| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
|
 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 4:09 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
Absolutely nothing.
It was like I never left.
I was intrigued about "reverse culture shock" before I went back. It was much ado about nothing.
I took a look around at the buildings, the blue sky - that was something to see again - the cleanliness, the public toilets.
I smelled the air and thought, "Man we have it good."
Then I strolled up to St. Viateur, bought some bagels, hit a cafe, and watched the women go by. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
harri2002
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
Location: Earth
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Harin wrote: |
Everytime I visit Korea, I get inflation-shocked.
For example;
1997 2003
ramen 200won 500won
subway ticket 300won 700won
ȣ�� 200won 1,000won
jajangmyun 2,000won 3,000won
Crazy..... |
jajangmyun was 600 won in 1990 when I was there. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Badmojo wrote: |
Absolutely nothing.
It was like I never left.
I was intrigued about "reverse culture shock" before I went back. It was much ado about nothing.
I took a look around at the buildings, the blue sky - that was something to see again - the cleanliness, the public toilets.
I smelled the air and thought, "Man we have it good."
|
It has been a while since I started this thread and I am now back in Canada for a long deserved vacation with my wife. This is the third time that I have come back to Canada over the past 7 years. The first two times really did a job on me but this time the reverse culture shock kind of just bounced off me with no effect. Of course there are many things that I just don't understand since I've been away so long, like references to pop culture (music, tv shows, celebrities, books), current events, and knowledge of certain events that happened in the lives of people whom I know. However, there was no shock involved this time, just a bit of head scratching here and there.
I'm guessing that many others who have taken their place in the ranks of the expatriote horde have noticed the same effect over time, that it becomes much more comfortable to move back and forth between familiar countries. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Reverse culture shock and going home |
|
|
| jazblanc77 wrote: |
| (they usually only use small baskets in France as they shop practically everyday). |
Well, it all depends where you shop. I just loved going to the supermarket in France. Lots of great food and it was relatively cheap. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:11 am Post subject: |
|
|
References to pop culture....
I like that expression. I know almost nothing that has arisen in the west during the past 8 years. And I feel it when I meet some people who have been over here a year or less. And guys 10 years younger than me mention the music they like, I think what the hell? I'm still thinking the clash and old u2. Or new slang even. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jar
Joined: 21 Apr 2005
Location: Belfast
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
I came back from JAPAN to the UK after one year last August and it was the biggest regret of my life.
I miss Asia so much (even if I am generalising it) and have honestly never been so unhappy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
philinkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
I came back from JAPAN to the UK after one year last August and it was the biggest regret of my life.
I miss Asia so much (even if I am generalising it) and have honestly never been so unhappy. |
why don't you go back mate.
i got back to the U.K. after a year in Korea. i was only in England for 2 months though, before that I was in Korea for a year and Oz for a year. I'd say travelling and doing those things are the best things I've done in my life. It was difficult to come to Korea the second time because I left my family and good friends again but I really wanted to live in Seoul, I got the job I want and feel got everything I could out of the experience.
It's nice now being with my family more and seeing my old friends I've knew for so long. I do feel I've done so much with my life and kind of feel really proud of that. A lot of people are surprised and seem to kind of admire what I've done and say how theyve thought of it. I think a lot of people don't just take the jump.
However, my long term plan has been to study counselling which I decided when I was in Oz. Ive just turned 25 and felt now was a good time to start. Whereas I'll miss aspects of Korea I think it would be wrong to spend more time there.
I feel a lot more open minded now. The narrowness of people here botheres me and I chatted to friends who said the same. I miss speaking Korean. I go for a meal each saturday and it just seems odd and boring, the food is tasteless (after eating korean) and I miss speaking Korean and reading everything around me. I've started to study Spanish now in a positive attempt to compensate.
I dont feel I've properly settled back yet, still trying to find a job etc. I think the next year will bring a lot of developments as to more feelings about Korea etc. I feel though I need to work hard to catch up here a bit in a way. Even though I saved some good cash I have no house no car no job right now, and no girlfriend. It seems people have their England life more together. I think people can lose themselves by staying away too long |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pauline
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
Location: Incheon, Korea
|
| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
It's the rampant commercilism that got me when I returned to Oz in 2000 after a five year's absence. I arrived just before Christmas. Not a good idea.
Last year, it wasn't so bad, but it was the Aussie accent that got me. I couldn't stop laughing at it. I noticed that family members who have been overseas understood, but others like my younger sister were not amused.
Wherever I go, be it London, NZ or Oz, I can never get over the horrible fashion that empahises fat and sloppiness, but its so nice that people don't look so same-same, don't call you a Russian *beep*, or spit and snap their gum, and that the toilets are clean! I miss the Korean food, though.
And the space, the attractive buildings, the well-maintained roads, the space, the clean air, and English books galore. We have it so good. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
babonomad
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
|
| Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I hear you jazblanc. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
