Poh Kiat came for a business trip last Friday and we went to Noodle Station for dinner.
Wai Lun was Teh Tarik Man for the night just because his receipt said so.
But, that was not the highlight of the night.
A group of aunties in their mid-30s were seated beside us and I could hear them discussing about Facebook! They were aunties with kids already! They were exchanging Facebook tips like how to create a private album, how to upload pictures and even how to post comments and write on walls! Fuh! Canggih!
Then I recalled how mothers of some of my friends found their Friendster or Facebook profile or even their blog just by searching on the Internet. And we actually thought that the Internet is a zone free of parental control. How wrong we were! Mums do exert parental control on our profiles and blogs now! Some of them post unwanted comments and we cannot delete them, some even tell us what we should or shouldn’t blog about. The surprising thing is, from my experience, only Mums do these stuffs. Dads are usually more liberal, huh? Sorry Mummy, if you would have to read this. Haha. Luckily, I have a Mum who does not interfere and who allows me Internet freedom. It comes with years of trust-building, you know. Haha.
Just a few years ago, people their age would say, “How the world has changed, kids nowadays are so Internet-savvy.” Now, I could hear myself saying, “How the world has changed, aunties nowadays are so Internet-savvy.”
How the world has changed.
June 8, 2008 at 8:42 am |
Hilarious! My mom is constantly worried about what I write in my blog. Especially since the uni has been “apprehending” some bloggers who have written sensitive issues. But I always tell my mom, “Don’t worry. Before the uni or the government can catch me for writing sensitive stuff, I have a Mom Cencorship Board to go through first! Haha!” She doesn’t interfere much or try to embarrass me with comments like most people are afraid their moms would do, and she’s quite sporting actually. She doesn’t have to go through the comment part to tell me what I’m writing is not appropriate: just a phone call will do.
June 8, 2008 at 12:57 pm |
Hahaha. Ya, we shall call it Mum Censorship Board! Here’s a toast to ever-sporting mums!
June 9, 2008 at 5:50 am |
aunties with FB accounts, wow! as for mothers with parental control over the internet, that’s why i didnt tell them i have a blog for a few months. and after i did, they never check also. yay!
June 9, 2008 at 5:03 pm |
phew! luckily my parents never come to my blogs lah..the brother does, but he has learned not to get on the wrong side of his sister..but my parents are kinda paranoid with the things I write, ever since I get calls from the management..=.=” this is bad..
June 12, 2008 at 11:34 am |
My mom reads my blog. N she knows how to use friendster as well as facebook. She blogs too.
Nowadays, mommies are really internet savvy too yeah?? haha..
June 12, 2008 at 4:39 pm |
My mummy blogs la…and has a facebook account!!! Yeng leh~~~ Hehe. Mummies who read their childrens’ blogs aren’t that bad lah…mine teases me and joins in the fun! She complains people her age aren’t internet-savvy enough. =P
June 13, 2008 at 11:51 am |
Heyy San Nien! I just found ur blog in Khai Yi’s blog.. how are u? I’m currently stuck in Kerteh, working with Petronas.. sigh.. i know.. alot of ppl has said how i can survive here after 5 years in Tronoh.. haha.. its not that bad la..
Update me abt urself! 
June 22, 2008 at 2:00 am |
Hi Qi Hua!! Havent been logging into my blog for about 2 weeks. haha. Kerteh is almost the same as Tronoh what, no? Haha. Hey I cant reach your blog but I’ll keep finding. Haha. Hope you are having a great time in Kerteh! Keep in touch!