Well, we've been back for a week and have gone through jet lag and culture shock. We've had so much bbq in the last week, it's been great! It's been really good to be here, to see our family and some of our friends so far. As it was a long weekend though, all our good intentions of getting a bunch of stuff done in preparation for Angola was stilted as nothing official was open.
Ben's been working with his dad land surveying, and I've been trying to stay awake in the day. Jet lag and any kind of big change always hits me harder than Ben.
Our biggest reverse culture shock moment was going to a bar for karaoke with our friends. In Japan, karaoke is almost always in a booth, just with the friends you went to, and we had gotten to know the karaoke books pretty well, so that we knew what we could sing. Here, the books were way less organized, and didn't have the songs we were used to singing. Japan actually keeps up really well with their English collections of songs. In the end we each got in one song, but were left a little dissapointed cause we like to sing lots when we go. that, and the rude lady at walmart who was at the cash register. Japan has excellent customer service, and we were a little shocked at this one lady. Most stores in Japan are way over staffed, so it's strange here when going to buy fabric to wait and search for someone to help you.. ah, culture shock, there's nothing quite like taking a second look at your home culture.
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Hi Ben & Julia,
Glad you guys made it all safe and sound back home!! As for the jet lag, I know exactly how that feels. When I went to Europe I was soo messed up and just as I was getting used to the change it was time to come back home lol.
Glad to see you're getting in quite a few bbq's, I've been missing out since I'm not even allowed to have a little one on my balcony. Well enjoy being back!
It's time for me to get some breakfast before heading out to visit family.
ciao
Laura
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