ThE cOw AnD i: June 2010

Monday, June 28, 2010

Ah Gong...

Ah gong has been behaving oddly recently.

They say that you started out being looked after, then looking after, and being looked after again. I think that is true.

Ah gong is 92 years old now. He gives me ear training exercise every now and then. My night time present from him would be a full scale orchestra conducted by him in the toilet, with all taps turned to full blast. I would then spring into action, and you can guess what happens next.

This cycle carries on even in the day. It seems like Ah gong is a busy conductor.

I am thinking of ways to combat this. It has gone from "Ah gong..turn off the tap..." to "Ah gong, see the fountain???" to "Ah gong, it's $500 water bills every month (followed by a heartache expression)".

I do undertand that it might not be his fault. Afterall, he used to be No. 1 stingy ah peh in the household.

As of now, my hands are tied. I do hope for a miracle nonetheless.

Phone Dependency Syndrome

I remember the days where there was no mobile phone. Life was simple, people were on time, and there was more time to bond.

I got my first mobile line at 19 years old, after much resistence of not wanting to be traceable.

To me, a phone has a simple function. To call, and receive calls. Since when did people become so attached to mobile phone, that they eat-talk-sleep-walk-play-and-poo-poo phone. Disgusting.

There are times (many in fact) that i forget my phone when i go to work. Yes, uncontactable, but somehow, i am secretly gleeing at the un-intentionally created peace.

The phone is an ultra bane to me, as i bear witness to the very ugly side of it...

Ultra conservative parents..
Exploit the use of the phone to claw their children home (regardless of age) when they are not by their parents' side.

Nuisance "hawkers"..
Taunt their voice over the -oh so important- phonecalls they seem to always be in.

Fiddlers...
Play with their phone in social occasions like no one's there.

Humans are socio-creatures. Not semi-detached souls stuck in between waves and signals.

How about a no-hp day? com'on. Get a life out of it.