@Froggywoogie — I hope so! I like living in Canada though, no doubt about that.

@Shantanu — Yes, I was lucky! One thing lead to another I guess.

@Max Coutinho — Thank you Max! I’ll put it in my award exhibition

@Scarlet — I won’t stop! I like adventures… even though it leads to a lot of questions!

@Aiglee — And how about you? What made you choose Canada as your new home?

@Linguist-in-Waiting — Hey you! Glad to se you back! I read a post about your trip everyday and I was so jealous

I don’t think it’s a mistake either but when I look back, I really see it as a turning point in my life.

@shionge — Lucky me, hubby is a traveler too! No kids though, that helps for freedom.

@Max Coutinho — Thank you! I really wrote as I was thinking for that post. Truth is, I don’t have a define answer on why I came to Canada… I think it’s a combination of different things. It was interesting for me to look back and analyse anyway.

@durano lawayan — Very interesting analysis! I’m not in the phase of my life I want kids yet though… I think. My best friend here is pregnant and even though I love seeing her going through that, I don’t feel like it for now. I feel I have so much more to learn…

I don’t know. I wanted to have a home to come back to and now this is done, I’m longing for traveling again…

Thanks for your comment that makes me think again!

The choices we make in our lives is equal to the amount of risk we are willing to take. Sometimes, we don’t even see it as a risk but as an adventure, which makes it so thrilling that risk doesn’t seem to be a part of the equation.

Dangers become a challenge, and as an adventurer, we are enticed by it, to overcome and triumph over it. If we fail or get hurt, it’s a momentary setback. If we run out of money, with no place to sleep nor food to eat, we are not poor, just broke. But there is nothing like relishing the freedom to explore, to learn, and to imbibe. To be in a different place and reinvent yourself, and to realize there are no boundaries that would curtail your desire to accomplish anything, except those you allow to build in your mind.

But there comes a point of wanting some roots, and perhaps an unconscious desire to reproduce oneself. Once this phase is done, and the kids have lives of their own, the itch to be footloose will rear its adventurous head again.

Right now, perhaps you are in the “rooting phase”. There could be a point somewhere 20 or 30 years hence, when the winds of freedom will bring a renewed sparkle to your vision. In the event that it comes and you choose to yield to it, check out some hermit you might find in Greece and ask him if once upon a time, he was referred to as Durano. –Durano, done!

durano lawayans last great read…Fighting Filth with Fire

Beautiful post: it borders intimacy (it was like we were in the same room and you were telling me this story of your life)!
Immigration is not easy for both the person who immigrates and for his/her family: the longing is terrible!

I didn’t grow up in the country I was born in let alone live; but I have also lived outside the country I was raised in (and I am about to leave again) so I know a bit what you are talking about!

Each one of us has its destiny and ours is to be a citizen of the world!

Cheers

Max Coutinhos last great read…The Kiss

To me, the world is your oyster Zhu and I admired your guts in conquering the world — yr time, yr agenda I suppose if I am single then I would choose your path too but being married now somehow it takes two to tango (yup, hubby must support)…

I am back here in Buffalo, finally being able to sit down again and read your posts more pensively this time. Regarding what you said, I do not think that it is a mistake that you were able to go to China at the age of 16. It was a privilege, and yes, it was a trigger. But it never was a mistake. It may be Buddhist of me to say that our lives are simply blown by the wind, here and there. Some lives may never be blown as far as yours were. But being blown somewhere and that triggering a life that is drastic from the typical is never a mistake. I thought it was when I was a teenager, now, I see it as a blessing.

Linguist-in-Waitings last great read…Day 1: The Friendliest People on the Planet

Aiglees last great read…Future events

You’ve had great adventures! Don’t stop now.

Scarlets last great read…the shack

You have been awarded:

http://maxcouti.blogspot.com/2008/05/special-award.html

Cheers

Shantanus last great read…The Archipelago & Wine Tasting

Froggywoogies last great read…Take that ride