by LEX Tupas

Of Gadgets and Being High Tech

The youth of today are said to be the ones that can make change and support a lot of innovations. This apparently is said to be true because of the young people’s yearning for convenience, movement and improvement. Furthermore, they are also said to be the ones who attune to the changing times.
A long time ago or so it seems, people communicate through phone calls from landlines and send letters through snail mail. At that point of our history, when one wants to meet up in a certain place, you would mention specifically where and what time. In the instance that one would be stood up for one reason or another, information of such wouldn’t be known until hours or even days. Just like when sending letters, it takes a lot of time and effort going to the post office just to send and receive messages. Today, communication has never been as convenient and as instantaneous. Our country is said to be the texting capital of the world. We send messages wherever and whenever and people we send it to, receive it within seconds. Now, staying up late won’t worry our parents or our loved ones as much since one text can appease their concerns. In terms of sending letters, the email has already been the common and fastest way of doing such. Speed of information and speed of response seems to be the trend nowadays.
We’ve talked about some of the basics on communication but it doesn’t stop with just that. Young people seemingly would like something more from their cellphones and emails. Cellphones now are not just a form of communication but also a symbol of status and a fashion item. It also now serves as a camera, an organizer and some cellphones also serve as mini computers. With regards to emails, it now also has instant messenger features like Yahoo Messenger, AOL, ICQ, etc. More than that, you could also see the person you are talking to even if he/she would be thousand of miles away by having a webcam.
We’ve only mentioned just two high tech items being used in a young person’s daily life and there’s more. Pictures are said to be for keeps and focuses on the memory lane. Before, one had to buy a film to use, then develop the film to get the pictures after which one will have a sort of album to keep these pictures. Now, there’s the digicam that keeps thousands of pictures depending on the camera’s memory card size. These jpeg or soft copy images could then be downloaded to a laptop or be uploaded to internet albums like friendster, myspace or page maker websites. For the music lovers, the Ipod has replaced the big radios and the walkman. With such, people can bring this mini music player anywhere and can also record hundreds or thousands of songs from the internet. For the movie collectors, watching their favorite films would be more enjoyable with the home theater system especially their flat screen TV’s. A Television now can be hung on a wall just like a picture frame which saves space and looks great. For the movie makers, a videocam now can also serve as a digicam at the same time while also having hard disk drive removing the need for video tapes or cd’s. These are just a few of the new gadgets and techie items that people especially the young ones enjoy.
Basi sa ulihi may mga galupad na nga salakyan, may mga relo nga telepono man, may mga teleporters kag iban pa nga mga bagay nga sang una daw imposible gid. Ini tanan gapakita sang kaalam sang tawo kag ang paglain sang atun kabuhi kag sitwasyon. Ang importante lang, apisar sang paglain sang kalibutan, tani ang gapabilin ang pag-updnay, buligay kag pag-ugyon sang mga pumuluyo. Ang indi tani mabayluhan ka gadgets or pagka hi-tech ang tradisyonal nga paghigugma kag pagserbisyo sang tawo.
UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo. UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.