Monday, September 3, 2007

Crying is well, good?

Okay, I guess I'm the most boring-ness person for the past few days - utterly doing NOTHING except becoming a potato couch. Yep, I did nothing except watching TV and onlining and praying that I have a zillion mails to reply... because I'M SERIOUSLY SUFFERING from HOMESICKNESS and CULTURE SHOCK!

A few Syptoms of culture shock:
1. Homesickness
2. Feeling of saddness
3. Feeling of fatigue
4. Feeling of boredom
5. Weeping for no reasons

So yes people, I was indeed suffering from culture shock, especially number 5! Yes, I cry all of a sudden, and sometimes I cry when I see someone's name in my mail box, especially my parents, and I cry when I chat with my siblings... and I cry when I think of my relatives, friends, etc. Oh, and I cry at little little stuff on TV! So yes, it's eating up on me.

I'm not saying that going abroad to study is bad, but when I'm actually here and reality starts to sink it, it overwhelms me, and that's when I feel like I'm loosing my grip. I know I have God to rely on, but most of the time, I, well all of us actually, just need someone or something to hang on to... like my family. I'm glad that my parents, Ms. Sharifah, Ms. Sue-Ann, aunts, etc. have warned me ahead of time about this, but at that moment when they tell me stuff, I don't get it until I actually am here... So yeah, even with warnings and advice, this "illness" still eats me... Well, I've only been here like a week or so, and I have like, years ahead of me, but I'm praying that as time passes, things will turn out to be okay. =]

I'm MISSING my family very much - Mum, Dad, Sis, Bro, Mama, Papa, Nina, Prince, Aunts, Uncles, Mama Esther, Popo.... Yes... I miss home very much.

3 comments:

Tiffany Toh said...

hey.. cheer up kay? i cant say i know how you feel, coz suprisingly, i didnt get homesick.. which is really really weird. but i can promise that everything is going to be better.. trust me, once you've settled in, everything is going to be just perfect.. and rache, its okay to cry.. let it out! you go have fun! i miss ya.. love ya, xoxo.. *smiley*

dhaz said...

keep on keeping!

eDine said...

*hugs*