TechnoPhobia

"Ayaw ko ng cell phone, ayaw ko ng computer"... that is what my dearest tita always said everytime we tell her that its time for her to know how to use the cell phone and computer. My tita frequently travels from LA to Manila....she is very much a senior citizen. :).. Although she has stayed several years inthe US, she has maintained her simple life style.

When she buys an airline ticket, she does not want an e-ticket. When she calls my other tita it is always by landline....but during her last visit we tried to convince her again to buy a cell phone just in case she gets lost in the mall or in the LRT and its cheaper calling our realtives in the province.. but she was firm on her decision not to be bothered with the latest technology. She went back to LA ...

But after a month she came back to Manila and an unfortunate incident happened on her way to Manila. The flight was cancelled. My other tita in the US called us that the flight was cancelled and they cannot locate where she is and on what flight the passengers were accomodated...We were all worried about her.

I met her at the airport alone for the late arrival of a special flight. Then she asked bakit ako lang at wala yung iba.... I told her, It's because we are not sure what flight she will be in... She realized that if only she knew how to use a cell phone and have cell phone, she could have called us to inform us the status of her travel...thank God she was safe.

The first thing she did the next day was to go to Mall of Asia, and we bought the cheapest Nokia phone for her to work on... and she was so happy that she now knew how to make a call and realized that it was that easy....and she was happy.

The next challenge for us will be to teach here how to TEXT...hehehehe masakit daw sa ulo dami pinipindot....but we ask our 6-year old nephew to teach her how to text becasue they have the same cp model...

That is how my Tita conquered her phobia.