Today's Oops
1."Oh I bumped into you!", "Oops and you!"..."Ohhhhhhh I am on the wrong side of the walkway in the middle of the mall. I should be on the left side!!!"Apparently each country, without knowing, walks on the same side of a path that they would take if they were driving down the street. To make this worse I didn't even realize I had bumped into people until they looked at me with disgruntled eyes.
2. I still stare at foreigners, shush don't tell. By the way define foreigners as Western Europeans, although I stare at Asians too cause I am so happy to see them.
3. I "tapped" my phone very aggressively today. Don't worry it's ok and it's learned how far it can push me.
4. One way I have adjusted was I was trying to search for my parent's State's side zip code today and kept on typing in postal code.Before you know I am saying nappy for diaper and it's all downhill from there.
5. I backed away from someone when I was thought perhaps I was standing too close to them today and then they looked at me and I thought, "Uh Oh now they think I think they smell bad or something." No way to win on this one.
Su Jia Tun
Su Jia Tun
Showing posts with label transition. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Funny Moments so far
I hope to add more of these but if you know us you will recognize a lot of our silliness in these moments. Enjoy!
1. A lady called me on the phone for an interview. I understood practically none of what she said. I heard her say the place, and the time. So I showed up and decided to be flexible. How did she learn to talk so fast?
2. I found out about myself the other day that a new side to my personality is I am reluctant to ask questions now that I am in Australia. Why? I am unwilling to stand out. What? Standing out, shouldn't I be used to that by now?
3. Darren and I found out that we are extremely clumsy when eating Chinese food in Australia. What's more surprising is it isn't the chopsticks that are the problem... it's the spoons. We couldn't serve ourselves with serving spoons since we are used to using our chopsticks. You should have seen us trying to hold chopsticks and go for the food only to hold back at the last minute and grab the spoon and proceed to drop the chopsticks and food all over the table.
4.Cheese is GOLD! People it is GOLD! Would you stop putting it on everything cause you are giving me a heart attack.
5. I have had a hard time getting used to my super fancy touch-screen phone that...wait for it... came with the standard package deal. Thing flips from horizontal screen to vertical screen all the time which makes me dizzy. It also makes me want to hit it. By the way... where are the numbers? Ahhh took me awhile.
6. I forgot a huge batch of muffins in the oven because the oven was too quiet. Hard as rocks. For those from my fellowship in China, coffee was not the problem this time. True story.
7.I am reluctant to buy more than a day or two's worth of groceries. I actually wanted to stop my husband from buying a cereal for Saturday today because we won't need that for five days. And, of course, cereal is like GOLD people GOLD, would you stop eating it all the time!
8. I am inherently suspicious of bagged fruits and veggies. If it's pre-bagged in China then it's either out of season and therefore astronomically expensive or has one or two bad pieces in it. Mm mm and what is up with veggies that are pre-bagged just right in order to make Master Chef recipes? Will I adjust?
9. How excited did I get when the box showed up with a few precious coffee mugs from China in it? Way too excited to get over coffee cups. I used one right away with a huge grin all over my face. Could have been due to the amount of caffeine I already had in my system. Turns out coffee is GOLD but I can get used to drinking a lot more of it anyway.
1. A lady called me on the phone for an interview. I understood practically none of what she said. I heard her say the place, and the time. So I showed up and decided to be flexible. How did she learn to talk so fast?
2. I found out about myself the other day that a new side to my personality is I am reluctant to ask questions now that I am in Australia. Why? I am unwilling to stand out. What? Standing out, shouldn't I be used to that by now?
3. Darren and I found out that we are extremely clumsy when eating Chinese food in Australia. What's more surprising is it isn't the chopsticks that are the problem... it's the spoons. We couldn't serve ourselves with serving spoons since we are used to using our chopsticks. You should have seen us trying to hold chopsticks and go for the food only to hold back at the last minute and grab the spoon and proceed to drop the chopsticks and food all over the table.
