Phyo Kyaw Week 13 - Shaping Influence of Memories

    Do you ever reminisce about the past? A good memory? A bad memory? An embarrassing one? A happy one? 
    Well I do, all the time. It's always random. I'll be randomly day dreaming about some embarrassing thing that happened. 
    Like when somebody said "Hi" and I thought it was at me so I said it back just for somebody else to walk up and say it instead. Or when I waved back at someone I thought was waving to me but it was actually to the person next to me. Or when I had to dance on stage during preschool and my shoe slipped off my foot. Now, as insignificant as these events seem, I realize that they shape who I am.
    I'm not the person I am without these memories. They built me as an individual. The embarrassing are not alone as they are accompanied by the happy. Like my first every Warriors game. Giggling with my friends during recess. Playing Fortnite with my friends over winter break. 
        These memories play a key role in my life and who I am. Of course it is hard to point out any direct significance each one has provided. But it is present and noticeable. I will forever cherish these. While pictures do not depict the complete nostalgia behind the scene, it helps unlock a path down memory lane. It helps me reminisce these past life events. Every single memory has played a part in building me. And it is the same for all of you. Now I want you to consider how your life would be different if something significant in your life happened differently?

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  1. Anna PaulMarch 26, 2024 at 10:58 PM

    Hi Phyo! I like how your blog relates to other blogs for this week! Diving into past memories are definitely something. I mean they are embarrassing and quite weird to look back on. From John Ray's blog, I mentioned how we missed majority of middle school due to Covid. Based on what I read from your blog, if we were to be able to make middle school memories, maybe we would have been much different. I agree with you that our memories due influence our overall behaviors and actions. I think that it is due to how were are perceiving these memories. Not everyone will have a similar feeling to certain memories or events. We are unique with our own memories and influences. Even if we have some similarities, it does not really show and state that we are completely the same. I feel that certain actions that I made in the past would have definitely changed my future if I were to do them differently. But again, I cannot change the past. It is something that had already happen and we can only learn more from it. Thank you for your blog!

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  2. John Ray CabanganganMarch 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    Hey Phyo, I really liked your blog on how memories shaped you. I can relate heavily to your blog about remembering memories. It seems like every night I remember an embarrassing moment and I lose sleep because of it. But, my embarrassing memories made me become better. For example, I remember when I was a kid I was running around the classroom and I ended up tripping and falling in front of everyone. This also got me in trouble. At the time, this was incredibly embarrassing, and I still think about it today. But this experience was ultimately a good thing, because afterwards I never ran around class again. And nowadays, when I even think about goofing off in class I remember how I felt when the entire class turned to look at me and decide not to. To answer the question you posed at the end of your blog, I definitely do think my life would be different had something different happened. I think if I didn't move to Fremont when I was 5 I would be a completely different person. The memories I made in Fremont wouldn't have happened if, well, I didn't move to Fremont, so I think that definitely shaped me. Overall, I really liked your blog on how memories have great influence on the self.

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  3. Nanki KaurMarch 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM

    Hello Phyo! Honestly, this blog is so real. Most of the time, I take classes like math as time to fall into daydreams and I end up reminiscing about the past and usually end up feeling guilty about something that I did or that I cringe about like why did I do those things. But you're so right about the fact that they make up who we are. Not only because of how we've grown from these situations, but because of the fact that they end up shaping the way we view certain situations or because of the fact that a lot of things we experience are actually shared experiences that allow us to relate to different people across the board. For example, the memory that you mentioned about waving to someone but in reality they were waving to someone behind you - that's something that most people can relate to and it becomes a communal and shared experience. And you're right about those not being the only memories that we have. I also remember my first Warriors game and how that energy that the stadium brought made me feel connected to our diverse community here in the Bay Area because everyone had a common enemy: the Trailblazers. Jokes aside, I have an array of memories that I think about from time to time because of how influential those memories are to me and the person that I am today. Thank you for your blog, I really appreciate this walk down memory lane that it took me on!

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