June 2011
2 posts
Airport Lounges
For me, there is something eerily comforting about the feeling of sitting in an airport lounge. Aside from the alumnium-coated seats and a clean minimal design enshrouding the marbled decor, I have come to relish the peaceful observational seat of taking note of transient passengers. The situation itself is mildly comedic in its own peculiar way, especially since airports house perhaps the most...
"Just Be Yourself"
“Just be yourself.” There is something uniquely irritating about always being told just to be oneself in situations where practical guidance is required. One wants to ask, “Who else’s self can I be?” To do so, though, would be to deprive a benign platitude of the slight significance it does possess. The directive does not mean much, but it means well: one is to act relaxed and assume an...
