January 12, 2011

Blackberry Brings Down Society


I was woken by an annoying car alarm this morning and when I got out of bed everything was really blurred; I just thought it was sleep in my eyes and they sort of cleared after a rubbing and blinking a few times. Thought nothing more of it and showered etc and when to put my lenses in and suddenly everything was even blurrier. Hmm, yes I’d forgotten to take out the lenses last night and put another pair on top of them this morning! Idiot.

Today’s radio ridiculousness was actually slightly disturbing: apparently the Malaysian government have been considering a law to ban the Blackberry, as they ‘will lead to the erosion of society’. What a load of bollocks, and perhaps what I thought I was observing as a relatively tolerant and progressive society may not actually be so: this does seem rather backwards... and a bit depressing. Now if it was an Android...

To cheer myself from that news, I booked a long weekend to Bangkok – staying in the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok – how marvellous! Realising I have a limited time left over here, I need to make the most of my time left.

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