some of my friends would ask me if i'm thinking of staying here in the u.s. for good....my answer? yes... my lawyer, employer and i are doing some of the paperworks to do just that........but then again at the back of my head i still want to "move around"...... i still want to try and work in australia and/or u.k......heck, i don't even care if i ended up as a librarian in rome........ what better way to learn about that particular country but to live and work there for atleast a year.......... you won't learn anything about a place in a 3-day visit, unless you really immerse yourself in the culture and really rub elbows with the locals........ but well, who knows, an opportunity might just come out of the blue........so, yeah, one day at a time, err, one country at a time? LOL
there's just one problem........ if i do decide to move to another country i would risk leaving friends and loved ones behind--again......... i don't mind starting all over again, i don't mind the adjustment stage but leaving familiar faces is what's hard...... i remember one time a friend of mine said something like:
"maybe the reason you're still not married is because you can't stay in one place and the man who loves you can't keep up with you"
that statement kinda pissed me off, that's because there's a ring of truth to it...... add the fact that i don't believe in long distance relationship anymore......... absence makes the heart grow fonder? nah, more like absence makes the heart go "wander".......... anyway, and there's this one guy who told me once:
"someday, you'll meet someone who would make you stay in one place"
.......obviously, i haven't met that person yet......... actually, i thought i did.... but he got someone else pregnant (and no, we're not on a break)......
anyway......
there's still this burning desire of living and working in another continent but right now i'm still happy with where i am......... and it helps that the feeling of homesickness is slowly fading away......... actually, it's not homesickness that gets me, it's loneliness which i sometimes mistaken for homesickness......... which reminds me, i might not go and visit the philippines until after 2 years...... i have some place/s else to go to next year (sssssh max!)....... actually, i was supposed to go somewhere this year, sorta like a birthday gift for myself but i have paper work expenses to take care of.......
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