Culture

It has become no exception to me that one of the biggest things that a foreigner would encounter would be culture shock.

This is by no means in a dramatic proportion but rather in a subtle manner where I get caught off guard to the little things that I am so used to. But more to it is the sense of feeling alien to an extend, where I am finding it conscious to think about how I behave.

One of the biggest difference that I noticed was that whenever we went out to eat, my parents would be walking around the restaurant finding a table, and if it means standing beside other customers and waiting for them to be done with their meal. Where as in the US, we are ask to wait to be seated by the waiter of host. And I found myself feeling rather weird out to stand in the midst of customers.

I am finding somewhat a fascination of the things that I can observe and to think to myself that I actually came from this culture and now I found myself sensing it to be familiar to my knowledge yet unusual to my practice.

These few months is going to be an interesting time for me, not just spending time with family but rather learning about life and culture.