Moving back to the new District of Commewijne, Suriname - South America!

THE ACT OF

EMIGRATION VERSUS IMMIGRATION!




SAYING MY FINAL GOODBYES TO THE BOW BRIDGE AT CENTRAL PARK WEST IN NEW YORK CITY- USA!

  


Carrie Bradshaw personified!

 Coming this very close to having my US naturalization process finalized - I realized that my outlook and priorities in life had changed.  It would have been a different scenario if I had still been at an age of 20's or 30's.  But I am in my post 40's now; the age range at which most women re-arrange their priorities and settle for goals that benefit them in old age.  I just realized that I was way beyond my own phase of exploration. I've mad the decision to fixate on one particular goal: Find that spot and then place my roots down.



HASSLES OF IMMIGRANT LIFE in US! 

 I had left Suriname at age 23 in need of a different environment, more promising then my current one.  I guess to see and learn more from the world - in the end - I still need to reconfigure what my learned life's lessons are so far. But there was a specific thing within myself in my journey of soul search I definitely learned: I was searching outwards for new experiences of personal independence and internalizing it -and whatever I had internalized aided in my personal development of soul search.  Then I asked myself if this was all worth it? If I had stayed my life would have turned out....different than if had left...?

HURRICANE SANDY!

It wasn't until I sat through Hurricane Sandy at which I experienced a shock of the aftermath living as a foreigner in a foreign country.  Unlike everyone else, I still had a choice to Emigrate back to my homeland, Suriname, down South to of the world - a country at the north east coast of South America neighboring Brazil and the Guyana's and other Spanish speaking countries.



Even wildlife is affected by Hurricanes!

I was so used to the convenience of the Western lifestyle back in New York City: the MTA public transport system, online shopping with plastic (credit card) - even pay pal system in Suriname is different, speaking the English Language, my freelance financial independence, my cats, my dogs & my alumni status at Hunter College, CUNY! Etc.


CARS GETTING PUSHED AHEAD BY THE FLOODS! NYC!

 Although, once a native Dutch speaker - I was always looked at by fellow American citizens how well I knew the language - In their ears Dutch sounds like German and it they had no clue that I came from another continent other then India. 

MOVING BACK IN WITH A PARENT!

Giving up my independence and moving back in with a parent was a very tough decision to make.  After 21 years of moving out and then moving back in - I was glad I was the only extra mouth to feed - with no children.
Luckily! Other immigrants did get stuck getting married (and then got divorced) with home mortgage and college tuition to pay for their kids.  Maybe I should consider myself to be lucky! My aging mom benefits from this arrangement also -I hope.

At this point of transition, I am reconfiguring a job and home settlement and even looking to contribute to the economic and structural development of my homeland.  Whatever its past was!