The easiest way to cherish something is to put oneself in a situation where one is going to lost it. Why am I planning to leave the States? Not exactly sure... I tell myself and anyone who cares to ask that Asia calls, that I long for the feeling of being back in a land where everything seems so familiar and 亲切.
Am I being stupid by not listening to the advice of people so much more experienced than I am? "You have less career prospects there", "So many people want to come over here and yet you're thinking about going back?", "It's better to work a few more years so you can go back in a better position"....
Don't know.... is there ever an "ideal time" to do something? But I ramble... anyway, all these thoughts of departure from the land of good weather and tech and freedom makes me cherish the present and the here and now more. I am thankful for that.
People say I'll miss the bay area if I leave, and I'm sure I will. The great outdoors, the wide open spaces, the superlative weather, the diversity, and many more wonderful, wonderful things. Over the other side of the Pacific, there's public transportation (man check out those air-conditioned, punctual-to-the-millisecond trains), people-watching, yummy food, feeling of cultural closeness (well, relatively), and so many other things that I haven't experienced, people whom I haven't had the fortune to meet.
Money and career, oh well, the question hanging off many friends' lips. "Are you so tired of earning too much moola here that you want to take a paycut?", "So you want to become a second-class citizen in another country eh?", they joked. Fair enough, sometimes I start to wonder as well. :)
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