Exposure to Traditional and New Media

  • Television

    Television
    It is is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome, or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound.
    As I was approaching 4 years old the first media-related that I had been introduced was the television, watching my favorite cartoons and the like.
  • Game Boy Advance

    Game Boy Advance
    It is is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color.
    During the times where, for me, the presence of computer is not present the GBA took over my entertainment world and spends countless nights and days playing it
  • Computer

    Computer
    It is a device that can be instructed to carry out arbitrary sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically.
    When I was graduating preschool my aunt gave me a complete set of computer equipment for studying and also for gaming.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    It is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.
    The first time I used a telephone was not in my own house but at a mall it's because when I was little I saw a telephone there and because I remembered the telephone number of our house I dialed it and went to speak with my father who answered the phone, of course I was punished for my wrongdoings.
  • Abacus

    Abacus
    Also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool that was in use in Europe, China and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu–Arabic numeral system. The exact origin of the abacus is still unknown.
    When our teacher asked us to bring an abacus to school so that we can practice how it works and its history during my grade school days was the first time ever in my life to hold such thing.
  • OHP

    OHP
    It is a variant of slide projector that is used to display images to an audience.
    When I was in Grade school this are the projectors of the day where we use acetate to conduct a report or to display the lesson so that the teacher won't write in the board.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    It is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California.
    It was in Grade 4 when my friends introduced my first ever social media networking site that I still use today.
  • Iphone 3GS

    Iphone 3GS
    It is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the third generation iPhone, successor to the iPhone 3G. It was introduced on June 8, 2009, at the WWDC 2009 which took place at the Moscone Center, San Francisco.
    This is very special to me because this is when I received my first phone that I've always dreamed of.
  • Laptop

    Laptop
    Often called a notebook or "notebook computer", is a small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor, an alphanumeric keyboard on the lower part of the "clamshell" and a thin LCD or LED computer screen on the upper part, which is opened up to use the computer.
    The first ever laptop that I had was made by Compaq. For me it is a really reliable and also a portable thing to have
  • Iphone 5

    Iphone 5
    It is a smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the sixth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 4S and preceding the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.
    This was my 2nd phone to have. It has great specs and has a fast processor during this time, unfortunately we know that all technology will be buried by new technology.
  • TABLET

    TABLET
    It is a portable PC, typically with a mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat package.
    During this time I wanted to have a tablet because it is portable and easy to use also it is great for playing games due to the screen being bigger.
  • ebay

    ebay
    It is a multinational e-commerce corporation, facilitating online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales.
    For a collector of fountain pens like me it's much cheaper to buy at an auction house, then a friend suggested to find a fountain pen at Ebay and now almost all of the things I wanted to buy comes from it.