School kids even carry them. Some have both phones and pagers. The people here are obsessed with the damned things. The top models are made by Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola. That is, unless you are asleep.
People here seem to sleep on the trains, the buses, anywhere they can just to catch a few winks.
How they don't miss their stop, I have no idea. I finally got my visa yesterday. I get to stay un-hassled for a year, then I have to pay again for an extension. The next term will be 3 years, and then 3 years after that. Turns out, he went to the University of Alberta with her, and was part of the Chinese Student Drama Association, of which Mabel was President.