Monday, May 11, 2015

Cerita WhatsApp

Don't really know how I ended up having more than 10 WhatsApp groups. There's one of the old office folks, one for the immediate family, one for the surau ladies, one for the mommies group. Yes, the list goes on and keeps growing. And this is not yet taking into account the personal WAs; with a dear friend, the husband, siblings and others.

Macam dah kerja typist dah. Always on the mobile touch pad typing away. And if you look around you, there is probably just 2 persons out of 20 who is not typing away.

We hardly make phone calls these days. Instead, we talk and listen with our finger - that's how sophisticated we have become now. For better or for worst, looks like such mobile messaging apps are here to stay.

Fancy having to scroll and read hundred of messages that just came in while you took a nap. And when you forget to turn off the notification function, the poor phone could go into epileptic seizure! I learned it the hard way after the screen of my mobile suddenly froze and refused to cooperate. Nowadays, I mute all notifications (for a year!). 

WhatsApping can be fun and at the same time it can cause serious problems. Selalu nya case tersilap post to different groups. Dah beriya-iya menaip, tekan the send button and you took one last peek. That's when you realised the big blunder you have done. Too late...by now everyone has read the message you sent. Mulalah gabrah...alamak-alamak...how larr??!!

Someone in the house (cer teka siapa...cer teka..) recently joined the WA group of his PRIMARY school friends. And I tell you this group is one very active group. In a day there'll be hundreds of WA messages that come in. I asked that someone if he read ALL those messages, and he said yes! Ohh my....bak kata orang neghori Juasseh mali, "osah okkap eh!!" (in BM you could say amat bersemangat lah) And on top of that all the pictures sent via WA are auto stored and now that someone has like 3000 plus WA pix!! Ini case tak reti nak mendelete lah kan. It really irks me is some of the pictures tu ada sampai 5 duplicates. Buang memory space je.

So from time to time I'd do spring cleaning of his phone gallery. Bukan bertujuan nak men-check, it's just that I cannot stand the ignorance in the existance of the delete button. When the number of pictures is down to a few hundreds rasa macam baru hantar phone tu for 3 hours of spa - scrub, lulur, pilis, wax...the whole works :P

Itu cerita that someone punya WA group.

I have this one interesting WA group whose members are folks from all over who have the common interest on how to perform umrah independently. I was made one of the moderators by the person who initiated the group. Yang ini pun sama. If in a day tak tengok messages, at times sampai beribu plus messages! And when you have all sorts of people in the group, macam-macam gelagat yang ada. Many are observers but some of the vocal ones tu jenuh gak moderator nak control.

Tapi group yang paling best is the one of Nissa's primary school mommies. Group yang paling harmonis even though our children are no longer studying in the same school anymore. Really like sisters we are.

It's actually much fun sharing in messenger groups ni. News is communicated fast. Kelakar ada, sedih ada, shocking ada, gossips ada dan nasihat pun ada. Seronok but have to exercise extra tact and diplomacy coz at times sans that face to face interaction messages could easily be misinterpreted.

Itu yang at times even group admin pun boleh sentap and left group.....


Oppsss....members nak kata apa lagi...terkebil-kebil post emoticons je lah lepas itu :P

My take senang je....tak perlu lah nak sentap. If you really can't stand it no more and need to leave group, a short message telling others of you intention will suffice. I am sure even in mobile messaging ada adap tata susilanya. It's just that we don't bother observing them.

So stay connected, peace....and happy WAppsping ya'all. 

21 comments:

Wan Sharif said...

Tu tak masuk groups telegram lagi kan, now dah ada geng lama dan baru blogging lak.. Nak cari masa nak catnap pun susah

ZABS said...

Assalam. Salam kenal. Good one. It does happen in warga mas group like ours too.

kay_leeda said...

Yea betul Pak Wan. Kalau campur notifications from FB, ohhh....haru biru dibuatnya!

Theta said...

I'm in only one WA group and even that I cannot handle! Haha. I've muted it for a week, for now ;)
I agree too that a face-to-face communication is still the best since a misunderstanding can be averted. Without knowing the other person's intonation, facial expression and even body language, their words can be miscontrued as something else.
But WA does make life much, much easier for us to be and stay connected.

Cat-from-Sydney said...

Kasi bisu itu phone uollz!

aNIe said...

Assalamualaikum. .kay...yup Wassap grup boleh jadi haru biru... ada pulak yg kalau sentap kat dlm grup tu...buat grup lain... mulalh gossip2 pasal org tu di grup sebelah...hadoii...mcm2 cerita kan

Zendra-Maria said...

In the morning especially hiruk pikuk phone beritahu that people are greeting each other peace and good morning with pictures and doas. Tak tahu berapa kali the same pictures get recycled.... not to mention the jokes and tips kesihatan. Then again.. we have come a long way since smoke signals :)

Faten Rafie said...

Fake a phone crash, go off WA for a week. Then when you reinstall, don't join the groups.

Naz in Norway said...

Salam Kay,
I have removed myself from all groups. I just don't have the time to catch up on all the news. Some people tend to have too much free time and blabber away 24/7. And that pretty much spells 't.r.o.u.b.l.e' :D

IbuVouge said...

Salam kenal.Sejak ada notification mute one yr..terus buat..

kay_leeda said...

Mualaikumsalam Pak ZABS,

They say lagi "emas" lagi sensitive, yes? No? Exercise moderation I think that is best :)

kay_leeda said...

Dear Theta,

Now there is Telegram. Have you tried it? It's got more features than WA...heh heh.

Mengundang more trouble, don't you think so?

kay_leeda said...

Dear CatIS,

Memang most of the time di bisukan pun! Tapi curi-curi tengok juga jugakkk :P

kay_leeda said...

Dear aNIe,

Yup there are many "bilik sebelah" created when ada yg tak puas hati. Dah jadi satu kerja pulak nak melayan the new ones. Ohh tak larat kan

kay_leeda said...

Zendra-Maria Maam,

Itu belum masuk cerita ostad or ostajah segera lagi. Ohhh gimme a break kan!

kay_leeda said...

Dear Faten,

Problem is when I do that, some of the guys in the group are so IT savvy that they are able to detect what I have done. Looks like I am hooked for life on WA. Ohh well...until the next new apps comes around I guess.

kay_leeda said...

Kumsalam Naz,

Ohh how I wish I could do the same. It's really tough to keep calm when some characters start to merapu in the group. Buat dunno je lah....

kay_leeda said...

Dear IbuVogue,

Cantik nama itu, salam kenal juga. Yes....I have 9 out of my 10 groups yang dah di mute kan for 1 year. Nasib larr...I need to keep myself and my phone sane, boleh? ;)

tireless mom said...

Kalau zaman uwan dulu, this is like pergi nosing at other people's house. Tapi share cerita politic, cerita motivation, cerita agama etc. This one doing it online. She would be excited to listen to other people's stories and tell her own. Menebeng zaman google.

Muni Samad said...

... and we are in the same how many chat groups... :P
Irritating as it is, I can't imagine NOT wassaping... ha ha..
So keep wassaping..!!

Theta said...

I have installed Line on my phone mainly because I'm a kDrama fan...so kena support made in Korea stuff ;D
I wouldn't dare to install Telegram now! Haha!