What makes you nervous?
I am a bit shy and not the best at new things all the time especially if they can change a lot in my life so guess I am nervous for a lot of things but I am working on it since I am trying to get away from being safe behind a screen of some kind. Guess that is also one of my goals of becoming more offline.
How do you use social media?
Well this is a subject I feel divides people since these days there are governments trying to block it from kids and so on. I think it is a good idea to get a bit away from it at times but for an introvert person like me it is sometimes the only way I get to say anything because the world is too much. I mainly use it to write with friends but I am also using it to share my blog to a wider audience. I am also having the fight against doom scrolling but with the help of One Sec, I am doing better and my offline goal is making progress by the day.
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.
I made the decision to learn myself how to meditate and yes I know that sometimes I am falling asleep and so on but it clears my mind and I plan to start focusing on it even more since it really helps me grow as a person. I will start focusing on it and do it 4 times a day for at least 5mins each. So I would say if you don‘t do meditation find at least 5mins for yourself as it really makes wonders.
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.
Well I know my blog is mainly about Asperger’s and such but I feel like I can talk about that forever so decided to pick another positive event. When I was around 5 and half year old I got first of 2 siblings and my parents was leaving me at home with my mom’s sister while trying to took to the hospital to give birth to him. When I woke up that morning my mom’s sister was already there and I had no clue of what was going on since she was there. Anyway the positive thing I wanna talk about happened later in the afternoon, I have always loved climbing trees, might be one of the reasons I love boulders so much these days, and my home had a row of some high Larch trees that together with some other trees. Well I went out to climb one of the tall larch tree while my mom’s sister hang up some clothes for drying. Normally I was not scared of heights so I was quickly to the top with tiny branches but for some reason I became that day and my mom’s sister was even more scared of heights so when I called for help she was not really fond of helping me but she had to do something since she was the only adult there. So she climbed up to get me even that she would never had done it in a million years if I was not there. She reached me and got me down so the day was saved but we made a deal that I should never climb that high again while she was the only one around. That is the end of this story and a short add to this story, while I was in kindergarten we had a very very very tall tree which I also happened to climb and the only reason the teachers didn’t call the fire department was because I climbed down quickly again and recently found out they never told my parents about it.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I hate answering questions about the future as I feel no one can predict the future and it is just a way to get worried about more stuff. I am trying to focus on my life these days since I just had some period with the breakdown but a good future for me would be very easy, as it would mean my job would be the same with more interesting assignments, maybe with someone in my life even that is not necessary but I wanna go Japan soon and maybe other awesome countries. But I hope for more peace in the world than war in the world in 10 years time.
What book could you read over and over again?
Well, normally I would have answered no books since I feel I have so many books that I wanna read these days and I don’t have enough time to read them all. But since I love games and 80’s a lot then I think I would read Ready Player One again and again. I love reading and at the moment I have read 2418 days in a row with a few cheat days because of scouts and what else.
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Normally when answering this question I would explain him that ‘you have Asperger’s, Jesper’ but today I would give myself a bit more advice, I would tell myself that ‘being different is good even that it both have good days and bad days’. The reason I changed it a bit is because these days I am at the bad days but I had good days before, so I know there will be good days again, just need to hang on until then while I slowly recovering from whatever pulls me down.
What snack would you eat right now?
I love foods and to try new ones, so to say something different than normal I would like to try balut the duck egg thing from the Philippines.
What is the greatest gift someone could give you?
Jesper: I was thinking a long time for my answer since there are a few good ones like ‘time’ , ‘wealth’ and so on but I ended up picking ‘being understood’. I picked being understood because I feel that to respect and understand people’s differences since none of us is the same person, not even twins. So being understood is very important to me since if you don’t do an effort in understanding the person in front of you, do you really care about the person? I am always trying to understand the person in front of me but sometimes I fails because it is hard for me to ‘read’ everything correctly and sometimes I fail to put the right words together making it seem like I don’t understand things. But I can truly say that in my mind you are unique meaning that I don’t care if that if there are a million people who smoke like you as long you try to understand me then I don’t mind that and I hate to put people in boxes with other people since no one is the same. I know that it might sound like I don’t care but in reality I care a lot as I see you as you and since I try my best to understand you then you know why I am picking ‘ being understood’.
Ria: with no doubt my answer is “time”. Time is very precious. When someone gives you time, for sure you are very important for them. They love you. People wont invest their precious thing to people who arent important for them. When someone has no interest in you, they wont spend time or give their time for you. They will make excuses to meet you or communicate with you. But if they are excited with you, they will appear often in your life, willing to make or spend time with you. If you are their priority, they have lots time for you. If you arent their priority, their presence will be little. So time is the greatest gift someone could give to me.
We also need to give time for people we love. For example parents give time for their kids. A husband or wife gives time for their spouse. We listen to our friend’s problems. We support and visit family members who need help. We pray for people who experience natural disasters, and many more. All of them use time.
What are your feelings about eating meat?
Well I heard that this subject is a little sensitive to some people so let me start by saying I am eating meat and I eat everything else since I am not a picky eater at all. As for my feelings then I have nothing against vegans and many dishes of vegan food taste good so I am not against it at all. I also respect that people can be vegan and guess the main reason I am not vegan myself is because I am so fond of all kinds of food that would not like to miss if I did it. People can eat whatever they want as long it is legal but I have 2 questions I want answered myself?
Guess that my opinion on meat and I have vegan friends and it doesn’t change anything about them.
Bon appetit
Ria : i am a pescovegetarian. But i am ok if my family or friends eat meat. Jj even often cook vegan food. And thats cool. We all free people. Vegan cant force non vegan to be vegan. And non vegan cant force vegan to be non vegan. Just respect each other.
While there are many researches said meat has nutrition needed for our body, i choose to not meat because i love animals. So far my body is still okay and healthy. I feel more healthy because i often felt pain in my back neck when i was still eating meat. But all depends on our own body. Just know our body and choose proper meal and diet style for us.
You but different 