懐かしい。。。
I've noticed this year that every time the seasons change, I feel a bit 懐かしい (natsukashii: nostalgic). I think it's because it reminds me of the first time (last year) I experienced the new season in Japan. Winter is coming, and my mood has been rather pensive as I think back on the past year, and what I was doing (and with whom) at this time last year.
It makes me feel old and sad.
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Someone once told me that we tend to get pensive, restless etc at this time of year (Fall) because for 18 years - or 21 if you went to college - we did something new each year - starting school. With that brought newness - new people, new places, new pencils. As adults we work off of a different clock but our inner selves often long (or become nostalgic for the past).
Posted by: Michelle | November 10, 2005 9:24 PM
i agree, but if fall makes you pensive, christmas must make you suicidal. Though I hear xmas is totally different over there.
Posted by: won | November 12, 2005 1:53 AM