168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 Comments on: Living Together Across Borders

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: palak

palak — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:32:17 +0000

I can really relate to the challenges of long-distance connections! With my sister in California and my parents in Delhi, the time differences can be tough, especially now that I’m in Australia. We try to make it work through regular video calls, celebrating festivals together, and sharing photos to keep our family bond strong.

Still, I deeply miss everyone. When I arrived three months ago, it was hard to connect with others here, as everyone was busy with work. I’ve cried a lot and sometimes even regretted my decision. However, my parents and sister have been my support, consoling and motivating me through our calls. It’s amazing how technology helps us feel close, even when we’re far apart.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Filza

Filza — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 06:44:54 +0000

In reply to Ingrid Piller. Agreed :(

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Ruby

Ruby — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:50:23 +0000

As someone who lived away from family for 12 years, I relied heavily on phone calls when I first came to Australia. When video calls became available, it made life much easier. I realise now the frequent phone calls and voice messages were not just about sharing updates, but also about maintaining emotional support. As an only child, my parents worried about me a lot when I was overseas, so a simple voice message every day could bring them relief. The same worked the other way around. These conversations served as a way of showing support and love as Dr. Arnold describes. In a way, language is used as a tool for nurturing relationships, and through these conversations, we create a shared sense of presence.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Saga Nygård

Saga Nygård — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:00:18 +0000

For me, my situation of a transnational relationship is with my best friend. We are separated by almost seven and a half thousand miles; seventeen hours of time difference and thirteen plus hour flights. I have only ever seen her twice as traveling is too hard for both of us. I miss her everyday, the ache and emotional turmoil it takes to not be with her, to FaceTime her as Arnold describes, is horrible as it only reminds me how far she is. There is no quick drive to her house, and I can’t spend the weekend with her without cancelling all my plans and travelling for over a day just to say hello. We text daily, send each other memes and read books together online. When it hurts too much we call via FaceTime audio or video call, and just talk for hours. I think if someone was to analyse the data of our phone calls like Arnold did, there would be many pages on the variations of ‘I miss you’ between us; as the feeling stretches long and never-ending. She’s my family, the closest person in my life by far, and I would do literally everything to be with her without an ocean between us.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:09:27 +0000

In reply to Tiramisucake. Thanks for shifting the focus to those left behind. They are too often forgotten in migration studies.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:59:23 +0000

In reply to Daniela. Sorry to read about your loss!

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:54:48 +0000

In reply to Mah Grace. So sorry to hear about your loss!

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: N.S.

N.S. — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:55:32 +0000

Communicative care is a reality in long distance relationships and transnational communication between families. Personally, between work and life, I at times don’t call my parents as often as I should. Living in two different time zones has inevitably affected the timings and frequency at which we communicate. However it’s wonderful how tech has been able to make any distance small. I remember how a friend of mine celebrated her baby’s first birthday over a video call during covid. It was truly wonderful to see the gathering they were able to create through the call. Everyone came well dressed like going to a party in-person, especially the hosts.

Distance can easily become a hindrance if you let it. Therefore, when living away, it’s all the more important to maintain relationships through regular contact and never let physical distance create mental or emotional distance.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Thi Minh Thu Nguyen (June)

Thi Minh Thu Nguyen (June) — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:56:51 +0000

Connecting with family and friends is a topic that is closely related to any international student living abroad. From my experience, though the distance obviously makes it harder to keep in touch, staying 10k km away from each other makes me and all of my family members feel more connected. When seeing each other daily or having dinner with the whole four people is no longer possible, we make use of technological tools like Zalo or Imess to make video calls during dinner time, imagining we are home together, given we are in a 3-4 hour gap. It’s as if the physical separation has made us more attentive to our relationships and has highlighted the value of every moment we get to spend together. One of the most noticeable changes has been in my relationship with my father. He has always been a man of few words, preferring to express his love through actions rather than verbal declarations. However, since I moved abroad, he has made a conscious effort to call me every day just to ensure that I am taking care of myself and to hear about my day.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Tiramisucake

Tiramisucake — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:48:43 +0000

Somebody said this to me: parents tend to miss their kids more because they stay in the house where everything reminds them of their kids. When I decided to go to Australia for study, my dad reassured my mum that with modern technology, we could still see each other every day, unlike in the past when distance meant losing touch. For me, I stay connected with my family through regular calls, texts, and sharing photos. Even the smallest updates—like making a new dish—become part of how we maintain our bond. It’s incredibly convenient to click a button and feel close, and seeing them through video calls helps me feel reassured, knowing they’re healthy and safe. But at the same time, there’s something irreplaceable about being physically present with loved ones that technology simply can’t match. This distance has deepened my appreciation for the importance of family and the everyday moments we often take for granted.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Upu

