Nostalgia
I am in a foreign land and have been here for 18 days. Experiences of unfamiliar sights, places, and people bathe me daily and its both exciting and adventurous yet all these cannot fill the sense of familiarity I am missing. Here are some of the things I am missing for sure: I miss the smell of food, whether in restaurants or on the sidewalk, I still think homegrown food is the best. I miss the chit-chats I hear on the street, on the public transport, at home or basically everywhere else that I CAN comprehend. Here, most of what I hear are mumbles of other languages and dialects or just the buzzing in the trains. I miss being able to go places without totting with me a bus/mrt card and a map. After almost three weeks here, I still feel like a stranger. I miss my family. I miss seeing them and talking to them and even arguing with them. Its just different when you're away from them. No amount of talking on the phone or being online will ever really replace any of the physic...