The Moment That Changed My Life

Of all experience I had been up against, I would want to tell you about the time I got a blackberry, probably the biggest problem I could have.

       Here is my story... I hadn't got my own phone, not any single thing that can help me communicate with my friends. So I got bored a lot. When I graduated to Junior High, my parents decided to give me a phone so it will be easier to contact me. They bought me a blackberry.


    I was delighted of course, like any other person would be. When I got home, I started to use my blackberry right away. I was up until midnight playing with it and my parents got really angry. They reminded me to remember not to be like everyone who are obsessed with their blackberry. I ignore them that time. Because I know I wouldn't be too obsessed. But was I that sure? I didn't really know that time..


       The next day I got some of my friend's contacts and started to chat with them, joke around, told silly stories and would laugh at them. But what I didn't realize at that time was that the more I tried to be closer with my friends, the further I was with my family. Every time I am done with my home works I would chat with my friends but never to my family. When I have a question, I would ask someone using my blackberry. I started to play with my blackberry more than doing my home works. My parents noticed this first and told me to be more responsible and to put my schoolwork ahead of the blackberry. I tried to, but it seems that my effort wasn't quite enough.


       The blackberry has caused me a lot of troubles and I am struggling to fight the temptation of using it. Even until now. It changed my life because I know more about what is happening around me. I wasn't that lost any more. But having a blackberry feels like going round and round in a labyrinth. You got out of one trouble and get stuck in a new one every time. I limit the time for using my blackberry now. I only use it when I really need it or when I got nothing to do at all. Perhaps this would help me concentrate more..


Dear readers, I really hope you are not having the same problems like I do. If you are, try to think what is best for you and everyone else and maybe you'll understand how to use a blackberry in its proper way.


Claire