Sunday, June 13, 2004

It is Sunday, a day of rest, so they say...But do you really rest...Like today....The grandchildren came over and you know what happen when they are around.... The home environment change, they took over the TV and at time even the computer....Like this morning little Adibah, she is just five and was asking to get to the internet....She wanted to see her favorite program.. She even know the name of the site..... She keep nagging her Auntie and Me to let her use the computer.... And eventually we all gave up and her auntie decided to help her to look for her favorite site... There you are.... Gone!! The day of rest!!.... Happily she interact with the site and of course the auntie had to be by her side..... So the internet has now taken over the family.... Me the grand dad with my blog and other things, her auntie on semester leave, would be online with her University at Boston... And now this little kids, wondering in cyberspace and enjoy those electronic games... What a world we live in now....It is fun to see these young generation taking to the internet like duck taking to the water.... Well they have too for their future is with this borderless world of the internet.....That is life.... I guess I am the lucky few grandpa's that are literate with the internet... Otherwise I would be lost and could not communicate with this generation of my grand children... I am indeed glad that all my children and grandchildren have accept this new world of cyberspace... That have too, for this is a generation that are going to grow and live in and with cyberspace.... We Malaysian are lucky indeed that the present government are internet friendly and has take all the action to make the internet accessible to everyone... Now with have the broadband service that are part of the fix line telephone service.... And soon there would be wireless broadband service in our area....I am told there are already such a service in Petaling Jaya, a suburban area of Kuala Lumpur.... With this wireless service one need not have to be wired to be connected to the internet....It is like the present 'hot spot' that we have at the coffee shop where one could get connected to the internet while having coffee or lunch.... In the case of this new technology the whole community would be connected by a wireless system... It would be great when this service come over to our area...Ampang... Then we all can go wireless all the time... What a way to surf the internet.... And little Adibah would not have to worry where to get connected, she would just have to take the laptop out and get connected.... On to her favorite program and wonder her way in cyberspace.... Well it is eating time....And grandma is not cooking today....Remember it is Sunday... It is also her day of rest.... Usually grandma just take it easy on Sunday and we would just go out to have our meals.... It is fun to do that once a while..... And today everyone are here, all the three generation of them, the grand's, our daughters and the children of our eldest daughter and of course our son in law is around too.... So their mother ask them what they want to eat....The answer...We want Kentucky or KFC and someone shouted we want MacDonald... Well no one seem to ask for some local foods... It looks like this generation have been taken over by the fast food culture..... So eventually they won and to make it simple we all go for the MacDonald foods.... So what can you say.... Surfing the internet... Eating McDonald's... I guessed today's foods would be just the same whether you are in Rome, London, Boston, Nairobi,Timbatoo or for that matter any cities in the world....Someone somewhere would be doing the same things, eating the same things....Well that is our world now.... So small and it is getting smaller with cyberspace..... So remember it is Sunday.... Is it really a day of Rest!!.... I wonder!.... But then it was fun to be surrounded by those grandchildren..... A wonderful lots.... Careless of the world and enjoying themselves.... Oh! What a wonderful world......

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