Saudade*

Even being a young man, longing to meet a new world, its places & its cultures, after a couple of months away from home, I cant avoid missing it. The new technologies might help us, allowing us to minimize this feeling. On a regular basis, I call home, just to check up how everyone is going there. And, maybe once every two weeks, we make a net meeting with a web-cam. Things look pretty much the same there...

Man!!! Me being away is really regretted by all back home... Can't you tell?

*Saudade (Portuguese word)
feminine noun

1. longing;
2. yearning;
3. nostalgia, homesickness;
4. deixou muitas saudades a todos - his going away was regretted by all, everybody misses him;
dê-lhe saudades minhas</EM> - remember me to him;
matar saudades - to cheer oneself by the sight of someone or something one longs for;
tenho muitas saudades dele</EM> - I long to see him, I miss him very much;
ter saudades da sua terra (da pátria) - to be homesick;