This post is written from a Hong Kong hotel with no wifi internet and only wired internet in the lobby. My dream of a (slightly delayed) live blogging travel log is thus dashed. Sigh. I kept forgetting to take photos though. And there are also times when my parents forbade me from taking photos for one reason or another. Sigh. There are serious pros and cons for travelling with family and travelling with friends. When travelling with your parents, you are spared the worry of financial limitations but burdened with tons of restrictions that shouldn’t really matter in your opinion. Oh well, I had my fun in December, and this trip hasn’t been too bad…decent in fact if not disappointing in many aspects.
I would love to upload the photos I have taken now, however poor quality they are when compared to my photography pro friends. (I still haven’t learn how to take photos proper!) But using the internet in the lobby means I lack the comfort and privacy in the room, and I don’t want to lug too many things down to the lobby either. At least I’m using my own laptop. Once I leave this hotel in HK, I might not get a chance to go on the internet anymore. I suppose I can use the internet in a net cafe down at Haifeng (it’s a rural area, don’t bother checking it up. Mum’s old village). The best bet I’d have is Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Might be able to get internet there. But in the meantime, the photos (and thus the travel log) shall wait, possibly till I’ve safely reached Singapore. Even then I shall have to battle the temptation to procrastinate, and just rest till the 22nd when I’m going for my faculty camp in NUS. I bet I’ll forget everything after the camp then. RAWR. No, I shall blog.
Live blogging would really really suit me very much. Even a slightly delayed version that allows me to write on the spot and post when I have WIFI. That would be when I get C905 in Singapore. When I told KH my plans on how I’m going to use the phone, his first reaction was “then that won’t be live blogging anymore”. I’m thinking…Are instantaneous things really that great? The tempo of our footsteps, the rhythm of our breathing…even the planet is spinning faster it seems. While a faster pace has it’s advantages, the lack of the pause for thinking is tiring. To allow ourselves time to think before expressing ourselves, our intentions and opinions, isn’t that a better option than gratifying our foolish desires for instant results? Do you really want to live your life without a moment of rest?
Actually, I bet my blog posts would be much more coherent if I pseudo-force (i misused the word pseudo I know) myself into pausing before posting. To have a kind of draft. I’d probably hesitate, and perhaps improve my post before posting. Everything would be of a better quality if we had the time to pause and rest I think. Quality of life especially. Quantity is not everything all the time.
