Being away from home

Well after being away for so long, I met an Aussie today and we joked with good old sarcastic self-deprecating humour. The type I miss so much here where everyone is straight talking, honest and mean everything they say. Doesn't take a lot of guessing or wit to know what people mean. But it does take a little bit of the fun out of language.

I noticed that the Aussie girl hadn't changed much at all since going to HK but I have changed my style to fit in with the local flavour.

It makes me wonder, if I stay here for one more year, what would I become? Less of myself? Less of a Kiwi? Less Cantonese? More Singaporean? More of an international? A foreigner or a local?

Makes you wonder what identity is and how many you can take on in a lifetime. Or perhaps you just have one identity that is constantly changing.