Blame my Norwegian genes. Blame my culture. On second thought, blame my dad. Or my... 小学校...小学校... elementary school! teachers.
...or the Japanese for being totally weird.
But I miss nature. I miss it so much it hurts! I crave it! I miss moving more. (Although going to the pool today helped.) I miss walking, and especially going for walks in the woods, or somewhere involving woods or natural surroundings in general. I miss climbing random trees! I miss sitting in them! I miss nature.
This is not to say there's not a lot of beautiful nature around Kagoshima. Because there is! It's just that people don't use it. Upon asking my host family if I could go for a walk in the forest on the hill that you can see from our house, I was told that that I couldn't do that. Why? "Because it's someone's forest." Someone who, let me tell you, couldn't care less if I went for a harmless walk in there. Can I climb trees around here? "No, not unless there's a sign that says you're allowed to."
What is wrong with people?!
Taking a walk in a forest is not terribly dangerous. I'll bring my cellphone, I promise. For the second time: the people owning it won't care. I will not be cutting down "their" trees. Maybe just climb them. God, please let me climb~ Dazey has told me of these beautiful places around here that he's found while walking. And nobody's ever out there. I've never had anyone take me for a plain old walk here the same way dad would drag me out every Sunday if I let him. You'll never see anyone camp out here. And no, there does not have to be a sign. I just need to make sure nobody's looking.
In short: I'm going crazy. And I need to stop asking about small stuff like this. That way, if I get caught, at least I didn't know. My plan now consists of finding a way up to the woods and going for a walk "anywhere" which just happens to end up "there".
This is not me sneaking out to get drunk downtown at 1:00 AM. That would be a big thing (and one you'll never see me do). This is me surviving. This is the poor, deprived Norwegian seeking trees.
Dad - I'll join you when I come home, I promise! Walking, skiing... I'm in!
(And enjoy it while it lasts. ;P Eventually there'll be days when I'd rather stay inside drawing. But by the looks of it that'll take some time. I need rehabilitation! XD)
Location: Japan
Mood: nature deprived (and not moving enough!)
Listening for: the wind in the willows (or actually listening to "Colors of the Wind" - fitting.)
6 comments:
Sounds Asian haha :D Asian ethics.. is hard to understand. Even I don't get the logic sometimes :D
I'm not very fond of skiing or hiking myself, but I guess I would react the same way if I were in your shoes xD
Se på bloggen min. En Helene-tribute ;)
Yessss! Endelig! Å, så bra! ("I must have done something good...") Men du må få med deg en eller annen om du tenker deg ut på tur der borte. Det er tryggest. Mamma foreslår Totoro.:o)
Nå gleder jeg meg om mulig enda mer til du kommer hjem, Kompis!
"This is the poor, deprived Norwegian seeking trees."
Ntåå..
Hum, dette vare trist. Anvender de seg ikke av den fantastiske japanske naturen? Fy og fysj. Men trodde aldri du ville savne turer i marken ;)
What? They spend 50 years rebuilding their culture, and they just forget the trees?
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