It was really nice meeting you yesterday. I think I found my answers.
If music is not associated with stability why is it the one of the oldest art forms that survived civilizations and generations?
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If I am studying business and my heart lies in music why not scrap everything and just jump into the music business?
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If i can stand for 9 hours and convince people to try the new spicy McNuggets why not try to understand peoples instrument requirement\u2019s, something I do for all my friends anyway.
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If the best takeaway from a factory shift of a company which manufactures shampoos like equate and head and shoulders are the stories of the Punjabi girl who was feeling insecure because her supervisor threatened to fire her because she was laughing for a moment with a guy 10 minutes before her shift ended or the homesick Brazilian guy being sent home for texting in his family group while meeting his production targets because of some meaningless no phone policy or the ethopian guy who sat on snow for 10 minutes in a snow storm munching away at his tiffin and smoking a cigarette and drinking coke all at once because a 20 minute break was all he got in a 9 hour shift, why leave these stories unshared?
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If i live for the stories why not give life to the stories?
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There was a student in my class from Kolkata, who was about twenty-five and studying marketing or some business type diploma but when he played guitar and sang it was obvious he had another talent. He has a beautiful voice and the whole class was kind of stunned when he sung. He loved the class and this love confused him about why he is earning a marketing degree. He also has a part time job at McDonalds, the all-night shift where he experiences a lot of Canadian crazy. He and his girlfriend live in a tiny furnitureless room in a house. The details of his Toronto is very different than mine and our exchange increases my understanding of his and many other international student experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our class finished two months ago but recently he asked to meet. He had some anxiety and doubt and wanted my thoughts. At the coffee shop on Roncesvalles, his first question was is this downtown? He’s been in Toronto two years but no idea where exactly downtown starts and stops. He wishes somehow he worked in the music business. Even if he was selling instruments for a living, he would feel better than his new second job filling shampoos in a factory where he isn’t allowed to use headphones to pass the monotonous nine hour shift. I didn’t have magic answers but asked him to maintain a daily journal. I think other people would enjoy reading his unique perspective. I offered to call someone at Long and McQuade and find out how he gets an interview. I also offered to take him and his girlfriend on a downtown tour sometime, share with them Toronto through my eyes. He wrote back today. It was an amusing email where he sorted himself out. After, I asked if I could post it on my blog and attach his email. I said there’s a chance someone might read all of this and have ideas for him about his desire and ambition, who knows? He said please do. His name is Sudip
sudipsletterbox@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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