Taiwan Culture Shock & 4 Google Free Ways To Handle It
I have been living and travelling in Taiwan for almost 7 months. It has been wild ride of up and down emotions that included a brutal battle with culture shock. Background " I want to strangle somebody." "Only 312 more days, 22 hours, 15 minutes, and 27 seconds more until my contract is up." I found the above quotes written in my daily journal. I am certain they should have been a pretty clear indication that something more than just the funny noise the lousy air conditioner makes at my place of employment was bothering me. I spent the first two months taking pictures and updating my Facebook status about 3-5 times a day. I was absolutely blown away by the magic and huge differences I was discovering in my daily adventures. Everything was NEW and EXCITING! I am not sure why it took me to realize something was wrong. Day 61(Roughly) The magic and excitement of watching a pack of 75 year old Taiwanese people gamble on checkers was bound t...