A friend of mine moved to New York a few weeks ago and I'm suddenly realizing how much the world has changed in terms of being in touch with family and friends. When I went to college all those years ago, my only contact with my family was a weekly long distance "collect" phone call. Talking to them once a week was quite an event. As for friends, an ocasional letter would be it. Sometimes one had things to talk about, concerns to discuss, but you could not share them. One had to talk them over with newly met people at college, not with people who had known you for years and years. One got homesick, there was nothing to do. Just face it and that was that.
Now, long distance phone calls are so common. With cellphones, they are part of the monthly plan. One can call and just say hi. One can text message and do the same. One can go to messenger and have long conversations or simply wish the other person a good day. There are e-mails where one can send photos or just share a stupid joke with people half a world away.Then there are the blogs, when one can vent everything and people, known and unknown can comment on it. It's really mind boggling, when you think about it.
So in the last two days, I have talked to my friend a couple of times. I will probably see her in messenger this weekend and I may send her a couple of photos.I may visit her blog to see what's new, she will visit mine.
And all the distance between us, will magically disappear.
Think about that.
5 comments:
Es muy cierto. La tecnología ha acortado las distancias. He notado esta diferencia sobre todo con mi familia que vive en EU. Nunca en nuestra vida hemos sido tan unidos como ahora, cuando podemos compartir tanto y tan a menudo gracias al internet.
communication has become synonimous with all things technological, and i have mixed feelings about it. yes, messenger is great. yes, text messages are great. but so is the lost art of writing letters. actual, physical letters.
i think there is something so romantic about letters. Knowing someone took the time to write it, seal it, stamp it and send it. I remember waiting anxiously for the letters my best friend sent me when she went away to camp.
I still have them.....there's no delete button on real letters....
el internet y el messenger han ayudado a muchas parejas que tienen long distance relationships. antes las novias y novios enviaban cartas bellaconas y fotos polaroids en poses sugestivas. ahora están las "cyber yukas" mediante el web cam, en donde ambos, aunque sea a miles de millas de distancia, pueden encender la llama de la pasión y con la velocidad adecuada de kbps, volver a ser uno.
que romántico me quedó eso verdad? hahahahahahhaahhahahah
i agree with ceci.
amo la "cercania" del internet...pero cuando uno escribe con lapiz y papel sabes que esa persona "meant it" y mas si llega a enviarlo por correo. muchas cartas se han quedado en cajones sin ser enviadas, esas no tenian la fuerza suficiente. enviar un email es tan facil, tan casual y cotidiano (no menos importante claro, no lo menosprecio). escribir, tomarse el tiempo y la dedicacion (ademas de procesar lo escrito) tiene un merito irreductible.
I'm actually quite grateful of technology. I mean, how else would I be able to keep in conact with friends, right? Though it's also true that sitting and writing a letter or calling a person means a lot more in a way.
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