Hmmm. I've been a bit busy working on our school's magazine, 'The Royalist', lately. My life can only get weirder and weirder these days. The warped feeling you get when you spend days and days doing nothing at all can really get to you sometimes(not that I'm not doing nothing at all: I'm currently translating a Plant Pathology book in to Sinhala). Oh well. It'll all end soon when I get in to uni I guess..
Anyway. I talked with Ruchi today and he voiced a thought that's been in my head for a couple of years now: There's no place like home. Home, in this case, being our country. I hear a lot about people going abroad to study these days and never coming back. I personally find this impossible to do. Go abroad to study, ok, but stay? No way. The reason that Ruchi gave was the fact that he wants to be a doctor here and help Sri Lankans. A truly noble reason, and I fear that mine is not so noble. My reason is simply this: I don't feel at home in other countries. I may live in an area densely populated by Sri Lankans, I may live with my family, but still I don't feel as comfortable as I am when I'm with a bunch of total strangers in Sri Lanka. Probably because I can't strut about like I own the place. I've seen Sri Lankans who are perfectly happy living in other countries, so I have to assume that this they do not share this feeling with me. Though I don't doubt that there may be others who feel like I do, I think they must be pretty rare and far in between, cos most people who go abroad for their studies end up staying. I hope there are more people apt to stay in Sri Lanka, coz we need them desperately. And I hope I'll never have to leave this war-torn, corrupt-politician-overrun, gem of a country for an extended period of time. Goodnight!
Anyway. I talked with Ruchi today and he voiced a thought that's been in my head for a couple of years now: There's no place like home. Home, in this case, being our country. I hear a lot about people going abroad to study these days and never coming back. I personally find this impossible to do. Go abroad to study, ok, but stay? No way. The reason that Ruchi gave was the fact that he wants to be a doctor here and help Sri Lankans. A truly noble reason, and I fear that mine is not so noble. My reason is simply this: I don't feel at home in other countries. I may live in an area densely populated by Sri Lankans, I may live with my family, but still I don't feel as comfortable as I am when I'm with a bunch of total strangers in Sri Lanka. Probably because I can't strut about like I own the place. I've seen Sri Lankans who are perfectly happy living in other countries, so I have to assume that this they do not share this feeling with me. Though I don't doubt that there may be others who feel like I do, I think they must be pretty rare and far in between, cos most people who go abroad for their studies end up staying. I hope there are more people apt to stay in Sri Lanka, coz we need them desperately. And I hope I'll never have to leave this war-torn, corrupt-politician-overrun
