Category Archives: Modern Day Interactions
The Air, My Friend
The column by Jimi Liao, translated, by me… “He’s late!” “Have you ever met?” “No, we’d met online, this is the first time we’re seeing each other face-to-face!” “I’d made myself here, at a very visible spot, he can catch … Continue reading
My Genie
Having someone who’s really handy, as an officemate, can you imagine the perks??? Translated… There’s a saying, that we don’t usually get what we wished for, but I’d found, that with a kind heart, there would be, more blessings that … Continue reading
Post Out the Love
Finding alternative ways that worked, to show each other how much we care for, and love one another, just don’t take it too far…translated… Saying “I love you” had never been the way we’d expressed our love toward one another … Continue reading
Social Awkwardness, Face-to-Face
Call this, ONE MORE adverse side-effect of using social networking if you will… Social awkwardness, face-to-face, it’s, quite odd, actually, because, we’d become, the BEST of friends who can tell each other any and everything that’s troubling our separate minds … Continue reading
The Online Interactions that Became Uncomfortable Face-to-Face
Once they’d met face-to-face, things started getting awkward, and so, they’d retreated back into their separate corners in front of the screens, and interacted the way they used to, translated… To me, the benefits of conversing online is that I … Continue reading
What I Said, Wasn’t What I Really Meant
this is much easier, just press that key, and you get the message across, but, it’s not as real as The importance of establishing face-to-face contact, translated… I’d gotten so used to using replies such as, “Yup”, “Okay”, “Fine” on … Continue reading
Greetings
Translated… That day, I’d bumped into a middle-aged woman from upstairs, she looked very kind. After a simple hello, I thought, she will ask me about what year I’m in. Naturally, as the elevator doors closed, she’d smiled and asked, … Continue reading
The Birthday of an Unknown Stranger…
The birthday of an unknown stranger is today, as you’d turned on your computer, that birthday notice from your contacts popped up, like that jack-in-the-box with the springs??? The birthday of an unknown stranger, what’s it got to do with … Continue reading
The Footprints of the Facebook Thief
Translated… For the First Time in Human History, We Can Stay, Forever Young Inside This Electronic Space, Even, We Can, Live Even Better Compared to When We Were, Younger—at Least, We Can, Online………… “Hi, how are you?”, out of the … Continue reading