{"id":2940,"date":"2015-09-15T21:31:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2015-09-15T21:31:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T21:31:01","slug":"jet-lag-ramblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/jet-lag-ramblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Lag Ramblings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s official. I have jet lag, as traveling east ward results in adjustment issues. Being up at 5am and ordering MacDonalds is not fun when what I crave is local yellow noodles in hot shimmering curry broth with helpings of juicy chicken. Writing so much more although as I obviously can’t go out at this hour, or call anyone to talk to. But being up at this hour is like facing the dark soul of the night, and questioning of what if (i stayed in London and never came back…), and what not (what if I am a stripper). I may be writing much better at the time of the night, but it is at the expense of cutting my soul strings. Yea, and some identity confusion erupts too. Am I who am I? Am I living a lie? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Whatever. I am trying to live more and more authentic to the natural flow of what humans are meant to do (paleo diet), but the closer I get to the answers, the more disconnection I feel that the current social construct is only creating discord and artificially contrived modes of what is “right”. The school system is definitely a unhealthy machinery churning out blanks instead of thinkers. I had been pretty much home schooling myself and learning what is outside the class room than what was taught in school. I merely used school is a guidance stick to find my way. Not that school is obsolete, but the world is changing too fast for any syllabus to keep up, and one has to seek for their own truths.<\/p>\n

Another thing I realised after traveling, is that the media loves to blanket and sugar coat everything. The real thing is when you get to ground zero and explore the terrain and get first hand encounters with local people, and interact with the environment. Greece was paradise despite the euro crisis, everyone is lazing on the beach, there is no poverty or homeless people. London, despite all it’s prosperity, contains the coldest people I ever met in the world (yea, we are talking about worse than New Yorkers). I talked to more Aussies than Londoners despite being in London.<\/p>\n

Lastly, about putting the pieces of Chinese History together, one has to visit: Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and definitely the British Museum. By piecing the different pictures of what each country portrays about contemporary and ancient Chinese history, you will find that you will know less and less about the Chinese culture as there is so much, but so much knowledge has been lost, it is a real pity. Comparatively to the French, who had preserved their culture (their palaces, relics, fountains, fashion, stories), the Chinese Culture is still a big mystery.<\/p>\n

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It’s official. I have jet lag, as traveling east ward results in adjustment issues. Being up at 5am and ordering MacDonalds is not fun when what I crave is local yellow noodles in hot shimmering curry broth with helpings of juicy chicken. Writing so much more although as I obviously can’t go out at this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n