Time flies.
I just have to say so.
I have been here for more than four months. My teacher in Tongji University told me that the first 3 months abroad would be the toughest time; after 3 months, I would get used to the environment and the homesick feeling would fade away. However, I even feel worse these days. Ever since I found the Chinese Northern-style canteen, the Great Wall restaurant, I almost eat there every day. I can’t help tasting the flavor from my hometown. The familiar taste just awaken my homesick feeling and drive me into deep recall of the days when I was in my hometown, Shandong Province.
Maybe I shouldn’t always focus on my homesick feeling. I just spend too much time on this and too little time on my study. I don’t know how much I will get in the Math test last week, but I surely my grades won’t high. I can feel that. I feel sorry for myself.
I shouldn’t go on living this way, I should wake up! I don’t come here to experience the homesick feeling, I’m here to study, to achieve my goal of life. I must wake up!
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Hi, Alexis, homesick is not wrong. After all, your home is the place where you spent most of your time. You must have many unforgettable memories, and your beloved relatives are there.So don't be sorry for that. We come here not only for study, but also for experiencing new things and cultivating the ability to be dependent. All in all, I hope that you can achieve you goal of life. Good luck for you!
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ReplyDeleteThings turn out unexpectedly that boys like you miss home more and boys like you catch a cold more frequently. Hehe~ No wonder so many great poets are males, and they wrote beautiful poems expressing nostalgia. I do not know why my homesickness does not torture me, and it does not veil my life here with sadness. However, I do clutch a strong desire to go back home to hug my mother, feel my bed, visit my friends and pet my dog.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, we are on our own now. To wake up to study will absolutely be the greatest comfort to both the beloved ones back home and ourselves.
Hi Alexius it is absolutely OK to feel homesick. You are being very honest with yourself, and not disguising it to feel 'macho' or that 'boys do not cry'. It's good to express your feelings. I know it is easy for me to say you will get over it, because I am not in the situation you are in. But when I left home for the first time to go to University I felt terribly homesick too and I was just about 200 kms away from home. But life goes on, we make the most of what is available to us. Keep in touch with your parents, tell them your daily activities and tell them you love them very much.
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