an unique genre to live.*
***In the end I would like to close this article with quote I'll never forget which is "I feel infinite" which simply means to attain your full potential (which is the utmost need in the Maslow's Hierarchy) or OUT OF THE WORLD.***
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An Era of Hard work Or Smart work
Every living person has a different system to approach their goals in order to complete it successfully. It can be either with the help of hard work, where a person normally spends their long hours working without any creative ideas and act in accordance with the same tradition which is being followed by everyone successfully for so many years, whereas the other choice would be to approach in such a way where your main focus will be to reduce the amount of work to be done with the help of ingenious or innovate ideas resulting into shortcuts ,also known as smart work.
**A Real Debate**
A person with principles and disciplines will never replace his/her method of working with shortcuts. It doesn't mean that they are not equipped with sufficient knowledge regarding their job, but still they choose to save their values and rules to continue their own legacy . A hard working person usually remain more focused on the details of work provided to him. They do not seek any views upon methodology unless the job doesn't have any work instructions along with it. A hard working person will never put an initiative towards the nature of the job ,he usually emphasize more upon the completion time.
While smart working people are more concentrated towards the nature of the job and usually initiates in preparation to make their job easy and effortless. A smart working person is very unique and genius and never categized themselves with the people indulge in a same rat race. This person has a lot of ideas and inventive character. They do not prefer to go after for any same old path which is being followed by the others without having any proper cross-examination unless the procedure opted is already as per their needs. They are very particular towards their time management due to which they finds solution to tackle their problems in a best way possible. Their brains are never kept idle but in real most of these are inerted beings. Their aim is to find out the pre-eminent plan or strategies in dealing with their complications.
**Life Example :**
In my school days, I used to get lot of homework like every other student. Being a sloth ,I chose to handle it in different way possible. So, I used to provide my written homework which was not relevant to the group of students and my siblings who had a good handwriting along with a treat and remaining rest which was important to me, that I used to handle it by myself. Therefore, I utilized my spare time in reading and learning for my exams unlike most of my colleagues. My classmates who were excellent in an academics were determined to do their learning and writing work on their own. So to compete with them, I had to find an alternative solutions and shortcuts to be good student.
****Close-up****
***'Dreams don't work unless you do'*** **either smart work or hard work.**
One famous saying is that ***"work smart not hard"*** but from my personal experience hard work and smart work together can make a person successful and knowledgeable .I believe that both are an essentials tools to complete the task more efficiently.
**Albert Einstein, Michael Jordan and Warren Buffet are the great examples of the people who had spent there so many years to reach at the summit.** To define a personality in the modern day world ,it is necessary to equipped with both of these skills together such as:
To put all your blood and sweat &
Use of intellect/brain.
In today's world, one has redefined the terms smart work and hard work. Most of us thinks hard work is related to physical activity whereas smart work is a kind of mental ability. This was true but before the age of internet but nowadays a same employed person can spend his entire working day without even completing the task after having all the required facilities. Since, technology has become a crucial part of our life which is resulting in an evolution of jobs with every passing day. Therefore it is very essential to be skilled with both of these tools in order to be successful in your life.
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Never leave me Alone
We are surrounded by an aura which requires every time to be with someone, whether they are humans, animals, birds or even stuffed toys in order to hide our hollowness behind the curtains. Nowadays, homo sapiens have become so dependent on one others that irrelevant on gravity of the job, they just simply need a companion with whom they'll dissipate their boredom and fill their soul. Sometime it feels so bizarre to watch how people have become so vulnerable to each other, that they don't even emphasize on the specific task or object but rather they'll choose to plan in what ways to mitigate their time while finishing the work.
**Concept behind taking help or assistance:**
Taking assistance is necessary to overcome physical, emotional as well as social needs when a job is out of the reach of an individual capacity . It is necessary to help a genuine person because if we won't it might leads to consequences such as injuries, depression, diseases or even severe fatality.
*One famous quote which is well known between friends is* ***"A friend in need is a friend indeed".***
But asking help/assistance where it is not required at all is a bad etiquette ,this can lead to serious long-terms social impacts as follows and also gives a misconception for the people you are in actual need of assistance.
****Social Impact:****
**Lack of confidence:** Asking for help constantly can decrease your confidence or will make you incapable at the time when it is importantly required to complete that task all alone, especially in the case of emergencies.
