Hi Pln, I absolutely agree with your thought! I wish I could write as good as detail as you are! I learn a lot from your email below.
Just curious, do Pln means Poland? You can ignore my question :) Thanks Eckman Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: pln471 <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:37:18 To: ESL Podcast Study Group<[email protected]> Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's tradition after 30 days fasting Hello Eckman Jason Chaya Oshiro Ed and all, Jason,this is the very first time you pulled my leg,isn't it?;) You must be feeling pretty comfortable here already!LOL Wonderful!Oshiro,it looks like Claire and I have got another target to aim at.:D Maybe we will cut you some slacks soon?! Just maybe!LOL Eckman,back to your intended question: Why do people feel homesick or have the urge to retun to their birthplace/hometown? It's not easy to answer in short,either. I've been teaching in Poland,my betterhalf's homeland and far away from Taipei,Taiwan,my birthplace for 3 years now. I do feel homesick when I'm unaware of it,but not as often as others think,strangely to admit! The feeling of nostalgic usually occurs to me when it's days like Chinese New Year,Moon Festival(when families gather to watch the full moon outdoors),Dragon Boat Festival,birthdays of my parents and siblings... Those days remind you to look back on your seemingly innocent and perfect life and all the colourful memories you shared with them... They give you an urge to return to your loved ones with a hope to relive your past together once more or some sort... It's really inexplicable...Only those who have experienced it can truly understand me.:( My betterhalf had been away from his homeland for 25 years and he often told other Polish young and old after he came back: I feel as if I was an alien!:( He often feels dis-oriented and maladjusted to this semi-familiar and semi-strange society of his. The first year he even had trouble understanding their Polish slangs or trendy expressions among young students or office clerks!:( Why did he decide to move back to his hometown? He wants our children to be educated here and he is getting older to realize it's time to return to his roots as salmon struggles to swim upstream back to their birthplace and eventually die peacefully there as to complete their mission of life... It's rather sad but once you're at my age,you'll better understand this notion! How old am I?Jason only learned it yesterday!LOL Oh,dear!Jason,I have to give you a rain check tonight,I'm afraid. Your question may be easy for other mothers to answer,but is fairly difficult for me!LOL I need to sleep on it!LOL Good night and I hope you all had a happy day! Pln on Sep 16, 1:22 pm, Chaya Eitan <[email protected]> wrote: > Eckman, > > The word - I believe - you are looking for is 'homesick.' It means missing > where you are from: family; the town; the food, etc. > > I love Michael Buble! What song is that?? > > Chaya > > --- On Tue, 9/15/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's tradition after 30 days fasting > To: "Els" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:33 PM > > Sorry Ed and all, > Maybe I wasn't clear enough to send you the message. > Fasting was just the background, my question has suppose to be like that > "what is the meaning of hometown for you?, why we always miss our hometown?" > Like I have wrote, Michael buble also has the inspiration to write a song > about coming back to his hometown. > > Sorry for all this mess guys, I will keep learning by acquiring (like Warren > ever said) > > Have a nice day > Eckman Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry®From: Eduardo Costa > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:29:45 -0300To: > <[email protected]>Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's > tradition after 30 days fasting > This is the kind of question that I avoid to talk about. > > In my view point every opnion about religion and politics can hurt people > easily without intention. > > There is strong believes around this theme. > > Take care > > Ed. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 00:28, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Eckman, Chaya, Jason Chan, Pln and all > > Tough question you posed. It's complicated for me to say whether it's worth > doing that or not, provided I don't have much knowledge about the Islamism. > One thing that I believe is that fasting for 30 days is such a rough task and > for them who do that, it must worth. > > Very sleepy! Have agood night > Oshiro --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
