Scotland the Rude
Please excuse the last posting. I was having a really really bad week. Moving to another country isn't easy. Fitting in and making it "home" is even harder. Imagine if there were a thousand tiny things that got on your nerves, from the way people interact to how they pronounce their words. Imagine yourself immersed in those irritants all day every day. Now imagine that you're facing a lifetime of being immersed in those irritants. It has a way of making a person extremely irritable.
People here are fairly unfriendly as far as I can tell. But they are far from being entirely evil. I met a very nice lady on the bus today. I get on great with the girl at the health food store. I'm just suffering from extreme culture shock.
Part of the problem is that I am, deep down, very shy and withdrawn. I don't interact with people easily, especially when I see them as potentially hostile. And this whole country seems potentially hostile, so I've retreated deep into my shell to avoid them. I've decided to try to change that. In Seattle, I was not just more outgoing, I was a force to be reckoned with. I'm going to spend some time trying to find my attitude again.
Alana
People here are fairly unfriendly as far as I can tell. But they are far from being entirely evil. I met a very nice lady on the bus today. I get on great with the girl at the health food store. I'm just suffering from extreme culture shock.
Part of the problem is that I am, deep down, very shy and withdrawn. I don't interact with people easily, especially when I see them as potentially hostile. And this whole country seems potentially hostile, so I've retreated deep into my shell to avoid them. I've decided to try to change that. In Seattle, I was not just more outgoing, I was a force to be reckoned with. I'm going to spend some time trying to find my attitude again.
Alana
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Posted by: ken short | July 2, 2007 03:05 PM