Comments on: Return to Canada http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/ Destinations, Lifestyles, and Cultures in Asia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-419 globetrotteri Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:59:15 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-419 Lisa, I waited a week and hooked up with my best buddy Drew. We waitied few a few hours before busting out Buffy and then spent our entire Sunday on the couch absorbing all the Buffy goodness. I thought of you my dear, and hope that we get the same chance some day. Being home is great, but I'm leaving in two weeks and that's always a sobering experience. It's so hard to say good-bye! That's why I'm so thankful to have friends like you who keep my thoughts on home as well. As you remember, the first time I visited your blog, you had some amazing pictures of our flag and some scenic shots that just filled me with delight. Thanks for everything Lisa! Lisa,
I waited a week and hooked up with my best buddy Drew. We waitied few a few hours before busting out Buffy and then spent our entire Sunday on the couch absorbing all the Buffy goodness. I thought of you my dear, and hope that we get the same chance some day. Being home is great, but I’m leaving in two weeks and that’s always a sobering experience. It’s so hard to say good-bye! That’s why I’m so thankful to have friends like you who keep my thoughts on home as well. As you remember, the first time I visited your blog, you had some amazing pictures of our flag and some scenic shots that just filled me with delight. Thanks for everything Lisa!

]]> By: Gillian White http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-418 Gillian White Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:11:14 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-418 Carrie, I found your website through Wes' comment on FB. (It's Friday afternoon and I'm in surf mode until it's time to leave.) I had to comment on this post - reading it made me remember those feelings so clearly - how overwhelming home can become when you're living abroad. Some people think that if we're abroad for too long we can't move home. It can be a scary thought but I completely understand it. Thanks for the reading!! Carrie, I found your website through Wes’ comment on FB. (It’s Friday afternoon and I’m in surf mode until it’s time to leave.)

I had to comment on this post – reading it made me remember those feelings so clearly – how overwhelming home can become when you’re living abroad.

Some people think that if we’re abroad for too long we can’t move home. It can be a scary thought but I completely understand it.

Thanks for the reading!!

]]> By: Lisa Bettany http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-413 Lisa Bettany Thu, 31 May 2007 05:16:38 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-413 Flavoured water actually scares me. Don't people just want water to taste like... (gasp) water??? I hope you are able to soak up... maybe "repel" might be a better word... all the culture shock of our greedy western world. it is a little ridiculous. too much. too many... it's hard to not feel overwhelmed in Shopper's Drug Mart... What about Costco? It takes me hours to choose one simple product... and at the end of it all i think.. it's all just soap, isn't it? Breathe.... simplify... watch Buffy... Ah.. that's better! When "home" doesn't feel like "home" I always put on a little Buffy. It makes me feel safe. Thinking about vampires and soul-sucking demons makes you feel "safe"?? I'm a bit strange. wow... i'm all over the place today! Must be the huge chocolate shake I just had... went to my head. Too much sugar! XXXs from Canada. Flavoured water actually scares me. Don’t people just want water to taste like… (gasp) water???

I hope you are able to soak up… maybe “repel” might be a better word… all the culture shock of our greedy western world. it is a little ridiculous. too much. too many… it’s hard to not feel overwhelmed in Shopper’s Drug Mart… What about Costco? It takes me hours to choose one simple product… and at the end of it all i think.. it’s all just soap, isn’t it?

Breathe…. simplify… watch Buffy… Ah.. that’s better! When “home” doesn’t feel like “home” I always put on a little Buffy. It makes me feel safe. Thinking about vampires and soul-sucking demons makes you feel “safe”?? I’m a bit strange.

wow… i’m all over the place today! Must be the huge chocolate shake I just had… went to my head. Too much sugar!

XXXs from Canada.

]]> By: Thoth Harris http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-417 Thoth Harris Tue, 29 May 2007 03:02:59 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-417 I think Montreal probably changes more slowly than Vancouver or Toronto. I went away for two years. Montreal seems exactly the same. But Taiwan is way more conservative in many ways. I was shocked by how vibrant and crazy people were in Montreal in January. I am going back there to study for a couple of years next month. You're not entirely right about prices. There are a number of thing in Canada that are cheaper, which I miss about Canada. Many things, foodwise are cheaper. Cooking at home is cheaper in Canada. In Taiwan it's cheaper to eat out than to eat at home. Wifi internet is cheaper in Canada. In Taiwan you have to pay for it. In Toronto and Montreal it is completely free in most places. Just go to a cafe, sit down, and turn on your computer! But yeah, travel and rent is cheaper in Canada. As is the shampoo you mention. I actually miss the variety of products. Before I found there were a dearth of interesting foreigners. But the past week, ironically one-and-a-half months before leaving Taiwan, I met a number of them, including Michael and Jim, who are fellow bloggers. Now I'm going to really miss Taiwan even more than I would have before, because previous to the past week-and-a-half, I didn't have enough of a sense of community. I think Montreal probably changes more slowly than Vancouver or Toronto. I went away for two years. Montreal seems exactly the same. But Taiwan is way more conservative in many ways. I was shocked by how vibrant and crazy people were in Montreal in January. I am going back there to study for a couple of years next month.

You’re not entirely right about prices. There are a number of thing in Canada that are cheaper, which I miss about Canada. Many things, foodwise are cheaper. Cooking at home is cheaper in Canada. In Taiwan it’s cheaper to eat out than to eat at home. Wifi internet is cheaper in Canada. In Taiwan you have to pay for it. In Toronto and Montreal it is completely free in most places. Just go to a cafe, sit down, and turn on your computer!

But yeah, travel and rent is cheaper in Canada. As is the shampoo you mention. I actually miss the variety of products. Before I found there were a dearth of interesting foreigners. But the past week, ironically one-and-a-half months before leaving Taiwan, I met a number of them, including Michael and Jim, who are fellow bloggers. Now I’m going to really miss Taiwan even more than I would have before, because previous to the past week-and-a-half, I didn’t have enough of a sense of community.

]]> By: jorees http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-414 jorees Thu, 24 May 2007 03:04:18 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-414 Miss you a whole bunch Carrie! Thinking of you and wishing you all the best with your family. Miss you a whole bunch Carrie! Thinking of you and wishing you all the best with your family.

]]> By: knitplaywithfire http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-412 knitplaywithfire Wed, 23 May 2007 17:26:40 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-412 Those of us in North America seem to want to have everything but have problems making choices. And we take our personal space to extremes. It is amazing what we get used to. And I think you will have to upgrade your dad's internet service and maybe his computer while you are home. Maybe he will use it more. Those of us in North America seem to want to have everything but have problems making choices. And we take our personal space to extremes. It is amazing what we get used to. And I think you will have to upgrade your dad’s internet service and maybe his computer while you are home. Maybe he will use it more.

]]> By: globeroamertv http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-415 globeroamertv Wed, 23 May 2007 01:44:27 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-415 I've noticed this a lot more in the past few years. Ten years ago I could leave the country for a year or two and come back home to the exact same scene and vibe. Now, I leave for six months and come back to a completely different world. Another sign of the times I guess... I’ve noticed this a lot more in the past few years.

Ten years ago I could leave the country for a year or two and come back home to the exact same scene and vibe. Now, I leave for six months and come back to a completely different world.

Another sign of the times I guess…

]]> By: jorees http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-416 jorees Wed, 23 May 2007 01:37:02 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2007/05/23/return-to-canada/#comment-416 You have made it home Carrie! Soak it up and enjoy every moment! You have made it home Carrie! Soak it up and enjoy every moment!

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