**As published in Sunstar:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/opinion/2012/09/16/brett-pinay-diaries-part-iii-243165
THE two previous entries for my version of “exploits of a vagabond” dwelt on the more serious realities of the Pinoys’ exodus to the illusive greener pastures. The actual experiences are harsher and more difficult than expected -- the torments of homesickness and the rigors that come with adapting and re-establishing oneself in a foreign territory being the primary foes. There’s simply no running away from these.
Three months already away from home and I still feel like a nomad. Though I am really fortunate to have found an abode amongst relatives (who I came to know only when I got here, God really has His ways), I have to admit that it still takes getting used to the unfamiliarity of things. And it’s not just the huge adjustment to an entirely new culture; even the most minute of changes requires a lot of getting used to.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/opinion/2012/09/16/brett-pinay-diaries-part-iii-243165
THE two previous entries for my version of “exploits of a vagabond” dwelt on the more serious realities of the Pinoys’ exodus to the illusive greener pastures. The actual experiences are harsher and more difficult than expected -- the torments of homesickness and the rigors that come with adapting and re-establishing oneself in a foreign territory being the primary foes. There’s simply no running away from these.
Three months already away from home and I still feel like a nomad. Though I am really fortunate to have found an abode amongst relatives (who I came to know only when I got here, God really has His ways), I have to admit that it still takes getting used to the unfamiliarity of things. And it’s not just the huge adjustment to an entirely new culture; even the most minute of changes requires a lot of getting used to.