When I decided to study abroad for a year, I didn’t know if I would be able to go home for Christmas. I am really glad I did. I was able to make it back …
reverse culture shock
Be in my eyes, Be in my heart
Blah. I don’t have a fancy introduction for you this time. I don’t even have a long drawn out blog for you today. What I do have for you are a few reflections (for the …
El Final
¡Buenas! This is going to be my last blog post, thanks for reading. I’m back! Back to work, back with my family, and back in Wisconsin. I only had one minor case of culture shock, …
Return and Readjustment
It has been over 3 weeks since my return to the US from India, and I am long overdue for a wrap-up—which I owe to both my blogging experience and to my personal experience of …
My Glass Case of Emotion
Shoot, man, my year in Belo Horizonte is officially over. To start this final post, below is a typed outburst of my glass case of emotion just before boarding my flight from Rio to Miami. …
The Last One:
This is the last and the worst and the hardest. It’s the last because I’m home in the U.S. It’s the worst because I’m not really sure what to say, and it’s the hardest because …
Misplaced
When you hear the word “misplaced” it brings to mind an object being lost, set down in an area where it doesn’t belong, and then cannot be found again. But “misplaced” also has another definition: …
Already Anticipating Reverse Culture Shock
Lu Laoshi had the first of his lectures this semester and it was on Intercultural Communication. Honestly speaking the first time I heard this term I thought it was going to be someone clearly stating …