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Occasionally people ask me DO YOU WANT TO GO HOME? Or DO YOU MISS HOME/YOUR FRIENDS? WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME? etc. Yes, to the questions above, and missing home and friends very much indeed. However, at the same time I have this sick desire of wanting to know how it feels like to be away for a long, long time. It is the idea of juxtaposing familiarity and strangeness--what was familiar becomes strange, or what was strange becomes familiar. I want to build up the tension and excitement, since the stay is prolonged and this one fly back becomes remarkably precious. Hehe, reminds me of this Chinese verse:

少小離家老大回
鄉音無改鬢毛衰
兒童相見不相識
笑問客從何處來?

However, this is not about making a record. Being flexible with future plans, who knows, I might take off tomorrow?

Posted by Rachel on September 9, 2003 03:41 AM |