Upu — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:30:45 +0000

Staying connected with family across borders is something I relate to deeply, as a migrant living far from home. For me, communication has become a lifeline. We use video calls, WhatsApp, and other social media to bridge the distance and sharing daily updates and moments in my mother tongue Assamese. However, coordinating around the time difference and busy schedule is challenging at times, which often leads to missed calls and delayed conversations. When we do connect, it brings comfort and reassurance, but also a bittersweet longing, especially during cultural festivals that I miss celebrating with them. While modern technology makes it possible to stay in touch, it can never fully replace the warmth and closeness of being together in person with them. Still, these connections are invaluable, helping us maintain our emotional bonds and navigate the challenges of separation, creating a sense of togetherness that spans borders, even if it’s only through a screen.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:59:54 +0000

Unlike 50 years ago, going abroad was a big thing among a family, and it was difficult for family members to keep in touch across borders.
Nowadays, the advance in technology helps us connect with our family and friends without any geographical restrictions. For example, as a Chinese living in Australia, I use WeChat to chat with my parents and friends who are in China. WeChat is an integrated social media platform where we can make calls, text messages and share our daily lives, favorite videos, articles etc. We also can know each other’s status from the circle of friends on WeChat which makes us feel living closely. Therefore, thanks for the development of technology which make it easy for us to connect with each other.
Further, while AI could do translation for 2nd generation migrants who are born overseas and cannot speak their parents’ languages other than English, I think it is still important for them to become bilingual ones which can help them to build a sense of identity, particular for those young people.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Olivia Nguyen

Olivia Nguyen — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:49:42 +0000

Having good connections with my family and friends around, I find it quite upsetting because I cannot interact with them face-to-face since I moved to Australia. However, thanks to the development of technology, the communication between those international students like me and their families seems easier and more convenient than in the past. I always maintain my relationships with family and friends via social media where we can make video calls and chit-chat about everything. Nevertheless, there is still a time constraint since it is a 4-hour difference between Australia and Vietnam, which causes some difficulties when we feel lonely and need mental support from our beloved ones.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Daniela

Daniela — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:44:10 +0000

I would like to start by saying that I had never thought of “Convivencia” as something that you could do online or by distance. This entry made me reflect on how I keep on nurturing my relationship with my parents and sister, who are in Colombia. It has been almost 2 years since I last saw them and hugged them, but I have had the opportunity to listen to their voice growing more mature and changing through time. I can’t even imagine how hard it would be for me not to have a way to communicate whenever I feel lonely. Although maintaining long-distance communication has its benefits, it can never fully replace the closeness and warmth of physical presence. Recently, I experienced the loss of my grandfather, and while I was able to bid him farewell over the phone, it does not feel enough.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: Mah Grace

Mah Grace — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:38:16 +0000

Although I have been away from my family in past years due to work travels to Australia, this year has been the longest due to study commitments. This year has also been a tough year for us as a family as two of us, my youngest son and I are in two different countries from the rest of our family members. But even my family members back home are also in different places due to work. My second son lives in Fiji’s capital city, my husband and eldest son in another city where we have our home and my daughter in another town. We communicate with each other on a daily basis either on the family page, which was created by one of my sons, or individually with each other on a social media platform such as messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, or Instagram. For me, these communications are always preferably video calls instead of audio or chats. I always prefer to see the faces of my family members while talking with them. Talking with my family members is something I look forward to daily in the evening. However, the differences in time zone have always caused us problems when at times I would call later in the evening and none of my family members in Fiji would respond as they would be asleep. But we cannot change that to morning calls as that would be midnight for my youngest son in England. Communications is always in the Fijian language although when without my husband, my children and I prefer to communicate in English. Last Saturday was an emotionally painful experience for my son in England and me as we watched the live feeds of my elder sister’s funeral from afar.

168极速赛车开奖，168极速赛车一分钟直播 By: coconut

coconut — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:18:47 +0000

I truly appreciate whoever invented and developed the technology to use these days, they deserve a Nobel and great recognition. I remember the past 10-20 years when phones were only for calls and now it has upgraded to have a video call and chat app. In this way, we could stay connected and maintain the relationship but the feeling of ‘convivencia’ might never be fulfilled. After relocating to Sydney, I frequently have video calls with my family and friends. However, I still prefer to meet them in person and wish to fly back to visit them soon. Additionally, my nephew was just born a month after I moved here so I haven’t yet had a chance to meet him, and now I’m afraid if we meet in the next 2 years he won’t remember me. That would be heartbreaking for me.