Thursday 11 June 2015

The Time Thief


When I went to work this morning it was the 10th January; then a hundred hour later I looked at the clock to drool over my favourite digits of the day (18h00) flashing at me in that glorious fluorescent green and was met with the 11th June…Where did it go? Who stole January? Give it back!! Give it back I say!

So I started thinking (more thinking aaaahhhh) about the notion of time, I researched Einstein because I always fancied myself a woman of science (Tozz*). I wanted to understand what makes time feel like it’s passing quickly, flying by and leaving me with unfished tasks, unticked lists and an unfulfilled life …so I started to read about theories!

Apparently this can be down to the different methods the brain uses to judge the passage of time, like the more fun you’re having the faster time is perceived to pass and the more bored and anxious you are, the slower it seems to be, but in reality it’s about the memories you’re making during the passage of this time, so if you are sitting in a waiting room and you’re at all thinking you’d be repeating previous thoughts and it will seem like nothing really happened, a waste of time, and that’s a fact, nothing did happen, nothing new, it’s the same memory so the only indicator of the time is really the making of new memories like it’s 4 o’clock, now it’s 5 o’clock then you look again and it’s the 11th June.

So if this is in any way sensical and if I go by my random yet effective analytical methods, it would mean that my life is a busy one, full of joy, new memories and stuff! This would explain why time seems to be flying so rapidly and extraordinarily, or there’s a time thief lurking around me stealing my precious time and not giving me memories in exchange!! Well come to think of it, thieves never give you anything in exchange except for grief …and germs!

So that led me to think about how time is somewhat subjectively constructed within the brain…bla bla bla….Gawd I am boring myself!

So the point of this is really to say, I am kind of bored and time is not playing fair! Bored of constructing the same memories or similar ones to the point of having a life of Deja-vus and jaded repetitions, bored of fooling myself into thinking I am leading a worthwhile life (ok maybe I am too hard on myself), bored of waiting for change when I am not doing anything about it and frankly I am boring myself with these same repetitive thoughts and the same faces in the same trains in the same places, even across the globe in distant continents and different time zones, finding the same faces with the same annoying angry ungrateful and uncultured features fill me with dread – thank you shallow globalisation, you bitch!

So whoever stole time; stole particularity and individuality and turned us all into a mushy cloned mess which is getting in the way of my happiness and making me cranky and random. Thank you again mushy cloned brains!

Anyway, I better get on with some stuff or time will never move and I wouldn’t have marked its passage like a needy little achievement-hungry little brat ! Also you know what they say “A watched pot never boils”…
Dz-Chick….time really is of the essence
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*Tozz = a noise that could mean “yeah right”, it could also mean fart but I am too much of a lady for that shit! Obviously...

19 comments:

  1. Hahaha this is too funny! so random I like it

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  2. loooool love it...kteltini

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  3. Hahaha "how time flies !" that's what I was saying to myself when I met three weeks ago my cousin with her son, now a playful and witty teenager with half a moustache (just peach fuzz !) making jokes about my t-shirt (not funny !).. the last time I saw him he was barely a walking baby so proud of shitting in a poop pot (how do we call that in good english ?).. my cousin told me this was during the winter of 2007.. damn from 2007 to 2015 babies became teenagers and teenagers became men (young men).. he also asked me the now unavoidable question that all the family keeps asking with a frightening fanatism "why not married yet ?".. I tried to explain it by quantic theories, time warps and of course half a dozen of failed relationships !
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-OytmtYoOI

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  4. "Thank you shallow Globalisation, you bitch!" hahahah the best sentence ever on your lovely blog

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  5. Sal Sal Yep Random is good! I love random humour

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  6. Homo Erectus ahh kids when they start taking the piss!! I want to squish them, they make me feel so old with their pathetic stubble and playful know-it-all humour! my nephew of 17 recently ask me if I had lost weight yet! little shit!!! Thankfully I don't get the marriage question, my family seem to be more concerned with my weight hmmm no quantum theories can help here.

    BTW - I decided to do the Ramadan diaries :)

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  7. There is a call for British Muslims to reduce their fasting hours during Ramadan this year as daylight hours last longer here than in holy land ( mecca) and I heard is going to be applicable!! Please can you confirm if it's true?? since am following your Ramadan diaries this year we've to agree on the time we break the fast as Algerian in UK! in that case i'm suggesting 18:44 on the first day?? ;)
    any suggestion from you??
    Ciao bella
    Saha Ramdanek
    M

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  8. Hello M Yes I saw the report on this but I don't think anyone will follow it to be honest, the muslim council hasn't made any anouncements, I don't think I can do that to be honest, I'd feel like I was cheating! Are you really going to break fast at 18:44??
    Saha Ramdanek

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  9. Khouwaffa!! cheating who??
    here in UK we'll be fasting 18 hours and 40 mn a day compared to only 15 hours a day in Mecca, so to break the fast at 18:44 it's fair and reasonable amount of time and that is more than fasting time required in holy land.
    but to be honest I'll wait and see tomorrow if I can fast till 21:24 otherwise 18:44 it is for me!!
    Enjoy your last lunch
    M

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  10. haha sah Khouwaffa! I am not sure I can...I will speak to some people and see what the general consensus is!
    Didn't we fast until 21h30 last year??

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  11. I just checked and last year we broke fast at 9.30 - 9.21 for the first 3 weeks!! come on if we did it last year...we can do it again this year!

    Look here: http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/news/ramadan-timetable-20141435

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  12. "I decided to do the Ramadan diaries :)"
    Cool ! I may do the Ramadan then..

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  13. Hi dz bella
    According to Dr Usama Hasan fatwa my fast breaking time is more acceptable. as I said above I'll wait until tomorrow and see if I can fast 18 hour and 40 mn!!!
    Yes we did fast until 21:30 last year but circumstances changes from time to time.(maybe I'm getting older this year) ;)
    Ciao bella
    M

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  14. Homo Erectus lol let's do it together...you fast and I write!
    Also to answer your question re: Poop pop hahaha - it's called a potty here in the UK.


    M stop being such a wimp!! of course you can do it, you did it before you'll do it again, but at least you know the option is there I guess!
    As for age...you and me both ;)

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  15. hahaha.. walah walou ! I just thought why suffer when there is another practical option..
    In this case I'll choose Dr Usama Fatwa:
    "Those who find this genuinely unbearable, or are convinced of the non-literalist approach of “morning to evening” rather than the literalist “dawn to sunset”, may wish to fast for 12 or preferably 14-16 hours, beginning from dawn, sunrise or even their usual morning meal (breakfast!). Such moderate timings are based on the fatwas of jurists over many centuries for high latitudes".
    As for age definitely older than you ;)
    Ciao bella

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    1. And also "Those who wish to follow dawn-sunset timings of 18-21 hour fasts and can do so safely, are free to do so"
      M

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  16. A "potty" !! well "hiboussa" sounds better to me for what it is.. you can't call someone you dislike "wedjh el hiboussa" in english ! "Potty Face" !! sounds too cute !

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  17. hahahah @ Wech el Hiboussa

    No one can translate that!

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