I’m
never fond of using smart phones or tablet. I can survive a month without any
social networking activity. I do play games but rarely downloads any new
applications out in the market. Not that I’m a loner or alien to these
technologies, I just don’t feel like spending too much time for it.
It steals
your time for all other things you must give more importance than that stupid
colourful flat wide screen devices. I hate the idea that people who have these
technologies are also having more convenience in life. Maybe I was just
jealous, since we could not afford to buy one.
As
I sat down in front of our tambayan[i],
bored, I found myself staring at every person’s hand that passes by. Most of
them are holding cellphones; talking to someone, texting, playing flappy bird[ii]
or subway surfers[iii],
surfing the net, making selfies[iv],
and all other things you may think of. They are all seemed to be having fun and
maximizing every capability of their hand held friends.
I
took out my phone and looked at it.
It’s small, with a small screen and blurred
keypad. I flipped it and remembered I forgot where I dropped the back casing. I
took a glimpse of the other phones and as expected, it’s a lot wider, slimmer,
faster, and more stylish than my phone.
Then I whispered to myself,” My phone
is smaller, but doesn’t it was what human’s first rationale for making it
‘cellular’? For it to fit in our pockets and easier to hold, right? So why are
they making it bigger again? Is that what we really wanted or phone
manufacturers just did that for them to sell a phone you can call 'new' and earn from it? Even televisions are getting smaller than the first
time it was invented. But suddenly, it has grown as wide as the walls in our houses.”
My
head is aching. Even the smartest person in the world would never be able to
predict for sure what would happen to technologies in the future.
Students
started coming to the tambayan. I stared back at my cp[v]
and noticed how in bad shape it was. I’m quite embarrassed of it, of owning it.
“Am I a bad owner or you just stink?”, I asked but my phone but it constantly stays
firm.
My
boyfriend taps me on the head and took the phone from my hand.
“Give
your phone a break. It has nothing to do with your insecurities. It was just
built to make you happy, and you should.”
End notes*
* Assuming the readers are non UP
students/faculty/residents and does not know some of the recent outputs of
technological development, that’s why I provided this end note.
[i] Tambayan of our organization , UP Circle of Administration, in UP
NCPAG
[ii] Game or applications you can play on your phones, laptops, or
tablets
[iii] Game or applications you can play on your phones, laptops, or
tablets
[iv] Taking a picture of yourself or with some other people with you as
the photographer also
[v] Abbreviation for cellular phones
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