Sunday, January 25, 2015

Flying Blind

On Friday night I wrecked my handphone. Threw it to the floor using a little too much wrist & it died. No amount of resuscitation could revive it from its deathbed. RIP. Will have to get a new one soon.

[Anecdote: A Lenovo does not disintegrate when thrown but fails to work when you switch it back on (after a fall). On the other hand, a Nokia & a Samsung will fall apart upon impact BUT will work once you put them back together. This kinds of reminds me of the F1 cars' safety features in an accident- had read somewhere that the new cars disintegrate upon impact and increases the chance of driver's survival. NOT that I am a regular handphone thrower- the Nokia fell from a height & (oh!) the Samsung I did throw once, many, many, many years ago!]

ANYWAYS, now I am sharing my daughter's handphone- hers has 2 SIM-card slots. No social media for moi for a couple of days. Have decided to cut-off the addiction, cold-turkey. Apart from a minor anxiety felt just now at about 1700 hours, I have survived 48 hours without so much as glancing to TG or WA or WeChat... but I still browse FB on my desktop.. to announce my temporary absence... hehe... WHATEVER will we do without social media??? You did not think that it was a total cut-off, did you???

WHY did I throw the phone? There was a misunderstanding with a person, and I was tired, and I had an argument with my teen daughter. Instead of causing mortal injury to my own flesh and blood, throwing the phone seemed like a better option... NOT that any complex rationalising process happened... had just felt disappointment and rising anger... and unfortunately the phone was in my hands that time.

A good friend had advised me to learn to control my anger. Yes I am very much trying to achieve the higher state of consciousness and rise above these mortal emotions. It is not as easy as it sounds. However, I can promise him that I have done soooooo much better than before (in remaining patient & calm).

Once I get the new phone I will not throw it ever. (because after GST implementation on 1 Apr phones will be more expensive!!!). MY PROMISE is that I will keep a level head when faced with any form of rising anger. It is not at all productive to throw things in anger (very juvenile indeed). I am a grown adult and will deal with the emotions. When anger rears its ugly head, I WILL CALM DOWN AND PULL MYSELF TOGETHER.

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