I have been away for four weeks. 30 days. Over 30 hours travelling. 6 hours lived twice . 6 hours missed. Which hours? I'm not entirely sure.

HOME_pseudo --> HOME₁ --> HOLIDAY_japan --> HOME₁ --> HOME_pseudo

So many homes, so many lives, so many things to take into account.

Upon return from HOME₁, I have

1. further clarified my priorities and values
2. collated a series of funny/interesting memories
• "Stink Guy", "Piss Me Off" - two of numerous translations in Korean comedy series "My Girl"
• overloading with free pads at the train station - "Christmas / New Years presents for relatives, friends and neighbours!" suggest the sales girls
• screaming, hyperactive Japanese girls/women all scrambling to buy their "Lucky Bags" on New Years Day
• "WHAT?! YOU'RE TWENTY??!!" exclaims Grandma...without hesitating, she leans over and whispers (in a not-so-discrete way) "do you have a boyfriend?"
• "You're actually adopted - we picked you up from a dumpster." "Then, how do you explain the similarities between Grandma, Mum and me?" "We picked all three of you from the same dumpster." - conversations between me and Uncle Simon.
  
• Teaspoons - TEAspoons - HK Heritage Museum.
  
• Grapefruit can induce bone growth - HK Science Museum.
  
• "More and more I'm thinking... we're quite smart." - Aunt Jo.
• Free wireless 11 Mbps internet at HK Airport.