Orcalion: Life is A Learning Process for Thursday, December 27, 2007

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Culture Shock (part 4)

For most people, having a circle of ‘your own people’ is the key to feeling of security. However, I made the decision from the very beginning that.. If I entered someone’s house, then I have to learn to understand the owner’s rules and culture. I couldn’t just sleep there and hang around ‘my people’... Sign in to see full entry.

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Culture Shock (part 3)

Three years later, I went back to Australia to do my undergraduate degree, and I experienced the culture shock all over again! This time, raised voices, choices of wording from people didn’t worry me too much anymore, but the numbers of raised hands and questions asked during lectures STILL... Sign in to see full entry.

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Culture Shock (part 2)

It all shocked me how little things can be so different, while big things are quite the same. Some differences were pretty easy to manage, such as: Australians drove on the same side of the streets (later in my life where I had the chance to live in Arab countries, where people drove on the right... Sign in to see full entry.

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Culture Shock (part 1)

Before I had the experience of living in a different country to where I was born in, I 9had no idea of the meaning of ‘culture shock’. During Elementary School age, many people in my country was still under the impression that people who went overseas were only the rich and snobbish who had too much... Sign in to see full entry.

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