TV inhibits your creativity and thinking. TV steals away your precious time. TV makes your brain shrink.
I dont remember when was the time I actually quit TV. But I was a TV addict since day one. I used to watch loads of Sesame Street and The Electric Company video taped by my parents. I used to love watching nonsense on TV such as Chinese Serial Dramas and loads of movie crap. I used to come back home from school and switch on the TV. I was a latch-key child. I come home from school alone. Make my own lunch, watch TV and sleep. Homework? Hahaahaah...
Anyway, when I started tiertiary education, it was demanding. I think I stopped watching TV then cause my classes were from 8am - 10pm. And I wanted to graduate. In order to graduate, I had to study. In order to study, I had to cut TV time (dating time was not negotiable hahaha). I guess thats where I started not watching TV anymore. I studied for 3 years. And from then on, I never watched TV anymore.
Whenever I tried watching TV, I found myself very impatient with the amount of advertisements and I hated the nonsense they aired on TV whether on cable or free. I used to love to waste time watching MTV. I even found myself feeling very frustrated after watching TV or even a movie because my 3 hours are wasted. I felt that I could do so much with that amount of time instead of sitting down like a zombie. I could even finish book!
Nowadays, I would rather read books of movies that came out. I could use my own imagination to visualise the scenery, or emotions instead of input input input from the screen. I always felt that it was a waste of time watching TV or a movie. Thats why I am so angry whenever HY suggests to go for a movie. I hate wasting my time.
Anyway, I do go and see movies, only those which are worth seeing. One I wouldnt waste my time reading.. like Matrix, Wolverine, James Bond, etc. And you know what is really surprising? People get shocked when they found out that I dont watch TV at all. I can go on the whole day without watching TV. Even when I am at home alone.
So what do I do? Since I am a mother of a 7 month old who hardly sleeps, I catch up on my sleep. Otherwise, I'm reading, knitting, blogging (heh) or talking to friends online. My only vice alternative to watching TV is the internet. Which I am also trying to cut down. But I cant! Simply because I can surf for real time information (which obviously I cant get from TV). It interacts with me. Cos lets say I want to find out a type of rash on my baby, I just go to Google. Can TV give me that? Nope.
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