tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822428485586445604.post9056929965603501572..comments2024-01-16T21:38:14.352-10:00Comments on A Pacific View: NostalgiaTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07917420597770463210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822428485586445604.post-40597063932814155622009-05-06T22:51:00.000-10:002009-05-06T22:51:00.000-10:00Protege - your comments deserve more than just a q...Protege - your comments deserve more than just a quick response from me here. I'm going to think about writing a post addressing what you said. Keera also posted something a little while ago and I think I mentioned at the time I would write about things I miss and things I like here. I need a little time to compose my thoughts properly (plus I'm busy at work), but thank you for your comments. They're very special and quite deep!<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917420597770463210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822428485586445604.post-42506048433900780732009-05-06T01:30:00.000-10:002009-05-06T01:30:00.000-10:00Tom, I think I can relate to your feelings. There ...Tom, I think I can relate to your feelings. There is something that happens to anyone who leaves one country and relocates to another; not for week or months, but for years and maybe decades. Although even though successfully assimilated by the customs and tradition of the new country, underneath it all, something is always missing. Like a piece of puzzle that is for ever lost, never to complete the picture.<br />And the most saddest thing of all is that even if you would go back, you go back to something alien that you do not recognize.<br />This is the burden of every emigrant, one that can only adequately be understood by another, at best.<br />Eventually and ironically, this is something that becomes an issue as we grow older and reflect upon our life.<br />I too am struggling with similar thoughts and sentiments.<br /><br />I really enjoyed the video clip; it has a very special atmosphere and I think I know how it might make you feel.<br />The song was really good.Zuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.com