It's finally Saturday and I had slept for more than 10 hours. I feel rested at last for the 1st time this week. I'm not sure if trying to accumulate sleep over the weekend works but I have been having this routine for the past I can't remember how many years.
I was on the train yesterday evening from Shenzhen to Mongkok after a day at the Shenzhen office. I was on the 1st-class cabin hoping to get away from the over-bearing noise in the rest of the normal cabins, but the lady in front of me was on the phone non-stop throughout the whole 40 minutes journey. She was like calling her son to remind her son to call his dad to fetch him from school, then she was calling a colleague or a friend, recommending her to call somebody else for posting, the she called the person who she was referring to and told her that her friend would call her soon, then she was calling an old relative who is living in an old folks' home and convincing him that she will visit him soon and maybe also arrange for a transfer for him, then she called her son again to check if he had made arrangements with his dad, then her friend called her back to update her on how the recommendation went....I got really exhausted from listening to her conversations. I really hope that I didn't have to but she was talking so loudly, I couldn't help it. I should really start listening to songs on a MP3 or something the next time I travel on the train.
We went to eat at the fish soup restaurant near our home for dinner and there was this lady next to me who was talking on the phone the whole time she was eating her dinner too! Luckily the restaurant had the TV on and I didn't have to listen to another conversation which did not matter to me. I don't understand why do the Hong Kong people talk so loudly all the time and their habit of talking on the phones in public areas. I wish they will have the same etiquette rule as in Japan where they will need to switch off their mobile phones on trains...
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