LEAVING TAIWAN FOREVER

He buys a flight home for Taiwan’s final night, feeling simultaneously sad, disappointed, relieved, and emotionally exhausted. Language barriers and incompatible interests leave him lonely; his friend’s solitude and his physical attraction make friendship difficult. He concludes travel cannot fix his problems and seeks UK stability, relationships, work, plus Japanese-lesson, gaming, and personal YouTube videos.

This reverses repeated travel-for-connection attempts toward building a permanent life at home.