The World's a Blur

How many people are willing to pay almost everything they have, move to a country they have never been before, and then try to assimilate by learning the language and culture? I guess I have always wondered that, and I tend to believe it is a small percentage. The barriers are great, and while many times it turns out great, others turn out to be a disaster. My safewalk partner did a year in Japan as an exchange student, and I have often wondered what I missed by not trying to do that. Of course, there is still time for me to give it a try, albeit not in the same fashion. Perhaps I should lest I lose the opportunity forever. The idea of taking off for another side of the world has always intrigued me, but I have always lacked the resources to give it a shot. I am now unsure of whether or not it was my inability, or whether I might have chickened out and gone for the path oft travelled. But wait you say, you made a huge move by moving to Edmonton. I think that I did, in some ways, but in others, I did not. They still speak English in Edmonton, and I can't really classify it as foreign, since I used to live here before... I think I am going to call it a night. I have much to accomplish tomorrow, Not least of which is the biology paper staring me in the face. Goodnight.