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Homesickness


Traveling to another country is always an exciting experience. Right after my first year in elementary school, I had to live abroad in Thailand with my family. It excited me at the first few weeks because I love exploring new things. Though some say that when they go to another country, facing the changes in the cultural things such as tastes of food are some of the most difficult, it wasn’t a problem for me. But right then, I didn’t know how hard it would be to live in another environment in which all other people except for my family use strange language I’ve never ever heard before.

I remember the first time I got into the elementary school in Chiang Mai. It was a school that teaches both English and Thai, but most of the classmates used Thai as their main language. For me who couldn’t speak even one sentence in Thai and wasn’t even good at speaking English, it was a harsh time. All the students seemed to think that I’m a stranger which should not be accepted to join in their group of friends. I felt like an outsider for more than a month without a friend both inside and outside the school.

 People often say that having a hobby is an effective way of overcoming homesickness. But I didn’t have a hobby, so I had to make one. When I was at school, I began to play basketball. Though I had to play it alone, it really helped me forget about the feeling of loneliness. I started to make new aims each day just like playing a game with myself, trying to set a new record. Though I’m still not a good basketball player now, but I think it really helped me successfully adapt myself to the new environment.

As time passed by, I started to learn how to speak Thai and blended into my friends. Having been living there for almost five years, those experiences in the foreign country take up almost half of my childhood memories. I’m not saying that I hate my daily routines in Korea, but now I feel that Thai is my second home country. Sometimes certain experiences I had in Thai even appear in my dream!! It’s true I had to suffer in the very first days of my life in the exotic place, but I’d say that nothing could be more priceless than the experiences I had in Thailand.

Recently I had another exciting experience. Few months ago, my family visited Saipan as a vacation trip and had a nice chance to refresh our mind and learn new things. Its warm weather was just great for wind surfing and snorkeling. That was the first time I’ve realized how fun it is to surf the endless emerald-blue ocean. We enjoyed the environment so much that we started to think about immigrating to the beautiful place. Right then, I saw myself already overcome the fear about living in new environment and ready to handle another challenge.

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