Distance

Distance

Over forty years ago ,my aunt and cousins moved to abroad, my classmates went abroad to study and lived in America.Since then I lost them ,because calling telephone or sending telegram were expensive and depending on airmails to connect was getting more or less. Even till my good friends passed away,my feelings were that they were going to a distant country farther than America .

Today, going abroad to study, to travel or to visit is not a heavy burden to most of middle class families of Taiwan.Recently e-Mail and Facebook shorten the distance between countries. We can see pictures and talk with them close to nearby.

Geography distance and mental distance are the feelings in time, degree, space and distance. We can shorten through the ways of technology and enjoy the change.

距離
四十多年前，我的阿姨和表弟妹移民美國，我的同學出國留學並定居美國。從此我就失去了他們，因為打電話或電報都很昂貴，僅靠航空信藕斷絲連。直到我的朋友過逝，我的感覺是她們去了遠方，去比美國更遠的地方。
今天，出國留學，旅行或拜訪，對台灣多數中產階級的家庭都不是沈重的負擔。最近電子通信和臉書縮短了國與國的距離。我們能夠看見相片也能對話，好像近在眼前。
地理的距離和心理的距離是一種感覺，是對時間，程度，空間和距離的感受。我們能夠透過科技的方法去縮短並享受這樣的改變。