Being one person born before Merdeka one cant help but note the changes which had happened since then.Take quality of life for instance..a lot of changes since then.Those days there were no coffee houses where one could get western food.I remember about the first one to open in Ipoh was the ABJ coffee house near the Lido Cinema and it was popular because it was air cond and one could eat in a quiet and nice environment.
Entertainment was confined mainly to the cinema and black and white TV and only local channel and only TV 1 at that.Yet people were quite satisfied because you did not miss what was not there.
Golf was played with wooden drivers and wooden fairway woods and all irons came with steel shafts.The balls were Dunlop 65 a much smaller one than what we have today.No buggies as golf was strictly a walking game as it should be.Today technology has made the game so much more fascinating.
Traveling by car was through the trunk roads and I recall a drive from Ipoh to KL would take around 4 hours at least and the driver had to be very alert especially overtaking another vehicle.No highways ,no tolls and the freedom to stop for a cup of coffee or something to eat along the many small towns along the way.But it was fun and kinda relaxing to travel that way.
Yes,since the day I was born till today we have lived through many changes in our quality of life and beyond a doubt in terms of amenities and lifestyle we are so much better off today but the lingering question...have people become better people ?
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i remember 7 (including ahpo) of us travelling in the car.. me pretending to be sick at roadblocks. hehe
ReplyDeleteAs we progress with technology, we become less humane, less cultural, less patient, just about less of everything except a lot more competitive - healthy or otherwise. I shudder to think about the future generations.
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