Friday, June 18, 2010

What if paper is put at bay?

I AM BLIND when I have no chance to read newspaper. You might want to argue my opinion by showing way to replace it by internet as we can easily access internet in lion city. To me, there are much different perspective between paper and internet. Probably it is due to my lack of skill in surfing. Being office worker, I need to work with computer at all time during office hour and end of the day, my eyes are too exhausted to look at monitor again. Moreover I am needed to see projector at my class to upgrade my knowledge. Anyway I prefer to look at paper than surfing. One reason I like paper most is it doesn't spoil my eyes. Also can stop at anywhere and anytime whenever I want for any reason.

Luckily I am able to reach paper through various sources including free distribution. I didn't notice the useful of paper when I was continuously read it. But that order begin to collapse recently because I moved out newest place nearby office and I started to miss paper. As a result I am nothing but a blind man in term of information both local and global. Since my new hostel is just walking distance away from my office, I don't need to use public transportation and that make my life keep away from paper. For one week, never mind, two week, no problem, three week, it's fine, one month, start to notice how different it is.

Last time, I always have some topic to be share with my friends when we are entering conversation through wire or personal. I am staying in a small room and need to share three person in the same room. So I find it hard to settle myself to create a good place to rest or pleasure place to read. I even can't afford to unpack my properties at the new place. I rented it for location that favor me to save money and time. I indeed save the aforesaid but needed to give other factor owned by right. I can solve out other daily matters by someway but miss most for paper reading time. No reading mean no raw things to write new post in my very own post. I just miss idea to resume since I entered my exam on last May.

I just come back from my native town and understand that there is no proper media such as paper, tv, internet, etc in my home land. Then I think how can make people different from outside world. The answer is quite clear for migrant worker like me. But for locals, they seem do not mind for that. As long as they can view korea tv series in tv, they'ld think their life is completed. They don't mind upon not to know about local news truely. I will also become like them if I never come out of my country. I feel lucky able to work in developed country like Singapore. At the same time, I can get a chance to touch latest technologies through daily life style. I am not IT savvy but I can still use computer, hand phone, internet, etc. It's basic right and fundamental things in a country like Singapore. After comparing between my native land and here, I more notice and value the benefit of working in a developed country.

It's just my idea regarding to a paper oriented society. I can find some free papers and some paid papers in this island state. No wonder their country is moving forward constantly since their people are loving to read and their government is creating such situation for its people. It's people mind not to do difficult thing and want to test if things are easy. So people become readers by the time they can get papers without much effort. What they need to invest is a little bit time in queuing for paper. But it is worthy to do so in term of return knowledge or info. We being migrant workers also get the same chance to read them if we are interested in.

Then what will happen a country without paper and with papers in the long term. Of course, they will move opposite and will end up extreme. Moving positive way should be welcome if we are desperate to create a developing country. Once we are on the right track, the life style of our people will automatically raise up to match. Hopefully I can see such society in my home land sooner or later within my life span. May all my fellow citizens able to read a right media so that they can breast with their peers.