Miscommunication, misunderstanding.

With the advancement in technology, we are able to communicate with anyone across the globe in real time with minimum delay. Most modes of communication relay words or voices. The obvious differences between words and voices are; voices have tone and expressions while words do not relay such important information.

I was chatting with my good old friend a few minutes ago on MSN, when she got frustrated with me and went offline. I blame it on the mode of communication that we chose to use because it was words and not voices that relay our thoughts and messages. I chose to believe that the miscommunication was arose due to misinterpretation of the tone and expressions that I had tried to get across to her and the ones she interpreted.

In another prospective, it might be due to the harsh comments that I have typed that angered her. Both of us are going through part of our similar sh*t lives due to the decisions that we each made independently *that is to further our studies in a far away land, far far away from home, families and friends*. I was trying to make a point that we have to live with the decisions we had made and bear all the consequences that come along. But I guess I over do it.

I seriously wonder will our friendship be distanced, scarred or ruined by the conversation we just had ??? But one thing for sure, I do treasure our friendship. In fact, I treasure all the friendships that I have made so far because I do not acknowledge a person as my friend easily. However, once you are my friend, I hope I will never lose you. Friends forever.