Reasons why missing home gets a little less hard:

1. There may be a million and one things to get done and sometimes it gets so hard you feel like you want to shut it all out. But if you brace yourself and know in your heart that it's within the human capacity to be able to withstand whatever it is you're going through, you'll survive. We're all living proof that YOU WILL survive (: Plus, I'm beginning to acknowledge that I like what I'm doing right now. It's truth and knowledge. How can I decline?

2. It's beautiful here. I won't deny that. No it's not white supremacy or brain-washing talking. The landscapes are breathtaking. Everytime I get a little break or a few minutes before lectures, I'd walk slowly to the theatre to steal glances at the horizon from the top of the campus.

3. FOOD. enough said.
I'm getting fatter. That I'm not proud of. Raw products here are so good and fresh, it makes your cooking taste so good. Well, on top of that my sister's a pretty good cook so...

4. The pace of life here is just nice.

5. People and experiences I would never have had if I had just been stuck in my own little bubble.

6. I've got my sister and my brother-in-law. It felt like I was missing her for a huge bulk of my teen years. And this somehow makes up for it. And for that, dear God, I am thankful (: