October 11, 2011

  • Learning.

    oct30
    Home is where the heart is~my home in Sweden.

    I could be learning many things, some big some small but one of the things that I'm learning right now is how to read the map! More effectively, that is. You see, just this past weekend me and two other friends decided to go on a two day trip to Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. It took us around 3 hours to get to Gothenburg by train, and when we arrived at the train station, we suddenly realized that we had a big task in front of us: finding out how to get to our hostel, which we apparently had no idea of.

    It took us around an hour of walking around, reading the map, asking people, and taking the tram in order to get to our hostel...only to realize that it was actually only a 15 min walk in the opposite direction that we headed towards from the train station. Apparently the lady we asked directions from thought it best that we go around the whole city by tram in order to go to our hotel. Don't get me wrong though. I sincerely thanked her help.

    But throughout the two day trip, to my surprise, I was the one holding the map the whole time leading and asking directions. So I learned quickly. Reading the map isn't hard, its just about locating where you are and where you want to go. And it takes practice and time. So efficiency naturally comes with practice. Which brings me to my next thought:

    Where do I want to be in the next year in my life? And where am I now? How can I get there without walking around in circles or going into the wrong direction? How can I read my own life map?

    I know I know...its a very intriguing question and I seriously haven't given it much thought...or enough thought...but I really want to find out soon. I need to finally know what I want. All I know right now is that I'm fine with taking care of myself and living on my own, which means that I'm perfectly fine with moving on to the next step: finding a job that can form into my career. And I want to leave behind all those people problems and really live a new life: maybe I will seriously consider having short term internships abroad. I like how people in new places accept me for who they see me now and don't judge me by my past. Clean-slate non biased. But of course, how can I not miss home? The clean fresh smell of home, my mom's spectacular cooking, my very good high school friends, my aiya ar gor's and didi's who could make me laugh whenever I'm a little gloomy, and Vancouver's awesome Jap food. Oh wells...who would know what'll happen next year...I just need to continue living a day at a time...a day at a time.