Oh no… (I’m a mouse potato)
So I can’t resist. I have to update this blog.
My most recent free talk session with my Korean boss had me shaking my head in disbelief over my failure the past few weeks to update myself with both, okay, either, local or international news.
It was funny and at the same time, disappointing, that the only news so far that I had myself updated with was about Kris Aquino’s announcement of her second pregnancy. Yes. Haha. She’s pregnant, or, as of Sunday (the last time I turned on the television), at least 98% sure that she’s pregnant.
Shame. Shame.
The past few weeks had me realizing how my addiction to a P3000-worth of "unlimited" internet had taken me away from the simple pleasures of getting the latest news - be it music, politics, showbiz - from the television or the newspaper.
The last decent thing I read that didn’t come from the internet, much less the television, was the September 5 issue of Time Magazine about the birth of Japanese Princess Kiko’s son. And in class tonight I was mentally shaking my head in disappointment over not being able to relate to two international breaking news that my boss mentioned about Thailand’s 19th coup d’etat in 50 years and the recent power seizure of a right-wing Japanese leader of the prime minister post.
Oh this is bad. Really bad. I mean, not just the abovementioned news. But also about this news of my recent inability to switch from internet surfing to television channel surfing or at the very least, my inability to flip through the pages of the Manila Bulletin which dad buys every morning.
I am so dependent already on the internet. I guess I need not elaborate on that, for now. I’ve become so out of touch that I didn’t even know that this really bad habit of mine already has a new term created until Leo, a former office colleague, informed me.
Say what?! I’m a mouse potato?!
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Mouse potato - PC (internet) addict