**Poor communication skills**: A dependent person can never be a frontline speaker and normally choose to speak less during public interactions. They usually hide behind people's shadow and avoid such case scenarios.
**No situational awareness:** Situational awareness is very important in daily life, it is basically to observe the surroundings properly and then accordingly making final decisions. But now a days people are totally lost and disoriented when it comes to have a good observation skills.
**Fear of being alone:** Having pets, nanny, stuffed toys all the time is an indication of having fear of being alone. It can also cause some serious deterioration on your self belonginess.
**Insomniac:** A person who is unable to sleep due to many reasons ,but in this case it can occur due to lack of comfort requires by an individual when he/she is sleeping alone.
**Mentally slow/Lack of knowledge:** Mostly they are mentally weak and it can reflect in their educational performance specially in the subjects which requires intellectual thinking such as mathematics and science. They always stays behind in the que while suggesting new ideas during projects and on other platforms.
**Takes no responsibly:** As the heading suggests they are more likely to encourage the blame culture to save themselves. These peoples are not afraid to put relationships at stake and doesn't have any sense of gravity on connections/bonds between individuals.
**Dependent on every jobs:** Usually troubles parents, partner and colleagues for small piece of work and problems. Sometimes this person can trigger false alarms to get help in order to complete their tasks.
**Poor physique:** This is applicable to tasks involving physical strength where a reliant person will choose to ignore or hide behinds someone's back. They are mostly unhealthy, slow, idle and can have some serious heart complications too.
Last but not least , **lack of leadership skills**.
**These are some essentials factors which has arise due to nature of being secondary in your life.**
Suggestion:
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage those individuals to compete with the world irrespective on how big is the opportunity provided to them. It is better to be self dependent rather being the burden on others specially when it is so not necessary. This'll transform your personality into a whole new different one which is going to be positive, hardworking, optimistic, high on morale, confident ,an extrovert and a great leader.
***" I think self reliance and self responsibility and self accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen and as a friend"***
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She's out of my League
***Introduction***
A movie based upon a romantic comedy genre in which a girl starts dating a decent looking skinny boy to be in the safer side of not getting hurt as she is unable to handle relationship failures, but eventually ended up falling in love with him. On the other hand this was nothing less than a conceit challenge for male protagonist to make it work with all his blood and sweat. The film stars as Alice Eve and Jay Baruchel and was directed by Jim Smith.
This is one of my favorite movies along with perks of being a wallflower.
*****Why this is so special?*****
The most distinctive feature about this movie is that it is practically unreal. I feel like it is not possible specially in the case of modern day love . Most of the times a woman never initiates dating a person which is so unattractive to an extent where his own ex has cheated on him ,that too with confidence.
Many times it is seen that woman has got the liberty when it comes to pick the best partner possible for herself in a relationship. It can be decided on many factors required by the woman for example according to her life, emotional support, expenses, career or on the basis of fun. But in every cases she will start dating a person only with whom she finds attractive. Whereas some others are idiotic generous rare creatures , who usually loves someone or like a person irrespective of their shining beauty.
Don't interrelate with break ups because according to relationship philosophy break ups are the consequences of incompatibility and improper emotion management between couples.
In this movie, the female protagonist thinks that because his so called smart & successful ex dumped him ,so now it is better to settle with not so attractive guy because he will be least vulnerable to hurt girls which are out of his league. But as the story progresses, with every passing day she falls in love with him more and more because of his innocent heart and the way he treats her woman.
***Important Lesson learnt***
**"Don't judge a book by it's cover"** because sometimes that book can change your entire life even though you find it's cover not so interesting and attractive.
Is it practically real in modern day love? Unfortunately, I have not seen it till now .
My question is that why we need to waste our time emphasizing on a physical attractiveness when in actual case scenarios the beauty resides inside your heart . Just a thought which comes to my mind very often, that successful relationship and marriages are always the product of compatibility and immense love ,irrespective of how good-looking is your partner is. I feel it is very difficult to co-operate and adjust with someone who is less intellectual and mature ,even though he/she has nice-looking and gorgeous traits like Dmitry Furmanov and Mona Lisa.
