My media diary was from 3rd to 7th of December. The reason I chose these days is because I went to Helsinki and Tallin at this weekend. Usually, my weekend is just like the normal weekdays if I am staying at home, surfing on internet, chatting with my friends or families, watching movies, listening to music and reading some books. We don't have TV in our apartment, so we never watched TV ever after we got to Finland. I think it would be interesting to record some days that are different from usual to see what will my life be when I'm not with my laptop. I had Finnish exam on 3rd of December so I went to university in the morning then came back home at around 6. Between the speaking exam and written exam, I spent several hours in the library. I logged in Facebook from the computer there and chatted with my friends in China for a while. Since I came here, the time differences made it difficult for me to talk with them. I never change the time of my laptop into Finnish time just to remind me of their time. In the evening, I watched a Finnish movie pretending that I was doing that for the listening exam on 4th December. It was a good movie and I thought it felt really different to watch a movie of that country after you've been living in there for a while.
I went to bed early on Friday because I had to take the 6:30 train to Helsinki and then to Tallin. I took some picture in Tallin by my mobile phone and sent them back to my friends in China. Then I realized that I hardly use my mobile phone as a phone here in Finland. I used to text a lot with my friends because I didn't like talking on the phone, however I did most of the talk with my friends and classmates here on internet. We share the information on Facebook instead of text message. Then my phone is just working as the alarm to wake me up early in the morning and sometimes as a camera because it's easier to carry. I talk to my mum on Skype several times a month. At first I didn't tell her my phone number because I knew she would start to send me message or call me if she knew the number but it cost too much. I taught her how to use the web camera and Skype before I left. But she insisted to get my number and promised that she wouldn't use it unless there's anything emergency. Well, I know that's not gonna happen because I'm receiving her message quite often now. It's interesting because she's the last person to send message from mobile phone to me when I was in China but now seems to be the one who texts me the most.
I took a lot of pictures in Tallin and Helsinki. During these two days, I didn't even have the time to think about what's happening on Facebook or on MSN. But whenever I'm with the laptop, I can always find something to do. Time really flies so fast when I am using the digital media. I could spend the whole day sitting on my bed watching movies and also watched the snow outside my window during the break between movies :D I enjoy enjoying the life with digital media however I also think it's a good idea to be away from them once a while then I can come back to reality and know exactly how long 24 hours really is!!!
I also don't use my mobile phone as a phone so much just like you. I think talking through Skype is much cheaper and convenient.
ReplyDeleteI think it is quite usual that people don´t use the mobile phones that much. It is because of all those on-line application, such as Skype and Facebook. People spend so much time with computers, it´s much easier to keep in contact with friends through the same media. I use my phone a lot. If I didn´t, I would not be in contact with my friends almost at all, because I´m not able to spend time with the computer that much. If I compare with my media use with the media use of my friends, it is quite different. Lot´s of my friends work with computers and use Facebook at least to communicate with each others.
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