The very first time I met NCT, i was giddy. My seventh grade teacher introduced us and I haven't looked back. It was a sunny afternoon, but we stayed in. I'd just learnt how to say everything I wanted to with my eyes closed - touch typing. But that was just the beginning. We soon discovered the amazing world of the internet. Meeting new people who lived on the other side of the world, I never wanted to stop. Together we could talk to Jim from Canada and Lui from China, I discovered so many new ways to live and think.
We broke it off for a while around 1998, my parent's wouldn't connect to the net and I lost my student card to use their facilities. There was the occasional fling, checking out celebrity websites at a friends house, or the occasional research project, but nothing too serious. By the time I reached grade eleven, the need to use NCT became greater. MSN chat had joined my group of friends, and I didn't want to miss out. It was like a whole other side to everyone I knew. The beauty of not having to say things to a person's face became addictive it seemed. It was freeing and constrictive at the same time.
I was a late developer, so it was couple more years before i was able to find a way to spend every waking second with NCT...I got a mobile phone. My lifeline ever after. It allowed me to speak to my mum everyday while overseas. Not to mention the text message - enduring frantic break-ups without ever actually saying a word, keeping in touch with people you liked, but never really felt like calling. What a life.
It hasn't all been easy, we've had our up's and down's. The Y2K bug threw us for a while, but we managed to pull through. NCT hasn't always been the most reliable companion, but with a little bit of back up and patience, we've made it work. We've met some great people and kept in touch with life long friends, I'm sure this will be a story to stand the test of time. I hope one day I will be able to retell it to my grandchildren via a mini web cam in their i-pod5000.
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2 comments:
thanks, i loved reading this!
very cleverly written..
keryn
..wait wait *still wiping tears of laughter/sorrow/heart break away*.
hehe. this was very funny - and i loved the relationship portrayaL!
My relatinship to technologies is more like an addiciton than love, I must say. I need my fix of myspace and sadly DO feel better on days when i get comments, pic comments, messages and friend requests - to what have we been reduced!
anyway, i really liked it and HAPPY BLOGGIN >_<
xx
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