Time for yourself

I haven’t felt like this for a long time. Like I don’t have any obligation anymore. I finished my part of a school assignment for this weekend. I’m sitting alone at home. My boyfriend went out. I’m enjoying music I haven’t listened to for a long time. It feels like I’m finding myself again. I’ve been so busy the last couple of years. It’s mainly due to the university studying load. It’s really hard to make free time. Last year I didn’t have much time to meet and see my friends who live in other cities. We all have different schedules, which makes it difficult for us to meet. Or we live too far away. You wouldn’t want to sit 5 to 6 hours in a train on one day. That’s how I saw some friends for only one time last year. However, I don’t think my social life has deteriorated. I’ve been very active on Facebook, BBM and Whatsapp. They really help me to stay in touch with my friends.

Last summer that I went to China I even met some friends from Holland and Curacao. It’s really amazing how we could get to meet each other at the other side of the world without having planned to. It felt so good to see people you hadn’t seen in a year.

I just wanted to say that some time alone feels good sometimes after having been busy for like forever. I know that this moment doesn’t last long but I am appreciating it. 

OMG, what's happening?!

So everyone knows that Blackberry has problems. I remember on Monday morning I had just got out of the metro when I noticed that my messages on BBM and Whatsapp haven’t been delivered. I didn’t think much of it, because the signal in metro stations usually isn’t that good. When I was in the lecture room my BBM wasn’t working either. Again, this was also normal in some lecture rooms. During the afternoon, a friend asked me about my BB. I was a bit surprised that she knew about the BB problem and I immediately thought that it must be a massive issue.

I had told myself before that I wouldn’t be able to live without my BB. I’ve gotten so used to being updated about everything, getting to know information in an instant, contact my friends in a few seconds. However, after this incident I realized that it’s not impossible to have no internet on your BB. Maybe this is due to the fact that I have used the Wi-Fi at my university, but the benefits were limited to browsing the internet and Whatsapp. BBM was still not accessible. The people that I needed the most were on Whatsapp, so that was fine.

On Tuesday night when I had to go home I was doubting to take the tram or metro. I was just going to check the tram schedule on my BB when I remembered that I had no internet on my BB. Not a big deal, then I would just have to check the time schedule at the tram-stop itself.

All in all, I cannot say I can truly live without internet on my BBM. However, I do need to be able to get in contact with my friends, be it SMS-ing or calling. Having internet wherever you are surely makes your life easier, to receive information in a few clicks, but it is not a necessity, when calling and SMS-ing still exist.