We, human beings, tend to build intimate and emotional connections towards various things we encounter or have and places that we visit. If, ever, our relationships with these things or places come to an end; we may well mourn their absence or go through an experience of remembrance. This emotional an existential remembrance could include the past; our past experiences, incidents we got through, actions, places we have been to and people we met. Despite the fact that some experiences could be annoyingly unpleasant or painful, yet we still remember them. This is what we could define as Nostalgia or the emotional and affectual yearning for the past, for places or periods that we sentimentally associate …show more content…
A foreign country, a foreign culture and a foreign language, it is indeed obvious that I’m highly likely to miss home. However, the feelings of nostalgia and remembrance could be relatively different from person to person. In my case, I do not miss the physical place or people as much as I miss the past and the high hopes I built. As a Muslim female student, I would say my presence is constantly received as an image, an accumulation of ideas held by different people and interpreted differently. Yet, my inner self is always concealed and never transmitted to …show more content…
I never imagined that my life would take this critical turn and become caged in the so-called world of adulthood and stereotypes held by others.
An influential experience which incited a sudden nostalgia took place when my flatmate invited me to go to a Yoga class with her. Honestly, I was, utterly buried in my room studying, I was mentally and physically exhausted and spent. I tried to gather some power and politely reject her offer. Yet, she insisted on me to accompany her given the fact that I looked utterly weary and needed some rest. I was afraid of leaving my studies and academic commitment unfinished; an appaling fear to fail and disappoint everyone around. Nevertheless, I decided to accompany her despite my