LOVE, Kloudiia

I have been on a TV binge during CNY, or LNY depending on your preference. Oh, I’m quite ashamed to admit this, especially when I had once raved about how being TV free helped me to better spend my time.

If you read that previous post, then you would know what an ardent TV fan I was in my growing up years. So, to re-take up this interest poses no difficulty to me. Not at all. It is easy. Too easy. So I allowed myself to slip into this allurement. Having access to even more entertaining channels via cable TV adds up to my crimes faster.

Why am I doing this now? Why am I spending time watching TV rather than burying my head in the books? I still read, I still write, I still coach. Most importantly, I still think. In fact, I am thinking more when watching TV. And this is the main distinction between now and days of yore.

I mentioned that I pick and choose the shows that I watch. Any programme that relates to my work, I am keen. Any show that helps me to relax and be entertained, I am attracted. As such, I realised that I have opened myself to an array of choices that I have.

True to my word, I made sure that I will pick up some food for thought from the programmes. At times, they provide me with some inspiration for writing. At times, they offer good life lessons for me to draw from.

Drama reflects life.

Script writers are so creative that we can always get ideas from them to impress our partners, win the hearts of the girls guys have been eyeing on. These are what we can benefit from TV.

The breaking point comes when someone is so fully absorbed into the TV world that they lost conscious of reality. Which was what happened to me then. It led me to believe that a perfect fantasy-like relationship is true. I went to pursue such a fairy-tale, and dreamt that I will be one the lucky princess to be picked by a charming prince.

Of course, I created my own fairy tale, and I found my prince too. But that happened because I caught myself in time to free myself from the big hypnotic trap that TV offered, and which too many of us glady took without knowing it.

I can see why a particular family is totally TV-less. Yes, there are families like that. I’ve seen it myself. 

Now, I can separate fantasy on TV with facts in reality. Maybe that’s why I can enjoy watching TV now and still gain benefits from them.

Watching singing contests help me be more aware of what to take note of when I am singing. Education programmes provide the telescope into the outer world that I won’t be able to reach due to proximity. Entertainment shows provides the humour element for me to rest and relax.

So you see, turning watching TV from a vice to virtue is possible too!

[tags]watching TV, drama, fantasy, love stories, boy meets girl[/tags]