I think I forgot a part of me out there.

After a series of prolonged and delayed flights, I finally made it back home at 3am this Saturday morning. I thought I'd be more excited to come home and see mom & dad and eat home food, but the world works in mysterious ways and I'm not very satisfied with being here. As much as I love the city, since its where I grew up; the place is a dump. I think I finally understand was Mark/Fan was going on about while i was still in Laos. Montreal has a lot to offer to those who seek no riches or to those who have little. But it also doesn't please those who seek opportunities as much as I thought it would. The thought is difficult to explain, in fact its probably impossible to explain, but the city truly is lacking some economic pzazz (or something similar) to erase the ghosttown vision I have of its future.

In any case, its great to be home although i haven't seen any friends yet. It's surprisingly more humid here than in Tokyo. Despite the lower temperatures, it feels just as hot.

This may be a little premature, but I've pretty much decided that I will pursue an exchange program for the 2010-2011 academic year. I still have no idea where I want to go yet, but the short list that comes to mind are the following four countries: the UK, France, Germany or Japan. The main reason is the opportunity to learn a new language or improve one I already know, and to just have easy access to travel while im abroad. The friends I've made during the past 2 months have really left me with an impression that I should do everything in my power to not stay in one place. Plus it's kind of lonely here now that most of my friends from highschool have gone in their own direction, and are spending less an less time together.

Or, all these thoughts might just be the beginning of post-travel blues. Whatever the case, I've learned that I usually waste a lot of time doing nothing So I vow to start doing more with what time I have available and to stop floating around aimlessly.

In any case, to those of you who I've met while traveling and read this. Thanks for all the great times, and hopefully we'll meet again in the near future.

To those of you at home... pictures will be up on facebook... within the next two weeks? There's much to go through, and I need a desk to work on instead of the floor.