A little whisper in the dark

TV Mobile

For the less-initiated (that's you foreign folk as well as those Singaporeans lucky enough to have their own private transport) that's a television channel that, through the advancement of technology, makes it possible for public buses to show TV programmes while on the move.

Being the tech geek that I am, I'm all for the advancement of technology, imagine having pocket TVs with such clarity as TV Mobile's receivers! But we don't have the choice. We get on a bus, and we are subject to the sights (sure we can look away from the screen) and we are subject to the sounds as well.

It is intrusive. Its excruciating. I would rather listen to the drone of the bus's diesel engine, fingernails dragging on a chalkboard, a dozen screeching gargoyles, nagging parents, screaming girlfriends, than listen to yet another advertising jingle.

I've never been averse to watching TV. In fact, in my younger days TV was a source of entertainment and amusement. Funny how it becomes an irritant once the choice is taken out of my hands, such as simple thing as being able or not, to watch a TV programme.

And so I learn the value of the freedom of choice.

posted by Chung Leong @ 2:07 AM