The whole world is full of migrants. And everyone has these problems of migration: culture shock– because you leave habits at home, and suddenly recognize what a habit is– and the effort you have to make to create new habits which is exhausting and freeing at the same time—- because you can get rid of […]
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For the longest time I feel like I haven’t belonged to anywhere or anyone, but recently I’ve realized that with every passing New Year I am learning something new. Â Every year I grow a little more. Â Everything takes time of course and it seems fitting that finally at the age of 19 and fresh in […]
Back home, Back in Germany. Its so funny how we all find so many more places we call ‘Home’ and yet can get so sentimental when someone talks about a constant home!? I grew up in the Philippines and in my first five years travelled a whole lot, and as they say the first five […]
I tried to copy-paste what I wrote, but it was too long…I’ll just lazily put direct link to my blog 🙂 Â http://kumasim.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/parallel-conversation/
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about missing people. I guess it has to do with the season. Its made me think again about missing people. I don’t know why and I don’t understand it but I don’t miss people. I don’t miss people. I used to miss my family all the time […]
Wrote this when I was about 13. Thought I’d post it 🙂 Another Arabian Night My bike skidded to a stop on the hot asphalt, flinging rocks through the air. I climbed off and passed quietly through the wooden gate. The tangy scent of the salty Persian Gulf greeted my nostrils. Laying my flip flops […]
Nights blessed mantle lies heavy on dawns stringsruptures of light bleed through the palette creating ribbonstaut ribbons like angelic trails lifted from fairy talesdeep water curls between trees like damp smokerising in slow motion as morning begins its danceleaves lifted to movement by unheard melodiesflowers open to witness the sunthe delicate roaming breeze picks its […]
Life was a continuous struggle of finding a ‘place of peace’ where I did not have to feel sorry about myself. If there is anything remarkable about my life so far, let it be my cross-cultural experiences between China, Japan and Australia; but it is only recent that I genuinely become aware of its significance. […]
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The Difference Between Traveling and Living in Other Countries
Posted: 30th September 2010 by admin in Uncategorizedhttp://heyitsjohnnyc.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/the-difference-between-traveling-and-living-in-other-countries/ One of the things I was once criticized over when applying to work as a travel agent was that I wasn’t well-traveled. I found that a bit odd someone would say that, considering my background as a Third Culture Kid and living in several different countries. Thinking about it for a while, I realized […]