Nov 27th, 2005.
Today is my worst shopping experience. I went to the Pacific Century shopping mall and it took me only two hours to figure out what I wanted to buy – well, with the complicated promotion (buy 200 get 150) here, this was actually quite efficient. Then I finally got into the cashier, neither my credit card or China merchant debit card wouldn’t work, I was getting quite frustrated. Seeking the last resort, I went down to the ATM machine on the first floor hoping to get some cash so I could finally buy those clothes and go home for dinner. It turned out, though, the ATM don’t take my debit card either due to an apparent network problem with China Merchant bank. So I ended up going home without buying anything.
On the way home, out of disappointment, I came to realize how much we rely on technology these days, it becomes part of our routine and we take it for granted. And we have been enjoying all the benefits that technology has brought us – automated process, less manual work, stay connected all the time and Internet has created a virtual new world for us…But everything has its limitations, and sometimes old fashioned way is still the only way that works. And admit it or not, we human beings who created machines are far more resilient than the machines made of steel, powered by high speed chips. The truth is, machine breaks down and might never come back again but the potential of a human being is yet to be defined.
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