Growing up in a developing country, while reading a lot, you could see for yourself how fast things changed and make sense of it.
As my parents met on a train, instead of your typical arranged marriages, they've already done their part for globalization. But I always count on how I communicate with my grandparents living in the Northwest.
In elementary, once a week, my mom would carry me to the night shifts to help scare the hospital ghosts. There, I would write a letter to the family from my mom's side. Every few years, my parents would carry either me or my sister to visit them. But only one of us could go, because the motorbike could only carry 3. It took more than a day on the road.
The road got a lot better and we could afford a car when I was in junior high. We visited them more often and it took a lot less time to get there.
As my grandpa got sick a lot before he passed away last year, my parents constantly went back and forth. They are visiting my grandma today and it took less than 6 hours.
But I remember back then, there were a lot of fireflies behind the house next to the hill. And we would stay there much longer each time.