This was the comment of the Korean driver who took us to the airport, upon learning that we were going home for a visit.
“After three weeks, you begin to think that you’ve had enough and it is about time to go,” he added.
It remains to be seen whether we will feel that way, but he has lived in Canada for fifteen years and returned to Korea a few times so he definitely knew what he was talking about.
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“People, food, sauna.” The Korean driver named these as the three things he looks for when visiting his home country.
Hong Kong is, of course, not a place known for sauna. But I share his other reasons for going home. I miss the people I left behind.
I miss the different cuisines I was able to enjoy in Hong Kong, especially dim sum. In fact, my calendar has been filled with lunch and dinner appointments with friends and relatives, which naturally is my quest for having the two purposes fulfilled.
If I were to give a third reason for going back, it would be ‘activities’. Three weeks is not a long time, but I do hope to be able to do some hiking, play a game or two of tennis, or maybe go hiking with friends.
And nostalgia would be yet another reason. I certainly would like to revoke memories of this land which is my birthplace, which I left and which is likely to change beyond my recognition in the years to come.
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