Wanderlust
Sometimes I watch a movie, read a book, or checkout a blog, then I think about what’s it like living somewhere else. I love the Philippines, and I can’t imagine ever calling any other place home. But the thought of the many possibilities and opportunities available overseas just makes we wonder.
I want to walk the streets of New York, and wander into quaint little shops. I’d love to get cozy in little bookshops and find beautiful books to read. I want to experience snow at least once in my life, and not die from the cold. Living somewhere else, if only temporary, I’d like to experience that. And then come back to the comfort of home.
Leaving the Philippines is far from my thoughts, it is visiting other countries that I would love to do. And I’m not talking about a week’s vacation somewhere okay, or a honeymoon type of travel like what I’d imagine one would get if they were given complimentary all inclusive cancun trip/package. It’s experiencing the culture, living there for maybe 4-6 months at a time. Much like what Elizabeth Gilbert did in Eat, Pray, Love minus the soul-searching.
Of course I wouldn’t want to go anywhere without my beloved. I just hope he shares the same wide-eyed wonder and longing for these type of things (which is short for, I don’t think he’s into this).
Sigh.
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December 21, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
I would also love to travel. But there’ll still be no place like HOME. Ü We share the same sentiments 😀
December 21, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
hubby and I also want to spend some times out of town, but we usually used the budget for it to something else. That is why we decided to have a coin bank and we promised that we’ll used it to go anywhere (kahit around Philippines nga lang). We got this idea from the Pixar Movie “UP”. 🙂
December 22, 2009 @ 10:56 am
I feel the same way. I love to travel both within the country and abroad. While I enjoy temporarily living in another country, I cannot see myself as an actual immigrant. I guess I’m too attached to the homeland. 🙂
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December 25, 2009 @ 9:14 am
ako rin 🙂 wala akong planong tumira o mg trabaho sa ibang bansa 🙂 I love the Philippines, it’s negative and positive side.. tanggap ko kung ano ako at ang bansa ko 🙂 but I want to travel around the world, I mean we have the same feelings towards the snow.. hehe and I would love to visit Paris, and all the museums around the globe..
December 25, 2009 @ 9:23 am
been to Paris once before, one week visit ata or less (free trip c/o an NGO i worked with before, for a meeting). it wasn’t a vacation but at least i was able to visit some parts of the Louvre and went up the Eiffel tower! san na kaya mga pics ko? 10 years ago na un. Hays.