@Great Portugal with emigra feeling

What the hell does it mean??

Well, I may say that although I have been travelling quite a lot since the past three years I have never felt the Emigra feeling, therefore I couldn’t even think or characterize it but now I KNOW!

When today it suddenly came to me.. at first I couldn’t know how to deal with it, secondly it became a lot weird considering my strongly and deeply implemented life style (some will perfectly understand.. nevertheless it is not important to understand it to get through the concept) and at last I understood that the Emigra Feeling is not a disease, its not absolutely that bad, it is not compulsorily negative but simply a sort of enjoying our country above the others despite everything those others may give us which is still above what we can find in our own country and nevertheless keeping the will for returning (either on holiday or eventually forever in the future).. Is that clear?

Step by step could be:

1. Everything pretty much starts with a huge disappointment by the own country followed by the feeling that anywhere else would be better and the only thing to do is to leave.
2. After the emigrant leaves the one will face the problems of the new host country which sometimes are quite more annoying than the ones in he's own country specially considering that in the beginning everything seems pretty complicated and difficult to understand/sort out.
3. After this while of adaptation and settling down it happens those all good points which motivated the MOVE start to appear and everything seems perfect then: It is the highlighting of the real advantages of being abroad versus the drawbacks of being home.. and this is the top of it and when it becomes worthwhile.
4. Sooner or later after feeling point number three it becomes the point where the emigrant wishes that all that perfect would just possibly happen in he’s country and then going back to the advantages of the own country now versus the disadvantages of the new one (The problem is now inverted)..

That’s the bridge for the Emigra feeling!

Emigra feeling belongs to the one who admits his country’s the best although not for himself and still the best! Therefore the Emigra goes back to his own country as many times as he can, sometimes even under complicated/exhausting/impossible situations.

Emigra feeling by a Portuguese (myself):

I love Portugal but there is no future for me there at the moment for the reasons I might be able to talk about next time (I reckon it will take a couple of post to discuss this subject though.. Points of views diverge a lot on this matter; I have assisted and participated in a few discussions.. )

So that’s a concept for today and right now, and as an emigrant I became, I am enjoying the hot (bloody hot weather by the way) whereas music plays and the sun (pink, hot sun) sets, promising a lovely tomorrow when on holiday I can just happily enjoy the GOOD of my Portugal!