http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/08/11/home-sweet-home/ Random scribbling about programming, translation, and Japan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/08/11/home-sweet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-8743 Judy Jenner Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:41:49 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1211#comment-8743 Great post, Ryan, and interesting perspective on living in two cultures (well, mainly one of you). I feel the same way when I go back and forth between the US, where I have lived since I was a teenager, Austria, where I was born, and Mexico City, where I grew up. I am sometimes confused as to where I belong, and independently of the direction I go in terms of crossing the Atlantic, it's always hard to adjust. That said, America is the greatest country in the world (wink, wink). It's always funny when people who haven't left the country say that (your relative). That said, I am applying for dual citizenship, but I could do without metal detectors at amusement parks (which I luckily don't frequent). Glad to hear the return to Japan went well. I've never been, and would love to go! Great post, Ryan, and interesting perspective on living in two cultures (well, mainly one of you). I feel the same way when I go back and forth between the US, where I have lived since I was a teenager, Austria, where I was born, and Mexico City, where I grew up. I am sometimes confused as to where I belong, and independently of the direction I go in terms of crossing the Atlantic, it’s always hard to adjust. That said, America is the greatest country in the world (wink, wink). It’s always funny when people who haven’t left the country say that (your relative). That said, I am applying for dual citizenship, but I could do without metal detectors at amusement parks (which I luckily don’t frequent). Glad to hear the return to Japan went well. I’ve never been, and would love to go!

]]> http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/08/11/home-sweet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-8705 Gururaj Rao Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:10:18 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1211#comment-8705 Welcome back, Ryan. Now I know the reason for the deafening silence here the last few days :) I can well understand your sense of relief. I have been in Japan for 25 years now, and I have mixed feelings each time I return to India. I love the food, the friends, the smells, the fruits, flowers, and animals (in no particular order) back home, but when I return I like the peace here, especially on the roads where nobody honks! Welcome back, Ryan. Now I know the reason for the deafening silence here the last few days
I can well understand your sense of relief. I have been in Japan for 25 years now, and I have mixed feelings each time I return to India. I love the food, the friends, the smells, the fruits, flowers, and animals (in no particular order) back home, but when I return I like the peace here, especially on the roads where nobody honks!

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