Human relations on SANJAY REGMI

Youtube's First Video from jawed, Neal Mohan and the Nature of Change

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:06:42 -0800

In the first line of the blog post this year by Neal Mohan the CEO of youtube is a link to the very first video that was uploaded to youtube, 18 years ago. ‘jawed’, the creator has a 19 second video where he talks about elephants having ‘really, really, long trunks’. Since his upload, until today, people have watched it over 300 million times (and with Neal providing a link like that, I’m sure its going to rocket even more!), his channel has only that video and there are 4.45M subscribers to it. In terms of earnings, youtubers who have a million subscribers generally earn around 60K USD/year. Let’s step back for a moment. Did ‘jawed’ at that time realize how significant his upload would be?! Did we?!

On Tea, Intoxication and Meditation

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:05:06 -0800

Every time I come to see you
and go away
You make me think.
Lots.

Forgetting myself in intoxication
Of your presence
Of your meditative voice
That tells of stories far and wide
Of kindness, hope, confidence, beauty and strategy.
What a mix, I say to myself!

On Flowers and Memories

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:34:48 -0800

Reminds me
Of the times together.

Even in their death,
They’re sitting here,
Gorgeous and beautiful.

Reminding us of the temporal nature,
Of life,
And yet,
Living it all,
Until the end.

On Text Messages and Emoticons

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:22:21 -0800

It’s weird and amazing at the same time. You’re somewhere out there. I know of your existence by these letters you send me by the medium of electrons which themselves if isolated do not exist (Heisenberg principle). And yet your emoticons convey the thoughts and emotions as powerful as you were here.

Dream big, really big

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:35:11 -0800

Dream big!
So big that sometimes you almost want to suffocate while thinking about it.
It’s the only thing that keeps us going
Gives us hope
A reason to move forward
A way to become better
Every day, every hour, every second

On picture, body and soul

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:18:23 -0800

I didn’t do anything big,
I just updated my profile picture.
True it was 15 odd years ago that I last changed it.
But you were overjoyed. Ecstatic! You reacted. Lots.
You said you wanted to see more. See not only half a picture but the full one.
The full picture.

On leaving and being left

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:30:54 -0800

Everybody leaves.
At some point.
It’s a revolving door. It’s people. Natural. Nothing special or disheartening.

Memories should be kept.
Cherished.
They allow us to be happy (or sad) even after the moments are long gone.