I asked Onchong to sit beside me and watch the Korean soap opera, F4. He said, "Lolo, ayoko po ng show na 'yan kasi puro pabalita (Grandpa, I don't want to watch that tv show 'coz it has so many advertisements!"). An innocent complaint from a young boy, but it's very, very true! TV shows with so many sponsors' ads turn me off, too!
We live in a world full of advertisements. They bring into focus what we want and need in order to improve our physical well-being and appearance. However, not all our wants are our needs. Some advertisements appeal to us, some repulse us. They invade our thoughts and persuade us to feel that we want something, which we actually do not need.
In our early years here in the kingdom, we used to enjoy advertisements-free shows. Not anymore, loads and loads of commercials are now injected in between scenes, eating up the entire viewing time.
We live in a world full of advertisements. They bring into focus what we want and need in order to improve our physical well-being and appearance. However, not all our wants are our needs. Some advertisements appeal to us, some repulse us. They invade our thoughts and persuade us to feel that we want something, which we actually do not need.
In our early years here in the kingdom, we used to enjoy advertisements-free shows. Not anymore, loads and loads of commercials are now injected in between scenes, eating up the entire viewing time.
