The Romantic Part of Diaspora Life

The following words are cited from Robin Cohen’s (2008, p.8) book—Global Diasporas:

In his book, he tries to tell his reader that migrants sometimes have an imaginary picture of living overseas and have a pretty dream for the future; this story just tell us it is a romantic part of all the reality. It is a diaspora describes the place he lives (ps: an unknown place).

‘I have been convinced that I was living abroad and, at a push, overseas. It now turns out, however, that I have actually been living in the diaspora. This sounds like a very lovely place, with flora and fauna,[ …], blue skies and a certain je ne sais quoi. The sort of place where you can tiptoe through the tulips, stopping every so often to smell Rose, […], and any other delicacies that take your fancy…’

In the surrounding place I live, it is not a dream, This is Preston Park, a place as big as a football field, has two gardens (Rose garden and Rock garden, I will introduce tem next time) and one church inside. Very often, I walk only 5 minutes to there from my living place to take a fresh air and stretch my body. It is truly beautiful there! 

Cohen, R. (2008) Global diasporas : An introduction (2nd ed., Global diasporas). London: Routledge.
以下文字來自Robin Cohen 2008年的書’全球移民’：

在他的書中，他試圖告訴讀者，移民有時對海外生活會有一番想像，對未來有著美好的夢想; 這個故事告訴我們，這只是所有現實中的浪漫的一部分。這是一個移民描述他所住的地方（ps：一個未知的地方） 

“我已確信我住在國外，並且在動力驅使下來到海外。然而，事實證明，我實際上一直是像浪跡天涯般的生活。這聽起來像一個非常美好的地方，植物和動物，[...]，藍天和一些【法語】無法描述的事物。這種地方，你可以腳伸到鬱金香裡，每隔一段時間就停下來聞到玫瑰，[...]和任何其他你會想吃的美味佳餚...“
(文字摘錄自: Cohen, R. (2008) Global diasporas : An introduction)

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在我生活周遭,這不是一個夢想，這裡是普雷斯頓公園，一個像足球場一樣大的地方，裡面有兩個花園（玫瑰花園和岩石花園，我下次會介紹）和一個教堂。很多時候，我從住的的地方走到那只有5分鐘，去呼吸一下新鮮空氣，伸展身體。那裡真的是美!