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Wed, Jul. 30th, 2008 10:54 amBack at home in the US!
It's very odd. I haven't had culture shock going back to CA in quite some time, largely because I haven't been away for all that long. But when I was in the airport, I was all, "Whoa! People speaking English to me! Lots of non-Chinese people around! Must readjust!" And it's even odder being back at home, as clearly I didn't bother to clean before I left. I can't remember where anything is, and I have two months of mail piled up. I now sort of miss being a complete bum and letting my parents arrange everything, although I was getting a little tired of it in the last week.
It's also very odd remembering how to eat in CA—my sister's here, and we basically run through a list of different types of cuisine to figure out what to have for each meal, whereas in Taiwan, it was pretty much "Chinese, Japanese or Western." And oh, it is so odd yet good walking outside and having it be dry and cool instead of hot and humid!
Sigh. Not looking forward to unpacking or catching up with assorted errands. On the other hand, I have my rats back! OMG I missed them so much! They are even fatter than I remember, which I did not think possible!
It's very odd. I haven't had culture shock going back to CA in quite some time, largely because I haven't been away for all that long. But when I was in the airport, I was all, "Whoa! People speaking English to me! Lots of non-Chinese people around! Must readjust!" And it's even odder being back at home, as clearly I didn't bother to clean before I left. I can't remember where anything is, and I have two months of mail piled up. I now sort of miss being a complete bum and letting my parents arrange everything, although I was getting a little tired of it in the last week.
It's also very odd remembering how to eat in CA—my sister's here, and we basically run through a list of different types of cuisine to figure out what to have for each meal, whereas in Taiwan, it was pretty much "Chinese, Japanese or Western." And oh, it is so odd yet good walking outside and having it be dry and cool instead of hot and humid!
Sigh. Not looking forward to unpacking or catching up with assorted errands. On the other hand, I have my rats back! OMG I missed them so much! They are even fatter than I remember, which I did not think possible!