Why we are not book fans anymore

I suddenly had this thought in my head. Why are there so many people reading in the US and UK and probably other countries in the world, but why are there not many reading in Singapore?

If you are in or have been to Singapore, you may have noticed that the train/bus commuters are always on their mobiles. Not many people are reading on the trains and the buses. If you are asking me, I'd say, 'Because I don't want to stop reading when I reach my stop!'

When I was younger, I would read a book while on the train riding from the east side back to home on the west side. It would take us more than half an hour, and roughly an hour, to commute from the east to the west. During my time, there was not much trend using the mobile. I could then take my time to read. And then probably miss a stop.

If you ask me now, I am using a car to commute. And I do not read in a car because I will get a headache. I do not even use my phone in the car. Is it because I am older now? Anyway, even if I were to commute longer in a train/bus now, I would not read. I would fiddle with my phone.

As technology grows with time, people's habits change. We would get more or better things to do when there was no handphone, tablets or laptops around. Kids would go to the playground, or the swimming pools, or just hang around talking with each other. We would play board games at home!

I still do not understand our culture of reading. Is the trend fading? Or would we rather play games on our mobiles? There is just no reading culture in Singapore now. I know that I would buy a few books in bookstores last time, but ever since I started working, there is no more urge to buy new books.

Maybe the cost of the books has stopped me. Maybe because I am so tired, I do not to be doing anything else.

My mum has been clearing out our bookshelves and stuff at her home. I was looking through my old books and felt like reading them. Then I thought that wouldn't be a good idea. One, my hands are sensitive towards yellow books. Two, once I started to read, I would finish it within a week. And I will not be doing anything else, other than reading. I would delay eating, showering and sleeping. These days, I cannot afford to be delaying anything. Not as a mum. Sigh. Oh! But I have time to write! *Hahahaha*