Reflections...

It has been really cold the past few days, a sign that Spring is not going to come for at least a few more weeks. So I've been thinking...
1. I am half hoping that Spring won't come because that would be the end of this exchange stint.
2. That I am very lucky to have made such good friends here.
3. It is really easy to let your life spin out of control when you have lost your anchor.
4. There are simple pleasures in life that we often overlook, such as satisfaction from finishing your household chores. Do not underestimate the solace of dishwashing. The seemingly repetitive action frees up the mind for deliberation.
5. That I've changed quite a bit over the past few months, patience, understanding, tolerance and appreciation, all come to you when you speak the local language at nursery level only, when everything that can go wrong does, when you have to be diplomatic when dealing with the epitome of uncouth, when sometimes home seems further than it has to be.

Some lomo photos here