Homesick

Today I watched once more 'The memoirs of a Geisha' because I felt like homesick. It's so strange but I really felt homesick because of Japan, I would have never thought it will be that strong. Well everyday I told myself just wait until May... it's not that long.

Today I also received a mail from one of the guys in southern Germany with a leaflet for scholarships for Japan practica and such stuff, I have asked for more information. Hope I'm not too old for the programm, that would help me with my plans for studying in Japan and all the things-perhaps. I'll see.

I hope my foto cd-roms will come quick, I really miss my fotos, I even downloaded the pics from my mail account I sent to my brother and sister like the one above- it's the Heian Jingu near my place on the day we had a field trip to it. I loved the misty mountains, 10minutes later the mists had been gone.

But it's funny, like I thought, to watch the 'Memoirs of a Geisha' now that I know the places and realized once more how the places have been cut together- she runs through the Fushimi Inari Taisha Jinja Torii ways to enter Kiyomizudera- so funny. Arashiyama bridge is near Fushimi Inari and Gion of course is next to Tôji and Fushimi Inari if you refer to the movie. And of course Kyoto is at the seaside in that movie. It's a little bittersweet to see places in the movie I had walked for 5 months for myself I must admit.

Everything seems to be so far away, like a dream, although it wasn't a dream. I think in a way Kyoto will always be in my heart, my first home in Japan and I guess it will be everytime I go there like a coming home, although I never would like to live there forever at the moment, for me it's too quiet at the moment, I have lived all my life at the superb of big city with all it's silence, gossip and peace, now I want life around me living directly in mid town, in huge cities like Osaka or Tokyo, or even Hamburg city.
Yes I really would like to go to Kyoto for some weeks, to see cherry blossoms and the places I haven't seen like Arashiyama bridge and the Imperial palace and villa, and last but not least visit my teacher and his wife. And back to my beloved Osaka for a while during my time in Tokyo. That would be great.

At the end something funny:
How to realize you have lived too long in Japan:

* you wait in front of the S-Bahn doors, because you thought they open itself
* you stand on the left side of the escalator
* you are wondering about steering wheels at cars and thinking they are on the wrong side, if they are on the left
* you are standing at the street and wait for a taxi to come
* you miss ramen and get mad, if there aren't any noodle snacks available at your supermarket
*you always wanted to say sumimasen
* you are wondering why all the people around you speak your language
* you are missing the singing traffic lights and advertisement cars
* you forget that stores are closed after 8 p.m. and on sundays
*you got that far away dreamy look in your eyes if you see misty views outside
* you miss the sound of a air condition
* you are wondering why a room gets warm so quickly through heating
* you miss your 3 thick, heavy futons and your small bed
* your room is to big for you
* you are wondering about hot water washing machines and your really clean laundry
* you wanted to watch dvd with your laptop, because you got used to no tv in your room
* you even wondering about the toilet paper, because it's so soft and thick
* you are still thinking if you are going to public toilets if they have a western style toilet
* you want to order your menu at McDonalds in Japanese