Am I homesick?
As I was faced with paying for another months full spew-shoku (school lunch) fees, of which i ate maybe less than half, I began to ask myself the question, "Am I really homesick or not?" Most times i have come to Japan, i couldnt be more happy to get away from family and friends for a bit but now that i am to stay in Japan for one more year, am i?
I dont believe that i am fully homesick, i just miss some of the things that we take for granted in our own country. Recently, my predecessor came back to Monobe from Australia to visit and was showing people pictures of what he had been doing. I saw a picture of a proper beach and immediately wished i was swimming in the beach there. I dont know if thats a common reaction or a homesick reaction.
What i really miss at the moment is Australian food. I miss being able to enjoy my lunchtime meal and having to substitute it for some pickled salad shit with eyes. I know i should try it as i might come to like it but if i were to show some Australians i know what we eat here, they would be in the same shoes as me. Us Australians are simple creatures, we dont divide our lunch into three parts, we have one plate, and one meal that will fill us up nicely. However, the fact that i live in the sticks doesnt help. The nearest Subway, which i often used to go to in Australia is probably in Hiroshima, over 2 hours drive away. The nearest convenience store is only 15 mins but the food in those places are really any good. Meat here is too expensive (as we all know) and we are forced to eat cheap chicken to survive. If not, u can go over to the dark side and eat fish and seafood....YAY!!! thats the ticket......
I do miss my family and friends a little but they are all busy with families of their own or have been overwhelmed with work so they dont have any opportunity to come to Japan to see us.
I know what i dont miss tho is australian tv, especially with all them stupid reality based tv shows.
I kind of miss Australian roads and how they are wide and usually have two lanes everywhere so u can over take the small cars. damn those Japanese K cars!!!!!
Seeing as tho a lot of the people who read my blog are living in japan, i wonder what kind of things you have been missing since u have lived in japan????
I dont believe that i am fully homesick, i just miss some of the things that we take for granted in our own country. Recently, my predecessor came back to Monobe from Australia to visit and was showing people pictures of what he had been doing. I saw a picture of a proper beach and immediately wished i was swimming in the beach there. I dont know if thats a common reaction or a homesick reaction.
What i really miss at the moment is Australian food. I miss being able to enjoy my lunchtime meal and having to substitute it for some pickled salad shit with eyes. I know i should try it as i might come to like it but if i were to show some Australians i know what we eat here, they would be in the same shoes as me. Us Australians are simple creatures, we dont divide our lunch into three parts, we have one plate, and one meal that will fill us up nicely. However, the fact that i live in the sticks doesnt help. The nearest Subway, which i often used to go to in Australia is probably in Hiroshima, over 2 hours drive away. The nearest convenience store is only 15 mins but the food in those places are really any good. Meat here is too expensive (as we all know) and we are forced to eat cheap chicken to survive. If not, u can go over to the dark side and eat fish and seafood....YAY!!! thats the ticket......
I do miss my family and friends a little but they are all busy with families of their own or have been overwhelmed with work so they dont have any opportunity to come to Japan to see us.
I know what i dont miss tho is australian tv, especially with all them stupid reality based tv shows.
I kind of miss Australian roads and how they are wide and usually have two lanes everywhere so u can over take the small cars. damn those Japanese K cars!!!!!
Seeing as tho a lot of the people who read my blog are living in japan, i wonder what kind of things you have been missing since u have lived in japan????
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