I just remembered...

... what I was supposed to write my previous post about.

Stargazing.

Do you stargaze? I mean, really stargaze. Not just observing the sky for astronomical purposes, or just because you're a nut. No not that. Pure stargazing. I do that time to time, and when you're really into it, it is an amazing feeling.

Before I came to Japan, while I was still in the Paradise, I learned Japanese for about a year. One of my teachers was a Japanese guy, who's married to a Sri Lankan lady and he lives there for over twenty years now. So one day we were just having a chit-chat with him and we asked him about his home, family and stuff. The conversation went like this.

Sir, do you not miss home?

Of course I do son, who doesn't? As much as this is a paradise for you, Japan is one for me.

Yeah... I agree... so what do you do then? Call home, talk to your parents etc?

Well that too. But you can't do that all the time can you?

Yeah...

But you can stargaze, always...

Err.... what, sir?

See son, from wherever in the world you look at it, the sky is the same. Specially at night, the moon, the stars, everything. There is something about the sky at night... So, when I feel alone sometimes, when I miss home, I stargaze... it makes me forget that I'm in a strange land, that I'm away from home. In fact, it makes you feel that you are home...

Fast forward a year.

Here I am, in a strange land, all alone. Though I do have a bunch of friends here with me, and that some others in SL and all over the world, thought I can talk to them because of the wonders of the modern communication, despite all that you still do feel alone at times. And you do miss home. So I took his advice, went out in clear nights and started doing it. Trust me, it is awesome! The sky indeed is a wonderful thing, it can just make you forget all your worries in an instance... makes you feel home...

You should try it sometimes....