new country

going to a new country, which is radically different in many aspects...

brings its own versions of goods and bads.

cultural shocks, linguistic shocks too...

- for example, how confusing a totally new language sounds like, and that all others around you seem totally comfortable with those sounds;

- also, how for example, a global language like English is twisted around (accent wise and grammar wise) according to that country population... and how funny and riduculous it seems to you... but at the same time, realizing you are the minority, and thus cannot really laugh at it.

the difference could be in the level of development.
a person moving from a developed country to 3rd world country... or
going from 3rd world to developed world.

lack of systematic or obsessively systematic transportion... train / road / walking / jaywalking.
- for example, going from a chaotic traffic system, where pedestrians walk around vehicles, jaywalking is non-existent concept, honking and shouting at each other at every turn is as common as spitting or throwing litter on the road... CHANGED into... strict systems, where one has to wait for the light to be green to go ahead everywhere, where cars swish past at 100 kilometer speed, which makes you actually think before crossing a road... buses and trains where the doors remain closed (and no hanging out is possible)... pushing others in public transport is rare and frowned upon...

100's of differences... often small ones, but acculturation is not easy anyway.

what's the world coming to?

i remember, a friend of mine telling me: "ohh... look at that house... what's that square thing on the wall?"
i: hmm.. its a window man... is that what you are asking? its an ordinary window".
friend: "ohh!! what will science come up with next?".

hastalavista baby...