It has been a few days since I blogged. I wanted to write something not so boring, hence this delay. As usual, life is the same for me. My free days now are being converted to doing FYP. However, the work load is still manageable so far. All right, enough of these boring stuffs, as I have said I wanna talk about something more interesting, as least from my point of view, not so sure if you would agree though.


Now, "I" and "ME". What's the difference?


Do you know that there exist a "I" and "ME" within all of us? "I" is the spontaneous aspect of oneself while "ME" is the social aspect of the individual. It is a bit hard to understand at first. Let just say "I" may be the person who likes to talk and move around a lot and simply can't stay still in a classroom. "ME" on the other hand is the same person, but due to socialization, manage to remain quite stationary during the lesson because it has always been the norm to pay attention and not disrupt the class.


Now, I hope you have a clearer picture of this concept of "I" and "ME". It is all right if you don't. I am not very sure of it myself too. Anyway, "I" almost always give in to "ME". And therefore what you portray to the others is often the "ME" of you.


For more you might like to click here. It is an article by GH Mead.


Let me quote some paragraphs:

Recognizing that the self can not appear in consciousness as an "I," that it is always an object, i.e., a "me," I wish to suggest an answer to the question, What is involved in the self being an object? The first answer may be that an object involves a subject. Stated in other words, that a "me" is inconceivable without an "I. " And to this reply must be made that such an "I" is a presupposition, but never a presentation of conscious experience, for the moment it is presented it has passed into the objective case, presuming, if you like, an "I" that observes -- but an "I" that can disclose himself only by ceasing to be the subject for whom the object "me" exists.


On the other hand, the stuff that goes to make up the "me" whom the "I" addresses and whom he observes, is the experience which is induced by this action of the "I." If the "I" speaks, the "me" hears. If the "I" strikes, the "me" feels the blow. Here again the "me" consciousness is of the same character as that which arises from the action of the other upon him. That is, it is only as the individual finds himself acting with reference to himself as he acts towards others, that he becomes a subject to himself rather than an object, and only as he is affected by his own social conduct in the manner in which he is affected by that of others, that he becomes an object to his own social conduct.


Why do I write about such thing here? Well, I have the next few weeks to go and figure this concept out because it is one of my project. Since it is so interesting, I might as well share it here.


And also, I don't know what to blog about too. Haha.