The Beauty of East Asia
16/04/21
Do you ever wonder how the world map might be like if China / some other East Asian country were to have colonized the world instead of European countries? I was thinking about that. I’m not sure if “colonized” is the right word. What I mean is like, something like being the founders of globalization and the modern world. In that case it is very likely that I would be writing in Chinese right now. But lets not go there haha. Is it possible for East Asia to have been the colonizers? Is East Asian society conducive to colonialism? I guess it is not too much of a fetch. China’s did do quite a lot of conquering in the … past. I don’t know when. And Japan too, during the pre-WW2 era. But I am not sure if that is by influence of Western norms and interactions with western countries and the normalization of Colonialization in the League of Nations. But my guess is that it is possible. Now how would they have drawn up the world map? It is very likely that if China were to be a world leader in the time when there had not been a universally adopted version of the world map, China would have placed itself in the center of the map. After all, China’s name in Chinese literally says “Middle Country”. Now, where would the partition be? In the current world map, the Pacific Ocean is sliced. In this alternative world map, certainly for East Asia to be in the middle the Pacific must remain intact, right? Now, lets call the current format Americas-Europe/Africa-Australasia. Would the alternative map be Australasia-Americas-Europe/Africa (splitting the globe along the Urals and Caucasus) or Europe/Africa-Australasia-Americas (splitting the globe along the Atlantic)? I am not sure but I think the latter would be more natural, given that it’s a water body, after all. Of course, I have done zero research in saying all these. Lol.
Now that was a really huge tangent. Because the main point of this journal entry is actually to talk about scenery and stuff. But perhaps it isn’t interesting to write about. I don’t know. Someone showed me their travel-pics from a trip to Japan. Thought they look really good, but also that the vibe ish was really reminiscent of the scenery I saw in Taiwan and Hong Kong which I went to a few years back too. I want to travel.
Some things about the scenery. First off I would like to mention the similarities between the Buddha statue at Makomanai Takino Cemetery (which now that I am google-ing it, looks VERY SIMILAR to the picture that someone sent me). And also the Tian Tan Buddha in Hong Kong. Not to say that they are totally the same. But that there is a noticeable similarity in a predominantly Buddhist culture in East Asian countries which sadly, is diminishing now. (Welp, I am one of the Buddhist turned Atheist ones so.)
Some other pictures about vast gardens of flowers. The one I saw in Taiwan was mesmerizing. Curated. Magical. It feels like I am living in a Disney movie. And there was a picture of a lake. I saw a really pretty lake at sunset one of the days while I were in Taiwan. I think one thing that characterized my trip is that it was not as relaxing as I wish it were? Because the tour group was quite rushed and all. But we did get to see a lot of things in a very short time. But I am not sure if the trade-off is worth it because I didn’t really get to enjoy each of the attractions for as long as I would’ve liked to. I think if I were to travel again I would want it to be more free-flow. But you know the thing about travelling is that you gotta find someone you can trust. And at this point…everyone hates me. Damn. Solo travelling is certainly possible but at this point of my life I am really wondering if I actually am autistic? Also, severe anxiety when I so much as walk along the sidewalk and the cars are loud and all.
East Asia has nice scenery. I would like to visit China and Japan and Korea someday (which I have not went to before). I may claim…to have made a recent insight / discovery as to just how unlikeable / unlovable I am. That I am not even a choice. But anyways. It would be nice if it becomes something more. And perhaps one day I get to travel and see the world in all its beauty. It would be idyllic. I also wonder if perhaps I might want to travel to Switzerland. To do what that girl in Crash Landing On You did. Then perhaps I would want to live.
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