2026 and the Fever Dream
Leaving home and beginning a new life in a new city were always on my list, but I never knew the time would be this early. The picture is there, the wish is written and stuck on the wall, but I never knew it would ever come true. After 26 years of living a life full of doubts and fear, I had not expected the boundary would finally shatter. Hearing the announcement from the cabin crew that we were finally landing in a new land I had never visited before still feels like a fever dream. I used to aspire to have the time to visit many countries, experience many cultures, and use my limited broken English skills in daily life. Funnily yet, when circumstances force me to, the feelings are mixed with fear dominating. Am I really embodying those wishes that I wrote on those sticky notes stuck on my bedroom wall and folded papers in that wish jar in my room? As I reflect, it was abrupt how this all went. For missing the ideal departure date, for the sudden news, announcements, miscom...
