changing times

my freshman year in university, the local public transportation cost 2.25PhP. today, it's 7.00PhP

return airfare to home was around 8,000PhP to 12,000PhP. today, you can get it at around 6,000PhP to 8,000PhP. flying time was one hour and a half. today, it's cut into half.

when i was a kid, there was only one airline. today, there are many with three flying to my hometown.

lrt used to have tokens for entry. today, we swipe a card.

when i was in grade school, the book said that a peso can buy six pan de sal during marcos' time. at that time, a pan de sal cost us a peso. today, one costs around 3PhP to 5PhP.

we used to play patintero under the light of the moon. now i wonder if kids still know how to play it, much less play it under the moon.

we used to be able to meet without a cellphone. one word was enough. today, we need the phones when we go out and meet the same people.

life was simple back then. times are changing and we adapt. i've grown and i've adapt. life is easier, yet it has become more complex. we wish for the good old times but are we willing to give up what we have now?

my family, when we still lived together, used to play scrabble and word factory on the floor at the living room to pass the time. now i wonder if families still do that when everyone are engaged with their phones and internet all the time.

yes, times are changing and i don't know if i want to have it any other way. yet i long for the simple life, back when i was a kid.