Technology is Ruining Us

Our Destructive Technology 17

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The sound of birds singing was heard. Chickens crowed as if screaming to wake the villagers. The sound of Adzan reverberating so melodious, his voice was even heard echoing everywhere.

With the light of the torch I along with the Father and Mama and also Mama Santi stepped in the middle of the darkness towards the mosque in our village.

Fresh air as if stinging the skin raw almost freeze. Yes, of course, my village is famous for being very cold either because my skin is thick or indeed because I am used to the cold in my village so I only use short shirts and sarongs which is wrapped around my waist.

We were never afraid to step our feet through the quiet streets because there were many people passing by and flocking to the mosque. I told you that in this village still clinging to religious values and coming to the mosque has become an obligation for all of us.

From a distance, here I could see some of my friends who lined up on the terrace of the mosque making me stick out the torch for my Mom and then ran over to my friends who greeted me with a wave of hands.

"Why so slow?" jono's protest was complemented by his sloping pecans.

"Sorry, it's common for Santi to forget to keep the talk where."

"Oh, Santi's fate is the same as Leha's. Just look, she's wearing a different skirt and veil!"

"really?" leha asked who hurriedly stared at her skirt.

"Huh?" surprised by his open mouth and two round eyes.

"Why didn't you say that earlier?"

"Because if I say you'll be much longer later if Azaan reverberates who will be the priest during prayer. Jono time?" samal's taunts make Jono wrapped sharply.

"Me again, me again."

Yes as usual before the dawn prayer we are accustomed to having a joke with friends and after that we will perform the morning prayers with a solemn group.

As usual none of us will play around in the mosque other than because we will be sprayed by the old people then we will also be the material of gossip of the villagers then who is would lose? Of course, both parents will be the specter of the conversation that says if he does not educate his child well.

The sunlight from behind the hills appeared slowly shining down on the settlement of our villagers adorned with morning dew. So cold, the sunlight has not even been able to eliminate the cold.

"Heh, it wasn't the people who paved the streets yesterday, was it?" pointing at Jono made me and the other friends turn to look at his index finger.

From here I can see a blue tent built on the street siren and also equipped with large vehicles used to paved the road.

"Oh yes, too," responded Samal.

"Why doesn't he go to dawn prayers? They were all just lying in their tents" I commented.

"You forgot, huh? the people of the city are like that, they do not attach importance to prayer. Just look at what time it is but they are still in the tent" Leha said.

I stepped my foot through the lined tents, not too much until finally as we crossed the tent a man stepped out while sticking out something he was holding and then waving it into the sky.

I looked at him confused and also at my friends.

"What's he doing?" ask me to be confused.

"It looks like he's looking for something" Samal guessed.

"That's a cell phone" Mansur said, making me look at him clueless.

"Grove phone?" ask us compact.

"Yes that's one of the technological sophistication in the city."

"What's that?" jono who still does not understand.

"That's it, but I've read in books that it can be used to call like talking to each other to send a message."

"Does that mean I can call Roy's kang in town?"

"Yes it looks like."

"Well, very sophisticated," amazed Samal.

"That's the name of technology," I said pretentiously making my friends it can only shake his head.

"Then come on!" take me and then step closer to the man who is looking at me confusedly.

Yes, he seems a little unhappy with our arrival, but it is just my opinion and the truth I don't know.

"Sir what are you doing?" tanya I made the thin mustachioed man stare at us for a moment and then looked back at his cellphone which he waved to the sky.

"Looks like the town guy's ears are deaf?" sahut Leha made us all laugh.

The man snorted in annoyance and then propped up our sedentary waists one by one.

"Who are you?" tanyanya was a little unhappy.

"We're the village boy from Swatani village. Whose father is this?"

"Oh the village boy. I'm Toni, one of the street paving teams that Mr. Burhan ordered to pave the streets."

"Oh, you also cut down trees in the forest, right."

"Oh that's my friends"

"Then what are you doing here?"

"Oh this, I'm looking for a signal."

"Signal? What'sthat?" ask us simultaneously, really we do not know what it means.

"You don't know what the signal is?"

We nodded compactly.

"Signals are like networks."

"Network?" ask us compactly.

"Neither do you know?"

We nodded back. Hah, it seems like I really don't know what this guy is saying.

"Huh, poor once again your fate. So do not live in the village then your brain will also be quiet aka stupid."

The words of the moustached man made us all look at each other is it as low as the village children for them?

Long time man named Toni thought until finally he returned to talk, "The network is like a signal. The signal is like a network. I don't know if I'm also dizzy explaining it."

"The "sign signal, while the network is the data flow used. As if you use a mobile phone, there are several lines located in the upper right corner and on the side there are additional letters such as G, E, 2G, 3G, H, and others, 4G LTE and so on."

"Without signals and tissue, the cell phone would not be able to function, just as the lungs with air, the lungs would not be able to breathe without air," obviously Mansur made me friends and also the thin mustachioed man looked up. I know this guy named Toni must have been amazed by my best friend.

"We live in the village but that doesn't mean we're stupid."

"Where do you know?" ask Jono

"Of course from Fatimah's mother's book, yes, right?" ask me if I know.

"Well apparently there are also smart.I even just know if the network signal is different," said the city man with a laugh while we all just fell silent m

"This is the importance of school" said Mansur briefly and then he stepped away to make me and other friends look at each other for a moment until we finally decided to step in the direction where Mansur stepped away.

"Abdu! You don't want to call Roy Kang? He has a phone" said Jono, who was still running behind me.

"Oh yes," I replied inexhaustibly.

"Can't, even though Roy has a cell phone and the man also has still they can't call each other," explained Mansur who still stepped foot.

"Who? Why?" ask me to be confused.

"Yes because there's no signal."

"What way is the signal?"

Mansur stopped his steps and stood before us waiting for his answer.

"Here this village has not built a tower. If there is a tower then there is a signal and a network," he explained then stepped back to make me speechless while scratching my head.

Ah looks like I should also read the book of having Fatimah's mother.

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