self reflecting

Current Mood : at peace
Currently listening To: When a Child is Born

Its peaceful and tranquil here in the farthest room of the Computer Lab. The bright lightings only succeeds in reflecting the lack of human presence within the room. All alone in this room, its not that bad at all. Not that bad at all. There's a couple of international students in the next room acting up while progressing on their individual assignments as well.

Nash walks in and says hello.

I smile.

I look around, noticing the many technological equipments that lay around. Computers, flat screen monitors, powerful speakers, projectors, the overhead projector, cellphones I spy through the glass wall.

I sigh in awe and amazement.

How the human race managed to come so far so fast. Just less than a decade ago such tinkers of wonders were of rarity and costs a fortune. Back when I was still a tiny totter personal computers barely existed, when I was a pre-teen I didn't even quite comprehend what e-mail was. Having a cellphone at all was beyond imagination.

Now I see how modernization and advancement has taken a fast lead. Prices of hardwares and softwares rise and plummet faster than the speed of light. What's new is old in a blink of an eye. How does one pull through to catch up with such rapid change?

The cellphone I hold in my hand was all the rage just little more than a year ago. Today it is considered a cheap, not worth a second glance property of miserable features as compared to other hi-tech cellphones equipped with the latest technologies. This giant Dell monitor I am facing has been discriminated as old and uncool as compared to the flat screen plasma monitors of the neighboring class. These chunky monitors cannot possibly be more than 5 years old.

Sitting back, I recall the antics of my little sister. Just 12 going on 13, she is living a life I could never relate to when I was at her age. As a child playtime was spent outdoors by the park, or cycling with the dog, a round of basketball with the older boys. Her playtime consist of staring at the idiot box, playing online games, chatting up with friends from school. In my time, communicating meant leaving our thoughts today to be shared tomorrow, a short phone call, or a snail mail to a faraway place. My sister solves everything via sms, emails and chat messengers.

All this within the age gap of 7 years.

A smile sneaks up on me. This is so cool, I let my lips slip.

I glance around the room once more, preparing to leave the coldness of this place. I wonder... what else is there for us to expect in the next decade? Is there no end to the technological advancements and it's impacts in our lives?