Haven't been around for a long time. Sort of forgot about a lot of things when I got back from Japan this last fall. Since the day I left Japan I have missed it so much more than I ever missed the states while I was there. I missed my best friend from over there for 3 months after he left (he was an exchange student also and ended up having to go home 3 months before me) more than I ever missed my family the whole time I was over there. Now I'm back in the United States around all the annoying and rude foreigners I grew to despise while in Japan. I ended up dropping out of High School since I received no credit for my year in school there. Not even a foreign language credit. This happened because my school here won't give any credits without a transcript and my school back in Japan wouldn't give out transcripts to exchange students. Double-edged sword I suppose. Taking GED and hope to start college in the fall. I'll be damned if I'll give my asinine high school another year of my life. For all I know I could die between now and then, and wouldn't that suck.
I really can't believe how badly I miss the land of the rising sun. It's so much more than I ever expected it to be. I never even got close to missing the U.S. while I was there, let alone this much. I've had chronic insomnia for months because of this. Going from a small town in Japan of 250,000 people to a small town in Nebraska of 10,000 is really quite depressing in itself, but the boredom factor seems to increase that about 10-fold as well. I think about my kendo friends and sensei a lot. They were really close friends who I would like to see again. I also miss having kendo as an outlet for stress. Anymore, about anything I see or hear can trigger homesickness. Music I listened to, or watching anything on tv that has to do with Japan.
So in conclusion. I'm back on the forums and back in the states.
I really can't believe how badly I miss the land of the rising sun. It's so much more than I ever expected it to be. I never even got close to missing the U.S. while I was there, let alone this much. I've had chronic insomnia for months because of this. Going from a small town in Japan of 250,000 people to a small town in Nebraska of 10,000 is really quite depressing in itself, but the boredom factor seems to increase that about 10-fold as well. I think about my kendo friends and sensei a lot. They were really close friends who I would like to see again. I also miss having kendo as an outlet for stress. Anymore, about anything I see or hear can trigger homesickness. Music I listened to, or watching anything on tv that has to do with Japan.
So in conclusion. I'm back on the forums and back in the states.
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