the magic of phones

don't you miss the days when you don't dread phone calls, you don't dread incoming messages, because you know they will be nice, meaningful and brighten up your day?

one thing i realised was that in japan, i din really use the phone, except to get in touch wif my bro. and i didnt miss the phone at all. in fact, i began to understand why lch says having a phone is like being kept under surveillance by other people all the time. and i appreciated the tranquility. so much so that when i came back, i found my phone a little alien.

which is really weird, because previously i couldn't really live without my phone. nowadays, i realise that even though i always have my phone with me, i don't really look forward to hearing it sound off, because most of the time, what happens next is crap. bringing it around is more a formality. the magic is by and large gone.

actually, it is wrong to say that the magic is gone. it has merely been overwhelmed by the abuse of phones by some unpleasant thing. it's like how you can't see the sky because of pollution.

in a while more, the sky will clear up. and the magic will be seen again.