on building a reputation
apparently, i now have a reputation in my class. in the middle of last term, the irishman and the american guy coined the term "clar-oogle" - the result of stringing my name and google together. hrmph. my greek teammate says it's a compliment. ask a question, and you'll get an answer.
this has been further validated by my other classmates. the hongkong girl (she calls herself hongkongese, how funny sounding is that?) sometimes says, "do you have...? of course, you do. you have everything." yesterday, another greek girl said the same thing. "eh, do you know where we are going? (millisecond pause) of course you do." like it's but natural that i have the answer to everything.
it's nice to be in the know, but i get the feeling i project that image a little too much. to the point that people give me a ribbing by saying, "oh come on, this is not characteristic of you..." or "i'm disappointed, this is so unlike you..." when i take longer than usual to come up with results. case in point - leading a small class trip to a drama school. i didn't print out a map anymore, because i pretty much knew what the map looks like. result: we walked up the street for ten minutes after we've passed the school. i've never been to the place, and i couldn't recall the exact address when we were going around. (i later recall that the school does not HAVE a number, just a street name.) lo and behold, it was just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the tube stop we came from. but, in my defense, the place had big letters saying "embassy theatre" in front. and smaller (think font size 8) letters on a side door saying "central school of speech and drama".
of course, in hindsight, i did recall reading the words "embassy theatre" somewhere in the materials i found related to the school. it sounded familiar when i saw it, but it didn't register straight away. then there is the sign just outside the tube station with an arrow pointing in the direction of the school. when the american guy saw that sign, he told me, "hey, you shouldn't feel bad about not finding it." i'm sure he was having a good laugh inside. but 'tis ok, i DON'T feel bad about it. i'm smart, after all, not omniscient.
i guess i have to keep myself from answering all the questions i hear from now on - especially those not even addressed to me. but sometimes i can't help myself. (i'd like to think it stems from the compulsion to help people. but in hindsight, it could be the propensity to show off. eeps.) they're looking for an answer, i have it, why keep it to myself? it shouldn't matter where the information comes from, but that they got it. right?
argh. okay. i'll shut up now.
this has been further validated by my other classmates. the hongkong girl (she calls herself hongkongese, how funny sounding is that?) sometimes says, "do you have...? of course, you do. you have everything." yesterday, another greek girl said the same thing. "eh, do you know where we are going? (millisecond pause) of course you do." like it's but natural that i have the answer to everything.
it's nice to be in the know, but i get the feeling i project that image a little too much. to the point that people give me a ribbing by saying, "oh come on, this is not characteristic of you..." or "i'm disappointed, this is so unlike you..." when i take longer than usual to come up with results. case in point - leading a small class trip to a drama school. i didn't print out a map anymore, because i pretty much knew what the map looks like. result: we walked up the street for ten minutes after we've passed the school. i've never been to the place, and i couldn't recall the exact address when we were going around. (i later recall that the school does not HAVE a number, just a street name.) lo and behold, it was just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the tube stop we came from. but, in my defense, the place had big letters saying "embassy theatre" in front. and smaller (think font size 8) letters on a side door saying "central school of speech and drama".
of course, in hindsight, i did recall reading the words "embassy theatre" somewhere in the materials i found related to the school. it sounded familiar when i saw it, but it didn't register straight away. then there is the sign just outside the tube station with an arrow pointing in the direction of the school. when the american guy saw that sign, he told me, "hey, you shouldn't feel bad about not finding it." i'm sure he was having a good laugh inside. but 'tis ok, i DON'T feel bad about it. i'm smart, after all, not omniscient.
i guess i have to keep myself from answering all the questions i hear from now on - especially those not even addressed to me. but sometimes i can't help myself. (i'd like to think it stems from the compulsion to help people. but in hindsight, it could be the propensity to show off. eeps.) they're looking for an answer, i have it, why keep it to myself? it shouldn't matter where the information comes from, but that they got it. right?
argh. okay. i'll shut up now.
posted by super inday at 8:33 pm
3 Comments:
LOL! To think some aspiring writers are asking you for help with their material! Creeeepy no? ;)
Mukhang inis sayo ang mga tao dahil "all knowing" ka.
I'll let you in on a little secret: answering every little question there is gives the impression that the person whose asking the question don't know the answers, hence dumb. And you're "smart" for being all knowing.
Sometimes people ask questions just to get a conversation going, or to get someone to ask a question as well, etc. These are the intricacies of human conversation. If you're not aware of these then you don't have people skills. You're too old not to know these things. I feel bad for you.
oh, come ON!!! i KNOW when someone is making conversation, and when someone is really asking. and besides, it's never the same person. they'll ask for email addresses, where the nearest post office is, what time the library closes, how to run this software... and seriously, i don't always have the answer. they just think i do.
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