*~The Butterfly~*
The fluttering butterfly is wandering off again. This time, back to where her egg had hatched.
Yes, I am going home and I cannot wait!! It is where I had spent my caterpillar years and where I started to get ready to develop my wings. It is the place I had been for 18 years. I'm happy to be going back and excited to see my friends and hometown, but I do have mixed feelings about it.
The last time I went back was after I had lived in Japan for a year, which was nearly 3 years ago. When I got back to Sydney I was so happy to see my friends and familar surroundings, but I felt like I had never really left in the first place and the year I had been away was just a blank and Japan was a far away dream. After I returned to Japan later on, I decided to go back to Australia after graduating Uni. However, I ended up staying in Japan longer.
I wonder if this time round I would feel the same again and feel like I had never left and the years I had been here would be like a far away dream too?
Even though I am ecstatic that I am going to the summery-blue sky, laid back country I have known all my life, I also feel like I am leaving the place I now know so well and going to a place I hardly remember. I have adapted too much to where I am now and in a comfortable place.
When we move to a different country, we try so hard to learn the language, the culture, the customs, etc. Well, most people do that and still remember the language, the culture and the customs of their original country, but I feel as if I've forgotten how things work back home...... My English vocabulary has gone out the window, and I don't know whether I could get used to living in a Western society again.
Did you know that some butterflies migrate? They migrate over long distances too. They fly a distance of 4000-5000kms. I wonder if they ever miss where they were from and wanna fly back?
Yes, I am going home and I cannot wait!! It is where I had spent my caterpillar years and where I started to get ready to develop my wings. It is the place I had been for 18 years. I'm happy to be going back and excited to see my friends and hometown, but I do have mixed feelings about it.
The last time I went back was after I had lived in Japan for a year, which was nearly 3 years ago. When I got back to Sydney I was so happy to see my friends and familar surroundings, but I felt like I had never really left in the first place and the year I had been away was just a blank and Japan was a far away dream. After I returned to Japan later on, I decided to go back to Australia after graduating Uni. However, I ended up staying in Japan longer.
I wonder if this time round I would feel the same again and feel like I had never left and the years I had been here would be like a far away dream too?
Even though I am ecstatic that I am going to the summery-blue sky, laid back country I have known all my life, I also feel like I am leaving the place I now know so well and going to a place I hardly remember. I have adapted too much to where I am now and in a comfortable place.
When we move to a different country, we try so hard to learn the language, the culture, the customs, etc. Well, most people do that and still remember the language, the culture and the customs of their original country, but I feel as if I've forgotten how things work back home...... My English vocabulary has gone out the window, and I don't know whether I could get used to living in a Western society again.
Did you know that some butterflies migrate? They migrate over long distances too. They fly a distance of 4000-5000kms. I wonder if they ever miss where they were from and wanna fly back?
posted by flutteringbutterfly85 @ 12:14 AM
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