we watch channelnewsasia before heading for work (an old habit for those of us who are born in the era of colour tv) listen to radio/CDs in our cars and send email as the form of communication. as we reminiscence on how our fathers and mothers watch black and white tv, listen to 黄清元and丽的呼声, send snailmails, indulge in penpals and write diaries, the children of the 21st century (the era of the computers and internet) has embraced iPods, send instant messages (email is too slow!!), communicates with blogs/podcasts, watch internet TVs, idolises Jay Chou, Rain (?!) and BlackEyedPeas, download mp3s (only those they like, and not buy the whole CD like we used to), installs bitTorrent to transfer files at the speed of broadband (excuse me uncle, what is pirated CD/DVD?) and make cool-cyber-friends within MySpace.
so for goodness sake, at least learn how to blog!! or else your kids in hwa chong institution will be looking at you the way we have looked at our parents, 10 to 20 years from now, old fashioned and laggy. be fearful, be wary.. no graffiti on their baby photos will help, no sending to the best schools will eliminate the generation gap between you and your child.. join them! learn hip-hop dance instead of mass dance!
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Guilty as charged
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