Comments | sodiumion: Sometimes, just sometimes, I really wonder

sodiumion

Sometimes, just sometimes, I really wonder

Aug 28, 2010 09:22

Sometimes I really wonder if I'd made the right decision coming on the JET program. It's kind of early to start doubting, you say. But for a city girl like me to head to a countryside environment is actually kind of disconcerting. The train comes only once every two hours. There is no convenience store. Groceries are so expensive ( Read more... )

thoughts, jet

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chiiyo August 28 2010, 10:25:07 UTC

*HUGS* That's why it's going to be a learning experience!

sodiumion August 30 2010, 03:16:27 UTC

Yep. Working my way up to it! :D

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sodiumion August 30 2010, 03:17:08 UTC

*HUGS* I MISSED YOUUUUU!!!

Anymore kimono adventures..? :D

sundaytea August 28 2010, 13:57:42 UTC

awww Nat, hang in there! you are in stage 2; things will get better, I'm sure. Good vibes!
xoxoxoxoxo

sodiumion August 30 2010, 05:04:38 UTC

Yep, stage 2 now, because there's no internet at home. LOL. Hoping things will be looking up! Giving myself work to do - translating picture books. :P I! WILL! FIGHT!!!!!!

:p

analyse August 28 2010, 14:27:30 UTC

like any new environment, it'll teach you things about yourself and what you want from life. it's just a really radical one, so it's harder to adjust... hang in there!

sodiumion August 30 2010, 05:31:43 UTC

Thanks, SY!
Doing my best to keep my chin up! :D

I expect things to pick up after school starts (on Wednesday). :D

cosmiko August 28 2010, 18:00:47 UTC

Ganbatte. Acclimatising isn't easy. I can somewhat understand how you might be feeling. From my brief experience having gone alone on exchange in a small town in New Zealand for half a year during uni - having to get used to shops being closed by 6pm, the lack of public transport at night and the low frequency of buses even during the day, expensive food, expensive everything, communicating with people with entirely different cultural backgrounds (and I also went smack in the middle of winter and was all :( at the cold in the beginning) - it's completely different from what we're used to, and I know that it isn't easy. BUT I'm sure that you'll learn to adapt, appreciate the differences, slip into the way of life there, and maybe feel a little awkward even when you first return to Singapore after it, and when you look back in the future, you'll think of it as an experience you're glad to have in your life. (That's how it was for me.)