Reverse Culture Shock

I Have been here in Indonesia for a week. Feel good to be home. But I still keep experiencing reverse culture shock every day.  First one was not a big issue. .  when I just arrived in Jakarta from Singapore. As soon as I got off from the airplane at the International Airport, everything that I never noticed before irritated me this time. .  I didn’t know why . . . I think Paul and Allison were right that we all would experience cultural shock although it’s our own country because we have been away for a year.  .  . Isn’t it funny?!

Well haha see now I beat around the bush LOL. . So I was saying that the first one was when I get off from the airplane. .  Sanny, Ryan (my folks from Jakarta who studied with me at Scottsdale Community College) and I were saying Good-Bye because they had to go to their homes and I had to continue my flight to Palu. When I said Good-Bye to Sanny, I cried and hugged her tight. .  and that time, people were looking at us like the three of us were aliens hahaha . . . maybe they had never seen people cried that bad LOL

The second one was when I brought my 3 bags and tried to get in to the shuttle bus that was provided for going to the domestic terminal but before that, I needed to put all the bags on the shuttle. .  and when I did it, everybody was looking or probably staring at me and smile like I was a clown with her show hahaha very funny . .  that time, I just remembered people in the U.S and my group that always offered help whenever they see people who need help. . but here in my own country, they will just stared at you and smile . . MON Dieu!!! I wish that culture of the Americans in helping each other would be brought here to my country . . Well I gotta show them haha . .

Even when I was on the shuttle, I put my earphone on and started my music without looking at the passengers or talking to any of them. But when I lift up my chin, I saw almost all the passengers were staring at me, again?!! Hahaha I thought something was wrong with me, then I checked everything, I was okay … may be they were not LOL

The second one was the one that drove me nuts LOL. It was when I got an invitation to meet the Meyer of my city at his office (because of the CCIP scholarship LOL). I was scheduled to see him at 10 AM. But I came earlier at 9.40 I think (my habit to come earlier which I built in the US LOL). I waited for him in front of his office. While waiting, a man came with a folder. A tall man with a brown skin and brown jacket. He entered the room with his cigarette in his hand. I looked at him (well I gave him strange look because I thought he was not polite to come to the Meyer office with a smoke of his cigarette). He just entered the room and stand beside me (I was sitting lol). He stood and smoked beside of me (Dang!! I hate smokes!!)

After 1 or 2 minutes, he threw his cigarette on the floor and stepped on it. OMG!!!! That time, I was super surprised and mad to see what he was doing with his cigarette and I am pretty sure he saw the way I looked at him.  I looked at him like seriously???!!! It is the Meyer office. Not your own office!!!

MON DEU!!!

That time, I wanted to teach him manner haha

I wish I could change the culture of people who smoke. They need to know where to smoke and where not to. I don’t understand where they keep their brain. Smoke wherever they want and throw the cigarettes wherever they want. .

That’s something that this government and people need to work on together. 

From Ampana with Ngio-Ngioto face

Nur