Christmas Spirit

Last weekend was my works Christmas Party and for the record I would like to point out that the company I work for like to have their Christmas Party on the last weekend in November or the first weekend in December. The other part that I would like to mention is that I to didn’t go to this year’s Party for my own reason which is all I am going to say on the matter.

The first thing that I would like to throw out there is that I do like a good old Christmas Party for two reason, one being that you get to spend a night with the company you are working with eating food and talking to those that you don’t normally get a chance to and second the night always turns out to be good.

Now you might all be wondering what is the catch is and you would be correct but I should point out that this is not aimed at everyone but what I have seen for my owns company’s Christmas Party. I am fully aware that you are going to say that how can I talk about something that I wasn’t at and the answer to that question would be pictures post on a lovely little website called Facebook.

Facebook is a lovely little website where everyone wants to be your friend and they send you friend request where you then except it and then read them (if you are like me) once a day, finding out how bored someone is or posting pictures to try and justify a point. (There I have gone again going off topic so let’s get back on topic shall we.)

So I never went to my company’s Christmas Party but from what I seen from the picture it showed that everyone was at least having a good time and that they were enjoying themselves but for some reason something didn’t look right in some of them. It wasn’t till later that I then realised that there were people at this Christmas Party wearing Jeans.

My question is this to everyone, how did you get the idea that wearing a pair of jeans to a Christmas party was the right decision? I have spend a few days trying understand the logic behind this and I just can’t find one, I could have over looked the whole thing if they were wearing smart trousers and a smart shirt without a tie but the jeans.

Yes I am fully aware that UK fashion has changed a lot and that is a topic for another time but there are standards that should be followed especially for events like these.

Now as I said earlier in the blog I do like Christmas Parties and I have always had fun at them and on some occasions they have been interesting and that I would always encouraged those that think about going to them to go because you have no idea what could happen. Plus I find them to be the gate way into the festive season because once you have been to one you seem to be more the mood for Christmas than if you haven’t been to one but on the flip side if you have it too earlier you can lose the magic of Christmas before you even get close to it.

On a final note how many times a year do you get to the chance to dress to impress or to have something happen that stays with everyone for years to come. For those that have or haven’t had your Christmas Parties yet, I do hope that you have enjoyed or will enjoy them.

Until next time

What’s so special about you?

After last week’s trip down memory lane it got me thinking about another topic that I wanted to talk about which we all grow up with and to a point carries on with us throughout our lives. If you take a few moments to think about it can you remember the animal or creature that you have spend most of all of your life up to this point saying is your favourite?

The first thing I will ask you to do is to think about the first time someone ask you what your favourite animal or creature was? We have all had this conversation when we were younger but do we really know why we have chosen this animal's and what went through our minds before we came to this conclusion.

Now I will be honest with you, that I don’t really remember why I chose my favourite animal and I hope that there was nothing that swayed me when I original made that decision but I do know that there was something that did reinforce my reasoning.

Now before I get into what my favourite animal is, I will take a moment to talk about what factors I believe play a part in us making that decision. For me one of the biggest factors I believe that could help in making this decision for us is what your parents or close friends of your parents do. A good example of this would be that an old friend of mine took it upon herself to get her friends new born baby everything from clothes to toys that looked like a giraffe, which was their favourite animal.

As you can see from this example, the friend was trying to make an impact on what the baby likes from an earlier age and it has been proven with studies that babies are able to learn and relate to objects quicker and easier while they are growing up, so you could say the friend is making the choice for them. Now I also know that parents sometimes do the same thing but do it without even realising it. There is nothing wrong with this and it’s not your fault for doing this because for all you know it could be your very own human nature doing this.

The other example that I will use has nothing to do with us but with other forms of medium that we us for entertaining are children but it can also have an effect on their favourite animal and what they like and dislike throughout their lives. This medium that I am referring to is television. If you take a moment to think about it, does your favourite animal come from a television show or another medium because you might not have realised this before or you did and never gave it a second fought about it.

In my honesty opinion that is fine due to the fact you were placed in front of this medium to entertain you while your parents were doing something very import and as a by product you also may have discovered your favourite animal or creature and again this may have be your own choice.

While we are talking about entertainment medium’s here I will now take this opportunity to let you know that my favourite animal is a Hedgehog and that the Sonic the Hedgehog series helped in reinforcing my love of the animal.

At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if your parents, other medium or yourself made the decision as long as you where happy with it.

Until next time

Blast from the Past

“A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.”

What better way than to start a today’s blog than by using a definition of a word from the dictionary. Today I will be looking at the term Nostalgia and what this means to us, before I start there is one thing that I have noticed and that is we all seem to us the definition of the word when we are talking about our fond memories to one another but when we talk about video games we seem to us the word so readily, so why is this?

Now my understanding behind these small details is that when we are talking about our past it just does seem right to mention the word nostalgia while we are talking about something personal because it just doesn’t give us the depth we are trying to portrait, but when we talking about a video game we use the word nostalgia straight away mainly to get the person you are talking to, to have a look at the game so that they can understand the depth for themselves.

The reason that I have decided to talk about this topic today is mainly because without our past experiences we wouldn’t be the people we are today and we also wouldn’t get others to partake in what we have done or will do. Now what could I possible mean by all this, well if you think about it for a moment. If you were to talk to a close friend of yours that has just come back from a holiday that they really enjoyed and it was a place that you have through about going to and haven’t got round to it thus far and you hear how good it was from them, you might then consider going. Once you have then decided to go on this holiday and come back from it you will take it upon yourself tell said friend and others what you like out about the holiday. The two of you who have already gone on this holiday will then reminisce about it which in turn could have a positive effect on other to go on the same holiday one day.

Now nostalgia can also be very subtle and what I mean by this, is if you think about some of your favourite music track, your mind for some reason will bring up a memory that bought you joy from your past for no reason at all. A good example for me would be from an artist called Sonique and the track was called “It Feels So Good”. Now there is a part in this track that reminds me of the time when I was younger playing a video game called F-Zero-X(A futuristic racing game), where my mum made a comment about how good I was at a certain part of the race and whenever this part of the song comes on, my mind will always go back to that moment in time and play it out as if it was the first time.

So as you can see nostalgia has played two massive parts, one being getting other to partake in a similar holiday or hobbies and the other in bring back a very import and special moment from your past, but there is also one part of nostalgia that can also be very dangerous. 

If you read the first part of the definition you will clearly see what I am talking about “A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life.” If you have ever heard the saying “You are living in the past” then you will know that some people will take it upon themselves to try and relive those memories or not move forward with their lives.

A good example I could us is by getting dumped by your girlfriend/boyfriend because you did something stupid and then decided to chase after said person to try and get them back because of all the good memories the two of you shared. What I believe you should do is take what you learned from that relationship and apply it to your new girlfriend/boyfriend without repeating what you did last time and don’t ever talk about your good memories you and your ex shared directly to your new girlfriend/boyfriend.

As I said before Nostalgia is a part of us and without it we wouldn’t be the people we are today. All I will say is enjoy and share your good memories with one another but don’t try and relive them.

Until next time