They said it would happen, and it happened to me.

Nov 03, 2008 01:33

I heard from a couple of expats before that you hit a 3 month wall after you leave home. You get a big pang of homesickness and you get into a stupor -- you can't think about going about your normal daily  life and you can't distract yourself either.

I thought I would be stronger than that. I thought I could distract myself (via good ol' retail ( Read more... )

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anonymous November 2 2008, 18:58:21 UTC
Hibernation, Shopping, and Eating are normal coping mechanisms. Hope you'll get over this funk soon. Ingat.

CW

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antoniele November 2 2008, 22:26:50 UTC
Hello fellow expat, I'm going to be in town starting noon today! I'm staying at Fraser Suites Singapore. You better show yourself to me and we can exchange expat stories haha!

Send me your number through Facebook. It's always nice to have family in a foreign place. (Although Singapore's hardly ever "foreign" to me nowadays)

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belljar November 3 2008, 01:07:02 UTC
Hi, sorry to hear that your feeling homesick.
*hugs*

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muddynights November 3 2008, 01:55:39 UTC
or do lucky plaza. :)

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