Monday, February 27, 2006

reverse culture shock {day 1}

someone turn off that AC. it's so cold! i was surprised this morning when i woke up and looked outside. instead of a warm, green landscape, i was greeted with ice, snow, and chill. welcome back to canada.

personal space exists now. people are not as friendly. it is no longer appropriate to greet each other with a "holy kiss" especially guys. jookes. well sorta. it really wasn't sketch there at all. as if i'm one to talk. i have major personal space issues. :P i bet the panamanians could feel my body tense up when they leaned in. maybe it's just because i've been conditioned by canadian culture. i like the panamanian culture. it's so much more relational and affectionate. i think that if i stayed there longer, my personal space issues would disappear.

and so the processing process continues...

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