I’ve mentioned a number of times how much I love Japan and how much I enjoy being here. I like it here so much so that I don’t even know if I’ll ever return to Singapore. Even so, I do not think to proclaim that I will never return home again
While I also think it is possible for me to stay in Japan forever, I cannot deny that at times, I do go, “Thank God, I’m Singaporean.” For some reason I don’t really know.
I guess the Singapore of old did do something for me. It is when you cannot pinpoint what exactly it is you like about something do you call that “from the bottom of your heart.” Anything else is just surface.
Same reason why you always find it difficult to answer what it is you like about your partner.
hehe…i also feel the same way…it is just a internal feeling that can’t be described. this would some time be especially felt so when you meet your countrymen in overseas country. At least for me!
There are times when I read about news back home and facepalm (read: recent fiascoes) and am glad I’m overseas, but there are times that I’m grateful – for our education system that has made us effectively bilingual and our small country size that has taught us to see a wider worldview.
I guess I especially feel this as a foreigner interacting with other foreigners. Maybe you feel the same way?