Recently I started discovered the link to the online stream of Hello FM. Since their music choice suits my taste I don't have to keep switching stations. Due to the time difference I end up listening to their late evening/night shows. Most often I end up listening to Mayavin Diary.
To those who are not familiar with this show, the RJ Maya reads diary entries sent in by listeners, plays a song and then comments on the diary entry. Here is where the problem starts. 99% of the entries he reads is either a sob story or someone venting their frustration. To add fuel to the fire, the background score that is played while he reads these entries is so jarring that you feel he is reading about the end of the world. Why do I listen to this program if it's so uncomfortable to me? As I mentioned, if I just endure the slight hindrance I can listen to good songs.
This program got me wondering though. Do people turn to their diary only during times of distress or anger? Does no one make diary entries when they are happy or ecstatic? I am a sporadic journal keeper but I try to record my happiness, sorrow, anger - the whole spectrum of emotions. So then why are all the entries read by Maya always sad? Do people send only the sad portions? Or does he choose only the sad and angry entries since he feels they fit in perfectly with his jarring background music? It will probably remain one of those never-to-be-solved mysteries.
