Alternate realities

Back in Holland and it's a lot of fun. Of course it's fun seeing friends and family. But I really get a kick out of the Star Trek thing: I know all these places and faces but a lot of the little details are off. I feel like I've been trough a wormhole or a space time anomaly. And of course I'm the only one who notices anything. A shop that was never there before. All the milk cartons have changed. Some one suddenly does a completely different job and has two kids... A lot can happen in almost four years.

I must confess: what helps is that I forgot a lot of things. How very windy Holland is. Or where exactly a restaurant is and how exactly you get there. Also good for that Twilight Zone feeling: I am used to do a lot of stuff Asian style. Sometimes I struggle to express things in Dutch instead of English or Thai. I feel my countrymen are pushy or smelly or have no manners whatsoever. And although sometimes it brings some discomfort: it never ceases to amuse me. It's so weird. I've stared at a couple of times already with that 'what are you smiling about-look'.