4.Cheese is GOLD! People it is GOLD! Would you stop putting it on everything cause you are giving me a heart attack.
5. I have had a hard time getting used to my super fancy touch-screen phone that...wait for it... came with the standard package deal. Thing flips from horizontal screen to vertical screen all the time which makes me dizzy. It also makes me want to hit it. By the way... where are the numbers? Ahhh took me awhile.
6. I forgot a huge batch of muffins in the oven because the oven was too quiet. Hard as rocks. For those from my fellowship in China, coffee was not the problem this time. True story.
7.I am reluctant to buy more than a day or two's worth of groceries. I actually wanted to stop my husband from buying a cereal for Saturday today because we won't need that for five days. And, of course, cereal is like GOLD people GOLD, would you stop eating it all the time!
8. I am inherently suspicious of bagged fruits and veggies. If it's pre-bagged in China then it's either out of season and therefore astronomically expensive or has one or two bad pieces in it. Mm mm and what is up with veggies that are pre-bagged just right in order to make Master Chef recipes? Will I adjust?
9. How excited did I get when the box showed up with a few precious coffee mugs from China in it? Way too excited to get over coffee cups. I used one right away with a huge grin all over my face. Could have been due to the amount of caffeine I already had in my system. Turns out coffee is GOLD but I can get used to drinking a lot more of it anyway.
From China to Australia
Our family moved from China, (where we lived for 11 years), back/to Australia in June 2010. It depends on which member of our family you are whether you moved to or back to Australia. My husband is Australia and so of course Perth, where we live now, is his hometown. I am American and although I have visited Australia fairly frequently, it's still obviously a huge change for me.
I moved to Shenyang, China in 1999 and started work for an awesome school. Ask me about it! I loved it so much I stayed at that school for the next 11 years. My husband moved to China from Australia in 1998 and started work for a university teaching business subjects and business English. We eventually met and got married, in Shenyang, 6 months later. We are both very decisive people and we both love Shenyang.
My husband quickly realized how awesome the school I was working for was and decided to work for them. Shortly after I got pregnant. Very shortly after, about 6 months after we got married I got pregnant. After a lot of though we decided to give birth to our firstborn in a Chinese hospital. Our child was to be delivered by an terrific foreign Dr. we know. It went very well and so we decided to have our second child there as well.
So Shenyang was our home in a lot of ways. As a child who moved a lot, it was the longest I lived in any one place. It was time for us to leave though and so the transitions had to begin. We have now landed firmly in Australia, thanks to our family and friends. This blog is hopefully a chance to record our experiences in transition for ourselves, for our family, and for others who might find it useful as they get ready to make their own transitions. I hope to add resources and hints and posts from friends who have good information as I get it and hope if you read this and have tips and thoughts you will add them or send them to me.
I moved to Shenyang, China in 1999 and started work for an awesome school. Ask me about it! I loved it so much I stayed at that school for the next 11 years. My husband moved to China from Australia in 1998 and started work for a university teaching business subjects and business English. We eventually met and got married, in Shenyang, 6 months later. We are both very decisive people and we both love Shenyang.
My husband quickly realized how awesome the school I was working for was and decided to work for them. Shortly after I got pregnant. Very shortly after, about 6 months after we got married I got pregnant. After a lot of though we decided to give birth to our firstborn in a Chinese hospital. Our child was to be delivered by an terrific foreign Dr. we know. It went very well and so we decided to have our second child there as well.
So Shenyang was our home in a lot of ways. As a child who moved a lot, it was the longest I lived in any one place. It was time for us to leave though and so the transitions had to begin. We have now landed firmly in Australia, thanks to our family and friends. This blog is hopefully a chance to record our experiences in transition for ourselves, for our family, and for others who might find it useful as they get ready to make their own transitions. I hope to add resources and hints and posts from friends who have good information as I get it and hope if you read this and have tips and thoughts you will add them or send them to me.
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