handphones
handphones or if you rather, you can call them mobile phones, have become an integral part of our lives. i believe the number of handphone subscribers is equalvent to about 90% of our population. its possible, considering that some of us have more than 1 mobile line.
i remember that my 1st handphone was obtained when i was in uni. that was, oh about, 10 years ago, plus minus. nowadays, i hear my colleagues complaining about their children chalking up high mobile phone bills due to them talking or sms-ing on their mobile. we are talking about kids who are about 13 years old. man... they are starting out really early now, at least 10 years earlier than me. i guess i got to move with the times.
the thing that really got me amazed was the fact that the parents are fearful of imposing measures to cut down their children's talk/sms time. apparantly, the handphone is now as much a part of their lives, it is actually their lives. my colleague claimed that when he threatened to take away his son's mobile, his son exclaimed,"then you might as well take my life!" it has become that serious. we have colleagues warning each other to be careful when dealing with these mobile phone kids, since it can cause some very extreme reactions when you try to curb their usage.
as parents, they have other considertions, of course. mobile phone bills of over $100 are not unusual, with the number of sms showing up as over 1000 per month. i wonder if the clinics are seeing a raising number of cases of young patients reporting that they have sore thumbs?
I'm not sure... i'm just now sure... hmmm... how we have fallen prey to the mobile technology generation...
oh, did i mention to you that i intend to change to a new mobile this week?
