Technology

You know that technology is ruining the world when your parents are watching korean news on their iphone while eating dinner. I think our world has become so dependent on technology that it is separating us from our loved ones. I guess it brings us closer in a way. We can talk on the phone or webcam with someone that is half way across the world.

I noticed that our family hasn't really been being a "family" for quite a while. Sure we live under the same roof but it feels like we haven't been connecting as much. During the summer my parents would be out of the house by the time I wake up. I would watch tv or go on the computer the whole day and then they would come home by 4 or 5. They would watch the television and when it's time for dinner, we would eat. Usually it would be small conversations ending with my brother or my parents being pissed off. Then we would all go to our own rooms - my brother to his room to go on his laptop, my parents in the family room watching tv until they fall asleep and me going to the basement to go on the computer until 2 or 3 in the morning.

Even during national holidays we would all wake up around noon and eat ramen. Guess what we did after? We would all watch TV. Even in the car my brother and I would listen to our portable music players while my parents are talking. I guess as me and my brother started growing up we have become more dependent on technology than our parents. From constantly yelling for our parents when we were younger to telling to get out of our room is a way of life I guess.

I kind of am jealous of other families (especially white families) who buy those cottages during summer or go on skiing trips during the winter. My parents can't even put up a tent and skiing is a nightmare for them. I always told them that when I grow up I will take my children outdoors and they would say "Oh you try doing that at our age." Yup, I'll try that...watch me jump off an airplane at the age of 65 (Y).