♠ The Internet

I realise I never brief my parents bout the internet.

Most of the time, the internet is a tool.

Anybody with good intentions, will use the internet as an extension to reach certain objective with the intention of benefiting others other than him/her self.

Anybody with selfish intentions, will only use it for their own satisfaction and gains.

It can be addictive especially for the new people using the internet as a social networking tool, ie; chatting and finding out what other ppl is doing or gaming online.

Chatting with strangers without ever needing to meet face to face is a comfort zone where we can imagine the person to agree to everything we wrote and slowly, we'd be blinded by our imaginations thinking that friend, is more than a friend. But it's merely us lying to ourselves thinking there's somebody who'd understand us as well as ourselves, even better than our partner.

Well, let's just say it's a nice illusion, created by us as an escapism from the mundane of daily routine and dissappointments of not achieving our desires. Wait till the person we chat meets us up; then we'll really know if they understand what we are saying or merely nodding without listening coz they dont go back with us and live with us for the rest of the day.

The problem with chatting online is there's no way of knowing who else the person we chat to, is chatting with. And words travel fast, and the internet has a reputation of long memories; it saves everything we typed as histories. So, imagine words are hard to take back? Well, internet's worse; it saves and copies and becomes an unstoppable viral if used selfishly.

I read from the newspaper saying that Facebook can break a relationship; initially I dont believe it. Now, I'm not so sure. Anything can happen.

The same goes for gaming. I dont care what other ppl says; game online using real money paid to play games no matter how small the subcription is gambling. The difference between gaming online and real games are the hours are shorter than they seem and people tend to forget the numbers they play online represent their credits. People can go bankrupt playing games online, and it doesnt need your signature to do that; all it takes is "just one more click..."

Anyway, I've just talked about the internet negatively, but it can be used positively. There's endless potential to use the internet; the creators never imagined the internet would become an unstoppable viral.

As I've mentioned, the internet is both a tool, and a weapon. How one uses it, it's up to the person's design.

I wish I can say being an adult has all the answers, but I realise most adults are just older kids with trigger friendly fingers and more knowledge to do bad than good.

There's only so much moral subjects we take in the classroom; once graduated, it's up to us to do what we think is right or wrong, which can be really screwed up.

That's why in my opinion, education doesnt make the man / woman. A person can have a phd or doctorate or never graduated school; that doesnt mean shit bout their morality nor character.

Well, after writing this, I've just realised; life sux. *argh..mid life crisis..