"You are from the stone-age!". "But we are much alike when it boils down to the same issues!". Arguments such as these are common between me and my parents. The generation gap between me and my parents always bring up the so-called "defferences". Question is how different can me and my parents be? I can't deny that there are similarities and differences in our viewpoints. In this case, I will just focus on these so-called "differences" areas which are our interest in music, usage of technology and also how we would spend our free time with friends.
Music has been there since ages, and it seems to be everyones' interest. Both me and my parents use music as a source of entertainment. Whenever we go for workout or long driving distance, music will be played. It plays a part in our daily routines. However, the type of music we listen to differs. I enjoy R&B, hiphop and rock music; especially those with fast rythms. In comtrast, my parents prefers music which are slow in beat accompany with meaningful lyrics in it.
Secondly, is a fact that technology are widely used throughout the world. My parents and I uses technology for communication purposes. For instance, we would listen to news via radio or even chat with friends using mobile phones. However, technology is gradually evolving into a more advance version, and being much of an IT fan, i couldn't live without internet. To me, internet is a multipurpose package. I use it to communicate with friends (msn) and engage in contact with the outside world by reading news online. On the other hand, my parents are not well-equiped with the knowledge of functioning advance technologies, so they prefer calling up their friends with phones and read news on paper.
Lastly, no matter how different between me and my parents are, socializtion do take place in our lives. We meet up with friends to pass time and have fun. But it only matters on how we spend time with our friends outside. Being an active individual myself, I would probably hang out with them in a "mamak" stall or even in a club. Places which are pretty much noisy and crowded. As for my parents, they prefer hanging out with their friends in a park playing Tai-Chi or have a sip of coffee in a quite cafe.
In conclusion, both of us do share some things in common, but our interest in some issues might differs because of our age.
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