Disturbing Affair with Cellphones
It’s funny and weird to think that we Pinoys can change our phones so quickly (as quick as we are in changing underwear).
I correct myself, this cellphone-mania situation that continuous to plague our country is scary. Our fascination with cellphones is so disturbing that many of us would rather spend P20 to P30 or more a day for load than buy healthy meals, save up our monthly salaries for that NSeries than save up for our future emergency needs, or text the night away to kill boredom than to read books and watch good local documentaries on tv.
Others, especially our youth (who are turning into ma-ma-material girls and boys) choose the extreme— they would "rebel" against their overseas-working parents and instead of love to tame them, parents would give into the psychological/blackmail drama of their children.
This would be the usual script: Guilty parents(GP): "Ti, ano gusto mo?" Child(C): "Gusto ko cell, ang pareho na bala sa classmate ko nga si _(supply the name of your classmate who has the most expensive cellphone)__." GP:"Pila ‘na?" C:"Mga P15-P20thou." GP:"Ang barato lang bala, Ne/Noy." C: (Padag-padag) ‘Di na lang e! GP:(afraid that their child will "rebel" again) Sige na. Ti, san-o ta mabakal? C:(his/her mind’s screaming of victory) Sure ka? …. (and so on…and so forth…)
We also tend to regard the kind of cellphone to one’s economic status. The newest phone in our hand, the better for people to assume that we’re doing great. The truth is, there are still people who want to have that silver in their hand than buy a decent underwear…Tsk, tsk.
I won’t wonder anymore if soon I hear names like "Nokia," "Moto," "Rolla,"Sam Sung," etc… I have a godson named after a simcard…
I have no problem against people who buy new phones to "satisfy" their techie needs. It’s their right (and money)anyway. Really.
But it’s just disheartening to realize that Filipinos of almost all ages sleep, eat, work, and dream with their cellphones. It’s more disheartening to realize that you can’t eat the cellphone that you’re holding right now.
(I hear someone says: "I-prenda e!"… Hay…)
