Stone Age man was once really bored. It was late in the
evening and he didn’t know what to do, now that it was getting dark. For some
odd reason, he could not sleep. Scantily clothed and messy hair dropping to his
shoulders, he sat by a boulder. He fidgeted with his bare hands to pick up a pair
of odd-looking stones next to him and held them in each of his hands. He
started rubbing them together, just to see if they take another shape or
something. A few strokes; and heat and light flickering were almost instant. Excited,
the Stone Age man does it again and the stones flickered once more. He noticed
that the white semi-translucent stones gave out a sharp yellow light. Intrigued,
he rubs the stone harder with short grunts and making bizarre expressions, till
he sees the flashes of light again. Soon after, fire was discovered. (Contrary
to the song, we did start the fire. Billy Joel was just didn’t get the
memo)
Cut to today’s human (otherwise known as the Homo Sapien,
but I’d rather call him metrosexual).
He was once really bored. It was late in the night, but for
some odd reason he could not sleep. Leaning against a bean bag, he sat in his
boxers and looked into his white iPhone to check out his new messy
hairstyle. Fidgeting with his manicured fingers, he went to the Zippo app on
the phone. Lighting the zippo on and off every few seconds, he thinks, ah
yellow light. When that bores him he starts playing Temple Run, making
short grunts every time he has a close call, making bizarre expressions. The
game ends when the guy in the game falls on his face and a sponsored ad
flashes; which asks the Metrosexual to ‘DOWNLOAD SLEEP NOW’. That should be
nice, he thinks and before you know it, thanks to the 3G speeds, he has
already got it. Excited, the metrosexual opens the app and has to wait a few
seconds before it starts running. This makes him very impatient and is already fidgeting
with his hair again.
Soon the app blinks to life but asks the Metrosexual to
download additional data. Worth it for sleep, the metrosexual says without
batting an eyelid. ‘DOWNLOADING R.E.M.’ keeps flashing on his screen and the green
progress line zaps ahead. About time, the Metrosexual huffs. ‘THE VISUAL
CAPACITY OF YOUR PHONE IS HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT RESOLUTION. UPDATE NOW?’ Oh
well, if I am going to spend time on it, it may as well be in hi-def! Update. ‘DOWNLOADING
D.R.E.A.M.’ The iPhone blinks for
not more than 2 seconds when a final message appears ‘SLEEP TIGHT’ followed by
the most picturesque lush green field.
Right in the middle of the field is a long wooden fence.
Soon a sheep appears on screen and before you know it, jumps the fence. Another
one, and then another. The metrosexual is mesmerized by the visuals- the moving
skies, the grass blades slightly tilting left to right, the odd bunch of
flowers, the ‘baaaaa…’ of the sheep if you touch them…There was even a settings
icon if you wanted to slow the process of the sheep jumping over the fence. If
you were too tired, then activate the counter that counts the number of sheep
jumping over the fence. Soothing music can play – preloaded or from your music
library. The weather can change, as well as the time of the day.
The metrosexual didn’t sleep at all that
night. Neither did the Stone Age man.
