it took me a while but...
...i've finally settled in. coming back to canada for the first time in so long took a few days of re-adjusting. it wasn't until i got to guelph that i realized how strange and overwhelmed i felt. and constant thoughts about coming back to japan and what i would do. my mind felt muddled and i was thinking too much.
chilling out in julia's living room listening to my matty play the guitar, i just felt content and happy to be enjoying that moment. and realized that at first it may feel as though everyone's changed and everything is different, but upon closer inspection you realize that in fact most things are just like how they were.
i'm torn between what i feel i want to do and what i feel i should be doing. what is the easier decision and what is the better decision. life experience vs moving forward.
and the days are just going by like all moments of bliss...
chilling out in julia's living room listening to my matty play the guitar, i just felt content and happy to be enjoying that moment. and realized that at first it may feel as though everyone's changed and everything is different, but upon closer inspection you realize that in fact most things are just like how they were.
i'm torn between what i feel i want to do and what i feel i should be doing. what is the easier decision and what is the better decision. life experience vs moving forward.
and the days are just going by like all moments of bliss...
posted by Justine at 11:55 p.m.
7 Comments:
am well jealous!
Kats in Hiroshima, Dec in PNG, Lins gone home, you in Canada...
Only five more days and I'll have Dec, my brother and one of my best buddies in Murakami. It couldnt come sooner!
Im so glad you're enjoying the bliss.
Had buckets of fun in Tokyo at the weekend with Hiten and Ben. Spent a fortune on god knows what! finally found another pair of jeans. oh the joys!
so how is "Aunty" Justine fitting??
pamela,
U LITTLE LIAR! YOU CAN MAKE FIRE!
u found jeans in tokyo??? what an extreme feat!
when's kat back from hiroshima?
i miss all you guys so much!
what are you going to do with your free weekends now that the musical is over? i want to be off gallavanting all over the country, making the most of the warm weather.
xoxoxoxoxo j`
hey,
i can so relate to how you feel. it is always so so wierd for me to be at home initially. i think it is us that change not home. we live in a totally different culture, far from home, we travel regularly, we meet people from all over the world, are independent in way our friends back home are not etc.etc.- it's life altering. home stays just the way it has always been and it will be there for you to go back to when the time is right. life is not a race to the finish line. there will be no gold medals or claps on the back for getting a "good" job/settling down a couple of years sooner or later. i am ready to go home but i don't regret a second of my (almost) 4 years here.
anyway, enough of my b/s. enjoy the rest of your trip. weather is beautiful, spring is niigata at his best. i think so anyhow.
btw natalie is absolutely beautiful!
kel
xxx
i found the jeans in Murakami believe it or not!
shock!!!!!!!!!!!
in "honeys" in our amazing Jusco Plaza. so i took ellen there for proof and to pass on the hidden gem on Sunday night!
oh the joys.
a very strange thing happened to me today...involving a strange Japanese man in a van..
ill tell you all about it when you come back!
Pam
-x-
kell,
it's been so long since i've seen you. we'll definitely have to make an effort to see each other when we're all back. i'm so excited to hear about niigata's warm weather. toronto's been sunny every day and a comfortable 10 or so.
you're right about life not being a race to the finish line...sometimes i just have to reminded of that.
pam. very interested to hear about this story involving a jpns man and a van.
xoxoxo see you guys soon
hello girls!!
well well
hiroshima treats me well. COOL city. VERY cool. ANd the kitty chan kicks ass too. Loser.
Anyway, J, im looking forward to seeing you when you come back! The blossoms are out down south...! Yay! And kell....blimey woman, where the hell have you been? Hisashiburi ne?
everyones in far flung places. kinda makes me sad. reunion onegai!
xxx
kat, i CANT wait to hear all about your trip! did you take lots of pics???
xoxoxxo
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