So what’s your plan?
A friend asked me this question a few weeks ago. Looking back, I don’t actually remember my initial reaction to this question.
This question was asked to me several times a few months ago and I can remember clearly that I have the same answer: I’m staying here for two years and after that I’m going home =)
Not that my plan of going home changed, definitely at the end of the day I still want to go home but when is the indefinite part.
There was no desire for me before to explore other possibilities in other countries but now I actually want to try to live in US, Canada, Australia even Middle East.
Someday I want to say I was able to experience living in these places, share my inputs on how it was like based on culture, food, nature, economy and others. Info not coming from books, internet or other people’s point of view but from my own experiences.
Isn’t it great that if somebody talks about Italy, I can say I’ve been there and food is relatively cheap but transportation is a disaster or if somebody wants to go and visit Singapore, I can say go and try the the Jumbo Restaurant because their pepper crab is the best in Singapore. And if somebody ask me about Madrid, I will definitely say do not even think about visiting that wax museum, it’s not worth your euros! And so much more….
Places that I go to and people that I’ve met influenced who I am right now, how I think and even my plans in the future. I know I’ve grown so much since I left Manila almost a year ago. My horizon have explored beyond my imagination and I cannot thank HIM enough for all the blessings and opportunities and I know all of these are just the beginning.
There’s only one BUT in this beautiful scenario, will still there be a place for me back home when it’s finally time to go back? Will I grow too much that I will not be able to relate anymore to people that I love and what if I’ve changed so much that people will not know me anymore…
I guess we really cannot have the best of everything, we just have to be brave enough to go on and see what happens after =) and i’m willing to take the challenge.
