We are so much bomboarded by noise 24/7. I just wonder if and when we can have a moment of serenity. Whether you are in the bus, in the train, on the street, noises are generated from the billboards, the TV, and worst of all, the people who literally yell at each other in order to have a so-called conversation. Do we need this much noise 24/7? It is just horrendous.
One of the scenarios I experience on a regular basis is people enjoy gossiping and talking in a jam-packed lift. They are so naive by engaging everyone (though passively), whether you are interested or not, in their gossips or conversations. Why should we even bother about other's business, especially in a lift? Strange Hongkongers.
On another occasion, some people just enjoy producing sound when eating a bowl of noodles or drinking their soup. Yesterday I was just by myself during lunch time in a cosy cafe. All of a sudden, I noticed this 40+ man dressed in suit was sipping his soup with sound. It was really terrible.
The worst that we come across is our neighbour upstairs who seems to enjoy chopping her food early in the morning on the kitchen floor. Does she think she is still living in rural China where she can do whatever she wants without complying the rules? She does seem to be feeding an army of people. Can she be more considerate, thinking that we, her neighbour downstairs is still sleeping in the early morning and cannot stand the noise at all? Endless complaints cannot change an uncivilised person like her. Unfortunately, if you look around, they are everywhere in the city.
We claim our city to be cosmopolitan and international. We consider ourselves civilised. I really wonder.
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Years ago, when TV monitors were installed in the buses, there was a "Hush the Bus" movement... But, it gained very little support from the public and gradually came to a halt... Sad!
ReplyDeletejapanese toilet can be a place of escape from lonely, but that won't happened in HK. i'm not discrimunating any mainland migrater, but few of them seems lowering the average civilized level of "hongkonger"
ReplyDeleteDon't think noises can be removed completely. If people are more aware of how much noise they produce,that is already a good beginning. For marketers/advertisers, there is a bit of dilemma. On one hand, our aim is to maximise the exposure to the target audience while on the other, we are the victims of noise, and over-bombardment of advertising through varied media channels (way too much now).
ReplyDeleteNoise. Why somebody think it is noise but others think not. What is noise? Noise is something that exceed your tolerance.
ReplyDeleteI hate audible Noise. I had complained to the Transport Department about the Roadshow noise. But nothing change. The only thing I can do is to change myself. Lower the sensitivity by sleeping more or sit at the lower deck of the bus or even escape HK. Don't expose myself to a nosiy place. But remember, noise also includes visual. The tv show, drama, game show, singing contest, nearly 90% are noise. What can we do? We are tiny human, we cannot change the world. But we can change our perceptin and altitude. Read good books. Listen to good music in HIGH resolution format, such as CD. Watch good movies displayed by a good monitor.