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(04-30-2015 12:17 PM)aguasin Wrote:  

Living in Asia for a western guy, it grinds on you. Slowly, you don't notice it at first. You're too focused on how easy the girls are, and shit like that. But after awhile, you miss being around your 'own people' and always feeling like the perpetual outsider.
When I watch those videos of old guys swearing on trains in China, cursing everyone out and looking deranged. I think it's just another normal guy whose had to live in Asia for too long, it drives you crazy.

Yes and no.

You're right, living in certain parts of Asia (certainly the case here in Beijing and definitely in Tianjin) has worn on me heavily.

When I left in 2012, I just needed to get out. So I did.

When I left, I didn't think that I'd be back in a very long time.

At my going away party (there are a lot of these here), a Chinese-American business man who I'd help out a little in finding some staff for his new business looked at me and said, "You'll be back."

Sure enough, barely a year later, I was planning my return.

Two days ago I finished my first year back. Previously, I always had plans to leave and go do more school by the end of a year in country, but I have no plans to leave at this point or even go back to Canada for a family visit.

I've worked hard the last year to keep a positive attitude. There have been a lot of stressful moments, but I know how to manage these and stay positive.

This is a skill that must be learned.



My goal is to make enough money in the next five years that if I want to leave I'll be free to do so on my own terms.