Would cars fly? How would clothings look? Can I fly?

It was the endless pesterings of a little boy seeking for answers from his
mother. 2007 was to this young boy, 'The Future', as he knows it.

It was 1924, and in about 83 years from now, this world would
see no less than flying cars, floating malls, to downright the ability
to mind read. Boy, it was a future to look forward to.

All this little boy had then, was a silent television, with Felix The Cat
being his favourite, Adolf Hitler being sent to prison, and not forgetting
Paul Whiteman's Rhapsody In Blue tune that can't seem to stop playing in
his head. 'How would 2007 be? Would cars fly? How would clothings look?
Can I fly?', he asked his mom.

Little did this boy know that a glimpse of 'The Future', as it is to him,
will be a hefty disapointment with no flying cars, no floating malls, and
definately nothing great about the clothings except for its atomic price
for less materials.

Didn't we all thought that cars would had eventually taken off the ground
by year 2020? It can't be just me and my thoughts that by the year 2020,
everything would be different, or something somewhat closer to sci-fi flicks
like Blade Runner or even Star Wars. Looking at the progress here, quite obvious
we are far from there.

Don't get my wrong, we have way improved since 1924, till the present, but
immature thoughts still lingers, and ponders if ever man will one day defy
the laws of gravity and fly. And not so much of taking the AirBus or AirAsia,
but really with a mechanism on their back just transport themselves around from
one place to the other. Or what about flying cars? Maybe not flying man,
but flying cars are not half as bad. Teleportation maybe? Hmmmnnnn.

So many things of the future were shoved into our minds when we were younger,
with tv series and even documentaries trying to make forsight of things
to come. Most in which didn't come to reality. Maybe its just man's facination
of forseeing the future, or the hope they found in knowing that all will
become better tomorrow.

All in all, the future as we know it by 2020 will continue to take its resemblence
as its present. Car will most probably remain grounded, and clothings will continue
its epidermic of domination with higher prices and lesser materials, while man
continues with their never-ending endeavour to forsee the future and its technology.

Maybe by the year 3030, cars will fly, cellphones will be history, and monkeys can
start talking. But till then, I'll just continue in my daze of how the world
will be so different in 3030, like how that little boy thought car would fly by 2007.

Its back to work now. And why did I write this you asked? One simple answer; Its something
you do when you are extremely bored at work, and when you have already surfed every
possible web-site there is available. Long Live The King!


sorry. i was bored and had too much time before 6pm :)