What will be shall be

technology Idoit

Yes, I will put out both my hands and legs to admit I am one.

Mirc, ICQ, MSN, iPod, MP3…you name it, I always start using them much much later than my other peers. I will only learn about them after friends start recommending them.

There was this Mirc craze few years back and ICQ wasn’t that popular yet. Then suddenly everyone flocked to using ICQ while I was still stuck at MIRC. And for your info on my ignorance, MIRC to me was just something to communicate and talk to your friends. I didn’t know it could be used for sending files like songs or any downloading purposes. I only came to know about it after I stopped using Mirc.

Anyway on the ICQ, friends start to convince me that ICQ is good because it is easier to log in and further more you will know your which friends are online. It took me quite a while to accept it as I really find no differences between it and Mirc. But whatever, monkey see, monkey do mah.

Then came MSN. That was the hardest to accept. There was really no difference between it and ICQ! People will argue, “ICQ when you send message hor, must put alt + s then can send leh….MSN hor…press enter key can liao lor!!” Yah right. Whatever. As what I say, monkey see, monkey do. So I also must do.

I started owning a computer when I was in secondary 2. And you know the reason why? No..not for internet purposes nor pornography(REALLY NOT HOR), it’s for championship manager, my favorite game of all times. My $4000 plus computer was solely for the purpose of playing that game only. And I told my mother it’s for project purposes. Lame excuses I gave, but she bought my excuses. Too bad mama, one willing to give, one willing to take.

Now there is also this MP3 player or was it some years back? Never mind, to me technology is still at that stage only. Honestly, how do you operate it? So many buttons, so many functions, see liao not head pain meh? I give up.

And oh, did I mention that when I first got my lap top, I couldn’t find it’s CD-Rom. And me being a smart ass concluded that a lap top doesn’t have one. Only PC have. I forgot who corrected me then but whoever that is, he certainly leaves me red-faced.

My sister just bought a digi cam. She actually had the cheek to ask my mother to lend her money to buy first, after she get her Ang Bow then return her back. I tried the same tactic, asking my mother to lend me $10000 first, after I kana TOTO then return her. She sent me back to my room and tell me not to be so BO LIAO. See, I always knew than you love my sister more than me.

And I decided to approach my sister to ask her to lend me her cam to try out.

Me: “ Mei mei, come… let me try that camera please… come.”

She: “ No! Later you spoil it how?”

Me: “ Spoil I pay lor.”

She: “You got money meh?”

Damn that hag. That marks the end of our conversation. I really no money and I really don’t know how to operate one. She is being smart here by not taking the risk.


One big reason why I shun technology is because technology may be a big convenience for us human beings, they certainly also distant the gap between us.

Ok for example, when is the last time you receive a birthday card or Christmas card? Even if you do now and then, if you were to compare to previous years ago, is it true that you used to get much more than now? I know I do. I have a big stack of cards which I used to receive from my friends on my birthdays or new year. But in recent years, I think I only averaged 1 card every 2 years.

Haha.. of course. Why bother to spend money or make a card when you can do it so easily by moving your fingers and click here and there. I am sure to many or all people, you are definitely happier when you received a hand-written card compared to one you received through the email. I think this is so called the human touch. It’s so much different. You can feel the warmth when someone sends you a card written by him or her instead of the computer.

But the best reason to me is without technology like the computer, we won’t have to do stupid things like the bloody FYP liao. See. Technology is more of a hindrance in this case, right?






Without a struggle, there can be no progress

posted by malmoncolo @ 1:19 AM