Gadget overload?
While on my way to work today, a boy of about 8 years old and his mom sat across me in the buss. What I quickly observed was that the moment they sat, the boy's mom handed him a game console to play with. Both had earphones in their ears with loud music coming out of it. They never conversed, nor exchanged even a word the whole entire trip. By the time we got to the city, his mom made a sign that he stuff the game console in her bag which the boy did. He then took out his mobile phone out of his pocket and started playing with it instead. Then while we were waiting for the train, the mom made a quick phone call to someone and told that someone that they were already in the city. The boy asked her who she called but she just totally ignored him and the boy just shrugged and went on playing with his mobile phone. I thought, the way they were to each other was so fascinatingly disturbing. I wonder if they converse like that at home or do they ever converse at all? Just wondering...
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that's the first thing i noticed during my trip to sweden. walang nag-uusap sa train! they're either busy with their morning newspaper or with their ipods. they're so quiet! bakit ganun? :)
pero in fairness, the swedes in our uae office are ma-chika naman.
Ganyan talaga ang mga Swedes. They're so afraid to intrude on other peoples' space kaya sila ganyan. Pero those mag ina talaga were something else. It almost felt like the mom didn't like to be bothered by her son. Or maybe I was just too senstive 'cause I feel like kids should never be too attached to those gadgets and I never ignore my sons' questions or talk however silly it may be.
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