EDGAR W. SAPIGAO

         Some two decades ago, I remember my aunt crying to the recorded message of her classmate who went abroad to study. The message was full of sincerity and love for people who will be left behind. She played the cassette player many times then, and she cried every time. After several months, I remember her coming home with letters and going out to send her own. She was in pen pal with her friend who went abroad. Sometimes, I saw her crying while reading the handwritten note. Sometimes, she’s crying. Often times, she’s doing both. And I knew then, that they miss each other. Nowadays, with the advent of technology and the generation’s familiarity with it, it is difficult to miss someone. In this generation (Generation Y or the Millennials), everyone is connected with everyone else. Unlike my aunt’s generation, the millennials are not given enough opportunity to be sincerely dramatic. In her time, she had to wait several months before she can access recorded messages