In our training, they lectured us on the stages of culture shock. It seems like such a big deal before you actually realize you are going through it. Then, it is frustrating and manifests itself in weird ways.
I’ve mentioned before the celebrity status white people seem to have in Taiwan. That got old really quickly. A couple of weeks ago, Bethany and I went to RT Mart, which is a big store that you can buy anything (comparable to Wal-Mart), to buy groceries. We had to buy some French bread for a friend’s birthday party. She had requested 6 rolls. That doesn’t seem to odd, right? We also wore some warm hats because it was cold outside. The majority of the Taiwanese in the store found the combination of 2 white females in hats buying 6 french bread rolls to be utterly fascinating. We had people actually stop what they were doing, point, stare, and laugh. Not just a few people, but about 60% of the people in the store.
I keep thinking how weird it will be to go back home and not be a minority. I experienced this when I lived in Guatemala, and I remember being frustrated by it then as well. As a child, I had Guatemalan children staring at my eyes and saying that it was weird my eyes were blue. Here, my students call my hair “yellow” and often ask me if I have a baby in my stomach because I am bigger than most of the Taiwanese women!
It will also be weird to go home and not be able to talk openly when I am in public because I know the people around me don’t understand what I am saying. I think I will have to get out of the habit once again of commenting openly on weird style preferences.
This is the point in my stay where it has become a little harder to find positive aspects of my time here….mainly because I would like to be home right about now, seeing as it is the holiday season. There are still things that I love about Taiwan and that I have found to be beautiful about this place and this culture. Those things are not as exaggerated as the negative things, but I’ve been told that this will pass.
3 comments:
Hey Emily! I know what you mean, I just got back from Ethiopia and I had kindof forgotten about those uncomfortable feelings.. Wow, I am really stalking you today, I just wrote on your wall then came to your blog! Haha, have a good time in the Philippines!
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