Kiehl’s
Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
"Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt."
– Anthony Bourdain
This is an unedited picture of my hotel room in Japan the night before we left. I was filled to the brim with too many emotions. First, I was overwhelmed with the amount of things I had to squeeze into my luggage and hand-carry. Second, I was really, really sad that I was going to say goodbye to the new friends I have spent the last two weeks with. Third, I felt a certain heaviness of separation anxiety from the life I was living in Japan; the routine, the people, the new-ness of everything. Fourth, there was a tinge of not wanting to go back home. At all. All of those feelings were wrestling inside my stomach until the next day, until I finally unlocked my bedroom door here in the Philippines. Now, I am here. With a new haircut. With a new job. Quite different but still the same girl who would just give everything to return to Japan.
by topographe
