Disclaimer: Although I personally know my sister, all my biases towards her have been set aside for this snoop exercise. In fact, it would be interesting to know if my findings would match the personality she exudes in the real world.
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Folders and books on the side. Papers randomly stacked in not-so-neat piles. Bag on the table. Chair pushed in. Blinds closed. Bare walls.
The typical scenario in most desk areas of students? Not quite.
Chair pushed in. Blinds closed. Bare walls.
You'd have to wonder how K manages to remember pushing her chair back in when she couldn't even seem to properly organize the clutter on her desk. Perhaps she does it out of habit, or perhaps she doesn't use the chair at all. Not use the chair while reading through the piles of photocopied handouts? Well, there's always the desk to sit on.
(Or maybe she just doesn't work in her desk area)
What about the closed blinds? Wouldn't she be in the dark and without a scenic view to give off a good ambiance to work in? Perhaps she closes them out of habit, or there is no scenic view, or she is afraid of peeping tom neighbors.
(Or maybe there is no reason to open them because she doesn't work in the area)
Now the bare walls might just be due to the fact that she isn't allowed to post things on the wall (but she could always put up a bulletin board), or that she already has everything posted on her desktop background that she doesn't need any more clutter on the walls.
Assuming that K doesn't do the actual work around the area, her desk becomes the place where she could pile up all her stuff. In Filipino, a tambakan. Not that it makes the place devoid of identity claims and behavioral residue, because it actually points to certain characteristics of K which makes her not want to hang out in the said area.
Judging from the number of colorful file folders stacked on the side, it could be deduced that K wants to be organized. She has a good intention of using them to sort out her photocopied readings. But as evident from the stacks of paper lying around, it could be assumed that she is only orderly in theory. She is only conscientious as far as she'd like to be. Having a short attention span makes her bored after the conceptualization stage.
This tendency of hers to be bored makes her not want to stay in her desk area (or even her room) for too long and just use her laptop (or read her readings) somewhere else.
"Karen/friends forever/sweet sixteen."
K values the gift of her friend that's why she's using it as a pencil holder. Or perhaps she really just needed a pencil holder and didn't care much about where the mug came from (or that it's a mug in the first place). But the fact that the mug is situated in a place where it could be seen shows K's emotional side. She possesses things with sentimental value.
This character of hers shows her openness as an individual. Added to this is her abstract and creative personality as shown by the presence of pencils and lead on her desk. She has the inclination to be artistic.
Overall, my snoop exercise on her matches her personality in real life for the most part.
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Folders and books on the side. Papers randomly stacked in not-so-neat piles. Bag on the table. Chair pushed in. Blinds closed. Bare walls.
The typical scenario in most desk areas of students? Not quite.
Chair pushed in. Blinds closed. Bare walls.
You'd have to wonder how K manages to remember pushing her chair back in when she couldn't even seem to properly organize the clutter on her desk. Perhaps she does it out of habit, or perhaps she doesn't use the chair at all. Not use the chair while reading through the piles of photocopied handouts? Well, there's always the desk to sit on.
(Or maybe she just doesn't work in her desk area)
What about the closed blinds? Wouldn't she be in the dark and without a scenic view to give off a good ambiance to work in? Perhaps she closes them out of habit, or there is no scenic view, or she is afraid of peeping tom neighbors.
(Or maybe there is no reason to open them because she doesn't work in the area)
Now the bare walls might just be due to the fact that she isn't allowed to post things on the wall (but she could always put up a bulletin board), or that she already has everything posted on her desktop background that she doesn't need any more clutter on the walls.
Assuming that K doesn't do the actual work around the area, her desk becomes the place where she could pile up all her stuff. In Filipino, a tambakan. Not that it makes the place devoid of identity claims and behavioral residue, because it actually points to certain characteristics of K which makes her not want to hang out in the said area.
Judging from the number of colorful file folders stacked on the side, it could be deduced that K wants to be organized. She has a good intention of using them to sort out her photocopied readings. But as evident from the stacks of paper lying around, it could be assumed that she is only orderly in theory. She is only conscientious as far as she'd like to be. Having a short attention span makes her bored after the conceptualization stage.
This tendency of hers to be bored makes her not want to stay in her desk area (or even her room) for too long and just use her laptop (or read her readings) somewhere else.
"Karen/friends forever/sweet sixteen."
K values the gift of her friend that's why she's using it as a pencil holder. Or perhaps she really just needed a pencil holder and didn't care much about where the mug came from (or that it's a mug in the first place). But the fact that the mug is situated in a place where it could be seen shows K's emotional side. She possesses things with sentimental value.
This character of hers shows her openness as an individual. Added to this is her abstract and creative personality as shown by the presence of pencils and lead on her desk. She has the inclination to be artistic.
Overall, my snoop exercise on her matches her personality in real life for the most part.
