European Student Diary: The UK Edition

Author: Mu Zi, Wu Yingfang
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Once I mentioned to my boss that I was writing a book 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 documenting his three years in China. Originally, for us, no matter who we are, when 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, restarted my work and life, the UK, which should be considered a foreign land, often appears before my eyes, making me feel homesick without warning. Is this normal? Occasionally, sitting in a taxi and looking out at the sky, I faintly feel that it is actually the sky of the UK. The clouds floating in the sky are the ones above Edinburgh. The nostalgia that has been active in my blood and cells has unexpectedly become impossible to erase.