My eldest, Wira, has been fascinated by the technology from the 80s and the 90s since years ago. I’m not sure how it was started, but I remember it was one fine afternoon during the global lockdown when he asked, “can we trade our TV?”

I looked at our flat-screen LCD TV, perched proudly on the living room, serving only football matches and cycling race. I’m more of a handheld gadget girl as I prefer my streaming services there.

“With…?”

“You know that big TV, from the olden days?”

My son called my childhood as “olden days”. Okay, we need to accept the reality, right? I mean, it’s much more preferable compared to when he was younger than this and asked me, “did you live alongside the dinosaurs, mum?”

“What… TV?”

“You know, that type of classic TV.“

“Are you referring to CRT TV? Cathode Ray Tube TV? THAT type of TV?”

“Yep. Can we? 😀”

“Boi, there are reasons why we have flat TV today.”

(Also, to answer the question: No.)

A couple of months ago, he got himself a CD player. He saved up his pocket money, and he got a CD player, shipped from China. It was quite surprising to see the price, though. I thought the price would be cheaper because the technology can be considered outdated, but I guess it’s about scarcity, hence the price.

I did ask him what’s wrong with streaming services and his phone, and he said that, “the vibe is different. There is something cool about listening to an album and you know exactly what you will listen to next. Especially when the artist specifically composed the song to “connect” with the next song. Also, we have been robbed of album art.”

That, I must agree. I miss seeing album art, artist’s comments, and printed lyrics.

Today, Wira showed me his new Discman. Well, Discman is the brand name for Sony Discman, hahah. His is Panasonic, so, mobile CD player, I guess?