Technology is Ruining Us

Our Destructive Technology-29

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I look so impatient that my fingers have touched the on button, I can't wait to turn on the new TV that Mama has bought in the market.

He stepped back away from the TV after he connected the TV with a plug hole.

"Try pressing!" the door made me quickly press the on button and tadaaa, a picture exactly not much different from the TV screen in Leha's house.

So very happy. I even ate my dinner in front of the TV together with Mama and Dad. If only there was Miss Santi and Kang Roy maybe he would also be happy to eat dinner while watching TV like this.

Yeah, somehow it's going on now. They didn't even send us a message. I hope they come home soon and we'll regroup like we used to.

Now the night has shown ten o'clock at night we usually all have slept, but Mama apparently was busy watching a soap opera film featuring angry scenes. I don't understand the story.

After the cartoon ended, I decided to go into my room. I opened the window staring at this very bright residential area. Many lights are lined up on the side of the road even many young children who come to hang out on the side of the road while laughing giggling. Maybe they are happy because this village already has lights. Now a lot of young people are hanging around, yes but I don't understand what they're doing there.

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"Well, can we see?" jono asked who was staring in admiration at the phone owned by Zaina.

Yes after a month from school we all decided to sit on the edge of the bridge to rest for a while as well as Zaina who wants to take pictures of the scenery in this river.

I don't know why Zaina is so amazed by the scenery in this river even though the river has many crocodiles. Maybe he doesn't know that this river has a lot of crocodiles if he knows all this has a lot of crocodiles maybe he doesn't want to take pictures anymore.

"How much did you buy this for?"

"I don't know either. I bought it."

"Oh," we replied while nodding.

"Later if I have money I also want to buy a phone like this," said Jono impatiently.

"It's very sophisticated, yes," praised Lena.

"The name is also a tool of technological progress" Mansur said.

"Well, if a kid like us can play a cell phone, right?" I asked so curious.

"Actually, I didn't just give you this phone so I could call him. I was afraid that anything would happen when I went to school. Especially

I know that going to school is a long way away."

We all just fell silent with both of our eyes focused on the phone that was still held by Jono.

"Oh yes, there are usually a lot of monkeys here but why is there no more?"

ask Zaina who looks up left right.

"Everything because of the forest. If only there had been no logging, the apes might all still be there."

"Actually the apes in this forest there are still only he jumped into the middle of the forest so there are no more monkeys on the outskirts of this road," explained Mansur and he rose.

"Here you go, let's go home! I also want to give my buffalo a drink!" take Mansur to get us all up.

"What if we all play. I'll stop by to change my school uniform first then we'll be together!" my proposal.

"Well, we'll meet under the mango tree, where we used to play" said Jono.

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After lunch I decided to run out of the house to keep my promise like the beginning of the agreement with other friends if we would all gather in the hills where we always play there.

Yes, not far where Samal rolled in the hills while running to find the ball that was almost lost.

I ran pretty fast past the people who were busy hoeing in his rice field. Every now and then the farmers shouted at me making me only able to reply with a smile.

Finally my quick steps became slow so that I could stand beside Mansur, Jono, Samal, Leha and Zaina staring at the horde of people who were cutting down trees with the super sharp engine

The mango tree that we always used to play is now downed. The mango fruit also scattered to make the lumberjack people run to pick it up.

"Why was the tree cut down?"

"I don't know either" replied Jono who seemed so very sad.

"Luckily the Father has taken his buffalo so that my buffalo are not hit by the fallen tree. My buffalo can't graze here anymore" Mansur explained.

"But why did they cut down the mango tree? There, we always play."

All were silent no one answered, they all just seemed silent with a sad look.

"I want to ask!" I said I intended to approach them and intended to ask them why they cut down this mango tree, but Mansur quickly grabbed my wrist.

"Where are you going?"

"I want to ask him why he cut down that mango tree. That's where we play."

"Don't!"

"Why? Come with me!" take him and then step away to make me look at the mango tree that has been toppled flat there.

"They bought the land."

both of my eyes were rounded after hearing that answer from Mansur.

"Who sold it?"

"My father sold the land to the townsfolk and the townspeople who bought it. He wants to make a factory there."

"What factory?"

"I don't know either. I know they just bought it."

"So where do you want to eat your buffalo?"

"Father still has another field that might be placed there."

"Then where we play?"

"I don't know either."

I let out a long sigh and turned to look towards my now flat playground. Then we'll play where it is the only place we've always played.

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