Come Away with Me

August 6th, 2007

Today marks the exact one year since I arrived at Narita Airport in Tokyo last August 6th. How on earth a year just went by like this I have no idea.

One year ago the night before, I remember being up till late and having a hard time falling asleep cos in a few hours time, I will be on the plane on my way to pursuing a long cherished dream. What will my new home in Japan be like? What kind of people will I meet? How will the year ahead be like? A general sense of anticipation and uncertainty and an immense feeling of excitement about my new life in a foreign land kept me wide awake.

A year later the same night, I had trouble falling asleep again but this time for completely different reasons. In a day time, I will leaving this island that I have come to love so much, the mountains, the sea and the people whom I had met and became friends with. It's a strange kind of feeling really and no words can fully describe how I feel at the moment. I am a firm believer in fate and that everything happen in life for a reason. For otherwise how can one explain all that had been so far.

posted by テレサ @ 8:23 AM