Post travel depression, is it normal?

• leungchunghong

  27 Dec 05, 22:15

  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?
• I-like-flings(m)

  27 Dec 05, 22:17

  very normal. i have that feeling whenever i return to sg too
• borntolive

  28 Dec 05, 00:32

  lol i from malaysia come back to spore already this kind of feeling though living cond there is worse.
• *Lord Kang*

  28 Dec 05, 00:37

  The places u gone to are those developed countries..Where skyscrapers, transportation systems and housing are already done up beautifully and better than Singapore..
  
  But why don't u go to those undeveloped countries and maybe u will be glad to be on the next flight back to Singapore..Right??
• Realistic-Nonsense

  28 Dec 05, 00:37

  i went to sentosa when i was young and had so much fun. when i came back i hated singapore.. haha thought sentosa is on singapore waters.
• sinicker

  28 Dec 05, 00:40

  Originally posted by leungchunghong:
  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?

  do you know how to use the word "respectively"?
• FireIce

  28 Dec 05, 00:41

  i love ubin very much
  i dun relli like mainland...
• Realistic-Nonsense

  28 Dec 05, 00:44

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  do you know how to use the word "respectively"?

  maybe the airplane makes the other way round the globe ?
• sinicker

  28 Dec 05, 00:46

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  i love ubin very much
  i dun relli like mainland...

  i just went there xmas eve.
• kivichio

  28 Dec 05, 09:08

  Sheesh. I study in the States and am in my last year of my course. Already have a job offer lined up so will be working there for a while. Probably will attend b-school there. Have gone on vacations to Korea, Japan, China, US, Canada etc... Yet everytime on the flight back to Singapore, I'm excited to get back, especially during the holidays. The closest friends, the places you know, the family you love... they're all here. When the plane touches down in Changi after the last leg from Incheon or Narita, I can't help but let a silly grin spread on my face. Whine and complain all you want, but Singapore's my home and I love it. And I'm a PR at that.
  
• Kenashi

  28 Dec 05, 09:10

  then don't go travelling lah, see problem solved
  
  
• enemychaser

  28 Dec 05, 09:14

  Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:

  The places u gone to are those developed countries..Where skyscrapers, transportation systems and housing are already done up beautifully and better than Singapore..
  
  But why don't u go to those undeveloped countries and maybe u will be glad to be on the next flight back to Singapore..Right??

  yah, i agree... went to china a few weeks back and the 1st thing i was thinking when i got there was : when can i go home
• Kenashi

  28 Dec 05, 09:15

  Originally posted by enemychaser:

  yah, i agree... went to china a few weeks back and the 1st thing i was thinking when i got there was : when can i go home

  
  wait till u go to vietnam
  u be begging them to shoot u
• Homebody

  28 Dec 05, 09:52

  Originally posted by leungchunghong:

  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?

  I've the same feelings too.
  
  I was in total depression for an entire month after I got back to Sg after staying overseas for a year. No mood to do anything and detested the fact that I'm back in Sg.
  
  No doubt I love my family members and friends here but if I have a choice, I would not have returned.
  
  I still miss my life overseas more. I'm dying to get out again and I will once I create that opportunity!
  
  
• de_middle

  28 Dec 05, 10:13

  Originally posted by leungchunghong:

  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?

  Very subjective coz it really depends where ur going.......... If you on a holiday, definately ur gonna go to somewhere nice for sure But if its on a Company assignment, you may end up in places you wished you were back here
  
  Ever been to Dhaka to recruit foreign workers & I tell you that place is HORRIBLE..... You feel itchy for no apparent reason.
• Kuali Baba

  28 Dec 05, 15:00

  I've been to a Thai village to do community work, and frankly I did like the simple lifestyle there.

  Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:

  The places u gone to are those developed countries..Where skyscrapers, transportation systems and housing are already done up beautifully and better than Singapore..
  
  But why don't u go to those undeveloped countries and maybe u will be glad to be on the next flight back to Singapore..Right??

• Ito_^

  28 Dec 05, 15:01

  Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:

  But why don't u go to those undeveloped countries and maybe u will be glad to be on the next flight back to Singapore..Right??

  things so cheap, everything oso affordable.
  
  worse.
• *Lord Kang*

  30 Dec 05, 00:04

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  I've been to a Thai village to do community work, and frankly I did like the simple lifestyle there.

  urs is different..U go there is to help people and not sightseeing all those..And different people have different lifestyle...So like the simple life and some like the city life..
• ha8n

  30 Dec 05, 00:06

  eye operner
• The Den

  30 Dec 05, 00:23

  I went to Redang and even considered staying there forever...
• JennTS

  30 Dec 05, 00:27

  flew to canada and stayed with my aunt and unc for close to one month.
  
  pretty much just stayed at home all the time. abit boring, no internet or games there, although theres satelite TV there.
  
  cant go out and play with the snow. not before putting on 6 dam layers of clothing. the snow is all too hard to play with anyway.
  
  closest town, at least 2 hours drive away. you wanna visit some place, it takes more than one day to get there.
  
  i was never happier to return to singapore.
• ceecookie

  30 Dec 05, 00:29

  there's also jet lag
• vito_corleone

  30 Dec 05, 01:49

  i know i miss singapore when i wake up at 2am and there are no food joints around except a crappy 24hour taco joint h
• storywolf

  30 Dec 05, 09:45

  Originally posted by leungchunghong:

  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?

  Don't think you have post travel depression !!! more of a tired yourself out !!!
  A lot of singaporean go oversea, for what ? they don't go to beach or resort to rest. They go there to see things and buy things , they try to make full use of their time oversea . They push their already tired body to the limit.
  
  Thus when come back singapore , they try to blame it on post travel depression !!! Who you kidding - you have Kaisu overtired travel !!!!
• Apex-LW'21

  30 Dec 05, 10:03

  Originally posted by leungchunghong:
  Airports and plane rides. They're tolerable when you're on your way to a great part of the world. I've tolerated 14 hour and 8 hour flights to Tokyo and Paris, respectively. But, when the time comes to fly home, they are just a pain in the ass. You're not going to a place you love. You're going HOME - the place you DON'T WANT TO BE.
  
  Whenever I arrive back to my hometown Singapore, I become depressed for about a month. After experiencing greener pastures, Singapore seems so...boring, lame, and just plain underdeveloped. I feel as if I've been cheated for living here. I feel as though I've been using a top of the line Alienware computer, it breaking, and having to use a shitty E-machine. That metaphor pretty much sums up my feelings of returning to Singapore.
  
  is it normal?[/quote]
  
  [quote]Originally posted by sinicker:

  do you know how to use the word "respectively"?

  I know what he meant:
  14 hrs to Tokyo & 8 hrs to Paris.