Reverse culture shock is harder than culture shock. To not feel at home when you're in your own country is very strange. To not like your own culture is something you wish you could turn off. To suddenly realize that you dislike things that you had idealized and dreamed about returning to for a year makes one feel very lost. So that's how ( Read more... )

So things are a bit different now that Sam's gone, the holidays are over and school has started. I definitely went through a short period of being uncomfortable in North America but I have generally been on a little honeymoon with culture, food, language, family, friends and obviously Sam. Now it gets "real" again. Somehow "real" has come to ( Read more... )

I hate it when people speak a few words to me in broken English and think they're cool or doing me a favour. If someone honestly speaks English well, I have no problem entertaining the fact that they want to practice. I hope Spanish speakers will let me practice with them when I get home ( Read more... )

So we had a good birthday for Savannah. Everyone enjoyed themselves. Her and Char were pretty drunk when they arrived. Char is hilarious. I like her but when she's drunk I don't understand much of her English. Sav's really a cool girl on so many levels and I think I will keep in touch with her for a long time even if life takes us in different ( Read more... )

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