Are you able to - Be Here Now - be present where you are with what you're doing?

Hi there Dragonfly4life! I often see similar scenarios. In school, I notice a lot of students sharing table in the canteen but seem to be far away from each other. Some are busy with their laptops while others are busy with their cell phones. Others are on their PSPs. You would know they are friends but they seem to be very distant because of their gadgets. In restaurants, couples, sometimes families come in to eat but again, too distant from each other due to cell phones or other stuffs. Whenever I go out with my parents or my boyfriend, one thing I do is pay attentiont to them. I don't want to waste precious time with these special people just because I have to be on my cell phone or something like that.