My day

                                                             

9:30 AM:  The alarm woke me up. After opening my eyes, the first thing I did was to check my Renren (Chinese facebook) and Microblog ( Chinese twitter) account on the iPhone. I lay in bed and responded to the messages my Chinese friends left comfortably. There were a lot of messages waiting for me due to the time difference. Having browsed the news and jokes on the Microblog, I got up.

10:30 AM: I said good night to my mum via Weixin, a communication tool similar to the Talkbox. My friends found me online, and came to chat with me on QQ, an instant messaging software.


http://weixin.softonic.cn/phones

 12:30 PM: In the afternoon, most of my friends in China fell into sleep. So I mainly contact the classmates in U.S.A. I initiated an event for the weekends, and @ all my NYU classmates on Microblog or Facebook. We discussed the plan on these platforms.

6:30 PM：I began my evening class. And in China, a new day began.

8:30 PM:   I finished my class, and most of my friends started to work in China. They opened their computers, also with their RenRen or Microblog. These Chinese social media became lively again. My friends commented on the newly posted photos on my RenRen or Microblog. Also, my closest friends and mum sent me the voice messages via Weixin. I almost used four kinds of social media at the same time, so the night was my busiest period.

12:30AM: I checked all of my social media Apps again, then went to bed, waiting for the tomorrow.
This was my one day. And this is almost my everyday life. You can see that how much time I have spent on the social media, and how heavily I depend on the social media to stay in contact with my family and my friends. In fact, it's social media that make the separation more acceptable. My mum relaxed a lot when she knew that we could keep in touch at any time, at any where via Weixin. The difference of time and space doesn't matter now.
I believe this is not only my life, but also the life of most young people.