I once thought I was familiar with this topic, but today, after Moh Keng explained the phrase and listed the "symptoms" of the culture shock, I realized what I had thought was mostly wrong, and I realized many weeks ago, I was going through my "cultural shock" period.
There is a reason why I haven't been to Sentosa yet. After we first arrived at Singapore, we didn't have any classes. Everyone was busy sightseeing, except me. It doesn't happen a lot, because I am really a gregarious person, I hang out with my fellas. However, when I first arrived, I didn't feel like hanging out. I just stayed inside the hostel, sleeping all the time. All I wanted to do is making phone calls with my parents and my previous friends. It seems like I wouldn't make friends any more, and I complaint a lot, about all the things.
Those are all signs of being suffering from cultural shock. Cultural shock doesn't only mean the seeing-Indians-eating-with-their-hand-shocked-me thing. It tells more about the mental changes inside us when we come to a brand-new place. We all will suffer. That is what humans do. So we should try our best to shape up and embrace everyday with a sunny heart.
I'm wondering why i haven't felt cultural shock. Maybe it's because Singapore is similar with Chia in some way? I want to get acquainted with more people from different races. By the way, I agree to what you said,"we should try our best to shape up and embrace everyday with a sunny heart. "
ReplyDeletePerhaps all of us are the same and we all have to go through "culture shock", and just the time is different.But really I don't think I am suferring the life her.In fact, I like here. Good luck to you and I believe you can defeat culture shock successfully.
ReplyDeletenobody can avoid cultural shock,but i'm sure all of us can get through it.maybe you can stop speaking "your sister",and speak more "thank you" or something elas.perhaps you can cut down your complainting and have a happy life~!happy new year!
ReplyDeleteThe best way to get over culture shock is to first start by doing things that you would normally do in a different environment. When I was in foreign countries, I used to walk around to explore the surroundings, at weird times. That helped a lot.
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