Feeling like a sardine & losing your phone

The hustle and bustle of HK life can definitely be something hard to get used to... I'm actually struggling quite a bit. I've never like spending time in places with too many people. I find it mentally draining. Take boxing day sales for example, I love shopping in the sales, but the sheer amount of people really puts me off, so I end up browsing around half-heartedly. This is where my mum comes in handy. She has a really good eye whilst shopping in the sales, she always manages to find the best sale items around, and at super speed too!

So I usually do my shopping whenever I can during the weekdays after work. Weekends I usually want to stay in and away from the packed streets. It really does make you feel like a sardine out there! Especially around the more popular areas such as Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui. On the rare occasions that I do decide to go out and venture these places over the weekend I end up getting annoyed, frustrated and mentally drained, and so I just end up as a tired slop. And most of the time this annoyance and frustration is caused by people being too engrossed into their phones. People gaming as they walk and even watching dramas! There's often an elderly or pregnant woman standing on the mtr because those sitting down are too busy with their phones to look up and realise a seat needs to be offered. I am guilty too of being attached to my phone. I check it all too often in case I miss a call or didn't here the message tone go off (I can never hear my phone ring or feel it vibrate when I'm out and about and end up with 10 missed calls, usually from my mum). I also find it super handy that whenever I need, I have google in my hands.

I came across this article on BBC and couldn't agree more with it: 'Lose the phone reclaim your life'. We're certainly missing out on a lot because of our phones, most of all the opportunity to enjoy our surroundings as it is. I'd sometimes wish that mobile phone companies would stop coming up with great ideas to make us more attracted and more attached to our phones. And on that note, here's a meme that's really funny but so true:

jjoee x