The Destination Microchip

Prologue

April 4, 2011

                The world is going to be mine!

               These are the exact words I was and will be uttering for the most-awaited product launch of my first yet most innovative technological invention for the Lasaten Techno World Fair, the biggest and the longest one man business empire that supports young scientists of today. Lasaten Techno World is owned and managed by Ronald Candy Lasaten, a renowned computer engineer and at the same time big boss of the Lasaten Shipping Lines International. At 30, he remains the most influential person in Asia and ranks 10^th in Forbe’s Richest Magazine. He will be granting an all-expense paid 2-month trip around the world to the grand winner of the fair. The question is, do I need such?

                The prize is ridiculous! Why would I use it when in all fairness, I’ve finally discovered a hassle-free (fyi, hassles include slimy sweat, grime, dust, time and effort in going to passport-processing agencies), teleport- like (in just a blink of an eye) and safety-assured TRAVEL MACHINE?! My mistake, it’s not actually a machine. It’s more of a machine encased in a supersensitive and ultrathin microchip that has a memory of 48,000 GB and speed of 299,000 kms/ second (almost the speed of light), imagine!).

                Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present the future of tourism – THE DESTINATION MICROCHIP.

The destination microchip has the faculty to transfer a person from one place to another. It has the size of your index fingernail. Remember, a MICROCHIP CHOOSES ITS USER. How?

You have to undergo online intelligence test and personality-compatibility test to suit the microchip. For the final judgment, the microchip will be hardwired in a human robot to challenge your endurance, emotional, language and traveling skills. Obviously, these are prerequisites of a good world traveler. If you happen to succeed, the robot bows before you, gives the microchip and says, “You deserve it master.” You can now proceed to my lab for the microchip installation.

More importantly, A MICROCHIP WILL ONLY SERVE ONE MASTER IN ITS LIFETIME. So robbers, thieves and gangs please step aside. If the non-owner still insists to use it, it will send electrical impulses that damage the brain and heart within 24 seconds. Take note, 24 seconds only!

Here’s the good news. THE MICROCHIP INSTALLATION ONLY REQUIRES MICRO-OPERATION. It will be embedded beneath your index fingernail. It won’t hurt, I promise! Upon installation, you’ll record the mother password. This will be saved to the long term memory of the microchip. A visual icon of a red button appears afterwards at the center of your nail and you just simply press it to enable the whole mechanism.

Since the destination microchip is intended for traveling, I have included a camera and pop-up computer screen (yup, it’s like what you see in Hollywood action or sci-fi films!) in it. You can check you facebook account as long as you’re in a wi-fi zone pal! But before traveling, you have to answer these four main questions:

         Target destination: ____   Person/s to meet: ____

         Target date: _________ Password: __________    

                The password is the most crucial part because only authorized personnel can give it. The password depends on the target destination and person/s to meet.

                “The 2011  Grand Winner of the Lasaten Techno World Fair goes to…” (drumbeats)

(This was our major requirement in the subject World Literature during college. There might be grammatical flaws as expected from a student. This was the first book I have ever written, and probably not the last. )