I don't get to see my family that much. It's about once every year since I've left home a decade ago. The only time I went home a few more times within a year was when I was working at a neighboring country, which made the traveling a lot easier. Well, I am not so much bothered by the entire traveling hastle. But it is also because of the long-distance traveling that causes some hindrance to go home frequently. I can't go home for weeks that often enough in a year. Of course I can, but I'll may end up finishing my thesis double the time required. Plus the airticket is just way too costly to visit home from here. Ah well, I'm just a student! *lol*.
Do I get homesick? Em...I don't actually recall being homesick all these years, not even when I first left home. Don't get me wrong; I still miss my family and think about them very frequently. Whenever I look at the clock and continuing my activities/daily life here, I'll be doing the Math to work out the time back at home, and automatically start to imagine what'd they be doing.
It is rather strange. I wasn't that close with my family before I left home. Probably I was just like many of you, I took my family for granted. I started to appreciate my family, the presence of everyone in the family and even down to small matters like laundry's taken care of, clothes are ironed, a warm tasty and nutritious homecook meal ready when you come home, you don't have to worry that you'll be dying of hunger if you're falling sick alone at home. The distance has definitely bridged the gap. I won't say I'm very close to everyone in the family. Yet I know I would have never felt closer and appreicated them more if I had never left home.
Although I don't go home often enough, I stay closely with my family. I call home every once in a short while, say once a week or once in a fortnight. I try to talk to everyone at home, which is difficult seing the fact I do have a relatively big family. Sometimes I don't have much to share with my parents, especially my mom, yet I still think it is important to make the effort in maintining the interaction. Don't you notice that we probably spend more time with our friends or coworkers than our own family, albeit the latter are closest with us biologically? Yet many of us don't go home to visit our family, especially our folks that much, even though we are staying nearby.
Since I haven't seen my family for a year, it is about time to go home for a family reunion. But before that I still need to work furiously to cross out some items in the long list at work. Nevertheless I'm sure the trip will be worthwhile. *grin* Oiy, it better be, since the trip to home will take more than a day including a transit in another country.
For those who are staying close to their parents' or better still staying at home, now aren't you glad that you don't have to travel thousand miles to go home? Lucky you!
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