Learning how to use smileys

honestly, i don't find much use for smileys, but then my friends tell me that i should use smileys more often because it connotes the current mood that i am in. This, i find weird because putting a ":)" or a ":(" should be implied in the words i use and the current conversation i am in, but then again, i guess sometimes it's not enough. hehehe :)

i guess, in this day and age of technological advancement even a smiling face can be sent through a different form.... i guess if it makes people happy for me to put smileys in my texts and yms, then why not.

so here i am now, in the process of learning how to use smileys more often... hehehe but not always... i like being formal (in texts, emails and yms) especially when I'm communicating instructions, hence i can't always use smileys. hehehe. :)

also, i'm not really happy when i'm passing on to-dos and division of labor, sooo i really can't see the point why i should... hehehe. but then again, i guess i should do my part to try and be encouraging and enlightening to the people i'm giving the instructions and to-dos to. hahaha :))

actually--- of course i know how to use smileys... kaya lang my n95 is a serious phone. it doesnt have those built in smiley insert functions that some of the newer phones today have... and n95 is a business phone, so i really don't think it was made to put smileys in text messages. hahaha :))

and here's the thing. i really hate texting. i prefer im-ing, emailing or calling. i hate texting because the keypad of my n95 bruises my thumb. this is no joke. it really does and that's largely the reason why i keep my texts as short and concise as possible.

as in my thumb turns white, blue and so on.. i don't want to describe it but then in the year i've had my cellphone, every time it's text peak season for me, my thumb looks like a carpenter's thumb.... it's not a pretty picture--- and that is why i avoid texting as often as i can... and here's the thing... in the month i used my sister's 6300 my thumb healed... sooo it's really my thumb and n95 that doesn't match... hehehe :))

but then, still i am learning... to spend a few extra seconds inserting smileys at the end of some of my text messages...

if sending a smile means people smiling back at their text messages, then why not.

if sending a smile means people knowing that i'm not mad or something, then why not.

if sending a smile means people feeling better reading my texts, then why not.

but then, give me the benefit of sending smiley-free formal instructions; smiley-free academic-update texts; smiley-free urgent messages such as: "wer u?"s and so on... hahahahaha

depende talaga sa mood eh... ahhahaa labo noh?

i can't always put smileys. i mean i can only smile when i mean it. hahaha :)) =))

it's easier to put smileys in IMs and in Emails... i find it easier to type then to text. as in Text lang talaga ang dko maxadong matiis lagyan ng smiley kasi it bruises my thumb nga. hahaha. In IMs the ":)" and "=))" are almost as automatic as when i smile and laugh in person. hahaha. it's far easier tlaga to type than to text.

so here, i have some questions....

does sending a smiley make the reply/message more polite?

does sending a smiley connote a smile?

i really don't know... i guess i have to read more about smiley-psychology...

but in the mean while, i guess it wouldn't be too hard to put ":)" in the messages i send. hahaha. and besides. i already have a template for it. hahaha.