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Aug 08, 2006 19:03

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seaskyclay August 10 2006, 02:53:17 UTC

I'm teaching some Japanese teenagers right now and they're really great students. It's hard to base anything on a few weeks of teaching one group of Japanese, but if other Japanese students are like these it would be a great job.

I'm in California (where I was born) for the summer. I liked in Lithuania last year, Slovakia the year before and am off to Kazakhstan in three weeks to spend a year there.

alex_j August 11 2006, 10:37:02 UTC

sounds great! have fun! =)

(don't eat too many horses in Kazakhstan!)

smittenbyu August 10 2006, 14:30:58 UTC

People ask me if I intend to settle down here (Malaysia). It always stops me in my tracks. The word "settle down" petrifies me. People find that odd but I am not particularly sure how to explain it! I haven't found "home" yet. I have come to be comfortable saying, "I am from India" but when they say where in India I am often still confused. ^_^

I am Indian born raised in Italy, Singapore and Hawai'i, now in Malaysia.

alex_j August 10 2006, 14:55:04 UTC

Just keep going till you find "home"!!! =)

spacedriftsps62 August 18 2006, 16:21:34 UTC

is that what you plan to do , Alex? What if "home" begins to be in many places - like in all places where you have friends? I sometimes feel that I would need to start the rounds all over again to keep up with "home"...I've been away from my country for 18 years now. I am still not sure where (if!) I'll settle. The thing about "planning for the rest of our life" is that we haven'
t got the foggiest how long that is going to be. So we may as well enjoy it right now. Carry on having fun!

alex_j August 18 2006, 18:43:44 UTC

Russia and the UK are enough for me...but i plan to do more travelling sometime soon. But, in theory i do believe that "home" is everywhere - it's a collection of things and people which makes us feel comfortable and happy...where we have peace of mind a lot of the time. I have a lot of friends who've lived in Sheffield, England all their lives...and they'd never consider living somewhere else for any period of time...we're different in that way - they react to the word "Russia!" with raised eyebrows and questioning looks. Funny. But, why not Russia?!
=D