Looking back now 15 years after leaving home, with my current maturity and world view, I'm not sure if I'd make the same move that easily. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was a error and there's not a shred of regret all these years, but still that was such a big life decision and it must have taken quite a bit of impulse for me to have done that.
I've talked about the reasons for leaving Singapore as well as the things I miss the most back home many times here. So, rather than repeating myself, I'll dedicate this month's musical post to those who have left their birth families to live or work in foreign lands.
As one of many wandering children of the world or "游子", that feeling of being uprooted and the constant search for a sense of warmth and belonging is hard to describe in words but this song says it so well. It's my cover of "歌谣" (or "Songs Back Home") by Chinese singer/song-write 李荣浩, one of my favourite.
On the eve of my first home-coming trip since COVID swept the world, let me share how deeply I feel about home. It's been more than three and half years, 妈咪, 我快到家了...
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