When I was younger I would run away from my reality by immersing myself completely in books. One book after the other, I wouldn’t stop reading until I was far far away. Now that I’m older, I realize that I ran away from my reality by coming to the US. The more I run away, the more I feel lost and now I just can’t help but ask myself; what the fuck am I running away from?
02
May
08
When I want to run away, I go to bed!
Cloverfield’s imminent arrival to Kuwaiti shores. Behind aquapark.
but really..that is a question only you can answer.
Maybe by coming to the US, you’re running towards something?
kil hatha coz i7na “private students” say inkom sluts?
bs yuba khalas.. we take it back
You’re running away from 3agad and that’s by far the best thing you’ve done in your life.
Big Pearls: I love sleeping but I can’t do it if I’m not sleepy and I’m rarely sleepy!
Z: Wise words master.
Broke Saudi: That’s what I thought at first, but the more I think of it the more I feel like I’m running away!
Um mit3ib: LOL I’m a private schooler on paper laken a public schooler at heart. Fa lil asaf ana tyeeli il masabat min il sobain :-p
Macaholic: That IS a possibility :-p
Really? I started to read books more passionately since I moved to the US.
I suggest a quick trip to the biggest Borders in your area will snap you from your own reality and encourage you to venture into your fantasies.
We all go back home eventually, and in 10 years our little stay here will just be a collection of funny stories and crazy adventures.
So ran away from, to, because.. whatever, doesn’t matter really.. you’re here now, and when you’re like 35, there wont be a “pursuing my education” excuse to ditch the homeland..
Ya.. make the most of it, and cheers to that.
You’re running toward me :)
everyone needs to run away sometimes.. u need to experience being lost.. or u’ll never truly know it when u find stability..
snap out of it!
i run to hide in books too, but i think i know what i’m running away from….i guess :p
take a moment, stop and think of what u might be running away from, maybe u’re done running away ages ago but u didn’t realize it yet…
I run to food or go for a nice long drive away from the city..
And you told me to go abroad… :|
You lied to me..
I never looked at it that way, I actually just came to australia with intention of “escaping” from it all .. spend a year or so away from “it” .. you might have totally different reasons but my reasons are as valid as they were the day I was first given my boarding ticket. go to a more advanced culture, with more tolerance and ideologies, meet different people of different backgrounds and colors. sure I yearn for mama and papa … and I get the feeling sometimes that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side .. one thing is for sure: grass is a hella greener on this side. with that said, I have no redemptions per say, but i do get the feeling that maybe it wasn’t all worth it, but then again it was.
Angelo: I used to read like crazy when I was back in Kuwait, I never have the time here, I get through at least 1 book a month but compared to what I used to read back in Kuwait, that’s nothing. This summer things will hopefully change though!
Trevelyana: Sa7 ilsanech. Every time I feel homesick I think of how I will never get this chance again, I might come back here later but not for this long and maybe not by myself and not as carefree as I am now.
Dotsson: You’re running towards me, bitch! :-p
Nymphadora: Sometimes I think so too! Sometimes I feel that I’m just used to running away that I just do it out of habit. I can’t really think of what it is I run away from so maybe you’re right.
Sunshine: Long drives with good music almost ALWAYS make me feel better.
Suspic: You SHOULD come. No matter how much I complain here, I will most probably complain more if I was still in Kuwait.
Apathy: When I first came here, those were some of the reasons that I had in mind. To get away from the stifling murderous environment that was Kuwait. I miss my parents sure but missing them is in no way related to me wanting to go home. I can visit them, they can visit me. What I worry about most is that I’ll go back to Kuwait unable to coexist there again. I am no way saying that this country is better, it might be more advanced but goshdarnit Kuwait is still where the heart is. I ran away because I couldn’t coexist properly THEN so what makes me so sure that going back after I’ve been here for 4 years will help that in any shape or form? These 4 years might be worth it, but they might not.