Well, Sweden has a name for a few people who come late, here we are talking about the entire nation of 1.4 billion people. My friend, here we don't have names for people we have changed the time to our convenience. IST is popularly known as Indian Stretchable Time. Blame the poor infrastructure that runs like the veins across the length and breadth of the country; the rallies and strikes that pop up unannounced; the growing population of cars almost equating to the population of the country; or the animal traffic that doesn't budge for human time. Therefore, public transportation, Indian railways, and government offices, never operate on time. For Westerners, this stereotype doesn't make sense; For some Indians, the term infuriates.
The invincible Daffodil & Peony who are used to keeping up with time, recently got rejected by every taxi driver and auto-rickshaw guy to take them to their destination. With great adventure after 2 hours of waiting on the road for someone to drop them off, they reached the theatre 10 minutes late and got their entry rejected. They watched only Act 2 of the play; for Act 1 they used their wild imagination. Even with the meticulous calculation of time, some things are outside our control.
This topic of time is very close to every Indian's heart. Sorry for passionately rambling in your post.
Happy weekend, enjoy your time, and remember Milton once said "They also serve who only stand and wait".
I'm so sorry that you missed the first part of the play. I would also be angry in such a case. India is much much bigger than Turkey but Istanbul is also a huge city with 20 million residents. Transportation is always a problem. Heavy traffic, crowded public transportations, pavements occupied by cars, etc. So if I'am sometimes a latecomer, these situations have a considerable share.
Being punctual is also something distinction between west and east. But in this case I will defend the west part mostly, if we leave the fast and furious money-centric and time-consuming order apart. Any person must be punctual in my opinion, this is a civilized living rule. That's why I found a solution to solve my time optimism problem.
Thank you for the thoughtful quote by the way, I loved it.
Take care and have a very good weekend, and maybe plan another ticket to a good play. Why not?
We were disappointed, but we ended up utilizing the time to fill our hearts with the best-tasting chai from the theatre canteen. I have seen the infamous Istanbul traffic in Turkish dramas which I am addicted to.
I agree with you on punctuality, I hate making people wait for me.
Glad you liked the quote. It's one of my favorites and I use it liberally. I will let you know if we were finally able to watch any play from the start :)
By the way, Tuesdays with Morrie is such a sweet book recommendation. Love it!
Creative and grateful people find solutions to utilize time which is the matchless and priceless source. How good!
By the way, I like Marshall Goldsmith's life philosophy, I don't know him personally but I feel that he is really a humanist, wise and good person. I just watched his life story as a documentary, and adding its link here. In case you would like to watch or at least have a look.
Wow. This is after 1 hour spent watching the documentary. Thanks for introducing this person and sharing the link. He is doing a fine balance of mingling Eastern philosophies into Western capitalism. Whilst most of what he said was remarkable, some are questionable. For instance, 'There is no business like showbusiness', is contradictory to being humble. Nevertheless, this was an interesting watch. I usually take such coaching and mentoring advice with a pinch of salt. Take what you lack, and leave the rest. In my case, courage. :)
Thanks a ton. I was introduced to a new perspective.
Gulsun, I am with you as a fellow delayed traveller! My perennial theme with my bosses has been, 'we just need to work on your time management!' I feel like falling into this Substack universe has introduced me to a great number of contemplatives; that may tend to be disconnected from clocks! Kudos for a definition, tidsoptimist!
Thank you for joining me in my journey! Also it's relieving to see that I'm not alone to be a time optimist. Time is a relative instrument for measurement that we invented as humans, so its management is also in our hands. Sometimes fast and sometimes slow like a snail, we choose :)
Well, Sweden has a name for a few people who come late, here we are talking about the entire nation of 1.4 billion people. My friend, here we don't have names for people we have changed the time to our convenience. IST is popularly known as Indian Stretchable Time. Blame the poor infrastructure that runs like the veins across the length and breadth of the country; the rallies and strikes that pop up unannounced; the growing population of cars almost equating to the population of the country; or the animal traffic that doesn't budge for human time. Therefore, public transportation, Indian railways, and government offices, never operate on time. For Westerners, this stereotype doesn't make sense; For some Indians, the term infuriates.
The invincible Daffodil & Peony who are used to keeping up with time, recently got rejected by every taxi driver and auto-rickshaw guy to take them to their destination. With great adventure after 2 hours of waiting on the road for someone to drop them off, they reached the theatre 10 minutes late and got their entry rejected. They watched only Act 2 of the play; for Act 1 they used their wild imagination. Even with the meticulous calculation of time, some things are outside our control.
This topic of time is very close to every Indian's heart. Sorry for passionately rambling in your post.
Happy weekend, enjoy your time, and remember Milton once said "They also serve who only stand and wait".
Cheers :)
I'm so sorry that you missed the first part of the play. I would also be angry in such a case. India is much much bigger than Turkey but Istanbul is also a huge city with 20 million residents. Transportation is always a problem. Heavy traffic, crowded public transportations, pavements occupied by cars, etc. So if I'am sometimes a latecomer, these situations have a considerable share.
Being punctual is also something distinction between west and east. But in this case I will defend the west part mostly, if we leave the fast and furious money-centric and time-consuming order apart. Any person must be punctual in my opinion, this is a civilized living rule. That's why I found a solution to solve my time optimism problem.
Thank you for the thoughtful quote by the way, I loved it.
Take care and have a very good weekend, and maybe plan another ticket to a good play. Why not?
Cheers :)
We were disappointed, but we ended up utilizing the time to fill our hearts with the best-tasting chai from the theatre canteen. I have seen the infamous Istanbul traffic in Turkish dramas which I am addicted to.
I agree with you on punctuality, I hate making people wait for me.
Glad you liked the quote. It's one of my favorites and I use it liberally. I will let you know if we were finally able to watch any play from the start :)
By the way, Tuesdays with Morrie is such a sweet book recommendation. Love it!
Have a great week ahead! Cheers :)
Creative and grateful people find solutions to utilize time which is the matchless and priceless source. How good!
By the way, I like Marshall Goldsmith's life philosophy, I don't know him personally but I feel that he is really a humanist, wise and good person. I just watched his life story as a documentary, and adding its link here. In case you would like to watch or at least have a look.
https://marshallgoldsmith.com/documentary/
Cheers :)
Wow. This is after 1 hour spent watching the documentary. Thanks for introducing this person and sharing the link. He is doing a fine balance of mingling Eastern philosophies into Western capitalism. Whilst most of what he said was remarkable, some are questionable. For instance, 'There is no business like showbusiness', is contradictory to being humble. Nevertheless, this was an interesting watch. I usually take such coaching and mentoring advice with a pinch of salt. Take what you lack, and leave the rest. In my case, courage. :)
Thanks a ton. I was introduced to a new perspective.
Apparently, Buddhism has a big effect on his philosophy, that's why he has managed to found a bridge and balance between east and west.
As you said, take what you lack and leave the rest :)
Gulsun, I am with you as a fellow delayed traveller! My perennial theme with my bosses has been, 'we just need to work on your time management!' I feel like falling into this Substack universe has introduced me to a great number of contemplatives; that may tend to be disconnected from clocks! Kudos for a definition, tidsoptimist!
Thank you for joining me in my journey! Also it's relieving to see that I'm not alone to be a time optimist. Time is a relative instrument for measurement that we invented as humans, so its management is also in our hands. Sometimes fast and sometimes slow like a snail, we choose :)