Chapter 7 - I Love Technology

Life In Chile

Chapter 7 - I Love Technology
(April 2014)

5 Months to go

This may seem like a random blog post but whilst being over here in Chile, my eyes have definitely been opened to how amazing technology is right now!!! We are so lucky!!

The reason I wanted to write about this topic was due to 2 experiences I have had whilst being here that have really made me LOVE how amazing technology is!!

1.     I visit a family here in Chile a few days a week and hang out with the kiddies in order to teach them some English. However, one time I had turned up to their house and the children were all out until 5.30 (1 hour and a half after I arrived at the house!!) The only other person in the house was their maid/helper who doesn’t speak English at all (let's remember I don’t speak Spanish either). This was going to be ONE LONG HOUR AND A HALF!!! After trying to connect to Wi-Fi through her phone I was able to download Google translate onto my phone. After the app downloaded we were able to sit there and get to know one another as we took turns to type and translate our conversation. To some people this may seem stupid but it made me so happy as I was able to ‘speak’ to her and learn more about her life, which I never would have been able to do without this technology!

2.     To be able to contact my family makes this time apart so much easier. I LOVE Facetime & Skype. Later that day I arrived home from work and had planned to Facetime family, not realising beforehand that it would be an evening full of non-stop talking and laughing. We were able to Facetime/Skype:

-Ryan and Emma- 2 hours (Maidstone, UK)

-Jodie-1 hour (Gloucester, UK)

-Ben-2 hours (Gloucester, UK)

-Sam, Hanna and Auntie Alison- 1 hour (Baltimore, USA)

What an evening!! On Sundays we are also lucky enough to speak to our families every week and I am also lucky to be able to Facetime my sister and Steve as well as see our little princesses and prince and how fast they are growing up! TOO fast!!  I am also able to keep in contact with my best friend Laura whilst she is partying hard in Salt Lake City.

It just amazes me how easy it is to contact anyone and everyone, wherever we are in this world!! We definitely take it for granted and are just so lucky to have this type of technology!

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY