Something Must Be Terribly Wrong

Wow, you are so weird!

Something must be wrong up there.

   Growing up, I was really curious of almost everything and I was very persistent in getting an answer. I always go to my parents to ask why what how when and where. This is probably one of the things that I still haven't outgrown until this very moment- although most of the time now, I seek for an answer on my own rather than asking other people about it.

  I am the type of person who constantly craves for new information. I never really want to stop learning. I'd go back to school in a heartbeat if given the chance, I'd travel the world to see and learn what the school failed to teach me, I'd do an extensive research about things I am really curious about. Most of the time, when I see or hear something I am not familiar with, I usually spend the entire night researching about it.

   I remember being told by the panelists during my Thesis Defense in College, "Your work is well researched. We have nothing to ask anymore because everything that we need to know and more is already written in this 200-page thesis." Yup! That's definitely my work. I could say I used this "odd behavior" to my advantage. I've read about almost EVERYTHING related to my topic and even the ones which are not directly related but is kind of borderline related to it.

   After grad, I kind of ventured on the world of Fashion. I was so curious about what it feels like to have a job that feels like a dress-up game Adult Life Edition. My curiosity led to joining various Fashion events and competitions.

  Just recently, I finished one korean drama in less than 48 hours. I suddenly had an urge to learn Korean because of one simple thing: I find it so annoying to read subtitles. So I downloaded e-books and learning materials about the language and searched for online courses, too.

  There were many other occasions that my obsession for knowledge was taken negatively by other people. I have been getting acrid remarks (sometimes even backhanded ones- which I find more insulting) for having such behavior. Then I realized, maybe that is what's wrong with the society.

  People who constantly crave for knowledge often gets derogatory remarks from other people. Maybe people stopped craving for it despite "it" being a natural behavior because others think it's uncool. Kids these days would rather do something "fun and crazy" rather than stick around for one more lesson because that is what they consider as "cool" nowadays. People who know so much about different topics are often labeled as "nerds" and they make them feel "weird"about it.

  People should just let them be. We just chose to learn differently- and we like it that way There's nothing wrong about learning. Learning never stops anyway. Go out of the house and you'll see many different things each day and learning something from it is inevitable- the brain processes a lot of information every single second and some of it is probably new to you. Knowledge doesn't always come from books, you know. . So before you call me weird or tell me something must be wrong up here where my brain is, ask yourself if you're any different, because if you tell me you haven't learned anything new these past few days then you must be doing something really wrong- better check if your brain is still up there honey. ;)