Kitchen timer

My mother and I converse about anything and everything while preparing a meal. It is the ordinary moments like these that I cherish the most in my memories of my mother, who lives in what I like to call a distant 'island in an island'. 

This recording was made in the summer of 2023, during my visit to Aotearoa, my second homeland, after ten years of living abroad. Our native language mixes with English words, enveloped by the melodious and excited kitchen appliances. 

Recorded by Hee-Jin Kim.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration