Leave a Message

Have you ever wondered how our grandparent or perhaps our parent exchanges a few words with their friends? I mean there must be some kind of networks for them to keep in touch with each other but what is it? Bear in mind, at that time, there’s no Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, MySpace or even computer. Yes, I know there’s letter. Yes, I know there’s phone but letter and phone can only reach certain people with one condition: by knowing their real address and phone number. Nonetheless, if they were to publish a shout out to everyone they know (or don’t know); they need to search the phone book one by one. Just visualize telling a good news to hundred friends of yours one by one; that’s doesn’t sound like a good news to me. Eventually they’ll end up calling only their BFF. Won’t that be a bit unfair? Good news is meant to be shared to everyone.

My mum told me that they used to write letter to the newspaper to post their shout out. “Those good old days, the joy of waiting for reply” my mum said as she recalled. “Wait how long?” I asked suddenly. “Depend, might be a week or a month, you know the letter have to go through the editor, the censor board, the column writer and etcetera” she added. Whoa! Just imagine reading your 18th birthday wishes when you’re already 22; that’s too long but undeniably that’s the only joy in the old days.

Then some brilliant radio deejay came out with a brain-cracking-balls-breaking idea which is to put up a radio show especially for their faithful listener to leave a message or a dedication. That radio show was an all the rage hit! Every teenager is calling up; everyone wants to tell what they're doing, what’s on their mind; even teeny weeny stuff like: “KC shits in his pant; never grow up” or “Theamy love Soo Lim but he don’t love back” or so on. That brilliant deejay totally set a new trend, no more old school method: writing to magazine or newspaper. Radio is even better, they are faster and it comes with songs. That time, everyone is longing for radio; same like now, peoples are craving for i-pod or i-phone.

Then, here comes the IT era where more and more friend-networking applications popping up; for instance the Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, Twitter and many more that keep your friends updated about what’s on your mind, what’s going on with your life and maybe some irrelevant kepoh news. Now even better, people are subscribing mobile internet; they can follows your Twitter and Facebook anywhere, anytimes, anyhow. That’s so awesome!!

That’s still so awesome till I met their challenger: the toiletbooth.

No kidding, people are leaving comments, grudges, life update or what’s on their mind in my company toilet wall (not Facebook wall); in grafitti lagi tu. For instance "Boss naik gaji sikit la" (Boss raise my salary a bit). And surprisingly, there are feedbacks or update every time I went toilet: "Bro you kena kerja keras sikit la" (Brother, you have to work harder). No kidding, I love going toilet nowadays; guess I’m addicted to toiletbooth already.

Gotta go to the toilet, check for updates. *chuckle*