It’s already 2 weeks since I returned to Korea. But my whole sleep/wake-rhythm seems to be totally off.
I already have a fragmented sleep but this is really annoying now, having the jetlag on top of everything else. Well, I guess I have to get used to it. Last time it took me about 2 months to get a reasonable rhythm. That’s why I hate travelling half around the world from one bubble to another one.
Korea is really different from Switzerland. But it’s like having a theatre divided in half by a wall, the wall is the connection from one part of the theatre to the other one. The flight is symbolizing the wall… the transition from one world to another one. Maybe there are other worlds out there, too. But right now I’m already busy enough with living in two different worlds.
Is there a possibility to connect those two worlds or will it always remain a kind of schizophrenic scenario? I don’t know. I will just try to do the split. I’ll just live in one place as long as I like it and then I’ll move on to other places. There are so many places in this world to discover, to get adapted to. It’s interesting to learn new languages, new cultures.
I guess Korea will always be one part of my life since I was born in this country. Someone asked me what it would mean to me if I had both nationalities, the Korean and the Swiss one. I replied that it would reflect exactly my situation. I do have a Korean family here and I also have a Swiss family. So having a dual citizenship would be the perfect solution for me. I think we should start a petition in order to get a law passed that would allow dual citizenship for adoptees. There is already one country I know of that allows their adoptees who are being sent away to keep their original nationality. It’s the U.S.A. that send aways black children to Canada and Europe. They will remain U.S. citizens although with an adoption usually the ties are cut. Not so in the U.S.A.
I also think that Korea could profit a lot from all the adoptees out there. I’m pretty sure that everybody would love to get the Korean nationality in addition to their adopted one. Well, the sun is going up and I should try to get some hours of sleep…
