I\u00a0remember once my friend saying \u201cLife without using mobile phones and computers is a life that teenagers can\u2019t survive!\u201d At that time, I thought she was just exaggerating the impact of hi-tech gadgets. Recently, I was given a challenge to experience life without using the mobile phone and getting online for a week. Could I survive?\u00a0 It\u2019s the \u2018Dare To Try\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n
In fact, every morning before, I could deeply feel how much I relied on my mobile phone. I used to use my phone as my alarm. It got a function called\u201dSnooze\u201d. The alarm would be suspended for a while after I pressed the stop button but the beep sound would resume at regular intervals until I got up and switched it off. With this special function, I could stay on the bed up to the last moment without being late. Since I was not able to use it during the week, whenever the alarm clock rang, I needed to wake up immediately. If not, I might sleep over time. Guess what? I woke up earlier, which was quite a breakthrough for me. Also, I used to exchange short messages with my friends before I slept. In that week, I could just sleep PEACEFULLY without any distraction.<\/p>\n
Apart from changing my living style, the way I kept in touch with my friends also differed. Using Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and sending short messages were usually my first priority when I needed to contact my friends. Although my phone was always beside me, I seldom took it up for calling others but instead, checking messages.<\/p>\n
According to the rules of game, I could turn on the computer but I could not click the button for accessing the websites as usual. I always kept rummaging my bag for my phone until I recalled that I did not have it at that moment. I felt uncomfortable that I had lost contact with friends. I was afraid that I might miss out anything interesting or be out of touch with the hot topics discussed amongst my classmates. I was left alone.<\/p>\n
After a few days, I said to myself, \u201cI should not waste my time on worrying whether I would be left out or not. I\u2019d better do something else.\u201d\u00a0 Surprise!\u00a0 I found that the sound of the early birds was actually comforting. I enjoyed reading under the\u00a0 \u2018symphony\u2019. In the afternoon, I went down to the park or had a walk around my house to get refreshed. There was so much I had missed just because I kept sending text with others without looking around. What a pity!
When I had dinner with my family, they also told me that they felt much respected as I paid attention to them during conversation. In the absence of electronic communication, I instead visited my friends face to face. We felt much closer than just chatting online day and night. This experience was magnificent.<\/p>\n
After winning the battle against the desire of using the gadgets, I retrieved lots of things that I used to ignore. I could SEE and TOUCH the real things and meet people face to face but not through a screen or a second-hand experience. I am not saying that having the advanced technology to enhance communication is a curse to people, but relying too much on them would definitely drive us away from human touch and reality.\u00a0 Striking a right balance is the key. Just try for one day and you will surely gain something!\u00a0 Dare to try??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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