observation in Zhao Kang Light Rail

Jennifer and I were in Zhaokang Light Rail station, observing people with cellphones for about half an hour. At first we were trying to find out the proportion that people with cellphones and ipods out of total people waiting the train, but later we found it just unrealistic to figure out the number because people seemed flowing all the time. but we indeed wrote down anyone using cellphone or ipod we had seen. 

people in the station using cellphone mostly talk to someone and speak very fast. We sat beside a woman who were talking a little bit loud to her phone so that we can eavesdrop. she just were unaware of my existence even when i sometimes stared at her.yes, maybe we were in different time and space even though our actual distance was less than 20cm. Jennifer told me that she was making some appointment with the one over the phone. after several eavesdroping Jennifer said they were similar to the woman, all making future plans even in the so called 'waste time' in stead of asking 'useless information' like 'what are you doing'. 

because it was the time when students went back home from school, we saw many groups of four or five teens who got together using only one cellphone. what interests me is that the mobile phone considered to construct a space that separates from the public is once again becoming a tool to construct a space for a certain community. teens are not so independent as adults and they have a much higher desire for recognition of identity in a community, also, at the same time resisting the public which is certainly controled by adults.

taken the concept of mental time and space into consideration, i just found it quite interesting to see a indian-like man stop talking to the phone and begin to run right after he saw the bus he needed to take. It is just like there has to be some emergency in the reality that can only draw back this person from where his mind locates. 

we also saw some people with their ipod earphone even on a phone call, two elementary school students with their cellphones hanging in front of their chest, three men read traditional media-books and magazines- for killing time and etc. i'd better stop here maybe Jennifer can say a bit more!