**Famous quote - "Outer beauty please the eye but inner beauty captivates the heart" ,so always seek for the last one.**
Disclaimer: These thoughts are totally written in capacity of an individual experience. It doesn't have intention to disgrace and harm any person.
Kindly share your valuable comments upon your love experiences and do watch a movie because it is totally worth it. Thanks for reading !!
An outsider's perspective towards Filipino's way of life
Being in a Merchant navy I have got a chance to work with different nationalities such as Russians, Ukrainians, Sri-Lankans and so on. But my favorite has always been Filipinos because of their food and happening culture. So I would like to take this opportunity to share an outsider's perspective towards Filipino's way of life .
BRIDGE:
Bridge is the place where navigation takes place on the ship. So when I was a cadet I used to go to the bridge from 4-8 hours in the morning, so along with me ,one officer and one seamen used come to assist us primarily in navigation. He was very friendly and talkative. Basically he was the major source to dissipate boredom during the silent hours. Whereas he was very hardworking and punctual at the same time. Never used to come late and taught me many things regarding different purpose of navigational flags and other symbols. I was so afraid to steer my vessel in heavy weather but luckily with the help of Jun (name of seamen) who taught me how to steer and made it look so easy within few days of training.
Galley mischiefs :
My cook was also Filipino, everyday he was committed to give special masala tea for me during breaks. He also permitted me to take anything from the provisions and instructed me to handle the key safely. He was so maestro in making pork dishes and seafood that in no time I was fond of Filipino cuisines. Later on he started to save some Filipinos dishes which became my weakness onboard. Some of my favorite dishes which I recall were adobo , sinigang, crispy pata, bulalo, Tagalog, fried lumpia, Inihaw na liempo, and many more. Whenever captain used to throw a party, he always initiates the menu and make various types of cuisine for different nationalities present onboard. One time he made me cook fried lumpia and scolded me every time I filled incorrectly though I enjoyed a lot spending time with him because of his very sarcastic jokes and humorous behavior. I can never forget his mouth watering biryani on every social Sundays.
Mighty Pumpman :
This guy out of every person present on that ship, he was pretty remarkable to me. I spent my almost every working day with him. He was very fit & had craziest abs in his late 40's plus was so expert in his job too .Since I was working with him I took the advantage to learn all technical knowledge regarding pumps, valves, and some other necessary maintenance tricks required to deal incase of emergencies. We became such a good friends even though we had almost 25 years of age gap in between us. I still remember his catchphrase which was "Shit na malagit", fortunately I don't remember the meaning of it because I'm sure it doesn't sound nice at all. He was so caring that many time he had covered me up and saved me from my seniors during heavy schedules and long working routines.
Karaoke nights :
For those who are not aware of ,every Filipinos is an excellent singer (they really are). Every day in our recreational room all Filipinos seafarer used to come together and sing all night long. I was so mesmerized to look , that one day Pumpman insisted me to have a try but unlike others I was very timid ,though deep inside I knew my inside Rockstar wanted to get unleashed.
So one day I held the microphone and started lip syncing with the one direction songs, and guess what happened nobody laughed which awarded me the boost and made me sing more & more on the loose. I also performed along with others on my birthday too.
Chief cook, Pumpman and other crew members presented a two layered hand made creamy orange cake on my birthday. I will never forget that significant day because everyone gifted me something or the other but the most important thing they all provided me the sense of belongingness on the most exceptional day of my life even though our native language was different.
I love sailing with every nationalities but Filipino's have special place in my heart. Unlucky for me that I couldn't share the photos with you all as I have lost it somewhere.
Cheers & Thanks for reading!!
Wondering why bot isn't tipping you?
Hi friends, I have realized after writing my articles that bot is not tipping many deserving content and this is demotivating to many excellent writers.
So here I am here to share my experience and a lot of research to clear your all doubts on why "Bot has not chosen you over others".
Let's start with bot itself, as we all are aware of it simply says Random rewarder which means it randomly selects posts or articles and tip them. But question is why it is not tipping your hard work and praiseworthy articles?
This platform was suggested by a good friend of mine who has working over here from last 5-6 months. From his experience and profile, I understood that initially when this website was not hyped up then bot used to tip more or less everyone and **once you have received a tip from a random rewarder you will get every time you publish something.** Basically the number of scans is constant but people were less so every writers on this platform used to get his/her tip out of many bot's scan.
