Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ripples of culture shock

Everytime I start writing in this blogspace tonight, I delete what I've written because it sounds like I'm whining or being critical. I don't like that so much.

I had some run-ins today while I was out and about that triggered some aftershock ripples of culture shock. I know that I dealt with a lot of this stuff last year, but I just didn't expect it to come up today.

I'll just be honest. I really struggle to understand Africans. I sometimes am stunned by this culture and the people in it. I feel very American in it at times. I wait for the day when I can say, "A-ha! I get it!" Yet sometimes I wonder if that day will ever come.

And part of me is ready for a change of scenery that I know isn't coming anytime soon.

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