Technology

Hi Darla. I’m enjoying my long holiday. Of course I choose to spend my time mostly at home. Although the reality, I often go out with my friends too. I really enjoy every time I spend. Going to cinema on weekday feels so privileged to me. Shopping on traditional market with mommy on weekday morning gives me a great refreshing. In the evening, I binge-watch my favorite Korean drama. So after several days, I realize something. 

I watched my drama on my phone, on my bed. My sister watched her favorite anime on the laptop. My mother watched her favorite show on the TV. We still talked to each other. However, it hit me hard when I stopped for a while and saw that situation. Thanks to technology, we do not need to fight over a TV to watch our favorite show, but I missed the old days. We used to watch everything just from a TV. We could fight over a TV just to take turn to watch our favorite show. When mom’s show was on ads, we would run to our favorite channel. Sometimes I even missed some parts. The good thing is, we always talked the same thing. I did not like Mom’s show but I know what the show was about. Mom did not like my movie either, but she also watched and gave her comment. It was so nice.

There were days I encouraged Mom to watch Korean drama together on laptop. She likes to watch drama too. She does not like to watch on laptop. She refused as the laptop’s view was too small for her. She did not like sitting for one hour too. Watching on TV allowed us to move around and still work during ads. My sister and I used to watch K-Drama together on phone. We waited for each other to have spare time and watched. As we got busier with our work, we decided to watch on our own.

Of course I am grateful that we have technology which helped our daily life in a great way. On the other hand, if we are not aware, we might be distant for our surrounding due to the technology. My house is just a small house. We still talked together about everything. It is impossible not to bump to each other. I told Mom about the drama I watched. She also always tells me about the show she likes. Mom is not really tech-friendly. I don’t want her to be alone or to feel left out. I never put on full volume during watching so that I still can hear when Mom needs me. I try my best to have quality time with my family. 

I sincerely hope that no family would not be distant due to the technology.