**But due to the increment of audience as per the statistics ,I have realized that probability of getting tip has been reduced drastically due to fixed number of scans over large audience as it used to do 4-5 months back & also the frequency of tipping has also been reduced from bot's side which shouldn't be confused with frequency of reading an article by bot.** Unfortunately I haven't received any tip from bot yet on both of my articles which made made me do my homework on this dedicatedly. And as you all know random rewarder has some strict criteria to met such as no tip for contests, introductory articles, support me content, scams, articles on this platform, articles starting with good morning and evening, copyright content and any type of cheating is not appreciated by the bot which can ultimately make you ban also.
Kindly note reading time is also important which should not be less than 3 minutes which is 600 words approximately.
To get more info find this attachment on the random rewarder.
**It has also seen from my research that it tips again and again to the same person rather giving to anyone who has not received from it till now.**
**That 3 days rule is not true at all right now, as it is more likely to have a chance of getting reward in first few hours only, after sometime most of the people will not receive anything from the bot because of the continuous increase in audience on this platform regularly. (mainly for new joiners)**
**What to do next?**
That's the main question, what to do next and my answer is to have patience for sometime and try making this content/article writing as a hobby because if you will chase money you will be disappointed most of the times.
I have read many suggestions from people that this platform has not remained same i.e., to earn at high potential, it is more to explore your hobbies sharing your vision , thoughts and information .
Because once you have made this as an forte , you will ultimately write more and think less about bot, and with the increasing number of your articles you will achieve subscribers more and more and eventually you will get a tip by bot one day, which 'll increase your morale to an extent where you 'll discover your highest potential.
One more important point is to gain subscribers because many people who are interested in your content can tip more than what you get from bot.
Many examples I have read that some writers have got thousand of dollars which has changed their life. If you get a tip then you should also tip others because that can help others to suffer less and encourage a lot. **As it is rightly said "Sharing is Caring".**
It is also usually seen that many deserving writers get a sponsors eventually after sometime but again getting a sponsor doesn't mean you can't become one. So you should seek for the right talent and become one too. Having a sponsor means a monthly or weekly fixed wages which is ultimately boost your morale towards writing or blogging.
Disclaimer: This post is just made to provide for information purpose only, and the views/thoughts expressed over here are only in the individual capacities. And this article is not made to have any to intended humiliation and degradation to this website. And doesn't support any activity which can cause harm to the person or anything.
I am glad to share my valuable information with you, please share it much as can, to support our writing community.
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Mother- A living Goddess!!
Mother is a creation which has extreme importance in everyone's journey. She has known by different names such as Mother/Mom/Maa/Ammi/Amma/Mumma etc. but the purpose has remain the same in every case, which is to spread good moral values and positivity amongst the kids. Her love towards her family is incomparable and unmatchable from anything. Feels like no one in this world shows affection for their kid the way mother does. In the masculine society she has always chosen to fight till her last breath for their kids success. A journey of a girl from being a daughter to having a daughter is perplexing but full of trials. She always choose to put your happiness on top above her hunger and thirst. A family is never complete without a mother. If a lady is a key for success behind a man than a mother is same for her family.
I have always been close to my mother, she has done infinite offerings just to make me fortunate. She cooks, do housekeeping & even goes to work, without any single complaint. I can't define her struggles from which she has went through from her childhood to parenthood and it still continues. All of the time I have felt myself speechless and astonished whenever I look into her innocent eyes which asks nothing except my happiness. She is kind, benevolent, caring and unselfish 24 hours a day and 7 days a week round the year. But sometimes it seems like a dream to be that consistent throughout a lifetime without being greedy not for even one second. She has always remembered everyone's birthday and forgotten hers. Mother's heart is made of gold ,she never expects any kind of appraisal but a single word of appreciation would fill her heart with happiness and joy.
I feel like Mother is simply a living Goddess ,which never asks for your worship or reverence .
In this chaotic life of grown ups ,it is much harder to spend time with your family especially mother, so a whenever you get a chance appreciate her food because that's a right key to unlock her smile. Her love has always been pure and innocent so it's our time to return a small percentage of it by making her cheerful any given day.
