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Saturday, September 29, 2012

visitor or resident?


More often I ask myself about this.  Am I a visitor, or a resident? Although I like to consider myself a resident, even on the Internet I am an alien, a visitor, or an immigrant. This seems to be the story of my life. I come, visit and move slowly toward residency. Even on the Internet, I am wearing my different hats. As a mom, I register kids for various classes; order contact lenses, buy sport accessories, etc. As the head of the household, I pay bills, arrange for travels, send flower, etc. As a student, I search for research papers, various articles, read summaries of books, order books, etc. In addition, though I use my various e-mail addresses to stay in touch with my classmates, friends and family, I do not have a visible status. I was not communicating in social networking, until recently. I like to learn about how things work on the computer and Internet, I find myself not having enough time to do that. I would rather spend any free time with my friends, and in face-to-face relationships. So, as all immigrants need time to be accepted in their new home as resident, I guess I can say I am in that phase now. 

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