European Student Diary -- UK Edition

Author: Mu Zi / Wu Yingfang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Once I told my boss about the book I was compiling, which was about my life in the UK. My boss was American, the same age as me, and had only been in China for half a year. After hearing my story, he was also moved to think about recording his three years in China. Originally, for us, no matter who we are, in a foreign land, we can all be called foreigners and share the same homesickness. But for me, who has already returned to my home country and settled down, restarting my work and life, the UK, which should be considered a foreign land, often appears before my eyes, unexpectedly evoking a HOMESICK feeling when I least expect it. Is this normal? Occasionally, sitting in a taxi and looking out at the sky, I suddenly feel as if it is the sky in the UK. The clouds floating in the sky are those above Edinburgh. Nostalgia, which has been active in my blood and cells, has become something that can no longer be erased.