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Phone?

The uncouth manner of talking loudly over the mobile phone will just give away your supposedly 'private' conversation to curious passer-bys. But this course of action might just be inadvertent as our mobile phones are always set to its maximum volume due to the incessant concoction of loud noises in our environment. As the volume gets louder, its also an innate human reaction to speak louder.

When you're onboard a public transport, the action of talking loudly will not only disrupt the peace in the enclosed space, but you'll also start to find commuters staring at you discreetly; somewhat judging you based on your few minutes stint. With just a short piece of conversation being overheard, one can easily decipher basic facts (the who, what, when, where ,how) from you, with you still mesmerized in a world of your own. I've seen infuriated people hurling abuses into their phone, people sweet talking into their phone, people discussing work related materials over the phone...et cetera, and ultimately, people using 3 languages in one sentence over the phone.

I was ascending a flight of stairs when i heard this: "Ni de ah yi bah lu buoey zik gai second hand gai gang qing." (meaning: your aunt just bought a 2nd hand piano). I think this is the beauty of being multi-lingual - you will always find a word from another language to replace a word that you've conveniently forgotten.

posted by Weizhen @ 9:41 AM