Quickwrite 31
I think I take the names and the reputations of planned events for granted sometimes. I’d always be expecting to get something extravagant, but so much thought is invested in the future that I forget to save some thoughts for the moments themselves.
I recently attended Ted x UC Davis with my friend Nakul. I am not going to lie about this event, but it was a pretty good event to me. It was not jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring, but it was pretty good. The topics were unique too, and in a way they all attributed to the central theme “What do you work towards?” All the speakers showcased their projects and what they wanted to accomplish with their projects in their career. I guess to me, it became really repetitive because every single project and every single mind behind each project was definitely something like “to change the world” or “to change your view on something”. During our break, Nakul and I didn’t really say much, we all agreed on which presentation we liked the most and which one we didn’t like. To me, I thought it was funny that at that point we didn’t really have much preference on how cool the topic was, but we were judgmental on how the presentations were by their structure and the way they conveyed their message.
It’s true though, it doesn’t matter how truthful you are, but it is how you sell the truth. I was captivated and only interested because of the way the speakers spoke to me and my peers. Is this why we have so many different companies for the same thing? Is this why marketing sometimes causes so many controversies? I guess when it comes to money, we will do anything to put more paint on our canvases, but when we put too much paint, we cover up and sometimes even ruin what we want to give back to the community.
Onto a different topic, I attended a Yelp elite event with my friends for the third time two hours after the Ted x UC Davis event. I think I was pretty dumb to finally realize that Yelp elite events are not for me. I really could’ve done something productive during those hours right after that minimally motivational Ted x UC Davis event.
You’re about to hear this from a completely indifferent reviewer, but to be honest, a Yelp elite event is really snacks and photo booth/picture taking. Socialize all you want and have fun, but I am quite introverted and I am okay with that. Honestly I think I didn’t socialize with a lot of people because I came in with a large group, so I’m already situated in my comfort zone. I think if I went with only one other person, I would have loved to talk to others. The other yelpers (yes there is a slang term for people who have yelp accounts) that attend yelp elite events are definitely older and unique, but that is not the ultimate reason why I decided not to socialize. And I was already annoyed that everyone wanted to take selfies and pictures with others every five minutes. I swear if there were ten or twenty more cameras floating around and flashing every corner of the room, I would’ve had some sort of epileptic seizure.
And this whole quickwrite definitely sounded like a yelp review. Without the star rating and I’m not asking for the cool, funny useful comments either.