Study Abroad

Hii, When you first arrive, you call them everyday. Your in a strange land where you are expected to do everything yourself. You miss the comfort of your mothers voice and the sound of the pressure cookers whistles. You miss familiarity. Then, you settle in. You get busy with classes, assignments and internships. You soon realize that everybody is competing and that if you don't run, you're going to be left behind. Your performance is always being judged relative to everyone else. You now call this country home. The country that was unfamiliar and scary two years ago is now the country you yearn to live in. It's now the country whose culture you relate to and whose flaws you accept. But your parents didn't go through this journey with you. They still live where you once did. They don't understand the ways of this world. They find certain aspects unacceptable even. You struggle to find a balance. You struggle to be the person they think you are and the person you want to be. You SEE them once in many years. Every time you SEE them, they look a little older, a little meeker. Everytime you speak to them, you're aware of the distance. Thanks.