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culture Nazyra Azla Short story

When Home Doesn’t Feel Like Home: A Self-Reflection of Reversed-Culture Shock

Home. A word that often evokes feelings of comfort when used in phrases like “it feels like home.” For me, home is Indonesia. But what if Indonesia doesn’t feel like home anymore, where it does not provide that sense of comfort that it normally does?

It all started exactly 4 years ago…..

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Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung Short story

Stream of Consciousness, Coming Home

What does coming back home after years of living in a foreign country feel like? Walk with Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung as he recalled his time in Vietnam, struggling with feeling like a stranger in his home country, which led to contemplation about label and identity.