Home Alone #2

When you're a working adult living in the city, reading can be a true luxury even if it doesn't involve a big amount of money. Yes, you don't need a lot of money (except the cost of purchasing the book itself), but having the time and the perfect setting for reading is difficult enough to achieve, if you know what I mean...

I was studying my Java (it's a type of programming language) book in the living room, because I need to do some hands-on practices using my laptop, so I definitely need my study desk, which forced me to moved out from the comfort of my bed and pillows. Only about fifteen minutes later when I was seriously absorbed into the book, there came an irritating high decibel sound of children screaming and shouting as if they were being chased after by the psychotic killer in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I forgot to tell you that I'm actually living on the eighth floor of the apartment, if the children's screaming is loud enough to be heard as if I'm standing less than 3 metres in front of them, that's just plain ridiculous. I can't imagine how they're able to produce such earsplitting noise. Okay, you might think that energetic and playful children are adorable, but I personally prefer quieter children who are able to sit still to appreciate music and books.

Then, the screaming finally came to an end (yup, meals are served, it's dinner time!), there comes another source of noise pollution; the engine sounds of vehicles. My apartment faces one of the main road, even though the block I'm staying in doesn't face directly to the road itself, there is no way it could help in lessening the dreadful engine sounds. While the TV or music is on, the noise is still bearable. However, if you need a few peaceful hours to study or just read a book, I guess that is merely a dream unless you start consider about getting some soundproof walls.

Living in the city can be rather stressful, despite the conveniences to be able to access to loads of information, opportunities, entertainments, and of course those not-too-great-anyway sales and promotions. The noise pollution alone is enough to drive some people crazy (people like me...).

Guess it's time to prepare my own dinner now! And of course, I won't forget to turn on the TV to block off the intolerable amount of noise. Talking about quality of life in the city, suddenly it sounds all so senseless...