ahhh, technology of today...

---during my time, i remember the wonders of 'technology' revolved around pencil cases that had so many designs, automatic ones with colorful 3D pictures. then came the lunchboxes/lunchbags that came in tin can designs or plastic with embossed pictures of walt disney characters or fairytale designs. mine was thermos brought home by papa from abroad. i always had hot milo in it. there were dolls - walking/talking/crying dolls of different sizes. talking teddy bears. toys galore - running, crawling, flying, some even crashing!

---let's fastforward to electronic gadgets - my jaws dropped when i took the typing test at citibank. they were using the IBM typewriter while i only knew how to operate underwood & those rusty electric typewriters (or what is available). so imagine my surprise when i had my hands, first time on an IBM typewriter. look ma, no carriage return! and i don't see any keys (alpha/numeric). they had balls - courier, italics, different fonts, different strokes! as expected, i failed the first typing test. honest as i was, i bragged about perfecting it if i was to use the old, rusty ones. but that was citibank & they threw away all their old typewriters. my second try was a success - i levelled at 60WPM (on an IBM).

---double fastforward to "now" technology. i marvel at the words - upload/download/copy-paste/bluetooth & a lot more which i'm not familiar with because i'm not using them as yet. but imagine the capability of one small camera to take so many pictures because of the technology of the memory card & transferring them later to your computer because of another technology called the memory card reader? amazing!! i remember again during my time, we had the instamatic camera. buy a separate flash bulb if you intend to use it indoors or evenings. go to a photoshop to have your pics developed (either colored or black & white). buy an album so you can store them & let these albums be a center of conversation during gatherings. aww, those were the days of our beloved canon instamatic. we used it last during carmela's highschool graduation when everybody around us were already using the digicams! it was embarrassing but proud to say that, that canon instamatic served us well in all occasions -parties, weddings, baptisms, birthdays, funerals, and even on no occassions at all, when we just wanted to play "kodakan" at home.

---my favorite is the bluetooth. imagine sharing a photo that would only take seconds to have in your phone. whoever invented this technology is a genius! and i don't even know why they named it bluetooth (when no tooth is even involved or have you seen someone with a blue tooth?). as i'm writing this, i now can't help but to marvel at another technology called the "router". mhelai's active laptop (named "bibi") is the one we're sharing now. "lilli", is the notebook i bring along anywhere (this was our gift to her which eventually became officially mine now). i can't use lilli if mhelai is using bibi not unless we use the smartbro USB,but we have to load it a lot if i want to use it for long hours. so last sunday, we thought of finally buying a router to be able to use bibi & lilli at the same time, thereby saving a few pesos on smartbro load. it was a good buy, after all - imagine, now we can use bibi, lilli, mhelai's ipod and fone simultaneously!!! wow!! and as i'm writing this, i'm situated away from the computer table, around a simple corner of the house where i can buddha-sit, the electric fan kissing my face & most of all being able to use lilli again after a long time..