I once thanked technology for the wonderful and great invention telephone and recently I started praising cell phone too though I used to curse it when my son was at college . Then, yahoo messenger,gtalk and picasa was a boon to me when my son went abroad on a deputation.Now, this Facebook.... Is it my friend or foe ?
Telephone was a boon when I had to call up my son's school teacher to enquire if he had reached safely etc.. ( I was extra concerned you see... )My son used to tell me N number of times not to call up his school teacher but I could not resist calling... :P .
When he entered college, I had to promise him I wont call up the college management to enquire about him . I used to worry a lot if he was even a 10 minutes late. He had to miss many of his friends meeting and celebrations just to reach home safely.( He knows how tensed I'll be at home )
Mobile Phones played a major role in our life when I had to get him that bloody gadget (As I called it when I first got it for him) as his b'day gift. I could not deny it when he asked it as his b'day gift. His chatting at night through SMS and his call to me to inform he will be late made me hate that stupid mobile phones.But as always every coin has two sides ,this same mobile which I once called stupid became my love when my son got me one when he left home to take up his job . He used to call me daily to update things going on in his life and I could feel him close through his voice (Thanks to CUG connections :P else he wont call daily to the landline at home just to say a HI right ? ).
He calls me regularly and if he doesn't then I call him up just to know that our geographical location faced the Vodafone signal problem. Yes... He called me regularly then.
Facebook
Aaaaaah!!!!!!!!! I go crazy looking at it...fotosharing,messages,comments,chatting n all such applications at one point put down as a complete reference book :P .
[Those golden days of my life ,I used to go mad looking at the complete reference book placed in the top row of our college library shelf ;-) ]
Every morning I sign in to facebook to see all that my son has done last day... His ideas,status message,the things he does,his snaps and some times(very rarely) a personalised message to me... "Amma... check my fotos ... " or sometime an application to test my love ... It asks me "Do you love "My son's Name"? " and I'm supposed to click the bright green button with text "YES". The application then allows my son to post it on his wall... My god.. This application says how much I love my son??? Ha ha ha really ridiculous.... Is it really required to post on his wall his mom loves him... ;-) ?May be his friends need to know but again wont any human know the love of a mother.. anyway..dats Facebook :P !!!
More than the confusion in facebook (The confusion may be cos I'm one of the old generation left over as the current generation points out ) , I hate it cos that has made my son so busy that he rarely find time to call me up.
Whenever I call up my son these days, either it says.."The person you call is on another cal. Please hold the line or call later" or it takes me to the voice mail box. I understand he is busy cos he calls me later and says he had a call with the client manager or he was in a meeting. But the sad part is that even if he calls these days(very rarely ), when I ask him why he didnt call me y'day or day before that , he just makes it clear "Amma.. just login in to Facebook and I'm always there.... I update my latest foto regularly and I will message you if there is something special I need to share with you.It's so simple ...Happy now? Its far better than call right? Amma.. I have all my friends in facebook and also akka.So if I update it, all can get to know about me .If I call you, even then I need to update facebook for my friends but If I update facebook , you too can see along with my friends.So its far better to update facebook rather than calling everyone daily."
Should I say a Yes to it or No ?
Why is he not understanding his breath over call can tell me his state of mind than the colourful smileys that come via messengers .
Facebook has replaced the daily call (Local Call) with my son.His call "Amma" , his voice, his breath ...I miss him badly....................
As I started loving mobile phones while he left for his job away from home and the yahoo messenger n gtalk while he was at onsite , I feel in course of time ,I will start loving Facebook too...
Yes!!!
I will love Facebook if I can find my son there :-)