**This is just my tiny attempt to discover the greatness of a mother.**
**In the end Happy Mother's day to all beautiful moms out there ,but as we know our whole life is not enough to be thankful for your dedicated sacrifices and endeavors.**
Thanks for reading !!!
Is Maggi/Instant noodles unhealthy?
My warm regards to all readers on my first article who has given their valuable time on read.cash to appreciate my small effort of content writing. Looking forward to this amazing venture and will try to accommodate everyone as much as possible.
**Let's begin**
Especially here in India, it is one of the most popular food in the hated category of parents but loved by children anytime round the year. Most people treat it as a no option meal at the time when a person feels idle during his/her day. It's a stereotypical thought in India that Maggie/instant noodles is equal to MAIDA (All-purpose flour) especially amongst the adults which is obviously unhealthy to an extent the body that it can gives an overdose of fat and refined carbs, which disrupts your metabolism, leads to inflammation, hyperinsulinism, insulin resistance and eventually type II diabetes, heart disease, whereas this is just a single ingredient of it.
History behind the door:
Instant noodles were invented by Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods in Japan. They were launched in 1958 under the brand name Chikin Ramen. In 1971, Nissin introduced cup noodles. Instant noodles are marketed worldwide under many brand names. With tremendous amount of growth they have largely extended their hands to every corner of the world specially East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Currently China , Indonesia and India are residing at the consumers summit of instant noodles.
Indian Statistics shows:
It has been seen that in 2019 Maggie sales went up to 264,000 which surpassed it's own statistics before getting banned and also Maggi noodles were the excellent performers during 1st wave of COVID lockdowns as they have run out of smaller packs & demand for Maggi had surged 20-25 per cent over the pre-lockdown period. Crazy ? Right!
My Personal Experience :
I am sure everyone has their affection for instant noodles especially when it comes to children but from eating a small packet of 5 rupees to eating 3 normal size packets a day , I have played it all. But does it had a impact on me? I guess the answer lies in the back of the our brain. I have always loved the taste with my heart and soul but due to my influential parents who has never made me an addict to an extent it can harm my health.
Let's roll on It's Ingredients:
I have taken a example of Maggi noodles and have attached a photo for your all reference.
Some main percentage concentration of main ingredients are:
Total fat: 13g/17%
Saturated fat: 7g/35%
Trans fat:0g
Cholesterol: 0%
Sodium: 970mg/42%
Total carbohydrate: 43g/15%
Dietary fiber: 2g/7%
Sugar:4g including 4g added sugars: 8%
Protein: 6g
Vitamin D ,Calcium ,Iron: 0mg/0%
Potassium: 2%
The truth behind the Mystery:
Let's run through the spices, as it contain spices such as turmeric, cumin, coriander, red chili, clove, aniseed powder and other mixed spices which has lots of perks rather than consequences in our well-being history.
Turmeric is used to fight inflammation in the brain which reduces Alzheimer's and depression . Because of its anti-inflammatory qualities, curcumin is also effective at reducing pain and swelling in people with arthritis. And animal studies indicates that curcumin could have powerful anti- cancer properties. Clove is the spice to treat tooth problem since it contain anti-inflammatory and anti- bacterial properties. Cumin is known to relieve you from digestive problems, reduce your chances of anemia and alleviate common cold. Coriander powder may reduce your sugar level and rich in immune boosting anti-oxidants. Red chili reduces weight and also relieves in nasal congestion. Maggie is also enrich in calories i.e., approx. 350 due to the courtesy of wheat refined flour (MAIDA) but at the same time it is nutrients deficient. It is also vitamin less or fiber less food which can lead to constipation, heart diseases and cancer but only in chronic intakes. Lead also plays a major role in enhancing a food taste along with other ingredients but since taking within permissible limits has no severe long-term effects suggested by doctors. And also due to augmentation of sodium concentration which simply assists in balance of body fluids and prevents low blood pressure.
Conclusion:
So, it can be well said that Maggi noodles alone in regular intakes can cause severe human health issues ,but if we'll eliminate the major deficiency of nutrients and vitamins then I am sure it won't affect anything apart from fulfilling our diet . Added vegetables, chicken, eggs and other nutrient product shall be served on the table along with any instant noodles because remember good things never come easy.
Thanks to everyone for providing your valuable attention on this article, Hope I have met your expectations and would appreciate for any beneficial recommendations down below :]
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