미국은 이상하죠?

[dedalusj]

Home may just be the strangest place in the world.  After having been away for about two years I am suddenly back and dealing with family and friends, with whom I seem to seem to have so little in common.  I have to remember the person I was the last time I saw them and try and translate my thoughts through the prism of that person they know.  If I

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[tharp42]

It sounds like you were more wrapped up in pure Korean stuff when you were here...

When I go home, it's always a little 이상하다 right at first, but I quickly get my bearings, and then it always feels like I've only been gone a week.

[tharp42]

I've gotten that North or South Korea one a few times. Classic.

[pisica_habibi]

I got a new one. "Maybe you could sell your [corrupted, useless] ipod over there. I mean, people can't afford them otherwise...can they?"

*head desk x 100,000,000*

[pisica_habibi]

"Finding my niche in a place where I really don’t fit in means that it is nearly impossible for me to fit in in the place were I should fit in most."

Thank you for summing that up so well. It's what's been on my mind for the past few months. I can't imagine being in the west long term now....the first two weeks are always cool, since it's a different setting, but after that, boredom sets in. Everything's just too familar. Korea's familar too, but it's not as ingrained as the US is.