Beyond the Beyond

It feels kind of awkward to post this since this blog is created as an assignment, which I never heard before, honestly.

I believe each one of us must have gotten used with the technology around us, ever since we’re born and splats out from our mother’s womb, we can already see machines and tools everywhere in the surgery room, and then we’re thrown into the incubator, wicked!.

Then we grow up, once again, surrounded by technology, anywhere I went and do, it always involve technology, traveling by car, entertainments, INTERNET. Everything just happened and before I realize it, I can’t differentiate anymore whether we’re the one who are using the technology, or is it the technology which is using us? Because it seems from how I look to the current situation, I can’t imagine if humans can live without technology.

And now, here I am, given a task to talk about technology. The point of this assignment is to learn about academic writing, but I see more than that, for something as phenomenal as technology, it is like talking about a huge, wide universe that seems boundless to be described by words.

Luckily, I am given choices of what topic that I want to choose, so at least I’m not gonna talk about technology as a whole, and in this case, I choose video gaming.

Exploring even only one area of a huge universe still startled me though, I found some unbelievable truth about video gaming itself, that I myself as a veteran gamer haven’t realize it until now. One thing that most surprise me is that video gaming has taken people’s life. There are many cases throughout the world about game addiction, parents leaving their baby-child at home to play World of Warcraft at an internet café, and going home to find out their baby has died, or a person who plays 2 days non-stop and died on his chair right at the spot.

If only one area has caused such a huge impact worldwide, what about the others?

This is ironic, truly ironic, eventually, it all come back to the question of whether we who are using the technology or the opposite?

Exploring these through an academic writing was an interesting experience for me, I have learned many hidden truths that I didn’t know. I suppose I should say thank you to our English teachers, Miss Laura and Miss Karla. And to fellow students, I hope all of you could find your own insight of the topic that you choose. Best regards and farewell.