Updated,
advanced, ahead – it’s a shame that none of those words fit the technological
condition of the Philippines. I must say that we are technologically weak.
One of our
mentors at church who works for Fujitsu has a Japanese boss who once said: “Filipino engineers are the best engineers
in the world. But the technology in the Philippines is outdated.” Yes, we
may have the skills but they are being limited because we don’t have the tools
that could be used to enrich those.
Most of our vehicles, especially
the public buses and trucks, aren’t really brand new but are “hand-me-downs”
from other countries. We still make use of what they consider trash.
Our medical equipment? Incomplete.
Some people still have to go abroad just to be able to use the equipment they
need.
Telecommunications here may seem
to be flourishing since what we know is that a lot of people use it (provided
that we are always included in the Texting Champs list), but actually it is
still far from being good enough. You see, that’s the problem. There are so
many active users that the telecom companies cannot accommodate them all. Their
technology is too weak to do that. Plus, there are still places in the
Philippines that have bad receptions or no reception at all!
And finally, the internet
connection is really really slow, just as I stated in my last blog entry.
Turtle-net!
These are just examples of how much we are lagging behind already
but I guess the worst of all these is the fact that there are still places in
our country that do not have electricity. It was bad enough that the phone
reception and internet connection is extra weak, but how much more without it?!
We all
know how behind we are, not just in technology but also in almost everything. I
guess it’s because lack of technology slows down our country’s economic growth,
too. They go together.
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Today at the Cyber Library, we waited
for almost an hour for blogger.com
to open. Gah!
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We can't forever brag about how talented
Filipinos are and we can’t forever ride on with the success and pride of
others. Instead, we must have our own accomplishments as individuals and also
as a whole. Find ways to excel!
(on Is the Philippines Technologically Updated? Is the
entire Philippines wired?”)
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